Cinema Studies Events - Fall 2017
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L'Inhumaine
December 8, 2017
Screening of Marcel L'Herbier's 1924 film, with commentary by historian and instructor Samuel Albert.
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The Exilic Gaze and the Activist Lens: An Afternoon with Documentary Filmmakers Huang Wenhai and Zeng Jinyan
December 2, 2017
Screening of We the Workers (2007) followed by panel discussion with Panel discussion with Huang Wenhai, Zeng Jinyan, Prof. Angela Zito (Center for Religion and Media, NYU) & Prof. Feng-Mei Heberer (Cinema Studies, NYU), moderated by Prof. Zhen Zhang (Cinema Studies, NYU).
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The Prison in Twelve Landscapes (2016)
November 15, 2017
Screening followed by discussion with the filmmaker Brett Story and Angela Zito.
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China Crossings: Ethnographic Film In and Of China
November 11, 2017
A day of screenings and conversation that brings together anthropologists, film scholars, and filmmakers whose work and practice are integral to thinking about ethnographic film in and of China today.
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Re-Sounding American Media Studies
November 8, 2017
A talk by Michele Hilmes, Professor Emerita of media studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The Island Funeral
November 1, 2017
Screening and discussion with the screenwriter, Kong Rithdee.
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A Strange Film for Strange Times: The Many Lives of Leo Hurwitz’s Strange Victory
October 25, 2017
Screening of Milestone Films' new restoration of Leo Hurwitz's Strange Victory (1948), introduced by Dennis Doros and Amy Heller.
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CS50: From the Fishbowl to the Future
October 20-21, 2017
A celebration of the Cinema Studies department's 50th Anniversary.
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Nocturno: Fantasmas de Mar en Puerto (Work in Progress)
October 18, 2017
Screening and Q&A with the director, Álvaro F. Pulpeiro, moderated by Carlos Gutiérrez, Cinema Tropical.
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Our Vampires, Our Selves: Immigrants, Desire, Fear
October 13, 2017
Screening of “NYSFERATU | Symphony of a Century” followed by a conversation: ‘Our Vampires, Our Selves: Immigrants, Desire, Fear’ with filmmaker Andrea Mastrovito and NYU religious studies scholars Simran Jeet Singh and Angela Zito.
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Chance at Heaven (RKO, 1933)
October 11, 2017
Screening followed by commentary by Drake Stutesman.
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Bradley Eros: Disappearing soon at a theater near you
October 4, 2017
NYU’s Cinema Studies Department and Undergraduate Film & TV Department present the 8th Annual Experimental Lecture featuring avant garde artist Bradley Eros.
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Film Series: Martial Law and After
September 29, 2017
Reflection of the 30th Anniversary of the End of the Martial Law in Taiwan Cinema, curated by Robert Chen, Professor of Dept. of Radio-TV at National Chengchi University, and Chun-chi Wang, Associate Professor of Dept. of English at Dong Hwa University, Taiwan.
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World Premiere: Eyes of the Journey
September 22, 2017
World premiere of "Eyes of the Journey," a film by Rodrigo Otero Heraud with Hipólito Peralta Ccama, Produced by Maja Tillmann Salas. Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Department of Cinema Studies at NYU.
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Rod Serling's Speculative Anti-Racisms
September 27, 2017
How might The Twilight Zone (CBS, 1959-1964) and its creator Rod Serling afford us an opportunity to rethink the operations of mid-twentieth century U.S. racial liberalism? A talk by Melissa Phruksachart.
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Haunting the Movie: Embodied Interface and Responsive Narrative
September 20, 2017
Artist Toni Dove’s work has been engaged in exploring embodied interface to control responsive media, creating immersive narrative experiences. Haunting the Movie will cover a number of her projects that occupy a space at the intersection between cinema, performance and virtual reality.
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