IMA alumna Deirdre Fishel receives 2018 Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund grant. The grant is given to films that explore social themes. Deirdere’s (director and producer) film Women In Blue is about a high-profile police shooting rocks the Minneapolis Police Department, and its reform-minded first female chief is forced to resign. Following three women officers who carry on the fight to transform the MPD and restore community trust — Women in Blue explores gender, violence and policing in America.
With a world class faculty and up-to-date production facilities, Hunter College’s Department of Film & Media Studies offers two undergraduate programs of study and an MFA degree in Integrated Media Arts. [more...]