RODDY DOING WORKSHOP AT THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL

TWN Spring Evening Workshops Starts May 3rd, 2011!
TWN presents its seasonal series of walk-in seminars on production topics you need - from production planning and distribution, to new media production, sound recording and more. All classes are $20 ($10 for low income) unless otherwise noted. The workshops take place at Third World Newsreel. Register now by emailing workshop@twn.org.

Tuesday, May 3rd, 6:30PM
Kick (Start) Me
Roddy Bogawa speaks on using crowdsourcing to fundraise, and all the effort (and "killer rewards") needed to make it work. Having raised raised more than $20G Kickstarter in forty-five days for his new film Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis he should know! Bogawa's work Some Divine Wind, Junk and I Was Born, But... have screened in dozens of film festivals, gallery and museum venues including Sundance, MoMA and the Whitney Biennial. He is also a professor in media arts at New Jersey City University. ($20/10 low income)

YURI ALVES / FILM FESTIVAL PRIZE

An alumni from our department, yuri alves, just won 'best narrative short' at the european independent film festival. congrats yuri. www.ecufilmfestival.com

CINQUE LEE

Cinque Lee, brother of Spike Lee, came to the Media Arts Department and screened excerpts of several of his films including NOWHERE FAST. Besides having directed several films, Cinque is also known for his acting roles in Jim Jarmusch's film MYSTERY TRAIN and COFFEE AND CIGARETTES as well as co-writer with sister Joie of CROOKLYN. He was extremely generous with our students and really liked coming to the department.