The Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History will take place October 18-21, if you’re interested in attending please click here for the full slate of film screenings and events. About the Mead The American Museum of Natural History’s Margaret Mead Film Festival, occurring
On October 2, the Impact Entrepreneurship Initiative (IEI) is hosting a panel discussion titled “Creating an Inclusive Economy: Pathways for Impact Entrepreneurs.” While the benefits of diversity are well-documented, entrepreneurs from underrepresented backgrounds continue to face persistent barriers limiting their access to networks, funding, and
You’re invited to an Exclusive Film Premiere in NYC! Flix Premiere – the world’s first online cinema – invites you to its first ever US Theatrical Premiere of the film Bikini Moon – a distinct New York based film, directed by the highly acclaimed and Oscar Nominated director Milcho Manchevski, starring Condola Rashad (from
The 2018 SMS Mobile Film Festival is open to all students and showcases the power, accessibility, and appeal of mobile filmmaking. Come see a showcase of student filmmakers as they set out to tell stories, document experiences, and express art through smart phones, tablets, and
Lebanese filmmaker and photographer Akram Zaatari presents his video Her + Him (2001-12), which was recently acquired by Guggenheim Museum, and discusses his practice. A founding member of the Arab Image Foundation in Beirut, Zaatari assumes the roles of researcher, collector, archivist, and curator in his work.
Director Savanna Washington offers a sneak preview of Playing Frisbee in North Korea (2018) for a Korea Society audience. She appears after in conversation with Columbia Professor Charles Armstrong and the Society’s Stephen Noerper. This colorful documentary vividly depicts the challenges of North Korea and potential warming
The Center for Communication has partnered with Made in NY to bring an amazing Fall lineup of insider talks that will guide you towards careers in journalism, virtual reality, television, film, podcasting, and web series production. Check out their upcoming events, sign up, and they’ll see you
A Conversation with Sisonke Msimang, author of the new memoir, Always another country: A memoir of exile and home, and Sean Jacobs, associate professor of International Affairs at The New School The event will take place September 26, 2018 at 7-9:00 PM. Starr Foundation Hall, UL102
Dear Global South Center Community: In collaboration with Critical & Visual Studies at Pratt Institute, they would like to announce a talk by T.J. Demos entitled To Save a World: Geoengineering, Futurism, and the Unthinkable. T.J. Demos is a Professor in the Department of the History of
This showcase, curated by Curtis Caesar John and BAMcinématek’s Natalie Erazo, celebrates new work by select student filmmakers from Brooklyn College, the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, Pratt Institute, Syracuse University, The New School, and NYU. Special thanks to Jorge Oliver & Kara Hearn, Matthew
NAB Show is where ground-breaking technology is unveiled, innovative solutions are displayed and game-changing trends are exposed. Prepare to explore aisle after aisle of awesome tech, cool gear, smart software, capable cloud solutions and limitless ideas and inspiration. Only here can you roll-up your sleeves
Fall is fast approaching, and GAP is excited to announce their annual screening, Rising Together, Moving Forever, on October 5th, 2018 from 6-9pm at The New School (66 West 12th St). They will have several opportunities to engage at the event including: photo booths, food, performances, as well as
The Oral History Master of Arts Program is pleased to announce its 2018-2019 workshop series: Oral History and the Future: Archives and Embodied Memory Oral history is a conversation about the past that takes place in the present and is oriented towards the future. How is this
Spring 2019 Impact Venture Lab Course The Application Deadline is Thursday, October 4, 2018 for students who wish to apply for the Spring 2019 Venture Lab course! For more information about eligibility, requirements, and selection criteria, please visit the Venture Lab webpage. For information about
Doc Studies presents: Monday, September 17 at 1 PM Kellen Auditorium, Ground Floor, 66 Fifth Avenue CRIME + PUNISHMENT Directed by Stephen Maing 2018, 115 min. Screening and Q & A with filmmaker STEPHEN MAING “A triumph of documentary filmmaking” — Tim Wu, The New York
SMS Faculty Member Mario-Enrique Paoli will be attending and performing at the 15th annual Northeastern Electronic Music Festival in Homer, NY. A critic has called it “The Woodstock of Electronic Music.” It is a gathering/ convention/ festival of over 50 composers and performers of experimental
ZUZANA: MUSIC IS LIFE NYC PREMIERE A beautiful, award-winning film about legendary harpsichordist Zuzana Ruzickova, who recalls a life of love, tyranny, and the music that helped her survive and thrive through some of the 20th century’s darkest periods. The film was twice voted Best Documentary. Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater at Symphony Space Thursday,
Upcoming in the next two weeks at Cinema Tropical: If you missed Jim McKay’s acclaimed En el Séptimo Día in its theatrical release at the beginning of summer, you still have one more chance to catch this heartfelt portrait of Brooklyn’s Mexican community at Museum of the
Earlybird Deadline Next Week! The Earlybird Deadline for the 10th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival is next Friday- August, 31st! Submit your film to be a part of a decade of ‘never boing’ cinema! Submit via their website, Withoutabox, or FilmFreeway. Want to be part of the 10th
Battle of Film Schools is an exclusive and unique competition dedicated to film students from around the world. BFS will pit student Short Films, Episodics, Music Videos, MOS (silent projects), scene exercises, and other workshop-related films and showcase them in a head to head battle
The NYC Media Lab will be holding their annual Expo/ Summit at The New School on 9/20 with labs, project demos, etc. Vlad Nikolic will do the intro talk on 9/20, and 9/21; it will be held at NYU, where Maya Wiley from Milano will
Film Society of Lincoln Center is screening some Latin American horror films from Mexico, Chile, and Brazil as part of their annual film festival ‘Scary Movies.’ Be sure to check out these year’s selection. Also hitting screens this week is the New York Latino Film
The NYC 2 Paris International Film Festival event is now on Facebook! Have trouble keeping track of all your upcoming important dates? Simply RSVP on Facebook and you’ll be sent reminders leading up to the festival. Plus, you can see who else is attending and
The Best Indie Films are Coming to NYC on May 9 The 2018 NYC Independent Film Festival will present 250 indie films. Our selection below includes the hilarious comedy sketch Latino Vortex and the deeply moving documentary The Last Goldfish, which follows the filmmaker’s search for her lost
Come Play with our VHS Archive Mon, Apr 9, 2018, 6:30 PM | Rooms 9206 & 9207 Join the VHS Archives working group, who will be presenting select VHS video clips that depict the group’s interests in video, queer (of color) feminist bodies and sexuality,
On May 3 at 6.30pm, we will be screening Disaster Capitalism, a powerful documentary on a six-year investigation by a best-selling journalist and author, Antony Lowenstein, into how aid dollars are spent. The film tracks the ramifications of disaster capitalism in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Papua New Guinea.
May Events Upcoming events this May highlight critical and creative work exploring: the visibility of research in exhibition-making institutions; habitation in a period of climatic upheaval; Victorian ecological discourse and ecocriticism; the legendary CUNY teacher, activist, and poet June Jordan’s life, work, and legacy; PSC-CUNY members
Gun Reform in Black & White: Student Activism and #NeverAgain brings together white student activists from Parkland, Florida and Black student activists from Chicago and New York to share their experiences with gun violence, activism and organizing for gun reform laws and safe communities. Participants include Amel
As part of the New School Mental Health Task Force work, our work with the JED Foundation Campus Program, and our COPES program, our resident expert on suicide and assistant director at Counseling Services, Vanessa McGann, PhD, is providing a free SafeTalk training for the