Bravura Story Telling of the Fight of Ordinary Americans Against Laws Sweeping Across the Country to Strangle Cherished First Amendment Rights Right Under Our Noses. Part 1 Film review by Gregg W. Morris
DOC NYC BOYCOTT Film Review – Part 1
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COVID-19 Has Added Challenges to the Lives of Hawks Student Athletes Unlike Any Period in the History of the College
“Playing now is more painful than I’ve remembered,” Regis Enema, star center back for the men’s soccer team,” tells the WORD’s Morgan Gresse. ““Before COVID we all had a better understanding of what it meant to be a team because we all had the same priorities: School and soccer.”
2021 DOC NYC Film Review Teaser: PUNCH 9 FOR HAROLD WASHINGTON – Part 1
Director Joe Winston chronicles the historic legacy of Chicago’s first African American Mayor, Harold Washington. PUNCH 9 FOR HAROLD WASHINGTON draws on archival footage of 1980s Chi-Town with all its corruption and racial discrimination as well as the resilience and determination of Black Chi-Towners. IT includes candid interviews with Rev. Jesse Jackson, David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett. The film shows Washington’s political repertoire of skills and stratagems as well as stinging betrayals, and unlikely victories.
Winston and his filmmakers believe Washington’s legacy continues to resonate for the Windy City and the nation, confronting the never ending social issues that undermined the country.
By Gregg W. Morris
DOC NYC Film Festival 2021
The Mother of All Documentary Film Festivals – More than 120 feature-length documentaries among over 200 films and dozens of events. Included are 32 World Premieres and 34 US premieres. Opening Night film was Penny Lane’s Listening to Kenny G, Closing Night is Matthew Heineman’s The First Wave and Centerpiece docs are Sam Pollard and Rex Miller’s Citizen Ashe and Dave Wooley and David Heilbroner’s Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over. By Gregg W. Morris
Students Dealing with Challenges Unlike Any in Recent Memory Say They Are Cautiously Optimistic
The first day of classes landed on a muggy Wednesday, August 25. A seemingly never-ending line of students shuffled outside the Hunter West Building beginning at 10 a.m. An air of confusion at the Lexington Avenue and 68th Street campus was palpable as voices and discussions could be heard about the line’s purpose. – Article, second in a series, this one written by Bailey Huebner.
It Is What It Is: An Unprecedented Fall Semester Start
The lobby of Hunter’s West Building on 68th Street and Lexington Avenue was set up as a college fair help center during the two weeks leading up to August 25, the start of the fall semester, to help students deal with the logistical realities of the reopening of the College’s on-campus classes.
First in a series. This one by Constanza Falco
Damn the Pandemic, Full Speed Ahead Film Review of …
SALARYMAN, Directed by Allegra Pacheco
SALARYMAN blew the minds of judges and audiences at the DOC LA Film Festival, winning awards for Best Movie and Best Filmscore. It has more mesmerizing scenes and moments than any other feature or documentary that this reviewer can recall in many years.
By Gregg W. Morris
Film Update: klutz.
After a successful premiere at Dances With Films, Michelle Bossy’s short film – klutz. – starring Malka Wallick, produced by Girl Gang Production(s) is screening at several additional and upcoming film festivals.
2021 72 Hour Shootout Premiere Dedicated to Actor, Writer Howard Fong
The Film Lab’s 17th annual 72 Hour Shootout filmmaking competition premiered its winning films at the Asian American International Film Festival, celebrating and empowering voices and stories too often marginalized by mainstream media. For the first time in its history, the premiere was dedicated to an individual: Actor, Writer Howard Fong. By Gregg W. Morris
