IMA students Natalie Conn and Jay Weichun, co-directors of the film “A Place of Spirit” were selected to receive student grants by the National Board of Review as part of their annual Student Grant Competition. In addition to their grants, Nathalie and Jay will also receive an honorary 1 year membership into the NBR. “A Place of Spirit”, a documentary created in Professor Shanti Thakur’s “Documentary Expressions” class, studies the impact an eviction notice has in the life of a woman who spent 44 years living in the same house.
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IMA student Seyi Adebanjo’s screening
IMA Student Seyi Adebanjo will have a multi-media photography screening on Friday August 30th at 7PM at the Bronx Documentary Center. This is from her fellowship with City Lore International Documentary Institute.
IMA alumna Cassie Wagler develops sound project
Cassie Wagler develops her sound project, SOGS Straight out of the Ground Sounds, in which she records an hour of sounds everyday and posts them as sound meditations online. The recorded sounds come from her surrounding environment in the Catskills where she is currently residing on a vegetable farm as a part of the Andes Sprouts Society arts residency.