By Kara Paternostro, May 13, 2016 As the semester peaks, two students interviewed for this article said they were starting to feel on edge. The possibility of a strike by CUNY faculty and staff has added to the normal anxiety…
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Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program II Opens
New York City – The Aspiring Writers Mentoring Program is now open for application for its second phase. On May 7, 2016, program director Marivir Montebon and former New York Times senior editor Terry Schwadron will provide an initial orientation…
BALCONY: Tribeca Film Festival Review
By Gregg Morris “I wanted to tell a story that captures the daily injustices, individual and institutional, in an environment like the estate I grew up on, a place that struggled with racial tension and simmering rumors.” – Director Toby…
Remarks by President Obama to College Reporters
Edited by Gregg Morris From White House Press Office, Thursday, April 28, 7:13 p.m. James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, 3:53 p.m. EDT Transcript sent to Gregg Morris The President I hear there’s some hotshot journalists here. Josh was speaking for me,…
CURVE, Tribeca Film Festival Review
Uh oh! Director Tim Egan’s superbly nightmarish 11-minute cinematic nouvella resonated on all those levels where fear and panic can reign. In my gut. In my mind. In my soul. She’s inches away from certain death. How the hell did…
THE CHAUFFEUR: A Tribeca Film Fest Movie Review
By Gregg Morris – The publicity blurb caught my eye: Donald is an artist. Donald is musician. Donald is an actor. But Donald lives in Los Angeles, so to everyone, Donald is the chauffeur. I thought, “everyone,” after he becomes famous,…
Tribeca Film Festival Film Review, HERE ALONE
By Gregg Morris Director Rod Blackhurst’s HERE ALONE, just two days ago selected as the 2016 TFF Audience Award Winner for Narrative, is an exquisitely crafted piece of suspense and horror that will reach into the hearts and souls of audience members.…
2016 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award Winners
By Gregg Morris HERE ALONE Director Rod Blackhurst Director won for narrative and THE RETURNED Directors Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway won for documentary. Each award came with a cash prize of $10,000. Additionally as part of the…
TFF Announces 2016 Juried Award Winners
Edited by Gregg Morris DEAN, JUNCTION 48, and DO NOT RESIST win top awards in U.S. and International Narrative and World Documentary Competitions. NOTES ON BLINDNESS: INTO DARKNESS wins Storyscapes Award; Rachel Tunnard, ADULT LIFE SKILLS, wins fourth annual Nora Ephron…
Tribeca Film Festival Announces Inaugural Digital Creators Program Featuring …
… First Ever Marketplace For Digital and Online Content, and Third Annual Tribeca N.O.W. (New Online Work) Showcase The 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, today announced the inaugural Tribeca Digital Creators Market and Special Screenings program.…