New German Language Film IN THE AISLES opens 6/14 in NYC Music Box Films is excited to announce the upcoming release of In the Aisles – an affecting and bittersweet glimpse into the shared connections of a motley group of nightshift workers at a big box store,
Please join us for series of features, presented at “Through Her Eyes: The Personal Is Political” featuring the new documentary feature by our own Media Studies part-time faculty member, Savanna Washington “Playing Frisbee in North Korea” See details below! FIND TICKETS HERE
Lynne Sachs and Lizzie Olesker’s recent documentary The Washing Society, which investigates the obscured labor within NYC’s laundromats, will be screening next week Monday 5/20 @ 7pm The Washing Society Next Week! Mon 5/20 7pm, DCTV | $8 When you drop off a bag of dirty laundry, who’s
THE WANDERING SOAP OPERA A film by Raúl Ruiz & Valeria Sarmiento (La telenovela errante, Chile, 1990/2017, 80 min. In Spanish with English subtitles, ) NEW YORK THEATRICAL PREMIERE RUN! Raúl Ruiz passed away in 2011, but it should come as little surprise that a
This week in New York, catch up with masters of Latin American cinema at two of the city’s most iconic arthouse and independent film theaters. As part of their ‘Trilogies Festival,’ Film Forum will be screening back-to-back, and twice through, three of Lucrecia Martel’s most iconic films: La Ciénaga (2001), hailed as
On Thursday, May 9 we’ll be presenting the New York Premiere of STRANGE BUT TRUE (Extraño pero verdadero) by Mexican filmmaker Michel Lipkes. Michel will be present for a post-screening Q&A and conversation. The film comes as part of our ongoing series in partnership with Anthology Film Archives and Proyector,
Join the team behind the independent feature film Bite Me for a case study of the film’s journey and the upcoming Joyful Vampire Tour of America that will feature screenings, capes, and Vampire Balls! Bite Me is a unique, while universally relatable, story about outsiders and an edgy, whip-smart,
This week there’s still time to enjoy a wonderful selection of films from the Tribeca Film Festival. Several Latinx authors have been included in this prestigious festival, showcasing the great talent of the tropical latitudes and touching on subjects such as immigration, trauma, music, and street
Bite Me: A Truly Independent Journey Thursday, May 2, 2019 @ 6:30 PM Join the team behind the independent feature film Bite Me for a case study on the film’s journey and the upcoming Joyful Vampire Tour of America that will feature screenings, capes, and Vampire Balls! Bite Me is a
Kathleen Rugh’s short film, “Winter’s First Moons” recently screened at the Process Festival in Riga, Latvia, the Spectral Film Festival in Stevens Point, WI, the Athens International Film + Video Festival in Athens, OH, and Experiments in Cinema in Albuquerque, NM. It was awarded a
PRESENTS A film by Lise Friedman and Maia Wechsler Monument Releasing presents IF THE DANCER DANCES, the first documentary about the life and work of the iconic choreographer Merce Cunningham since his passing in 2009. As the world celebrates Cunningham’s centennial this spring, we’d love to share this
New York has an extensive offering of Latin American film this week, so don’t miss the remarkable range of selections screening around the city. This Saturday, Cinema Tropical, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU, and the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations/What Moves You? are
DOC STUDIES PRESENTS @tnsdocstudies Monday, Apr 22 at 1 PM Kellen Auditorium, Ground Floor, 66 Fifth Avenue It’s hard to describe the experience of watching this film — at one level it’s a forensic telling of a dreadful story that gradually reveals its secrets, while simultaneously creating
“Welcome to Bodegaverse!” Two bodega clerks, Karen and Mamoudou, realize their boss’ beloved bodega cat, Carter, has gone missing on what seems like the worst day ever. Bodegaverse is a five episode web series that takes place over the course of a day. The series
You are all invited to an upcoming screening of Anayansi Prado and Heather Courtney’s documentary, “THE UNAFRAID” (2018). The film will be screened on Saturday, April 27th, 6:00 pm at NYU’s King Juan Carlos Center (KJCC). “THE UNAFRAID” is a feature-length documentary that follows the
Please join We are All Dominicans and Project Africa for a Film Screening and Conversation on Anti-Blackness in Dominican Republic and Brazil with Ana Maria Belique, Dominican activist. *Snacks will be served. The New School 55 West 13th Street Hirshon Suite – Room 203
