Community Media Project Records, 1992-1997

Biography/History

The Community Media Project, under the direction of UWM Film and Video professor Portia Cobb, offered media production workshops for youths within Milwaukee's core neighborhoods. Students from the Department of film assisted with weekend and after-school workshops where the UWM Film and Video department produced community centric documentary videos that were screened at UWM, The Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Youth Media festivals and conferences across the nation. The CMP remained active through 2000.