This film portrait follows 19-year-old David Fasanya, an accomplished performance poet, as he ages out of his teen poetry organization and navigates the uncertain terrain between adolescence and adulthood.
I Want to Open Eyeballs, a film by Sam Allen. Excerpt.
5 Pointz, Queens is the grandest cathedral ever built to hip hop — an internationally celebrated graffiti center, recently erased by city rezoning and property development.
Anders Birch, Doc Studies Alum, begins Midwest Shoot for Denmark’s DR1 Television
In early May, Doc Studies graduate Anders Birch begins shooting a television feature doc in the U.S. for Denmark’s public broadcaster DR1. Along with Danish journalist Jakob Volver, Anders will shoot, direct and produce a 60-minute film on a little-known but long-established Danish village in the heart of the American midwest. Continue reading “Anders Birch, Doc Studies Alum, begins Midwest Shoot for Denmark’s DR1 Television”
Doc Studies Alum Lauren Belfer is the producer of HOTLINE
What comes to mind when you think of telephone hotlines? Suicide? Sex? Ms. Cleo? He-Man? Hulk Hogan? Teen party lines? Yes, those are a few, but hotlines are everywhere and millions of calls are made to them each week. Continue reading “Doc Studies Alum Lauren Belfer is the producer of HOTLINE”
Doc studies alum, Anders Birch — Nominated for Best Doc Short by the Robert Prize (Denmark’s Oscars)
Anders Birch, a graduate of the 2011 Doc Studies program, co-directed with Didde Einif A Leaf falls to the Sky, a 37-minute documentary on writer Knud Romer during the aftermath of his father’s end-of-life experience. Continue reading “Doc studies alum, Anders Birch — Nominated for Best Doc Short by the Robert Prize (Denmark’s Oscars)”
ALUM VANESSA BERGONZOLI — AMONG OSCAR NOMINEES
Vanessa Bergonzoli, a graduate of the Media Studies program, is co-producer of MONDAYS AT RACINE’S, directed by Cynthia Wade who, formerly, taught cinematography for Doc Studies and Media Studies. Continue reading “ALUM VANESSA BERGONZOLI — AMONG OSCAR NOMINEES”
Doc Studies Alums in Mixed Messages Show — Friday, December 7 at 6pm
The non-fiction films of Emily Allen and Sofia Araos, both graduates of the Doc Studies class of 2012, are featured works in this year’s Mixed Messages, the annual graduate student showcase of the School of Media Studies.
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Doc Studies Alum at Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival
Premiere of Sue Hagedorn’s DEPUTIZED — Sunday, December 2 at 1pm.
The 2008 fatal stabbing of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, exposes a thinly veiled system of intolerance for immigrants in a Long Island community. Continue reading “Doc Studies Alum at Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival”
The New School Doc Studies 