The first floor of Thomas Hunter Hall bristles with kinetic energy as theater students on deadline hustle about their tasks to prepare for the newest Hunter Theater Department main stage show, “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.” The play by Stephen Adley Guirgus tells the story how Judas Iscariot’s fate for betraying Jesus Christ is determined before he dies. A cast of characters are pulled from the Bible and history books … such as Mother Teresa, Caiaphas, Saint Monica, Sigmund Freud and Satan.
By Laura Chavarry
Film Review
WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL
The many fiercely smokin’, bitchin’, slam-dunkin’ scenes, comments, dialogues and conversations in this 98-minute gem by Director Rob Garver – using archival footage of interviews and scenes from films, collages of clips, shots of news and magazine pages plus contemporary interviews – generates visceral sensations one would expect from a get-down, in-your-face, action-adventure reality show.
By Gregg W. Morris
DOC NYC 2019 Film Review
IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS
IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS features a 10-year-old Arrernte child prodigy narrating his life in this splendid documentary shot in the Northern Territory of Australia, providing a broad vista of, one, how the Arrernte deal with apartheid and oppression through the spirituality of tradition and custom, and two, the grim realities of inveterate racism and bigotry that subjugate his people. Director Maya Newell’s unflinching in-your-face portrait doesn’t have a shred of cynicism.
Review by Gregg W. Morris
DOC NYU 2019 University Student Category
CUNY BROOKLYN COLLEGE Shorts Reviews
CUNY’s Brooklyn College says it prepares students for real careers in the motion picture industry. From DOC NYC 2019 are seven movies, all shorts, that should be seen by those who want a headstart to witness the visions of the latest vanguard of documentarians who want to make a difference.
Gloom and Doom Reports About The Fourth Estate Can’t Dissuade Serious Student Journalists
Despite these times of “fake news,” slimy, lying journalists, the severe mistrust of news media by the American public, according to a recent Columbia Journalism Review article, and the treats of violence against reporters trying to do their jobs, there are Hunter students impassioned about the profession nonetheless
Senior Year Doesn’t Mean Senioritis for Henry Fernberger & Cassandra Catapano
Majoring in ancient Greek and Latin and minoring in media studies with a concentration in journalism, Henry Fernberger, like many students, says he isn’t sure what he’s going to do once he graduates. But he knows he has returned to…