Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, Schindler’s List, which won seven Oscars®, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a special post-screening conversation with Spielberg and actors Liam Neeson, Sir Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz, and more. Scarface, one of the most referenced films in pop culture, will celebrate its 35th anniversary with a screening and conversation with director Brian De Palma and actors Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer.
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Award Winning Student Journalist Kadia Goba at Investigative Reporters and Editors Convention
“I come to you from the failing New York Times” – Nikole Hannah-Jones’s opening remark of her keynote address at ,the 41st annual Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference, Phoenix. Arizona. Senior Editor Kadia Goba who wrote this story was at the conference because she as a recipient of a Columbia Journalism School Student Fellowship to the conference.
17th Tribeca Film Festival Short Film Lineup of 55 Narrative, Documentary and Animated Selections
The short films will be presented in 10 distinct competition programs, which consist of five narrative, three documentary, one animation, and one hybrid program. The program will also include special screenings and the 12th annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, sponsored by Mohegan Sun. The Shorts Film program, sponsored by Nutella®, runs throughout the Festival, April 18-29.
Journalist Manny Jalonschi Joins Kadia Goba and Gregg Morris for WORD Coverage of the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Manny Jalonschi joins Kadia Goba and Gregg Morris to cover the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Vin Diesel and Taylor Hackford First Round Presenters for 45th Chaplin Award Gala Honoring Helen Mirren, April 30, Alice Tully Hall
The gala is the Film Society’s largest annual fundraiser, and aids its mission to support the art and craft of cinema and enrich film culture via year-round programming; education initiatives; Film Comment magazine; Artist, Critic, and Industry academies; and much more.
47th Annual New Directors/New Films Festival, March 28–April 8, Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art
“The purpose of New Directors/New Films is to seek out emerging filmmakers who are working at the vanguard of cinema,” said Film Society Director of Programming Dennis Lim. “This is as diverse and wide-ranging a lineup as we’ve assembled in years: full of pleasures and provocations and, above all, surprises – proof that film remains a medium ripe for reinvention in ways big and small.”
THEY REMAIN Film Review – Can’t Wait to See This Gem (Again and Again) on Cable
Strapped inside Writer-Director Philip Gelatt’s 101-minute feature is a gem cocked and ready to shake-rattle-and-row-the-bejesus out of audiences. It’s imperceptible cinematic existence becomes evident in the riveting visual and audio panache of the final minutes of the film.
Immigrant Rights Activists See Turning Point for All Americans, Say All Have to Step Up to the Plate
The advocates spoke at a national telebriefing for ethnic media sponsored by Ready California, a collaborative cross-sector effort led by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and Ethnic Media Services
Teleconference on the Future of Immigration Reform in Light of a Hostile White House Administration
The conference was organized by Ethnic Media Services and Ready California to provide updated information about immigration reform and what it means for the country, proposed policy changes from DACA to H-1 B visas, family reunification travel bans and refugee restrictions, the impact for Muslim and Arab American communities and the targeting of African and Afro-Caribbean immigrants.
Three Prestigious Photography Associations’ “Profound Disappointment” in The Pointer Institute
National Press Photographers Association, Associated Press Photo Managers and The Kalish Visual Editing Workshop “profoundly disappointed” in a Poynter Institute’s recent article that casually advised journalists to select free stock photos for their articles.