BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//FIT Events - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:FIT Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for FIT Events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260428T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20260318T150812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T150812Z UID:10007922-1777401000-1777408200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:'96 lbs. of Dynamite': A ReelAbilities Film Screening and Q&A DESCRIPTION:Please join us for this free screening of the new documentary film 96 lbs. of Dynamite\, followed by a Q&A with people involved in the film moderated by FIT Film and Media Professor Emma Ben Ayoun. This screening is part of ReelAbilities Film Festival 2026\, a festival celebrating disability-focused media worldwide. \nAbout 96 lbs. of Dynamite\nWhen filmmaker Loren Goldfarb first notices Chad “Shorty” McDaniel in a Florida pool hall\, he underestimates the man using the motorized wheelchair\, until Chad starts winning. A lot. “96 lbs. of Dynamite”  follows Chad\, a witty\, fierce pool player born with brittle bone disease\, as he battles low expectations\, discrimination\, and physical barriers on his journey from a rural Mississippi upbringing to high-stakes amateur tournaments out West. As Chad confronts personal loss and life-altering choices\, the film presents an energetic\, humorous\, and deeply personal portrait of a man who\, despite being told he wouldn’t survive childhood\, refuses to shrink his life\, or his ambition. \nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/96-lbs-of-dynamite-a-reelabilities-film-screening-and-qa/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.fitnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/FIT_forms_73035243199962_6496550021321528610_96lbs-of-dynamite-key-still.png GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T140000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20250401T191556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T183402Z UID:10007665-1745326800-1745330400@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Sounds\, Silences\, and Echoes: Listening for World War II and the Holocaust from North Africa DESCRIPTION:Dr. Christopher Silver\, McGill University. \nThe FIT Holocaust Commemoration Committee and the Diversity Collective host “Sounds\, Silences\, and Echoes: Listening for World War II and the Holocaust from North Africa\,” presented by Dr. Christopher Silver. \nOn the eve of the Second World War\, half a million Jews called North Africa home. Among them\, were some of the most prominent Arabophone recording artists of the interwar period. With the collapse of France’s Third Republic in 1940\, Jewish communities from across Morocco\, Algeria\, and Tunisia\, already subject to the strictures of European colonialism\, now found themselves contending with and confronting fascist rule. For musicians\, this also meant removal from the airwaves and the stage. If the Maghrib has long been considered marginal to the historiography joining World War II to the Holocaust\, this talk considers the implications of bringing the “periphery” to the center of the narrative. To do so\, it amplifies an element too often neglected by historians: the realm of the aural. In listening for wartime radio broadcasts and concerts\, following the circulation of phonograph records and songbooks\, and attending to the sounds and silences of the era\, we will ask what music remembers of a history long forgotten. \nChristopher Silver is the Segal Family Associate Professor in Jewish History and Culture at McGill University. Recipient of awards from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada\, the American Academy of Jewish Research\, the American Institute for Maghrib Studies\, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections\, and the Posen Foundation\, Silver’s scholarship on history\, music\, and the Jewish-Muslim relationship has appeared in many journals including the International Journal of Middle East Studies and Jewish Social Studies. His book Recording History: Jews\, Muslims\, and Music Across Twentieth Century North Africa (Stanford University Press\, 2022) was awarded the L. Carl Brown Book Prize by the American Institute for Maghrib Studies for outstanding book in North African studies (2023) and was recently translated into Arabic. He is also the founder and curator of the website Gharamophone.com\, a digital archive of North African records from the first half of the 20th century. \nThis event is free and open to the public; REGISTER ONLINE.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/sounds-silences-and-echoes-listening-for-world-war-ii-and-the-holocaust-from-north-africa/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture,Public GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250407T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250407T200000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20250318T205333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250321T132908Z UID:10007658-1744047000-1744056000@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:'So Damn Easy Going': A Reel Abilities New York Film Screening DESCRIPTION:FIT’s Film and Media Department is partnering with Reel Abilities New York\, the nation’s largest film festival dedicated to disability-focused cinema. On Monday\, April 7\, please join us for a screening of So Damn Easy Going (dir. Christoffer Sandler\, 2022\, Sweden)\, a film about a teen navigating romance and resourcefulness when financial strain threatens access to her ADHD medication\, all the while exploring her identity through new relationships. \nA Q&A will follow the screening. \nThe venue is wheelchair accessible\, and the film will be presented with Open Captions. If you have further accessibility requests\, please email Emma Ben Ayoun at emma_benayoun@fitnyc.edu. \nContent warning: Flashing strobe lights. \nThis event is free and open to the public; register at tinyurl.com/sodamneasygoing. