The effects on the environment and our self-manufactured crisis. (Total Running Time: 92 MIN) Aguilucho: Dance of the Harpy Eagle | Director: Daniel Byers The indigenous people of the Darién Gap rainforest work with conservationists to use their heritage and traditions to protect the endangered Harpy Eagle and, in turn, protect their community. – Dewitt […]
Moments of change, introspection, and more of the same during the pandemic. Breathe In, Breathe Out | Director: Ilja WillemsWhile the lockdown was happening in New York City, Bahar Baharloo joined a volunteer bike messenger service to help people in need, first traveling the empty streets and later navigating the protests. – Dewitt Davis (USA, 13 […]
This block explores grief and how we grapple with loss. (Total Running Time: 91 MIN) 3:07 | Director: Megan Miller A personal expression of transformation, as a mother turns her grief and silence around a stillbirth into an expression of remembrance. – Elyse Wang (UK, 12 MIN) The Final Touch | Director: Claire Maske A […]
Stories about born and chosen families. (Total Running Time: 87 MIN) Descended from the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street | Director: Nailah Jefferson An intimate look at the lingering economic, psychological, and emotional impacts of the Tulsa Massacre through the lens of descendants. – Elyse Wang (USA, 22 MIN) Freedom Swimmer | […]
What does care look like and how can we take care? The caretakers answer this question. (Total Running Time: 94 MIN) Post Mortem Berlin | Director: Anton von Heiseler Experience the final moments of care administered to a human body before cremation. -Samah Ali (GERMANY, 27 MIN) Rat Tail | Director: Chad Sogas Director Chad […]
The three-semester News and Documentary Graduate Program at NYU Journalism prepares students to be independent in the field and to shoot and edit a documentary on their own. We are a blend of rigorous journalism and film aesthetic. These three documentaries represent the variety of topics, approaches, and styles we encourage. The stories were shot […]
Explore the creative process with artistic people around the globe. (Total Running Time: 84 MIN) Deafying Gravity| Director: Sam Martin Professional aerial artist Katia Schwartz reworks her craft to embrace her weakening hearing abilities. – Samah Ali (AUSTRALIA, 14 MIN) Feelings of Invisibility | Director: Charmaine Kachibaia Feelings of Invisibility explores the art of Anne […]
Brooklyn College is proud to showcase student documentaries from the FILM Department and TREM (Television, Radio, and Emerging Media). The Brooklyn College Film Department was founded in 1974 and provides students with a rigorous, hands-on production curriculum. The Department of Television, Radio and Emerging Media’s slate includes “Self-Portrait” projects illustrating explorations and visions. Between Me […]
NYC Premiere: For centuries, Dalits, deemed untouchable within Hinduism’s caste hierarchy, have been denied access to education. Amidst rising Hindu nationalism, Dalit women fight the double-edged sword of caste and patriarchy as they manage Khabar Lahariya, India’s only newspaper run by women. Described as a “rousing and inspirational tribute” by Variety, Writing with Fire traverses […]
NYC PREMIERE The three minutes of footage explored in this extraordinary film are the only moving images left of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk before the Holocaust. Director Bianca Stigter inhabits and examines every frame of the home movie Glenn Kurtz found in his parents’ home in Florida, transforming the rare color footage shot in […]