Saturday, May 20th
2pm – 3pm installation on view, 3pm – 9: 30pm films, audio, presentations + Q&A
Intermission 6-7pm
Hunter College, North Building, 4th Floor Lang Auditorium + TV Studio
Entrance: 69th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues
RSVP via Eventbrite
Thesis Projects:
Home is Where You Park It
by Rachel Pollock
Film + Website, 15min
A story of healing through building a tiny home on wheels.
advisors: Kelly Anderson, Andrew Lund, Reiko Tahara
124 Notebooks
by Andrea Lerner
Film, 90min
The filmmaker traces her father’s creative process, his lifelong practice of observing and taking notes about the world around him.
advisors: Andrew Lund, Kelly Anderson, Reiko Tahara
Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
by Jess Shane
Audio Series, 35min
A serialized four-part podcast about documentary storytelling, the power dynamics between documentary makers and subjects, and rewriting unwritten rules of the documentary content industry.
advisors: Kelly Anderson, Jason Fox, Jordan Lord
Revolutionary Women
by Fredgy Noël
Multichannel Video Installation, 20min presentation
A multichannel video installation that honors five women leaders of the Haitian Revolution who had been nearly non-existent in the historical record. Through rhythmic imagery, Noël examines the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, and mental health, making connections between the women leaders of the past and present as well as her own story as a Haitian woman and the multiple identities that exist within her.
advisors: Kara Lynch, Reiko Tahara, Andrew Demirjan
Lawn Story Short
by Sarah Johnsrude
Film, 24min
Starting at the filmmaker’s childhood backyard the film evolves into a wry critique of the social structures that demand that homeowners throughout the U.S. strive for the “perfect lawn”.
advisors: Kelly Anderson, Andrew Lund, Cindy Lee
Metamorphis
by Luca Lee
Website, Installation, 20min presentation
An interactive experience that explores time, communication, and transformation from a personal storytelling perspective, a fragmented narrative that seeks to interrogate both the character’s and the viewer’s perception of the linearity of time.
advisors: Ricardo Miranda, Kelly Anderson, Andrew Demirjian