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Three categories of immersive selections (Main Competition, New Voices, and Best of Season) are part of Tribeca this year, running from June 10-19. Main Competition projects are eligible for the juried Storyscapes Award, which honors artists who bridge the gap between technology and storytelling. In addition, Tribeca is introducing the New Voices Award for the immersive program, which is awarded to a first- or second-time XR creator that brings new perspectives and artistic languages to immersive storytelling. Article by Gregg W. Morris.

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Seventy percent of this year’s filmmakers are women and 70 percent are sharing a story about their own region. This program reflects the festival’s ethos of celebrating diversity of content and perspective. Select films in this year’s festival will be audio described for audience members who are blind or have low vision, and closed captions will be offered for deaf and hard of hearing members of the audience. Human Rights Watch 2022 highlights activism, featuring courageous individuals from around the world standing up to powerful forces and demanding change.

“We are thrilled to be back in theaters after two years away, bringing our audience a full slate of powerful films tackling urgent human rights issues including China, Russia, the climate crisis and reproductive rights,” John Biaggi, Director of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, was quoted as saying in a press release. – This article by Gregg W. Morris

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Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center in New York – and streaming to homes across the U.S. from May 20-26. This year’s festival includes 18 in-person screenings in NYC followed by Q&As featuring directors, film participants, and more. Opens with REBELLION, Friday May 20, 7p.m. + streaming online from May 20-26; Closing Night film, THE JANES, Thursday May 26, 7 p.m. and streaming online May 20-26. – By Gregg W. Morris

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Within 3 years of moving into a new neighborhood, Candy Montgomery (Jessica Biehl) has an affair, eventually slays, unmercifully, her paramour’s wife (Betty Gore played by Melanie Lynskey), yet, is subsequently acquitted after being arrested and indicted for murder. Review by Luis De Leon.

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City University of New York Chancellor Matos Rodriguez said students were no longer required to wear masks on campuses but this reporter does not feel safe without her mask on, write’s the WORD’s Nyya Collins. “And if I’m eating food in the third-floor student cafeteria or in other areas where students congregate,  I try to maintain a 6-foot distance.” Another articles in a series about students and the reopening of Hunter for on-campus learning.Picture graphic, Nyaa Collins.

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Hunter has hundreds of student clubs, undergraduate and graduate, that provide opportunities for students at this commuter campus to enjoy a social life that can provide benefits similar to those for students at residential campuses. By Abigail Jean who is reporting on campus clubs as the WORD’s designated columnist.

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Talk about a joie de vivre that many Nets fans experienced during these crazy Pandemic times: The Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers jaw-dropping, four-alarm deal sending a Nets shooting guard as well as a power-forward to Philly in exchange for three Philly veterans and two future first-round picks still resonates on many existential plains of existence this date even though the blockbuster trade was announced February 10.

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Nashville based indie pop artist Morgan Isaac Karr, better known by his nom de plume morgxn, is on tour for his Meridian [extended edition LP], which was recently released. His Catchy heart wrenching hooks, huge vocal performances and messages of hope and despair should have listeners reflecting on on their lives. – Review by Luis De Leon.

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