“Filmmakers this year,” said actor and President of Film Labs Jennifer Betit Yen, “showed limitless creativity with films showcasing laughter and beauty through pain – it was so hard for the judges this year. I think they wanted everyone to win!” – Article by WORD Editor, Writer Gregg W. Morris.
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival May 31 to June 11, 2023
AMERICAN SIKH Review: “… Dedicated to Every American Who’s Felt Unwelcome Or Unwanted”
The 2023 Asian American Film Lab 72 Hour Shootout – The Only Competition of Its Kind in the Country
ALL THE WORLD IS SLEEPING Film Review
A viscerally gripping, 145-minute drama with scenes of incredible intensity, many searing, about Chama, a single mom in her early 20s, played by Melissa Barrera whose character is a system-impacted woman teetering on the edge of an abyss.
Numerous cinema accolades : NY HBO Latino Film Festival – Winner of Best Film; Las Cruces International Film Festival – Winner of Best Film & Grand Jury Prize; Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival – Winner of Best Editing; Santa Fe Independent Film Festival – Winner of Best Film; Ojai International Film Festival – Honorable Mention Best Director; Seattle Latino Film Festival – Honorable Mention Best Film, Best Director.
Review by Gregg W. Morris
Registration Opens for the 19th Annual 72 Hour Shootout Filmmaking Competition …
Tyre Nichols News
ACLU Responds to Killing of Tyre Nichols
What Hunter Students Told WORD Reporters about the 2022 Midterm Elections – First Article in a Series
College students voted in unusually large numbers, boosting the Democrats narrow 2022 midterm victories, according to NPR, the nonprofit news service Stateline of the Pew Charitable Trusts, CIRCLE and several other non-partisan news organizations. Two Hunter students and a Hunter NYPIRG coordinator were interviewed by this reporter about the 2022 midterm elections.
Article by Milan Dupuy.
The Who, What, When, Where and Why Q&A of the Acting Director of the Dr. Murray and Anna C. Rockowitz Writing Center at Hunter College– Part 1
At the start of the this fall semester, RWC Acting Director Jack Kenigsberg emailed faculty a friendly heads-up that one of the College’s invaluable resources for students was opened for business. “It’s hard to believe we’re on the cusp of a new academic year,” he wrote. “The past year was incredibly difficult for me, and for too many of my students, so I can only hope that this one will be easier.” – Q & A by Jude Rollinson. A three-part series.