Welcome to NYWIFT Talks, a new weekly series to bring updated news and vital information about the impact of COVID-19 on the media and entertainment industry. Industry professionals will be in conversation discussing what you need to know about theatrical releases, digital advances, virtual tools, festival
Pandemic Discourses #1 In May 2020, the India China Institute and the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs at The New School launched Pandemic Discourses to highlight perspectives on COVID-19 from different corners of the world, and especially the Global South. Co-edited by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Manjari Mahajan
On Episode 12, Blackstar film festival director Maori Holmes Karmael discusses the beloved annual event going online in August. The directing trio of Eli Despres, Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kriegman discuss filming with ACLU lawyers battling the Trump Administration in The Fight. Filmmaker Bao Nguyen talks about covering the life of Bruce Lee in
The Socially Relevant Film Festival presents a retrospective of films from the past seven editions of SR Film Festival that touch upon Black Lives, and tell Socially Relevant™stories shining the spotlight on race relations, prejudice, injustice, social inequality, yet showing a glimmer of hope with some
Quarantine Film by Taylor-Alexis Gillard, MA Media Studies & Doc Studies ’21, has been selected to be Featured on the Barbican in September 2020. Her film It’s Fine was also featured in the Unprecedented Media showcase at The School of Media Studies. It’s Fine is a quarantined short that follows Taylor-Alexis’