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IMA Students Natalie Conn & Jay Weichun win prestigious National Board of Review Students Grants

IMA students Natalie Conn and Jay Weichun, co-directors of the film “A Place of Spirit” were selected to receive student grants by the National Board of Review as part of their annual Student Grant Competition. In addition to their grants, Nathalie and Jay will also receive an honorary 1 year membership into the NBR. “A Place of Spirit”, a documentary created in Professor Shanti Thakur’s “Documentary Expressions” class, studies the impact an eviction notice has in the life of a woman who spent 44 years living in the same house.

photo of woman in her dining room

“My Brooklyn” screening at Roosevelt House & CUNY Grad Center

There is a screening of Prof. Anderson’s documentary My Brooklyn at Roosevelt House on Monday Sept. 9:
http://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/events/my-brooklyn-screening-with-filmmaker-kelly-anderson/

and one at the CUNY Grad Center on Tuesday Sept. 10:
http://www.gc.cuny.edu/News,-Events,-Public-Programs/Calendar/Detail?id=20734

My Brooklyn examines the gentrification of downtown Brooklyn centering on the Fulton Mall. Anderson “strikes a fine balance between personal journal and political exposé” (Variety) as she seeks to understand the forces shaping her borough along race and class lines. At the Graduate Center, Anderson will be interviewed by Mark Jacobson, contributing editor at New York magazine.