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Film & Media presents: Mark Lipson

The Film & Media Studies Department presents:
The Lang Auditorium, Hunter North Room 424
Monday, November 8th, 6:00-8:00PM

MARK LIPSON
Mark Lipson is producer for the Errol Morris documentaries THE THIN BLUE LINE, FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL and the latest, TABLOID. Lipson will join us to discuss the evolution of the ground-breaking and controversial work THE THIN BLUE LINE. He will also share his experience with TABLOID and the specific strategies filmmakers must consider regarding distribution in the digital era. Lipson will show clips from the films, in a conversation with Shanti Thakur, Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies. Lipson will then answer questions from the audience.

This is not a night to miss. THE THIN BLUE LINE put Errol Morris on the map, who later won an Academy Award for THE FOG OF WAR.

Annual Fall IMA Gathering

Please join us for our annual Fall IMA Gathering.

Friday, Nov. 19, 2010
5:30PM – 8:30PM

Where: Hunter North 436 AKA “The TV Studio”

A chance to meet IMA faculty, not to mention other IMA students, and talk about the program, the curriculum, new directions, and more.

Note: Historically the gathering has has a focus on people interested in joining the IMA as well as current students. Professor Steve Gorelick has developed a separate set of such meeting for this Fall. While anyone interested in the IMA is welcome, the Gathering will be an informal event primarily for current students.

Refreshments will be served.

To attend virtually: http://hntrcollege.na6.acrobat.com/ima-111910/

Young Women’s Mentoring Program visit The Department of Film & Media


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October 22, 2010
Hunter College TV Studio

Young Women’s Mentoring Program visit The Department of Film & Media.  

The program was hosted by Professor Tami Gold. Prof. Gold spoke to 50 young women about her work as an independent documentary filmmaker.

Guest speakers:

Karen Ranucci, from Democracy Now, will talk about journalism and how it is the duty of journalists to look deeper into news stories.  She will talk about Democracy Now and why this kind of independent media is important.  Karen will present a few video clips  produced by women journalists/filmmakers — the story looks behind the arrest of “terrorists” in Newberg and Albany.  http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/6/entrapment_or_foiling_terror_fbis_reliance

IMA Alumnae Clarisa James and Sha Sha Feng speak about their experience in media and the organization DIVAS for Social Justice they co-founded.

Special Thanks to the F&M Tech Terns for assisting setup, filming, and photography for this event.

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