By Gregg W. Morris
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PBS POV Broadcast July 11, 2022, 10 p.m. EST on PBS Television Nationwide and Streaming on PBS.org
WUHAN WUHAN Film Review
WUHAN WUHAN is picture perfect videography with cinematic panache and visual imagery portraying the lives of several Wuhan residents at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in February and March, 2020, in the city where the coronavirus began, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province in the People’s Republic of China. Wuhan is the largest city in Hubei and the most populous city in Central China with a population of over eleven million. – Review by Gregg W. Morris
“WUHAN WUHAN” – PBS POV Documentary Extraordinaire About the 1st Wave of COVID-19 in the City Where the Virus Was First Discovered, Debuting July 11, 2022 at 10 p.m. EST on PBS Television Nationwide and Streaming on PBS.org
2-Minute Trailer –– https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/wuhanwuhan/video-wuhan-wuhan/ Part 1: Pretty Much Everything an Audience Needs to Know About the Making of YUHAN HUHAN Part 2: Film Review – In the Works. Soon to be Published Part 3: Interview with former WORD Writer Who…
2022 Tribeca Film Festival Video Wrap Up (Video)
2022 Tribeca Film Festival Review
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Audiences Should Get Ready for a Cinematic Razzle-Dazzle Pièce de Résistance About Professional Women Basketball Players
UNFINISHED BUSINESS is one of the most exciting films to play at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. Veteran Director-Producer Alison Klayman tells tells the story of the New York Liberty, which is inseparable form the story of the WNBA, yet, tells the story of the WNBA, which is inseparable from story of the Liberty. – By Gregg W. Morris
New York Asian Film Foundation & Film at Lincoln Center Unveil Second Wave of Titles, Award Honorees, and Guests for 20th Anniversary New York Asian Film Festival
Tickets go on sale July 1 for the fully in-theater 20th anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), presented by the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), running from July 15–28, 2022 at FLC, as well as on July 23 and July 28–31 at Asia Society, which will be co-presenting a selection of key films and a Hong Kong marathon day. International stars and acclaimed filmmakers will return in-person to grace the NYAFF red carpet at FLC, receive awards, speak at Q&A sessions, and impart wisdom during masterclasses and special talks.
Tribeca Film Festival 2022
Film Review PINK MOON (Awarded Special Jury Mention for Best New Narrative Director, Floor van der Meulen)
The most moving and inspirational movies, in this reviewer’s opinion, are those that compel us to reflect on our lives. PINK MOON would be way up high, near the top, on that pantheon of a list ever there was one. – By Gregg W. Morris
LIFT Film Review 2022 Tribeca Film Festival
LIFT, shot over a period of 10 years, is a riveting 87 minutes because of Director David Petersen’s consummate cinematic story telling about The New York Theatre Ballet’s LIFT scholarship program for selected children to develop untapped skills as classical dancers and pursue their dreams. The kids and their families are in constant peril because of the homelessness plaguing them in the hellholes of the worse Bronx and South Bronx neighborhoods. – By Gregg W. Morris
A Tribeca Film Festival 2022 Must See!
Film Review of Director Peter Hengl’s FAMILY DINNER {♦ LAST PUBLIC SCREENING, Wednesday, 6/15 @ 8:15 p.m. – Tribeca Film Center}
The bravura filmmaking will keep audiences on the edge of their seats 90-plus minutes, and Director-Writer Hengl accomplishes this sans the customary horror film trimmings used by many filmmakers to add zest to their zestless cinemas: Gore, zombies, demonic possessions, X-rated prurience, CGI. Review by Gregg W. Morris.
‘Everything is on the table’ – Jelani Cobb, New Dean of Columbia University School of Journalism
He’s been a professor at the school, a staff writer for The New Yorker, an author, a documentary producer, and the director of the Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights.