OUR mission
HUDSY is a community-inspired platform with a mission to bring our region closer together online and in-person through the power of storytelling - fostering connection in innovative, collaborative, and unique ways in order to counteract the disconnection rampant in this digital world.
OUR VISION
In this polarized time, connection is needed more than ever, but what does connection look like in a digital world?
online
HUDSY TV:
Community-Inspired TV from the Hudson Valley
You already shop local and eat local, and now you can WATCH local!
HUDSY celebrates the uniqueness, diversity, and rich history of the Hudson Valley by creating our own HUDSY Originals and sharing them, and films and videos created by other local creatives, on HUDSY TV, the region’s largest film and video archive and the first localized streaming platform that is an accessible place for our community to watch local films and digitally connect to get to know each other better.
in-person
HUDSY’s Beyond the Screen and The Mashup events bring people together in-person to celebrate film, music, dance, community, connection, and each other.
BEYOND THE SCREEN EVENTS
The Beyond the Screen are in-person events that are part film screening, part live performance, and part party. There is an emcee for the evening, a DJ and dance party, film screenings, live music and dance performances, food and drink, networking, and more.
CLICK HERE for sponsorship details and contact [email protected]
MASHUP EVENTS
The Mashup are in-person events for creatives in the Hudson Valley to network and connect. There’s so many amazing creative people in the region so we created an event that would bring those folks together.
community programs
HUDSY's community programs aim to bolster and grow the incredible artistic talent in the region.
APPRENTICE PROGRAM
HUDSY's paid Apprentice Program trains the next generation of local storytellers through our paid 6-month program, providing emerging filmmakers the opportunity to learn and gain experience in all aspects of filmmaking through workshops and hands-on learning.
COMMUNITY CONTENT FUND
As filmmakers ourselves, we know how hard it is to get projects off the ground and through the Community Content Fund we provide a supportive and professional way forward with financial support and distribution to local creatives to tell local stories that they have not been able to bring to life due to lack of funding.
OUR values
HUDSY’s team and the video content are delivered to you by a small group of locals dedicated to celebrating the Hudson Valley’s talent, diversity, and culture.
democratized ownership
As a multi-stakeholder cooperative, HUDSY empowers its workers by providing a path to ownership and by keeping funds in the local economy.
CLICK HERE more details on the HUDSY Cooperative
land acknowledgement
Long before the arrival of Europeans, the Indigenous people of what is now known as New York State's Hudson River Valley were The Lenape (also known as The Delaware or Munsee) living in the lower valley, and The Mohicans (or Mahicans) inhabiting the northern valley. With immense humility and gratitude, we acknowledge that we are residing, filming, learning, and gathering in-community on the ancestral homelands of both nations. Forced off their land in the late 18th century, The Lenape now have communities in Kansas and Oklahoma, and The Mohican mainly in Wisconsin.
HUDSY honors and respects this land's Indigenous ancestors' past and descendants' present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.
