Taxes eat your weekend... again? 💸

It doesn't have to be this way… View this email in your browser Tackle Tax Day with An Inconvenient Tax! Did you know that the average American spends 57 hours working on their taxes? Even Albert Einstein once wrote, "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax." An Inconvenient Tax, a documentary from Moving Picture Institute-supported filmmakers Christopher Marshall and Vincent Vittorio, reveals how Congress uses our impossibly complex tax code to achieve political goals that have nothing to do with raising revenue.  Featuring economic experts, commentators, and political voices such as Steve Forbes, Mike Huckabee, Noam Chomsky, David M. Walker, and others, the film traces the evolution of the income tax through wars, economic booms and busts, and presidencies. Political favoritism, ineffective social programs, and economic manipulations all reveal the need for tax reform. As America faces an ever-growing financial crisis, this timely and engaging film transcends partisanship and offers Americans a chance to unite in a grassroots movement for change. Catch An Inconvenient Tax on Hulu, Amazon, or here. In other news: We the Internet TV, the Moving Picture Institute's comedy news channel, has been nominated for Best Film & Video – Variety category in the 21st Annual Webby Awards. Cast your vote online today to help We the Internet TV win the Internet's top honor! Voting ends April 20th. Calling all filmmakers! The Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge 2017 kicks off May 16th. This is a chance to win major prizes, including a $5,000 Feature/TV pilot development deal with Adi Shankar's Infinite Ammo Productions! Moving Picture Institute filmmakers will have their entry fee waived. Mama Rwanda, an MPI documentary from Laura Waters Hinson about entrepreneurial mothers in Rwanda, is now available for campus and community screenings! Email nicole@thempi.org to bring the film to your group. We are HIRING! Currently, we are looking for a Director of Major Gifts. Interested parties should email Steve.Ankney@roberthalfes.com for more information. The Moving Picture Institute is a modern-media production house and talent incubator that creates and supports high-impact film and video content designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom. Copyright © 2017 Moving Picture Institute, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 375 Greenwich Street New York NY 10013 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

🏆 Vote Today—We’re Webby-Nominated! 🏆

Help us make internet history... View this email in your browser We the Internet TV Nominated for Webby Award! The Moving Picture Institute is proud to announce that our comedy news channel, We the Internet TV, has been nominated for Best Film & Video – Variety category in the 21st Annual Webby Awards.  Cast your vote online today to help We the Internet TV win the internet's top honor! The Best Film & Video – Variety category is one of the most coveted nominations in the Webby Awards. For this year's nomination, We the Internet TV beat out stiff competition from CBS, ABC, the Guardian, and Yahoo! News' The Katie Couric Interview, among others. The Webby Awards is the internet's most respected symbol of success. The 21st Annual Webby Awards received 13,000 entries from nearly all 50 states and 70 countries worldwide. Being nominated means We the Internet TV is one of the five best in the world in its Variety category (and among the top 9% of all work entered). From head writer Lou Perez: "In a world oversaturated with political comedy content, we've always believed the way to break through and be seen was to keep hammering home our unique and independent perspective on politics, culture, and life. This Webby nomination is a validation of something we've believed from day one: there is a bigger audience thirsting for our content." As a nominee, We the Internet TV is also eligible to win a Webby People's Voice Award, which is voted online by fans across the globe. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, and honored at a star-studded ceremony on Monday, May 15, 2017, in New York City. From now until April 20th, We the Internet TV fans can cast their votes at vote.webbyawards.com! In other news: Mama Rwanda, an MPI documentary from Laura Waters Hinson about entrepreneurial mothers in Rwanda, is now available for campus and community screenings! Email nicole@thempi.org to bring the film to your group. Calling all filmmakers! The 2017 Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge kicks off May 16th. This is a chance to win major prizes, including a $5,000 Feature/TV pilot development deal with Adi Shankar's Infinite Ammo Productions! Be sure to register before May 1st for early bird rates. We are HIRING! Currently, we are looking for a Director of Major Gifts. Interested parties should email Steve.Ankney@roberthalfes.com for more information. The Moving Picture Institute is a modern-media production house and talent incubator that creates and supports high-impact film and video content designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom. Copyright © 2017 Moving Picture Institute, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 375 Greenwich Street New York NY 10013 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

