Introduction of the following titled Photo Album:
MAHATMA GANDHI’s 149th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION PROGRAM (Oct. 2, 1869);
THE WAYS OF THE LIGHT & IŞIK YOLLARINDA…
This Photo Album is produced based on the Light Millennium Television | LMTV’s Mahatma Gandhi’s 149th Birthday Celebration programs’ shooting at QPTV Studio in Flushing, New York on October 2, 2018.
This photo album presents the set photos of The Light Millennium Television | LMTV’s three studio shootings at Queens Public Television (QPTV.Org) in Flushing in New York on October 2, 2018, which coincides with Mahatma Gandhi’s 149th Birthday and the United Nations’ International Day of Non-Violence (October 2).
Specifically, LMTV shot back-to-back two programs in connection to the 149th Birthday of Gandhi.
The first one is a half-hour one-to-one interview with Dr. Amee Yajnic, Member, Parliament of India.
The one-to-one interview program is titled, “Gandhi’s Legacy in Indian Policies Today and the UN Non-violence Day“.
The second shooting is dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi’s 149th Birthday (October 2, 1869), which titled “The Ways of the Light“. It consists of an international participation through poetry, brief statement, impromptu, and visions on Gandhi’s Birthday and/or vision for a non-violence and peaceful world. In the second multi-participatory shooting, Dr. Yajnic is the Honorary Guest, and Cliff Jacobs, Programming & Access Services Manager of QPTV, made the Introduction of this program.
The third shooting in Turkish, which marked the producer Bircan Unver’s Turkish poetry book titled, “Işık Yollarında“s, First Anniversary, that was printed in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2017.
Further, the Turkish program is dedicated to “In Loving Memory and Legacy” of the producer’s late sister Olcay, and her 52nd Birthday (1966-2018).
These programs were shot in segments that each will be edited. Followed by, each will be scheduled in the local channels in November and December 2018, accordingly, each also will be available through online.
• The rest of the presenters in both English and Turkish in this Photo Album (according to the last names):
Abaynesh Asrat, Yüksel Başarır, Myrna Coffino, Mujgan Hedges, Bahar Karakuş, Judy Lee, Gunay Menekse, Mine Takıl, Ali Sarıkaya, Bircan Ünver, Arvind Vora, and Barbara Günsu Ocal (as guest)
For the rest of the photos, please visit the following link > Photo Album
• The crew:
Gordon Kelly (Technical Director), Ashraf Ali (Audio), Claude Graham (main camera), Mario Paredes (camera), Rene Valdivia (Studio Manager & Lighting Director)
• Production Assistant: Mine Takil
• Executive Producer & Director: Bircan Ünver
Set Photographer:
• ALI SARIKAYA, New York Ataturk Art & Cultural Center
Additional photos were taken by:
• BARIŞ ÜNVER, Realty Quest New York, Inc.
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• RENE VALDIVIA, Senior Studio Television Operator, QPTV
Reception for the Crew Members, Presenters and the Guests of the shootings provided by: NY Quest Realty Inc.
Host of the Reception: Yüksel Başarır
Angel of the event: Barbara Günsu Ocal
Special Thanks to Arvind Vora, for the unique connection with Dr. Amee Yajnic, Member of the Parliament of India, and along with the provided poster of Gandhi for the set.
©The photo album is created by Bircan Unver, The Light Millennium | http://www.lightmillennium.org on Oct. 4-7, 2018.
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– Posted on October 7, 2018.
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