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/so-damn-easy-going-a-reel-abilities-new-york-film-screening/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250212T174500 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20250204T200627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T200627Z UID:10007597-1739370600-1739382300@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Justice Film Festival 2025: Session 4 DESCRIPTION:From The Rink.\nThe Justice Film Festival showcases films that emphasize social justice and affirm the dignity of all people. Since 2012\, JFF has been committed to creating a platform for redemptive stories of marginalized people and ecosystems bravely overcoming challenges and bringing optimism\, empathy\, and light to a world in need of inspiration. \nFebruary 12: Session 4\, 2:30–5:45 pm \nFilm and Media Screening Room \n2:30 pm: Short Film Showcase \n\n[b]REACH\nA Good Day Will Come\nCall Me Shamsz\nCome and Save Me\nFireline\nGrave Hands\nOur Land\, Our Life\nThe Power to Rebuild\nThe Rink\nWood Hood\nYazidi\nThe 21\nTo Someone Like Me\n\n5 pm: Untouchable: Traffickers\, Buyers\, and the Kids They Exploit\, followed by Q&A with filmmaker Morgan Perry \nThe Social Justice Center at FIT is proud to partner with JFF for the portion of the festival taking place at the college\, February 10–12. Find the full schedule here. \nThe film festival is open to the public; it is a ticketed event. \nAll events during the festival are free to all FIT students\, faculty\, and alumni. Use promo code FITFREE for ticketed events; tickets are available here.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/justice-film-festival-2025-session-4/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Social Justice Center at FIT":MAILTO:socialjusticecenter@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T220000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20250204T181858Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250207T214314Z UID:10007593-1739206800-1739224800@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Justice Film Festival 2025: Session 1 DESCRIPTION:Still from I Am Ready\, Warden.\nThe Justice Film Festival showcases films that emphasize social justice and affirm the dignity of all people. Since 2012\, JFF has been committed to creating a platform for redemptive stories of marginalized people and ecosystems bravely overcoming challenges and bringing optimism\, empathy\, and light to a world in need of inspiration. \nThe Social Justice Center at FIT is proud to partner with JFF for the portion of the festival taking place at the college. \nFebruary 10: Session 1\, 5–10 pm \nFilm and Media Screening Room D207 \n\n5 pm: I Am Ready\, Warden (Academy Award nominee)\, followed by Q&A with director Smriti Mundhra\, producer Sheila Nevins\, and film subject Aaron Castro\n6:30 pm: Rule Breakers\, followed by Q&A with Roya and Elaha Mahboob\n7:30 pm: Plainspoken\, followed by Q&A with filmmakers\n\nThe film festival is open to the public; it is a ticketed event. \nAll events during the festival are free to all FIT students\, faculty\, and alumni. Use promo code FITFREE for ticketed events; tickets are available here.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/justice-film-festival-2025/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Social Justice Center at FIT":MAILTO:socialjusticecenter@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230922T161000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230922T190000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20230816T172842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T181814Z UID:10007334-1695399000-1695409200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film Screening: 'Bayard & Me' and 'Brother Outsider' With Walter Naegle DESCRIPTION:Attend this documentary double feature about Bayard Rustin\, who taught nonviolent resistance to Martin Luther King\, Jr. and organized the March on Washington. Showing first is the short film Bayard & Me\, about Rustin’s relationship with his partner Walter Naegle\, and then Brother Outsider\, a full-length documentary about Rustin’s life. Followed by an in-person Q&A with Walter Naegle. \nThis event is part of the 1863–1963–2023 Project: Civil Rights in FIT’s Neighborhood\, which documents the anniversaries of two pivotal events in U.S. civil rights history that took place near or on the FIT campus. \nThis event is for the FIT community only.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-screening-bayard-me-and-brother-outsider-with-walter-naegle/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Levinson Wilk":MAILTO:danlw@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T213000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20230321T133617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T133837Z UID:10007295-1681842600-1681853400@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film Screening: 'Till' and Q&A with Writer/Executive Producer Keith Beauchamp DESCRIPTION:  \nBased on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley\, Till depicts her pursuit of justice after the murder of her 14-year-old son Emmett in 1955. The film uses 27 years’ worth of research by Keith Beauchamp\, whose efforts led to the reopening of Till’s case by the United States Department of Justice in 2004. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu\, the film stars Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till-Bradley\, with Jalyn Hall\, Frankie Faison\, Haley Bennett\, and Whoopi Goldberg in supporting roles. \nThe tale of Emmett Till and his legacy is a true story of black resistance that kickstarted the battle for civil rights in America. According to Beauchamp\, who co-wrote and produced the film\, “There is no other story that speaks more to this generation and to this political climate and racial climate of this country than the story of Emmett Louis Till.” \nProfessor Dahlia Schweitzer\, from FIT’s Film and Media program\, will moderate a conversation with writer and executive producer Keith Beauchamp following the film. \nThe screening will take place in Room D207\, FIT’s screening room\, in the Pomerantz Center\, on the campus of FIT. \nSponsored by FIT’s Social Justice Center\, FIT’s Film and Media Program\, the School of Liberal Arts\, and the Justice Film Festival. \nThis event is free and open to the public; RESERVE A FREE TICKET ON EVENTBRITE. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-screening-till-and-qa-with-writer-executive-producer-keith-beauchamp/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Conversation,Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Dahlia Schweitzer":MAILTO:Dahlia_Schweitzer@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T200000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20230119T212144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T212144Z UID:10006755-1677004200-1677009600@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film Screening: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 DESCRIPTION:With contemporary audio interviews from leading African American artists\, activists\, musicians and scholars\, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 looks at the people\, society\, culture\, and style that fueled an era of convulsive change. \nThis event is part of the FIT Diversity Collective’s Black History Month activities; for a full schedule of activities\, visit fitnyc.edu/blackhistory. \nThis event is for the FIT community only.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-screening-the-black-power-mixtape-1967-1975/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T200000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20230119T212427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T212427Z UID:10006758-1676399400-1676404800@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film Screening: Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More (1964–1972) DESCRIPTION:Part of the Eyes on the Prize film series\, Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More looks at the the Civil Rights movement between 1964 and 1972. A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize Black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges America to accept him as Muhammad Ali\, a minister of Islam who refuses to fight in Vietnam. Students at Howard University in Washington\, D.C.\, fight to bring the growing black consciousness movement and their African heritage inside the walls of this prominent black institution. Black elected officials and community activists organize the National Black Political Convention in Gary\, Indiana\, in an attempt to create a unified black response to growing repression against the movement. \nThis event is part of the FIT Diversity Collective’s Black History Month activities; for a full schedule of activities\, visit fitnyc.edu/blackhistory. \nThis event is for the FIT community only.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-screening-eyes-on-the-prize-aint-gonna-shuffle-no-more-1964-1972/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220909T160000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20220815T144311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T181107Z UID:10007206-1662735600-1662739200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Keeping the Gods Alive Through Art and Fashion DESCRIPTION:Fashion designer Omar Buckley and FIT Illustration Professor Karen Santry will discuss how Omar’s fashion line RAMOMAR NY is inspired by ancient Egyptian\, Nubian\, and Assyrian art and culture. \nThis event is part of the Bridging Time Discussion Series\, and is moderated by Alex Nagel and Jen Babcock\, History of Art at FIT. It is sponsored by the FIT Diversity Collective. \nThis event is free and open to the public; RSVP on Eventbrite. \nNote: FIT requires face masks be worn by attendees. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/keeping-the-gods-alive-through-art-and-fashion/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Alexander Nagel":MAILTO:alexander_nagel@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T140000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20200207T155421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T151151Z UID:10004268-1585227600-1585231200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:CANCELLED: World Affairs Lecture Series: Muslim Identity in Peril: Commemorating the Bosnian Genocide DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED \nKenan Trebincevic\, author of The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War\, Exile\, and Return\, will discuss the war in Bosnia and Muslim identity with Associate Professor of Social Sciences Emre Özsös. \nThe Department of Social Sciences’ World Affairs Lecture Series fulfills FIT’s mission to foster an understanding of diverse cultures and politics within the international