🎥 “I learned things I would not have heard anywhere else.” 🎥

Read what our Film and Entrepreneurship Seminar attendees are saying... View this email in your browser The first night of MPI and FEE's Filmmaking and Entrepreneurship seminar. Another Year, Another Successful Filmmaking and Entrepreneurship Seminar!  In March, nearly 30 young creatives from around the world joined the Moving Picture Institute and FEE in Los Angeles for our fourth annual Filmmaking and Entrepreneurship Seminar. Aspiring filmmakers learned that they can make a living, and even change the world, by telling pro-freedom stories.  Learning directly from professional filmmakers in the Moving Picture Institute network, attendees explored how to break into the industry, make the most of their first Hollywood jobs, find and market to film audiences, and more. Though the seminar largely took place at the Moving Picture Institute's West Los Angeles office, attendees also enjoyed a studio tour and an off-site screening night of MPI's short films. Our attendees gave the seminar a average overall experience rating of 9.7/10. Here's what they had to say:  "I traveled all the way from Ecuador for this seminar, and it's one of the best decisions I've ever made." "I really loved discussing filmmaking with professionals in the filmmaking community. That's an opportunity I didn't get elsewhere, even in film school." "The Filmmaking and Entrepreneurship Seminar didn't just calm my fears [about making a living as a filmmaker], it gave me the tools to share my liberty-loving art with the masses, and I cannot express my gratitude enough." For more exciting opportunities at the Moving Picture Institute, check out our paid internship program! In other news: Called "entertaining and hard-hitting," We the Internet TV's newest mini-documentary, "Silence U Part 2: What Has Yale Become?," has been featured in the New York Times, the Daily Wire, Intellectual Takeout, and more! As Truth Revolt explained, "This documentary focuses on Yale, but it has implications for colleges nationwide." Mama Rwanda, an MPI documentary from Laura Waters Hinson about entrepreneurial mothers in Rwanda, is now available for campus and community screenings! Email nicole@thempi.org to bring the film to your group. Sidewalk Traffic, a new film from MPI filmmaker Anthony L. Fisher, is now available to rent. Charity Navigator, America's largest independent charity evaluator, has yet again awarded MPI a 4-star rating! We are HIRING! Currently, we are looking for a Director of Major Gifts. Interested parties should email Steve.Ankney@roberthalfes.com for more information. The Moving Picture Institute is a modern-media production house and talent incubator that creates and supports high-impact film and video content designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom. Copyright © 2017 Moving Picture Institute, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 375 Greenwich Street New York NY 10013 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

GovTrack.us: GovTrack Update for Apr. 2, 2017

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Mar 27, 2017 6:53 p.m. -- Vote
H.R. 1117: To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster.
Passed 408/0
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Yea

H.R. 1117 directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to foster more open communications between disaster response operations and affected communities after an emergency or disaster by providing more transparency, increased consistency, and better assistance during the recovery phase after a disaster or emergency. Specifically, the bills requires FEMA to report to Congress regarding its plans to provide consistent guidance to applicants on FEMA disaster funding procedures during the response to an emergency or disaster, appropriate record maintenance and transfer of documents to new teams during staff transitions, and accurate assistance to applicants and grantees to ease the administrative burden throughout the process of obtaining and monitoring assistance. The legislation requires such a report to include a plan for implementing ...
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h195


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Mar 27, 2017 7:13 p.m. -- Vote
H.R. 654: Pacific Northwest Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2017
Passed 395/11
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Nay

H.R. 654 directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out a plan for the purchase and installation of an earthquake early warning system for the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ). Specifically, FEMA is required to develop a plan and identify the necessary funding for an earthquake early warning system. The President is directed to establish an Earthquake and Tsunami Task Force to develop a strategy and make recommendations on how to prepare for and respond to an earthquake in the CSZ. In addition, the legislation clarifies that FEMA may use hazard mitigation funds to for earthquake-related projects.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h196


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Mar 28, 2017 3:25 p.m. -- Vote
On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 229: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1430) to prohibit the Environmental Protection ...
Passed 231/189
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Yea


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h197


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Mar 28, 2017 3:32 p.m. -- Vote
H.Res. 229: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1430) to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible.
Passed 231/185
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Aye


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h198


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Mar 28, 2017 3:39 p.m. -- Vote
On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 230: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 34) providing for congressional ...
Passed 232/184
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Yea


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h199


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Mar 28, 2017 3:47 p.m. -- Vote
H.Res. 230: Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 34) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to ?Protecting
Passed 231/189
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Aye

**This was not the vote related to Internet privacy. See the final House vote on S.J.Res. 34.** This was a procedural vote ahead of the final vote setting the rules of debate.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h200


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Mar 28, 2017 5:48 p.m. -- Vote
Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair
Passed 228/190
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Nay


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h201


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Mar 28, 2017 5:56 p.m. -- Vote
S.J.Res. 34: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to ?Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other
Passed 215/205
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Nay

A Republican bill would block a regulation of President Obama?s that they see as executive overreach, but privacy advocates claim it could allow companies to sell your private Internet and search history. Who?s right? #### The context and what the bill does The Federal Trade Commission maintains jurisdiction over _most_ aspects of the Internet. But after the 2016 election during the lame-duck session, another Washington agency called the Federal Communications Commission issued new regulations related specifically to Internet service providers, also known as ISPs. (You?ve probably heard of some of the country?s biggest ISPs, which include Comcast, Verizon, AT&T;, Time Warner, Cox, and CenturyLink.) These new rules required all Internet browsing data, as well as data regarding app usage on ...
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h202


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Mar 29, 2017 -- Introduced
H.Con.Res. 41: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the United States declaration of war against Germany and entry into World War I and recognizing and appreciating the lasting historical significance and heroic human endeavor and sacrifice of the Unit
Sponsor: Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC3]

This resolution was referred to the House Committee on Armed Services which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC3] is a member of the committee.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hconres41


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Mar 29, 2017 1:36 p.m. -- Vote
On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 233: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1431) to amend the Environmental Research, ...
Passed 232/191
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Nay


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h203


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Mar 29, 2017 1:43 p.m. -- Vote
H.Res. 233: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1431) to amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for ot
Passed 232/188
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Aye


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h204


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Mar 29, 2017 4:45 p.m. -- Vote
On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 1430: HONEST Act
Failed 189/232
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Yea


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h205


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Mar 29, 2017 4:54 p.m. -- Vote
H.R. 1430: HONEST Act
Passed 228/194
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Aye


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h206


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Mar 30, 2017 10:29 a.m. -- Vote
On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H.R. 1431: EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017
Failed 189/233
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Yea


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h207


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Mar 30, 2017 10:40 a.m. -- Vote
H.R. 1431: EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017
Passed 229/193
Rep. Jones [R-NC3]: Aye


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/115-2017/h208


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