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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IMA alum Grayson Earle’s cryptocurrency project
IMA alum Grayson Earle collaborated with The New Inquiry to develop a free, easy-to-use application called Bail Bloc, which mines for a cryptocurrency to help disadvantaged people in New York pay for their bail bills. The project was born as a response to the prison-industrial complex, which imprisons thousands of low-income people before they are even trialed, making them lose jobs or custody of children and subjecting them to plea bargains.
IMA student Lizzie Warren’s Documentary on PBS WORLD
IMA student Lizzie Warren’s Emmy-nominated documentary “WarZone/Comfort Zone” aired on the PBS WORLD channel Sunday, 11/13 at 11:00 AM. The film uncovers the plight of four women veterans for normalcy and peace without the benefit of a comprehensive support system, left to the cope with life after their military service.