“Child protection is everybody’s business”. It’s the slogan we hear with familiar regularity in community service announcements. Yet the only time the public hears about the system that protects our most vulnerable children is when something goes terribly wrong. THE DEPARTMENT…
While Gramercy Park isn’t the only private green space in New York City, it is certainly the most famous. What unique characteristics does the park lend to the area? How has Gramercy Park’s exclusive nature helped the development of the city as a whole?
December 16 marked the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, a pivotal moment in the march toward the American Revolution. But by 1773, New York was already heavily involved in the burgeoning quest for independence. This talk/virtual walk looks at the embers that were still burning from the French…
Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else. Ten years later, the director and cousin of the teenager examine the past causes and future consequences of this unsolved crime. Like an imagined biography,…
When the fireworks inflame the memory of a war survivor. --- Une chimie lie spectacle et guerre, le nitrate est un élément présent dans les feux d’artifices comme dans les bombes. Nitrate se penche sur ce qui arrive lorsqu’un spectacle rallume les souvenirs de guerre…
Kurzfilm von Christian Bau D 2022, 8 Minuten Musik: Ulrike Haage, Montage: Maria Hemmleb Während einer Auktion, auf der das Werk “Abstraktes Bild (H.M.)” von Gerhard Richter versteigert werden soll, erscheint die Photographie eines Toten im Livestream. Eine paranormale Erscheinung,…
The Diggers is an observation journey into various artisanal mining sites in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The film shows the arduous and surreal labor of adults and teenagers extracting coltan, tungsten and black tourmaline. Our camera captures their repeated movements, their picks,…
Sono andata a Cuba in camper solo con il telefonino, da vera e propria turista per caso. E così, effettivamente un po' a caso, ho ripreso il mio viaggio. Al ritorno mi sono resa conto che video dopo video tutto il viaggio alla fine è stato ben documentato e poteva essere interessante!…
The nation of Israel can point to a long and colorful past. The stories of the Tanakh, or Old Testament, are familiar to the majority of the world’s population who follow one of the Abraham religions. We begin our journey in Jerusalem, where we trace the long history of the Jewish people's…
Unlearning Sex A film by Zanah Thirus 2020, 81 minutes, Color Sexual assault and trauma -- and how these experiences intersect with race, class, and sexual orientation -- are rarely discussed in our society. Zanah Thirus’s bold new film, UNLEARNING SEX, explores these topics with complexity…
In Balanchine's Classroom takes us back to the glory years of Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the remembrances of his former dancers and their quest to fulfill the vision of a genius. Opening the door to his studio, Balanchine’s private laboratory, they reveal new facets of…
One of the busiest locations in the United States for freight volume is the area surrounding Kansas City. In American Railroad: Volume 33 we looked at a number of spots in the area including Union Station and Santa Fe Junction; however, there is so much to see that we have produced another title looking…
