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IMA alumna Laurie Sumiye featured in Forbes & NYT

IMA alumna Laurie Sumiye’s short film OF MEMORY & LOS SURES co-directed with Andrew Parsons while they were fellows at UnionDocs will be screening with Diego Echerrevia’s seminal 1984 documentary LOS SURES at the Metrograph playing through April 21. OF MEMORY & LOS SURES was inspired by this film about South Williamsburg. View this newly restored 16mm film print at this beautiful brand new venue!

Here’s a review from The New York Times.
Another review on Forbes written by our own journalism instructor David Alm.

IMA student Wendell Cooper’s thesis performance

Photo of one of the actors in the performanceWendell Cooper presented his thesis performance 8pm at 165 West 86th Street @ Amsterdam Avenue.

Here is an audience participation guided meditation you are invited to listen to before the show. It draws on the futuristic world of the piece, and weaves together threads of yoga, speculative fiction, and the consciousness of Nature.