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’
Join us on Thursday, July 30 at 6PM EST for another installment of our Summer Salon Series, Anthropology of Character: A Scriptwriting Salon with Playwright and TV Writer Christina Ham. Where your character comes from can help inspire the stories you want to tell. At this salon, we’ll explore how the specificity
The Center for Public Scholarship at The New School invites you and your colleagues to attend a free webinar series “In Time of Plague, 2020: COVID-19”. The first panel, INEQUALITIES AND PLAGUE, will take place on August 5, 2020: 12:30-2:00pm. The second panel, COMPARING PLAGUES: AIDS AND COVID-19 will take place
Dona Varghese, MS Media Management ’19, recently launched the brand DV Media Co. that crafts media solutions for businesses in sustainability and social enterprises. In a recent article, they share the ‘Milestones that Shaped DV Media Co’s Work Philosophy’ More about DV Media Co. When people
Sumita Chakravarty, Associate Professor of Media Studies, recently interviewed Christian Clark, MA Media Studies ’93 on the power of cartoons for global education for Migration Mapping.
JOIN THE NYWIFT COMMUNITY New York Women in Film & Television is more than just a professional association: it is a community, a lifeline, a movement. Due to COVID-19, NYWIFT is waiving the $135 initiation fee in its entirety through August 1. Questions? Email membership@nywift.org.
Office Hours with Farrar, Straus and Giroux Farrar, Straus and Company was founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus and John C. Farrar. In 1964 Robert Giroux’s name was added to the roster and the company became Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The firm is renowned for
This post is part of the SMS Advising Series for New Students. All posts are designed and curated to make the lives of newly admitted students much easier. From academic resources to having a social life in NYC, we want to make sure that our
“Changing the cultural narrative, one image at a time” Join us at the virtual Citizen in Pictures Film Series July 22nd – August 19th Citizen in Pictures is a five part series of one hour programs, featuring six extraordinary films that visually speak to the themes
Thomas Bauer’s (MA in Media Studies, ’18) film ATHENS,GA: OVER/UNDER is now available to stream online. The film follows several closely knit bands from the early 2010’s music scene of Athens, Georgia from their initial inception to recording and releasing to breaking up and their
Bree Frank, a powerhouse and advocate for fellow people of color in media, is currently Vice President of Physical Production for Unscripted at Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine working on docuseries and unscripted content. She has produced 275 hours of unscripted television including MTV’s Room Raiders, TLC’s A
Thursday, August 6, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. EDT How do artists reinterpret the past for new meaning in the present? Artist Bisa Butler and art historian Dr. Myrah Brown Green will discuss this question, their art and activism, the exchange of generational memory, and their
When unprecedented events scattered his students around the world, assistant professor of media studies Amir Husak reignited classroom creativity with a new digital sharing platform. Students captured the “new normal” and documented the ways the pandemic was affecting their immediate communities through photos, videos, and
Dawnja Burris, Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Media Studies, recently contributed to Student Filmmakers’ online magazine. In this article, Burris addresses techniques for short filmmaking techniques that can be done during these times of social distancing. Click here to read her piece.
Advancing Equity and Inclusion in the Documentary Field on July 21st at 2 PM EST. We’ll be welcoming guests Nicole Tsien, board member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia; Denise Greene of Black Public Media; Day Al-Mohamed, independent filmmaker and founding member of FWD-DOC, Karin Chien, independent producer and President of distributor
This post is part of the SMS Advising Series for New Students. All posts are designed and curated to make the lives of newly admitted students much easier. From academic resources to having a social life in NYC, we want to make sure that our
Join our panel as we engage panelists on Media Activism and the career trajectories associated with this field. Confirmed panelists include: Savannah Washington, Producer/Director/Writer Christina Antonakos-Wallace, Filmmaker/Cultural organizer Gabriella Miyares, NYC-based Artist/Educator/Graphic + Motion Designer/Filmmaker/Writer Click here to register. Sponsored by: The School of Media
New York-based Argentinian Creative Director Sabrina Barca (MS Media Management, ’17) created and produced the 12-episode “1 of Those Days” web series remotely. NEW YORK, July 17, 2020 — 1 of Those Days, an innovative, digital, episodic series will premiere the full series on July
Office Hours with Twitter’s Avery Friedman and Pineapple Street Studios’ Maria Robins-Somerville Avery Friedman is a Brooklyn-based multimedia professional. She currently works on News, Sports, and Entertainment Partnerships at Twitter. She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2019, where she launched the podcast network and wrote
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Amrit Cheng’s, Doc Studies ’20, graduating film OK Boomer premiered at Teen Vogue, along with an op-ed from two young activists whom the film features. OK Boomer New York City is the largest and most ethnically diverse metropolis in the United States yet its public schools remain
This post is part of the SMS Advising Series for New Students. All posts are designed and curated to make the lives of newly admitted students much easier. From academic resources to having a social life in NYC, we want to make sure that our
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Click here to apply. OVERVIEW Assist Vice President of Programs & Promotions’ efforts to maximize long-term awareness of theater via publicity, programming and promotions; and to manage film scheduling, theater operations and film traffic. The coordinator will also maintain theater’s website and assist with