as well as domestic perspectives. It also embraces\, supports\, and expands upon the president’s campus-wide initiative on civility. \nThis lecture is presented in partnership with the Presidential Scholars program. \nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/world-affairs-lecture-series-muslim-identity-in-peril-commemorating-the-bosnian-genocide/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture,Public GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200320T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200320T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20200309T193051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200318T192824Z UID:10006981-1584729000-1584736200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Queer History Month Film Screening: Rafiki DESCRIPTION:CANCELLED \nRafiki (Swahili for “friend”) is a 2018 Kenyan drama film directed by Wanuri Kahiu. Rafiki is the story of romance that grows between two young women\, Kena and Ziki\, amidst family and political pressures around LGBT rights in Kenya. Kena and Ziki live very different lives in Nairobi. Kena works in her father’s shop and awaits the start of nursing school\, while Ziki passes the days hanging out with her friends and making up dance routines. Their paths cross when their fathers run against each other for seats in the County Assembly\, and they find themselves drawn to each other. Soon their interest grows to affection and the girls find ways to love each other despite the ever-watching gaze of the neighborhood. \nThis screening is brought to you by the FIT Film and Media department\, the FIT Film Club\, and the FIT LGBTQ Alliance. The screening will also provide an opportunity for networking with members of the Uptown Queer Collective\, a local group dedicated to create a safe space for folx\, femmes\, and butches of all genders. They strive to create safe spaces for specific subcultures of the queer community in addition to space for the intersection of such communities and ask that each specific space is respected. \nThis event is free and open to the public.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/queer-history-month-film-screening-rafiki/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Dahlia Schweitzer":MAILTO:Dahlia_Schweitzer@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20200124T151219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T210706Z UID:10006977-1583865000-1583872200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'My Art\,' with Laurie Simmons DESCRIPTION:The Film and Media Screening Series will present My Art (2016) with director Laurie Simmons; she will participate in a Q&A after the film. \nMy Art tells the tale of the frustrated New York City artist Ellie\, who hopes to find inspiration as she house-sits for a friend in upstate New York. She turns the adjoining barn into her workplace\, staging elaborate recreations of classic movie scenes\, ranging from Some Like It Hot to A Clockwork Orange. Business unexpectedly evolves into pleasure when Ellie invites three local men to participate in her art. The film puts a devastatingly funny lens on such subjects as success\, ageism\, loneliness\, dating\, collaboration\, and ruthlessness. \nLaurie Simmons is an acclaimed photographer\, known for her intricately staged domestic scenes with dolls\, costumed dancers\, and ventriloquist dummies\, who also makes moving image art\, including 2006’s Meryl Streep–led The Music of Regret. Her work blends psychological\, political\, and conceptual approaches to art making\, transforming photography’s propensity to objectify people (especially women) into a sustained critique of the medium. In My Art\, she takes cues from her daughter [and co-star] Lena Dunham’s brand of acerbic wit and acutely feminist point of view for this comedy of self-realization. Featuring Parker Posey\, Barbara Sukowa\, and Broadway legend Blair Brown\, My Art is ultimately Simmons’s show\, repurposing familiar romantic comedy tropes with an endearing female protagonist. \nThe Film and Media Screening Series is supported by the School of Liberal Arts\, and the departments of Film\, Media and Performing Arts\, English and Communication Studies\, and Modern Languages and Cultures. \nAll Film and Media Screening Series films are free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-my-art-with-laurie-simmons/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Dahlia Schweitzer":MAILTO:Dahlia_Schweitzer@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T200000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20200124T155004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T155004Z UID:10006979-1582048800-1582056000@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:‘Fresh Dressed’ Documentary Screening DESCRIPTION:The documentary Fresh Dressed chronicles the history of hip-hop/urban fashion and its rise from Southern cotton plantations to the gangs of the 1970s in the South Bronx\, to corporate America\, and everywhere in between. Supported by rich archival materials and in-depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution of a way of life—and the outsiders who studied and admired them—Fresh Dressed goes to the core of where style was born on the black and brown side of town. \nThis film screening is part of the Diversity Council’s Black History Month events. For more information on the Diversity Council and FIT’s Office of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion\, visit fitnyc.edu/diversity. \nThis event is for the FIT community only.