A precocious 7-year-old girl, Queenie, hustles and schemes her ways on the mean streets and subways of New York City to make money to help her parents when she realizes the family business is closing because of the Pandemic. Review of Director Lloyd Lee Choi’s sublime 17-minute film short by Sandra Cambrelen.
Review by Gregg W. Morris
The 2023 fall semester began August 25 in the middle of a heatwave in New York City, and Tanha Latif, 23, from Dhaka, the Capitol in Bangladesh, was interviewed for this article about her impressions, feelings, and expectations for the…
PIVOT centers on 12-year-old Ashley who finds herself at odds with her mother’s expectations of femininity and the traditional image of what a girl should be. And it also addresses a lot more issues in these contentious times. Review by J Perez.
Vishavjit Singh is a New York City based illustrator, writer, performance artist, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com. For the past few years Vishavjit has been traveling across the country with his Sikh Captain America persona armed with a turban, beard and humor to tackle fear, anxiety, bigotry and intolerance. He uses storytelling as a tool to create a space for challenging conversations around identity, race, bias, vulnerability and how to be agents for change. – Review of the riveting animated story by Gregg W. Morris.
