We’re thrilled to announce that several Doc Studies program alumni are screening their films this November at DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival! Rite of Passage by Talha Jalal (Class of 2023) is an official selection of the shorts programs, and Through a Glass Eye by Lola Granger-Jourdan (Class of 2023) was competitively selected for DOC NYC U. Both short films were previously presented during our Doc Studies annual showcase, Truth Be Told 2023. Mahdokht Mahmoudabadi (Class of 2018) is the lead editor of the feature film Three Promises, included in the official selection of DOC NYC. Congratulations to our alums!
Learn more about their backgrounds, the films’ synopses, and screening details below.
We’re incredibly excited to share that DOC NYC, the country’s largest documentary festival that takes place annually in the Fall, will feature five films by our recent graduates as part of the University Shorts lineup. Congrats to the filmmakers (Cacau Araujo, Tiffany Jiang, Moksh Krishnan, Zac Norrington, Jamila Yancy), their crew, the professors, and cohort members who provided support from start to finish.
This year, instead of grouping all of The New School films together as they have done in previous years, the programmers specially placed the films in thematic blocks. All of the short films, which will be having their world premiere and followed by a Q&A, will be available to watch online or in-person. The screening details and synopsis of each film can be found below. We hope to see you in the audience!
Synopsis: Mir Suhail, an exiled Kashmiri artist living in New York, draws cartoons to further the endeavors for freedom of his homeland. As he learns the pulse of his new city he finds himself consumed with the quest for identity, independence, and belonging.
Crew: Harry James Dwinell, Nicky Quamina Woo, Ryees Amin, Tiffany Jiang, Priyanka Nagpal
Synopsis: An exploration of the subculture of “stooping:” rescuing furniture, appliances, and other discarded household objects from the curbside of New York.
Synopsis: In 1983, Julie Ridge became the first person to swim two consecutive laps around the Island of Manhattan. Twenty-five years later, she dives into her memories of struggling with bipolar disorder.
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