of the Arts in 1971. He was an emeritus professor at NYU until his death. He directed the Challenge for Change project, a socially active documentary production wing of the National Film Board of Canada from 1968-70. After working with Red Burns on the Challenge for a Change, the pair founded the Alternate Media Center in 1972, which trained citizens in the tools of video production for a brand new medium, Public-access television. An early advocate of democratic media, Stoney is often cited as being the "father of public-access television." With his work in public-access television, Stoney sought to democratize of voices recorded on an audiovisual medium by sharing authority through community engagement. In 1995, Stoney directed The Uprising of '34 about the General Textile Strike in 1934. For the film's production, over 300 hours of interviews from former mill workers, their children and grandchildren, labor organizers, mill owners, and others who experienced or were affected by the strikes. Legacy and Death Stoney was an active member of the Board of Directors for the Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) and the Alliance for Community Media (ACM). Each year, the ACM presents "The George Stoney Award" to an organization or individual who has made an outstanding contribution to championing the growth and experience of humanistic community communications. He died peacefully at the age of 96 at his home in New York City. Filmography Mr. Williams Wakes Up (1944) Writer Feeling All Right! (1948) Writer Palmour Street, A Study of Family Life (1949) Writer/Director/Producer Tar Heel Family (1951) Writer/Director/Producer Land and Life (1949) Writer/Director/Producer A Concept of Maternal and Neonatal Care (1950) Director/Producer Birthright (1951) Writer The American Road (1953) Director All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story (1953) Writer/Director/Producer Angels with Silver Wings (1953) Director/Producer The Invader (1955) Director The Secrets of the Heart (1955) The Boy Who Saw Through (1956) Director Proud Years (1956) Writer/Director Second Chance (1956) Hail The Hearty (1956) Producer Cerebral Vascular Disease: The Challenge of Management (1959) Booked for Safekeeping (1960) Writer/Director The Cry for Help (1962) The Mask (1963) The Newcomers (1963) Under Pressure (1964) The Man in the Middle (1966) You Are on Indian Land (1969) Producer VTR St-Jacques (1969) Producer Up Against the System (1969) Producer These Are My People... (1969) Producer The Prince Edward Island Development Plan, Part 1: Ten Days in September (1969) Producer The Prince Edward Island Development Plan, Part 2: