Last week on May 31st the staff and friends of the Community TV Network had the great honor to attend and be part of the fifth annual Chicago Youth Community Film Festival. Young film makers from the Alternative Schools Network came from all over Chicago to celebrate their achievements and Read more…
It’s finished!! Our new studio is all ready for the summer session of the ASM Video Production Program, which starts June 18th!. Our friends at the “Down and DirtyShow with Frank Fontana” provided us with a new state-of-the-art green screen, sound proof walls, a dolly, trusses for lighting, and a viewing Read more…
We have been given the amazing opportunity to receive a studio make over at CTVN by the folks at the Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana show! “Down and Dirty with Frank Fontana”, a DIY home and work redux online television series, sponsored by Craftsman and Kenmore, is remodeling Read more…
A current Hard Cover Intern shares her passion for CTVN and how the IndieGoGo Campaign will directly benefit not only her life but others in the future. We had the opportunity to sit down with one of the current Hard Cover interns, Brittany Douglas, to discuss the impacts this campaign Read more…
Check out what Marlena Jordan-Childress, Teal Williams, and Torriano Johnson had to say about their time spent working with CTVN. Also check out our IndieGoGo Campaign to help upgrade our Hard Cover production studio. After sitting sitting down with Torriano Johnson we learned about the power of inspiration. He started Read more…
CCA students explore the issue of generational differences and the generation of their teachers and parents, while asking important questions about the legacy of the civil rights movement. the video also explores the history of Chicago’s neighborhood of north Lawndale, from the civil rights movement and the riots in the Read more…
A young couple whose stereotype bending partnership is threatened by their friends insistence on traditional gender roles. Be sure to follow and like us!
This documentary looks at rape culture–our hidden culture that leads to violence against women and men. It was produced by the Summer 2009 Hard Cover Apprentices. For more from the longest-running youth media organization in the world, check out our channel: youtube.com/hardcoverchicago. Be sure to follow and like us!