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.
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Raheja’s C&M film featured in NYU Research Digest
Check out the Winter 2015 issue of NYU Research Digest for an article called “Film as Methodology.” The article includes information about of Natasha Raheja’s C&M film Cast in India and a great description of our Culture & Media Program!
Amalia Córdova advisor to Berlinale Indigenous film showcase
Congratulations to C&M alumna Amalia Córdova. Amalia has been selected as an advisor to the Berlinale Film Festival’s upcoming showcase on Indigenous films from Latin America, called NATIVe – A Journey into Indigenous Cinema! With NATIVe, the Berlinale aims to show its appreciation of Indigenous cinema and demonstrate its relevance beyond regional, political and cultural boundaries.
The full program can be seen here.
Gender Reel NYU features films by members of C&M community
The Department of Cinema Studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts welcomes Gender Reel for a two-day transgender film & performance art festival on February 7-8, 2015.
Location: Department of Cinema Studies
721 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10003
We are pleased to announce that two films by members of our Culture & Media community will be screen on Saturday, February 7th!
Carmen’s Place by Anna Wilking (C&M alumna)
Synopsis: life in a NYC shelter for transgender youth.
10:45 AM
and
Luchando by Noelle Stout (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology)
Synopsis: four Cuban sex workers who set out to resolve their touching and, at times, humorous predicaments.
3:15 PM
Both screenings will be followed by discussions by the filmmakers.
FULL SCHEDULE HERE
PLEASE RSVP HERE
Reheja’s C&M film a finalist for 2015 Social Impact Media Awards
Congratulations to Natasha Raheja! Her Culture & Media film Cast in India is a finalist for the 2015 Social Impact Media Award!! This contest recognizes eye-opening impact cinema from across the globe that exemplifies excellence in its potential to inspire change! Natasha’s film is one of 37 films from 35 countries to move onto the final judging round!
NYU C&M films featured at 2014 SVA Film Festival
Congratulations to members of the C&M community for their involvement in the 2014 SVA Film Festival! Here is where you can catch C&M student and and alumni film work this year!
********** WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd 2014 (SESSION A) ***********
CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL HERITAGE Marriott Hoover Room
4:45 PM Museum Night – dir. Nica Davidov (55 min, Russia) Q&A
THE CAMERA AND THE TOURIST Marriott Hoover Room
9:00 PM Gringo Trails – dir. Pegi Vail (1 hr 19 min, USA)
***************THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4th 2014 ***************
FROM THE VAULT Marriott Hoover Room
1:15 PM In the Land of the Head Hunters dir. Edward Curtis (1 hr 5 min, Canada) Q&A (C&M alumni Aaron Glass was on the team that restored this film!!)
ANDEAN STORIES Marriott Hoover Room
2:45 PM Let There Be Light – dir. Anna Wilking (52 min, Ecuador) Q&A
Co-Winner: Best Graduate Student Film
4:30 PM Living Quechua – dir. Christine Mladic Janney (19 min, USA) Q&A
*************** FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th 2014 ***************
TELLING STORIES Marriott Hoover Room
12:45 PM A Correspondence – dir. Leili Sreberny-Mohammadi (16 min, UK/USA/Germany)
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And congratulations to C&M alumna Naomi Schiller who was on the jury this year!
Lina de Jesús wins video contest
Congratulations to C&M alumna Lina de Jesús! Her short film “Mi Tia de Condado” won second place in the Hazlo Bien HIV prevention video contest! Hazlo Bien is a Puerto Rico-based HIV/AIDS awareness campaign for youth.
Cast in India screens at Athens Ethnographic Film Festival
Congratulations to Natasha Raheja! Her C&M film Cast in India screened this year at the 5th Athens Ethnographic Film Festival!
IndieWIRE interview with C&M alumna Rachel Lears
C&M alumna Rachel Lears co-directed the award-winning documentary The Hand That Feeds, which is making its NYC premiere this week atDOC NYC. IndieWIRE is running a series of articles about women directors at DOC NYC and interviewed Lears recently about her film. Click here to read! The Hand That Feeds screens Sunday 11/16 and Thursday 11/20 at DOC NYC. Click here for tickets.
THE CANCER MIRROR wins award at Big Apple Film Festival
Congratulations to C&M alumna Sophie Tuttleman! The short documentary she produced while in the Culture & Media Program, The Cancer Mirror, won the award for Best Student Film over the weekend at the 2014 Big Apple Film Festival!
Find out more about The Cancer Mirror here.