CUNY’s Brooklyn College says it prepares students for real careers in the motion picture industry. From DOC NYC 2019 are seven movies, all shorts, that should be seen by those who want a headstart to witness the visions of the latest vanguard of documentarians who want to make a difference.
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DOC NYU 2019 University Student Category
Senior Year Doesn’t Mean Senioritis for Henry Fernberger & Cassandra Catapano
Majoring in ancient Greek and Latin and minoring in media studies with a concentration in journalism, Henry Fernberger, like many students, says he isn’t sure what he’s going to do once he graduates. But he knows he has returned to…
Two Savvy Students Who Learned How to Beat Those Commuter Campus Blues
Hunter Hawks Tennis Player Elaine Zhang, 22, and Davin Smith, a media studies major with a concentration in journalism who hosts a sports radio show, found the camaradarie and student activities they needed to avoid those commuter campus blues.
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FIRE IN PARADISE
Drea Cooper, a co-director of this mesmerizing movie of people making life and death decisions to survive, lives in Oakland, California and noticed smoke November 8, 2018 but didn’t give it much thought until his mom called late in the evening: “Paradise is gone,” she said.
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WAGING CHANGE Q&A, Video 3: Attention Audiences, Time to Get Down
Director Abby Ginzberg tells the audience she wants them to join the movement for progressive change.
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WAGING CHANGE – The Q&A That Was More A Than Q – Video 2
Fekkak Mamdouh, co-director of Roc-United, and Nataki Rhodes of Roc-United Chicago, are the principal speak-truth-to-power activists in this second Q&A video snippet for WAGING CHANGE directed by Abby Ginzberg.
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WAGING CHANGE – The Q&A That Was More A Than Q – Video 1
A blazing documentary featuring female activists from around the country and well known activist actresses – and yes, there are some males – united in a fierce effort to end a modern day form of indentured slavery endemic in the restaurant business. Told in a spellbinding cinema fashion by Award Winning Director Abby Ginzberg. This Q&A, which is more A than Q, is 7 minutes of prime time viewing!
BURNING CANE Q&A with Director Phillip Youman, Moderated by Erik Luers – Part 3 of 3: The Audience
Today, Thursday, October 31, 2019 is the last day that the movie will be showing at the IFC Center in NYC. Times: 1:10 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 5:10 p.m. 7:20 p.m. Please note that the 5:10 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. showtimes today will have tickets available at the box office only due to the Halloween Parade shutting down the West 4 Street subway station. Burning Cane on Netflix November 6.
BURNING CANE Q&A with Director Phillip Youman, Moderated by Erik Luers – Part 2 of 3: Here Comes Hurricane Harvey
Showing at the IFC Center in NYC. Remaining showtimes today, Wednesday, October 30, are 5:10 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. Tomorrow, Thursday, the last showing of the film: 1:10 p.m., 3:10 p.m., 5:10 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. Director Phillip Youman and…
DOC NYC Returns for 10th Anniversary Edition, November 6-15, 2019
Schedule: 300+ Films, Episodic Content, Events Spanning 10 Days at the IFC Center, SVA Theater and Cinépolis Chelsea. Hundreds of Special Guests.
DOC NYC opens TOMORROW with its Opening Night Screening of Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band! There is only a limited number of tickets left for this screening so be sure to get yours now!DOC NYC is also having another 10 for $10 flash sale! Get tickets to 10 different films for only $10 each! Be sure to get in quick, this offer ends on noon Wednesday November 6!
DOC NYC, kicking off tomorrow. Shining a light on the different areas of the festival to help people plan their schedules This week:Highlighting our True Crime Section as part of the film lineup and the Short List panels being presented at DOC NYC PRO.