New Date – Destination Co-Star! TV Tips for the Emerging Actor Thursday, Apr 18, 2019 @ 6:30 PM Are you an actor transitioning from theater, independent film, background work, or just starting out? This workshop is for those seeking practical advice in booking their first
From Director Ben Masters and the Team behind UNBRANDED “Visually stunning and politically sharp” – The Hollywood Reporter Special Advance Screenings! Sign up here and see this stunning documentary before anyone else! In partnership with TUGG Screenings, you can see the film at special select screenings in over 200
Roundtable April 10 6:30PM-8:00PM Roundtable with Grupo Fantasma (**New Location KJCC Rm. 324**) CLACS presents a conversation with members of Grammy Award Winning Grupo Fantasma, moderated by Dylon Robbins. Grupo Fantasma will speak about the release of their new albumAmerican Music Vol. VII. Read more/RSVP
THE WEAK ONES / LOS DÉBILES A film by Raúl Rico & Eduardo Giralt Brun (Mexico, 2018, 65 min. In Spanish with English subtitles) New York Premiere! “The stoic Victor gets into an argument with The Selfie, a member of a youth gang. Soon afterwards, Victor’s
Join us Friday, April 5th at 6:30 PM in Elebash Recital Hall for a film screening of Dis-Ease with Mariam Ghani followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and her team of graduate research assistants Harry Blain, Juliana Broad, Eileen Clancy, Jacob Clary, Josh LaMore, Christian Lewis, and Dilara O’Neil. Free and open to the public. Click here to RSVP. Dis-Ease Film Screening with Mariam Ghani
DOC STUDIES PRESENTS: Union Docs: Collaboration, Community, and Formally Adventurous Documentary Monday, Apr 8 at 1 PM Kellen Auditorium, Ground Floor, 66 Fifth Avenue UnionDocs: Collaboration, Community, and Formally Adventurous Documentary Screening and Conversation with CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, Founder and Executive Artistic Director “Brave cinema can only exist
DOC STUDIES PRESENTS @tnsdocstudies Monday, Mar 25 at 1 PM Kellen Auditorium, Ground Floor, 66 Fifth Avenue DOWN IN THE STREET Screening and Q&A with filmmaker JEM COHEN Cohen gives the audience the supreme gift of time, shaping it to create a valuable and enduring portrait of
Filmatique’s Foreign Language Oscar Submissions II Series continues with The Sound of Things, Costa Rican filmmaker Ariel Escalante’s debut feature which excavates the vicissitudes of a young woman’s grief in small, observational moments that gain accumulative power. To watch our current releases click here. Membership required. FLMTQ membership is $4.95/month. First
Non-Stick Nostalgia Film Series March 21–April 18 Accompanying MAD’s spring exhibition Non-Stick Nostalgia: Y2K Retrofuturism in Contemporary Jewelry, eight exciting works of transgressive, science-fiction filmmaking. From groundbreaking animated films like Ghost in the Shell and the cult classic Hackers to Luc Besson’s intergalactic extravaganza, The Fifth Element, the series surveys the
Film March 25 6:30 PM-9:00PM Indocumentales – I’m Leaving Now (Ya Me Voy) Join CLACS, Cinema Tropical, and the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations / What Moves You? for a film and conversation series committed to exploring the multiplicity of Latin American
Ya Me Voy (I’m Leaving Now) a feature-length documentary paints a portrait of Felipe, who after living and laboring for 16 years in Brooklyn–working three low-paying jobs to send his earnings to his family in Mexico–finally decides to return to his wife and the children.
Cinema Tropical (https://www.cinematropical.com/) is hosting a special screening of Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas’ new film NOELÍ OVERSEAS on Thursday, March 14 at Anthology Film Archives. The screening is presented as part of our ongoing series ‘If You Can Screen It There: Premiering Contemporary Latin American Cinema.’ Protagonist Yanet Mojica, a young
Please note: Our Indocumentales screening of The Unafraid– scheduled for this evening at NYU’s King Juan Carlos I Center – has been postponed due to New York University’s weather-related closure. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see you at the re-scheduled program. Stay tuned! Mark your calendars for Latin American film events
We are proud to welcome Raoul Peck as School of Media Studies‘ 2019 Hirshon Director-in-Residence. He is one of the most significant and prolific filmmakers of our time and has been richly rewarded for his historical, political, and artistic work. He will present his films and discuss his work at the