Congratulations to C&M alumna Sami Chan! Her Culture & Media doc More Than a Face in the Crowd is now streaming on IndieFlix! Founded by filmmakers, IndieFlix curates films from worldwide film festivals to make sure indies have an audience. Join IndieFlix today to watch Sami’s film…and many others!
https://indieflix.com/indie-films/more-than-a-face-in-the-crowd-41970/
Monthly Archives: February 2015
James Higham Publishes Co-Authored Paper on Primate Facial Recognition
James Higham has published a new co-authored article about non-human primate facial recognition. It appears in the latest issue of The Royal Society and can be seen here.
Coverage of the discoveries has also been featured in various popular science outlets, which can be seen below.
BBC: ‘Colourful Faces Help Monkeys Recognize Each Other‘
Wired: ‘Monkey Faces Give Clues to Species and Individual Identity‘
Discovery Channel News: ‘Monkey Mustaches Reveal Evolution of Facial Hair‘
LiveScience: ‘Monkey Mustaches and Beards Help Algorithm Identify Faces‘
THE HAND THAT FEEDS to screen in NYC – Tuesday 2/3
Catch a screening of the award-winning feature-length documentary The Hand That Feeds by Robin Blotnick and C&M alumna Rachel Lears tomorrow night at the IFC Theater in NYC! Their film is screening as the opening night film for this season’s Stranger Than Fiction documentary film series! Q&A w/ directors Lears & Blotnick and film subject Mahoma López after the screening!
Click here for tickets.
Cast in India screening at Alligators in the Sewers Day
Come hear about New York City’s urban legends and catch a screening of Natasha Raheja’s C&M film Cast in India on FEB 6 at 7PM at Alligators in the Sewers Day, an unofficial annual holiday initiated by the Manhattan Borough Historian to mark the birth of one of New York City’s greatest true urban legends.
Friday, Feb 6th at 7pm
Hunter College, Room HW 714
Registration Required!
ABOUT THE EVENT:
Celebrate Alligators in the Sewers Day, an unofficial annual holiday that Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione initiated four years ago to mark the birth of one of New York City’s greatest true urban legends. It was on that date back in 1935 that a live alligator was found in an East Harlem storm sewer. A detailed article about the discovery was printed in the New York Times the next day.
Join NYC H2O for an afternoon of fun-filled festivities including a screening of the documentary Cast in India about the making of manhole covers. Michael Miscione will recount the 1935 sighting and briefly discuss other great NYC urban legends — some true, some not.
Living Quechua – Official Launch Party
Join Culture & Media alumna Christi Mladic Janney this Wednesday 2/4 at the OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY for her C&M doc Living Quechua!
Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 8:00pm [doors open at 7:30pm]
Meridian 23, 161 W. 23rd St, NYC 10011
TICKETS $10 ~ at door and online
LIVE CONCERT BY INKARAYKU
FREE RAFFLE WITH PRIZES
DANCE PARTY WITH KICHWA HATARI
Living Quechua (Runasimiwan Kawsay) is a short documentary film that had its World Premiere at the 38th Margaret Mead Film Festival in late 2014. The film explores the Quechua-speaking community of NYC, and focuses on one woman’s efforts to keep her language alive.
Inkarayku is a contemporary Andean music band that plays traditional musical forms from Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, with a New York edge.
Kichwa Hatari is a community radio program in NYC that blends radio, community organizing, and cultural / linguistic empowerment.
