His films often track the effects that free markets, war, and their attendant technologies have on the individual. His films invariably reflect on the methods we use to construct and distribute images and the uses to which these images are put.
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CHI-TOWN Film Review
A hell of a documentary by Director Nick Budabin telling a bittersweet saga about the basketball playing years of Keifer Sykes, who has the indomitable spirit of an African American Everyman, soaring on the courts as a pint-size wunderkind and off as a loving uncle, father and comrade as he pursues his dreams. This film is as much about life, especially life in Chicago, as it is about basketball.
Art of the Real, Annual Nonfiction Showcase, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, April 26 – May 6
An essential showcasing of the most vital and innovative voices in nonfiction and hybrid filmmaking, the 2018 lineup features a host of brilliant new works and exciting artist spotlights, including one world premiere, eight North American premieres, and seven U.S. premieres, with many of the filmmakers in person.
PolitiFact
PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics.
17th Annual Tribeca Film Festival Brings Small Screen Storytelling to The Big Screen …
The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, supported by AT&T, will debut highly anticipated TV shows and introduce audiences to online storytellers without boundaries in its Tribeca TV and N.O.W. (New Online Work) sections. Those will includes 18 shows made up of eight series premieres, three season premieres, one mid-season premiere, two feature documentaries and five indie pilots.
Big, Big Happenings at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
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.
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.