VCAM Producer Wins 2013 Alliance for Community Media Hometown Video Award: "Best Music Video" is Dedicated to Winooski, Vermont

BURLINGTON, VT, June 18, 2013

Jean Luc Dushime, a photographer and VCAM producer, won the 2013 Hometown Video Award from the Alliance for Community Media. Mr. Dushime's video was shot and edited for the African band A2VT (Africa to Vermont). The song "Winooski, My Town" is dedicated to Winooski, a town in Vermont that is diversifying rapidly with the arrival of immigrants and resettled refugees.

"I have a dream, and VCAM has helped give me the means to pursue it," said Mr. Dushime. As a teenager, Mr. Dushime survived the Rwandan genocide of 1994 and war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo nine years later. He moved to Burlington in 2004. His work focuses on capturing the resiliency of the human soul, documenting social and cultural issues, the effects of migration and integration on small communities, and vice versa. "Everything I've done really comes from my desire to communicate my experience with the world."

Mr. Dushime was helped with his video training by VCAM's Bill Simmon and Matt Goudey. "The Fundamentals of Digital Cinematography workshop is for VCAM users who are looking to up their game by making the transition from basic videography to actual cinematography," said Mr. Simmon. VCAM's free workshop series is designed to help newcomers to VCAM become familiar with the tools and techniques of digital video production. The winning video can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDL5IjG98iM

About VCAM - http://www.vermontcam.org
Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM) fosters free speech and public dialog by making easy, low-cost access to electronic media available to all citizens of the VCAM service area for nonprofit and noncommercial purposes.

About Alliance for Community Media - http://www.allcommunitymedia.org
The Alliance represents over 3,000 Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) access organizations and community media centers throughout the country. The ACM works to protect the interests of these access centers and those who use PEG facilities and equipment to advance their causes through cable television and the Internet.

About Jean Luc Dushime - http://www.dushimejeanluc.com
Jean Luc's work focuses on capturing the resiliency of the human soul, documenting social and cultural issues, the effects of migration and integration on small communities, and vice versa. A video about Jean Luc is here: An Artist's Journey: The Photography of Jean Luc Dushime - https://vimeo.com/50780174.