Month: November 2017

IMA alumna Iva Radivojevic selected as Sundance Institute Fellow

IMA alumna Iva Radivojevic has been selected as 2017 Sundance Institute Art of Nonfiction Fellow.  Her films have screened at NYFF, SXSW, Rotterdam IFF, HotDocs, MOMA (NYC), PBS, and via The New York Times Op-Docs.

The Sundance Institute’s Art of Nonfiction Fellowship grants key creative and financial support to inventive nonfiction storytellers, encouraging the creative process of boundary-pushing. It includes an unrestricted direct-to-artist grant and a yearlong fellowship track tailored to each Fellow’s creative aspirations and challenges.

IMA students Katherine Machalek and Lizzie Warren’s 360/VR film

IMA students Katherine Machalek and Lizzie Warren presented a 360/VR film on grassroots activism against mining abuses in Guinea Thursday, November 16th from 6-7:30 pm at the CUNY Journalism School. The 360 video was shot in Guinea. It will provide advocates and communities with a new tool to help members of a community experience the transformation that mining can bring to their land.

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Prof. Ivone Margulies at Roosevelt House

Prof. Ivone Margulies facilitates Q&A with director Alex Dean and Susan Sarandon at Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story at The Roosevelt House, Hunter College.  The event was a part of the Feminist Institute.

Alex Dean with Susan Sarandon