“We can’t allow the decennial census to become weaponized and politicized by the Trump administration. Regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision on whether to include the citizenship question on the 2020 Census, our coalition will continue to work to ensure that all communities get counted,” said, Beth Lynk, Census Counts campaign director at The Leadership Conference Education Fund. “If there is an undercount, vital public services, schools, hospitals, and highways will not be properly funded and communities that already face systemic barriers to success will suffer.”
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2019 New York Asian Film Festival, June 28 to July 14
From the deadly serious to the gleefully absurd, from the disquieting to the freaky, NYAFF continues to celebrate the most vibrant and provocative cinema out of Asia today.
The 47th Dance on Camera Festival, July 12 to 15 – Film at Lincoln Center & Dance Films Association
Lineup includes films featuring dance luminaries Carlos Acosta, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Merce Cunningham, and more, with Robert Fairchild, Bobbi Jene Smith, Sol Picò, and Charles Atlas appearing in person.
In the Upcoming June 25 Democratic Primary, She Wants Folks to Vote for …
Summer of Film at Lincoln Center, June 14 – August 9
Highlights include a trio of series featuring special double features: 50th Mixtape, which presents two free films back-to-back every Thursday night, combining all-time and recent favorites of the Film at Lincoln Center programming staff.
What Should Hunter Students Expect of the New CUNY Chancellor, Felix V. Matos Rodriguez
WORD Reporters Areber Rexha and Malik Young interviewed Queens College student leaders about their experiences and opinions of their former college president, Felix V. Matos Rodriguez for a series of articles. This last article is based on interviews with a few Hunter students. The reporting for the series of articles, based on the Queens interviews, was recognized with a reward by the CUNY University Student Senate.
IFC, Home to DOC NYC – the Largest Documentary Festival in the U.S. – Unveiled Its Final Lineup for the Third Annual Split Screens TV Festival
Final lineup for the third annual Split Screens TV Festival taking place Wednesday, May 29 through Monday, June 3, 2019, at NYC’s IFC Center.
Ninth Annual Lower East Side Film Festival
Innovative feature films and specialty short showcases, industry talk backs, and more. LESFF Judges include Rosario Dawson, Joe Quesada, Luke Cage,Matt FX, Tamra Simmons, Sam Levy.
YOU DON’T NOMI Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Review
Attention Jeffrey McHale: YOU DON’T NOMI is a smartly done, five stars plus debut for your first feature documentary, so you Hang 10 for the waves of approbation and disapprobation coming your way for your derring-do to step into the cinematic maelstrom of SHOWGIRLS.
Director Jenny Wright’s Animation, MY MOTHER’S EYES, 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Review
About the connection of a mother and her child, and how the child grows up remembering how the mother helped the child view the world with eyes of wonder.