{"id":3017,"date":"2011-03-14T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:54:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:54:36","slug":"share-the-news-of-cublogs-5th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=3017","title":{"rendered":"Share the news of CUBlog\u2019s 5th!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We covered much of this material during \u201cIn My Backyard: Year 6<\/strong><\/a>\u201d but we decided to offer up the same \u201cofficial\u201d word on our milestone for you, dearest readers, that we\u2019ve already given to other media outlets. Feel free to copy and paste this text on your own Web sites, Weblogs, and forums; by clicking on the headline, you can download a nice looking PDF document of the same that can be sent far and wide! Also, make sure to let us know if you find this material posted elsewhere because we don\u2019t always see the coverage taking place. Here\u2019s to five more years of movies and mayhem in that moderately vaunted MICRO-FILM<\/strong> style!<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

~~~~~<\/p>\n

From March 7, 2011:<\/em><\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Illinois Movie Site \u201cC-U Blogfidential\u201d Hits 5th Anniversary; Ebertfest and \u201c1999\u201d Issues of \u201cC-U Confidential\u201d Digest Coming Soon; New \u201cMICRO-FILM\u201d Threatened!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

(Champaign, Illinois, USA<\/strong>) March 7, 2011:<\/strong> On Friday, February 25, 2011<\/strong>, the one-of-a-kind news Weblog covering independent filmmaking, movie events, and cinema history in downstate Illinois, C-U Blogfidential<\/strong>, marked five successful years of activity. Creator and editor Jason Pankoke<\/strong>, who launched CUBlog <\/strong>in 2006 after putting its print predecessor MICRO-FILM<\/strong> on hiatus, intends to expand the reach of the Champaign, Illinois<\/strong>-based \u2018blog beginning this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been happy and somewhat amazed that C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> has sustained for five years running,\u201d says Pankoke, who originated the concept as the \u201cC-U Confidential\u201d segment of MICRO-FILM<\/strong> starting in 1999. \u201cBy focusing the \u2018blog\u2019s reach to film\/video culture as it relates to our immediate area, I have been able to build a more cohesive body of reporting than with MICRO-FILM<\/strong>, which took on the whole world as its canvas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pankoke has always believed C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> can have a great impact on perpetuating the cinema arts in Champaign and Urbana<\/strong>, along with nearby cities such as Bloomington, Normal, Decatur, Springfield<\/strong>, and Danville<\/strong>. Apart from Internet presence, its current reach includes sponsorship of the New Art Film Festival <\/strong>(NAFF) at the Art Theater<\/strong> in Champaign, which presents movies made in the area as well as Illinois <\/strong>and other Midwest states, and publication of C-U Confidential<\/strong> print digest, issued during Roger Ebert\u2019s Film Festival<\/strong> at the Virginia Theater<\/strong>, also in Champaign. Both occur each April.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019ve been able to do through modest means, in terms of defining \u2018local movie making\u2019 as a valid body of work to aggregate, analyze, and preserve, has been satisfying so far,\u201d says Pankoke, who brings his professional background as a graphic designer, preflight technician, illustrator, and journalist to bear on all C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> aspects. \u201cNow, I would like to improve my output on three fronts,\u201d he continues, \u201cincluding increases in publishing frequency, public presence, and community involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Along with publishing the fifth annual issue of C-U Confidential<\/strong>, promoted as a \u201cyearbook of the \u2018blog,\u201d Pankoke is developing related print tiles such as C-U Confidential \u201999<\/strong>, a \u201cone-shot\u201d issue that will paint a picture of the year 1999 as a crucial turning point for cinema in the Champaign-Urbana area. He is also considering releasing several other themed issues with contributions from writers and artists in the local arts and entertainment scenes as well as the return of MICRO-FILM<\/strong>, which originally ran from 1999 to 2005.<\/p>\n

Pankoke wants to use the C-U Confidential<\/strong> name in conjunction with efforts that take his support of local film culture beyond the print and \u2018blog pages. After launching Facebook <\/strong>and YouTube<\/strong> accounts in 2010, his ideas for the near future include establishing collections in video stores and libraries made up of local movies and documentaries, producing original material for Web streaming and DVD release, and hosting a \u201ctraveling show\u201d at area universities, schools, and art centers during which filmmakers would talk about their craft, show examples of their work, and demonstrate technique.<\/p>\n

Engagement on the home front remains important to the vitality of C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> and its offshoots. \u201cIt would be easy for me to just hover over my laptop and crank out articles and products about all this activity,\u201d says Pankoke, \u201cbut if anything matters more to an eclectic film scene such as the one C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> covers, it\u2019s the people making up that film scene. I need to go out there and communicate with attendees of Ebertfest and the NAFF, student members of the Illini Film & Video<\/strong> club, community hobbyists and professionals who attend Champaign Movie Makers<\/strong> meetings, and so on. Collectively, they are my \u2018Confidential\u2019 inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

The editor, a Chicago <\/strong>suburb transplant who earned a BFA at Illinois Wesleyan University<\/strong> in Bloomington before moving to Champaign in 1993, hopes the reverse is true as well, enough so that C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> can become a space for many voices about \u201cthe movies of Champaign, Urbana, and the cities beyond.\u201d For instance, Pankoke encourages readers to help mark the fifth anniversary of CUBlog <\/strong>by submitting essays for possible publication through May 1<\/strong> about five notable movie-related experiences they\u2019ve had during the past five years. Other recent contributions have come from Monticello<\/strong>\/Champaign producer Robin Christian<\/strong> of Dreamscape Cinema<\/strong> (Act Your Age<\/strong>, Disposable<\/strong>) and Indianapolis <\/strong>independent director Tyler Tharpe<\/strong> of Innerworld Pictures<\/strong> (Freak<\/strong>, Return in Red<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Interested readers should visit https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog<\/strong><\/a> for more information!<\/p>\n

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CONTACT:<\/strong>
\nJason Pankoke
\nEditor, C-U Confidential<\/strong><\/p>\n

cuconfidential@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog<\/a>
\nwww.facebook.com\/cuconfidential<\/a>
\nwww.youtube.com\/cuconfidential<\/a><\/p>\n

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[BOOM! This is post #500 on CUBlog<\/strong>! Let\u2019s double it up, y\u2019all!]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our readers are not the only ones who receive the fruits of our writing labors. Behold (and then disperse at your leisure) the official press release announcing the 5-year anniversary of C-U Blogfidential!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,114,15,416],"tags":[1705],"class_list":["post-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-u-blogfidential","category-happy-places","category-media-coverage","category-news-du-c-u","tag-c-u-blogfidential"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}