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/fresh-dressed-documentary-screening/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200211T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200211T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20200124T153121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200124T153121Z UID:10006978-1581445800-1581453000@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till\,' with Keith Beauchamp DESCRIPTION:The Film and Media Screening Series will present The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till (2005) with director Keith Beauchamp; he will participate in a Q&A after the film. \nThe Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till articulates the horrors of racism in the American South of the 1950s. Combining archival photos and footage with deeply felt interviews\, this documentary tells the harrowing story of what happened when a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago\, visiting relatives in Mississippi\, allegedly whistled at a white woman. Till’s brutal murder\, and the subsequent acquittal of the white men responsible\, would help launch the Civil Rights Movement. \nKeith Beauchamp originally studied criminal justice with the intention of becoming a civil rights attorney. After suffering a racially motivated assault by a police officer\, he instead felt compelled to fight racism by becoming a filmmaker. Beauchamp has devoted the past 22 years of his life to telling the story of Emmett Till and investigating the historic murder. AS a result of his efforts\, the United States Department of Justice reopened the murder case. Beauchamp is also involved with the FBI’s new civil rights “cold case” initiative\, producing documentaries on other unsolved civil rights murders in order to help agents bring remaining perpetrators to justice. \nThe Film and Media Screening Series is supported by the School of Liberal Arts\, and the departments of Film\, Media and Performing Arts\, English and Communication Studies\, and Modern Languages and Cultures. \nAll Film and Media Screening Series events are free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-the-untold-story-of-emmett-louis-till-with-keith-beauchamp/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Dahlia Schweitzer":MAILTO:Dahlia_Schweitzer@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T141500 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20191111T211743Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T211743Z UID:10006908-1574514900-1574518500@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:NYCJW: “They Did What?” Mid-20th Century Studio Jewelers and How Their Groundbreaking Work Continues to Shape the Field Today DESCRIPTION:Join us for “They Did What?!” Mid-20th Century Studio Jewelers and How Their Groundbreaking Work Continues to Shape the Field Today\, a lecture focused on the work of  jewelers: Art Smith\, Margaret De Patta\, Alexander Calder\, Merry Renk\, Margret Craver\, Sam Kramer\, Miyé Matsukata and Winifred Mason. \nThis lecture\, by studio jeweler and Professor Heather White\, explores important developments in art jewelry from the middle of the twentieth century to the present. The jewelers included in the lecture have deep ties to the Northeast\, and many lived\, worked\, or studied in Boston and New York. \nWhite will discuss how these pioneers of jewelry helped lay the foundation for contemporary studio jewelers working today. These early practitioners shared a passion for technical\, conceptual\, and formal innovations that set them apart from commercial jewelers of their time. The lecture points to the ways in which these artists challenged the limited scope of jewelry and revolutionized adornment. \nAbout the Presenter: \nHeather White is a studio jeweler and Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt+Design). She is a Fulbright Scholar and Brother Thomas Fellowship recipient. In 2018 she curated the exhibition Adorning Boston and Beyond: Contemporary Studio Jewelry then and Now at the Society of Arts and Crafts\, Boston\, MA. Her works can be seen in The Penland Book of Jewelry: Master Classes in Jewelry Techniques\, Metalsmith and Sculpture Magazines. Her jewelry is in the following collections: Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston\, MA\, Museum of Art and Design\, NYC\, the Rotasa Foundation\, Mill Valley\, CA\, Samual Dorsky Museum of Art\, New Paltz\, NY\, and the Mint Museum\, Charlotte\, NC. \n\n\nThis event is part of New York City Jewelry Week (NYCJW). FIT is the official education partner. \nNew York City Jewelry Week is free and open to the public; RSVP for this event here.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/nycjw-they-did-what-mid-20th-century-studio-jewelers-and-how-their-groundbreaking-work-continues-to-shape-the-field-today/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture,Public ORGANIZER;CN="New York City Jewelry Week":MAILTO:hello@nycjewelryweek.com GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T114500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T124500 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20191111T210958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191111T211148Z UID:10006906-1574509500-1574513100@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:NYCJW: Cutting Etch—Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal DESCRIPTION:As part of NYC Jewelry Week\, curator and educator Ana Estrades discusses her research for the exhibition All Is Possible: Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal\, opening from February to September 2020 at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design in Raleigh\, NC. Both talk and exhibition are a tribute to a