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IMA student Deepak Rauyniar screening

whitesun_v2Hunter students, faculty and alumni are invited to a screening and Q&A of the film White Sun by IMA student Deepak Rauyniar tomorrow night!

May 11th 7pm – Lang Auditorium – 4th Floor Hunter North Building. Free – Please RSVP to Natalie: imamfaassistant@gmail.com

Deepak began his graduate studies at Hunter last year soon after completing this film, his second narrative feature and has been juggling his studies at Hunter with traveling to multiple film festivals around the world. Earlier this year, White Sun screened at the MoMA and Lincoln Center as part of the New Directors Film Festival. Deepak was included in NYTimes article, The 9 New Directors You Need to Watch. This is our opportunity to see it here at Hunter and hear about the challenges he faced during production, how he went from script to screen. More about the film here and here.

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Panel discussion – WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein (Jack Newfield Visiting Professor)

Please join us at Roosevelt House as for a panel discussion moderated by WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein, the current Jack Newfield Visiting Professor of Investigative Reporting at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, and featuring: Pulitzer Prize Winner Sarah Ryley, from The Trace; Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize Winner Sarah Gonzalez from WNYC; and Author Paul Moses, Professor of Journalism at Brooklyn College/CUNY. more info…

Thursday, May 18, 2017
6:00 p.m. reception / 7:00pm program
Roosevelt House

Prof. Kelly Anderson receives UFVA award

My_Bklyn_DirectorThe University Film and Video Association (UFVA) and its Documentary Working Group caucus chose Professor Kelly Anderson to receive the 2017 DWG George C. Stoney Award for Outstanding Documentary Work.

The annual award honors an individual who demonstrates the values George Stoney promoted throughout his career – stories that represent the poor, the lesser known, the working class, and as a hallmark, engage social injustice themes. The award also recognizes writing as well as media advocacy work. Prof. Anderson will receive this incredible honor at the UFVA’s annual conference banquet in Los Angeles this summer.

Kelly Anderson’s most recent film is My Brooklyn, a documentary about gentrification and the redevelopment of Downtown Brooklyn. My Brooklyn premiered at the 2012 Brooklyn Film Festival, where it won an Audience, and it was broadcast on the PBS World series America ReFramed…read more.