Author and Activist Barbara Smith Serving as Brooklyn College’s Hess Scholar-in-Residence for 2022-23 The independent scholar has opened up a national cultural and political dialogue about the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. On November 29, Smith will be part of a conversation on campus with Jeanne Theoharis to discuss selected clips from the newly released documentary, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” which features Smith and is also based on Theoharis’ research and book of the same name. Read More
Professor of Screenwriting Debra Kirschner’s film ‘The Tollbooth’ is now streaming on Tubi Kirschner wrote and directed the film, which follows an art student in her first year out of college as she comes of age and questions the values of her traditional Read More
Professor Alexandra Juhasz Coauthors “We Are Having This Conversation Now: The Times of AIDS Cultural Production” We Are Having This Conversation Now (Duke University Press) offers a history, present, and future of AIDS through thirteen short conversations between Alexandra Juhasz and Theodore Kerr, scholars deeply embedded Read More
Ben Snyder a Winner at Tribeca Film Festival Brooklyn College Film Department Lecturer Takes Home Best Screenplay for “Allswell” Read More
Brooklyn College’s 40th Annual Undergraduate Film Festival Returns to In-Person The three-day event will be held June 8-10 at Brooklyn College and is free and open to the public. Read More
Spring 2022 Film News May 2022 Lecturer Ben Snyder‘s film Allswell will screen at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. March 2022 Adjunct Dijana Jeleca speaks to News 12 about diversity and inclusion at the Read More
Brooklyn College to Host a Conversation on the War in Ukraine Faculty experts will discuss historical and political contexts and answer questions. Read More
Dijana Jelaca Speaks to the Importance of Diversity Behind the Camera as the Academy Awards Approach Lecturer says more women are needed behind the camera and that their recent success at the Oscars can help evoke positive change. Read More
Brooklyn College Faculty Member Todd Chandler Creates Documentary Exploring Complexities of School Gun Violence and Prevention Bulletproof premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Feb. 14. Read More
Brooklyn College Faculty Member’s Feature Film Paris Is in Harlem Premieres at Slamdance Film Festival Directing instructor Christina Kallas has one of only 16 feature films selected for the 2022 Slamdance International Film Festival and one of only six feature films in the acclaimed “Breakouts Section” for directors with a body of work. Read More