larger-than-life artist-designer who influenced the metal and design communities for over 60 years. \nWhen Mary Ann Scherr (Akron\, OH 1921- Raleigh\, NC 2016) moved from New York City to Raleigh in 1989\, she was already an internationally renowned designer who had chaired the first Crafts Department at Parsons in Manhattan; innovated metal-etching techniques\, which were promoted by Rio Grande Suppliers; and pioneered jewelry that functioned as body monitors. And yet\, for the next 30 years she enriched the arts and life of her new community in North Carolina\, where she taught at Penland\, Duke\, Meredith College and N.C. State. \nThis talk\, “Cutting Etch—Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal\,” aims to explore the full extent of Mary Ann Scherr’s legacy\, endless creativity\, and innovations through new archival material\, photographs of her work from private collections\, and recent oral histories with relatives\, friends\, collectors\, former students\, and studio assistants. \nAna Estrades is a jewelry curator\, researcher and educator\, with an MA in decorative arts\, material culture and design history from the Bard Graduate Center in New York City. She is currently teaching Modern Jewelry Designers 1870-1970 at Meredith College Art Department in Raleigh\, NC\, and also guest-curating an exhibition on Mary Ann Scherr’s jewelry designs in the Gregg Museum of Art and Design at N.C. State University\, which will open on February 20\, 2020. An article of her research on Scherr’s legacy in metal will be published in Metalsmith magazine in January of next year. \n\nThis event is part of New York City Jewelry Week (NYCJW). FIT is the official education partner. \nNew York City Jewelry Week is free and open to the public; RSVP for this event here.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/nycjw-cutting-etch-mary-ann-scherrs-legacy-in-metal/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture,Public ORGANIZER;CN="New York City Jewelry Week":MAILTO:hello@nycjewelryweek.com GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191108T210000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20191104T152703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T200508Z UID:10006884-1573239600-1573246800@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film Screening: Into the Dark: PURE\, with director Hannah Macpherson DESCRIPTION:Are you a fan of horror? Want to keep the Halloween spirit going? Or just intrigued by movies that explore who controls women’s sexuality? The FIT Film Club and the Film\, Media\, and Performing Arts Department present a screening of PURE\, part of the Into the Dark horror anthology series produced by Blumhouse. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Hannah Macpherson. \nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-screening-blumhouse-presents-pure-with-director-hannah-macpherson/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Dahlia Schweitzer":MAILTO:Dahlia_Schweitzer@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190917T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190917T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190819T184336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190821T153145Z UID:10004172-1568745000-1568752200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'Patti Cake$\,' with Geremy Jasper DESCRIPTION:The Film and Media Screening Series will present Patti Cake$ (2017) with director Geremy Jasper; he will participate in a Q&A after the film. \nIn a coming-of-age story straight out of New Jersey\, an unlikely rapper finds her voice as a one-of-a-kind hip-hop legend in the making in Patti Cake$\, the first feature film from commercial and music-video director Geremy Jasper. Set in gritty strip-mall suburbia\, Patti Cake$ chronicles an underdog’s quest for fame and glory with humor\, raw energy\, and some unforgettable beats. \nGeremy Jasper is a writer/director whose first feature\, Patti Cake$\, was released by Fox Searchlight\, premiered at Sundance in 2017\, and went on to play SXSW\, New Directors/New Films\, and Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. He was nominated for Best Debut Film by the Directors Guild of America\, as well as the Independent Spirit Awards and Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch. Jasper is also an acclaimed music video and commercial director\, whose past work includes VMA nominated videos for Florence + The Machine and Selena Gomez. He won the Cannes Golden Lion and a TED Prize for his direction of the groundbreaking multimedia installation of Target: Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular\, which was inducted into MoMA’s permanent collection. \nThe Film and Media Screening Series is supported by the School of Liberal Arts\, and the departments of Film\, Media and Performing Arts\, English and Communication Studies\, and Modern Languages and Cultures. \nAll Film and Media Screening Series films are free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-patti-cake-with-geremy-jasper/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Film%2C Media%2C and the Performing Arts":MAILTO:fitfilm@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T210000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190225T144709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T144727Z UID:10004116-1558117800-1558126800@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media BS Graduating Student Screenings DESCRIPTION:Students graduating from the Film and Media Bachelor of Science degree program are screening their films in an evening-long event. The screening is a collective showcase of individual film projects that directly reflect the filmmaking techniques and styles developed during the students’ years at FIT. The films cover a spectrum of subject matter and filmic approaches. \nThis event is free and open to the public.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-bs-graduating-student-screenings/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Joshua Koury":MAILTO:joshua_koury@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T210000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190225T144120Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T144806Z UID:10006717-1557858600-1557867600@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media AAS Graduating Student Screenings DESCRIPTION:Students graduating from the Film and Media Associate of Applied Science degree program are screening their films in an evening-long event. The screening is a collective showcase of individual film projects that directly reflect the filmmaking techniques and styles developed during the students’ years at FIT. The films cover a spectrum of subject matter and filmic approaches. \nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-aas-graduating-student-screenings/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Joshua Koury":MAILTO:joshua_koury@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190423T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190207T203609Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190207T203609Z UID:10006697-1556044200-1556051400@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'Beautiful Things\,' with Giorgio Ferrero DESCRIPTION:The Film and Media Screening Series will present Beautiful Things (2017) with director Giorgio Ferrero; he will participate in a Q&A after the film. \nBeautiful Things is a symphonic documentary journey into our obsessive consumerism. The film follows four men who work in isolation at remote scientific and industrial sites around the world. Like monks\, they carry out their daily tasks in silence and solitude inside steel and concrete temples\, creating products that will soon enter the capitalist cycle of production\, transport\, consumption. It won Best Italian Film ARCA (2017). \nGiorgio Ferrero is an Italian composer\, director\, sound editor\, and photographer. His sound and visual installations have been shown at venues such as the Museo del Novecento\, MAXXI\, Biennials in Bordeaux and Lisbon\, and the Accademia Gallery in Florence. With Federico Biasin (co-director and director of photography of Beautiful Things\, Denoise\, and Riverbero) and Rodolfo Mongitore (co-author of the soundtracks) he leads the multidisciplinary studio MYBOSSWAS in Turin. He has composed and produced soundtracks for dozens of films\, theatrical performances\, and installations. \nThe Film and Media Screening Series is supported by the Diversity Council\, the Student-Faculty Corporation\, the School of Liberal Arts\, and the departments of Film\, Media and Performing Arts\, English and Communication Studies\, and Modern Languages and Cultures. \nAll screenings are free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-beautiful-things-with-giorgio-ferrero/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Handelman":MAILTO:michelle_handelman@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T140000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190320T192340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190320T192340Z UID:10006730-1554987600-1554991200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:'A Night at the Garden': What We Can Learn from a 1939 Nazi Rally DESCRIPTION:As part of part of FIT’s annual Holocaust commemoration\, the college will screen the 2019 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Short Subject A Night at the Garden and host a discussion with director Marshall Curry. \nIn 1939\, 20\,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism—an event largely forgotten from American history. A Night at the Garden\, made entirely from archival footage filmed that night\, transports audiences to this chilling gathering and shines a light on the power of demagoguery and anti-Semitism in the United States. \nThis event is free and open to the public.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/a-night-at-the-garden-what-we-can-learn-from-a-1939-nazi-rally/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Roberta Paley":MAILTO:roberta_paley@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190402T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190402T140000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190313T182530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190313T182530Z UID:10004134-1554210000-1554213600@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:World Affairs Lecture Series: Yemen's War: Ignored or Forgotten? DESCRIPTION:Sama’a Al-Hamdani will discuss the war in Yemen at this World Affairs Lecture\, moderated by Yasemin Celik Levine\, director of the Presidential Scholars Program. Al-Hamdani is a visiting fellow at Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and director of the Yemen Cultural Institute for Heritage and the Arts. \nThe Department of Social Sciences’ World Affairs Lecture Series fulfills FIT’s mission to foster an understanding of diverse cultures and politics within the international as well as domestic perspectives. It also embraces\, supports\, and expands upon the president’s campus-wide initiative on civility. \nThis event is free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/world-affairs-lecture-series-yemens-war-ignored-or-forgotten/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Praveen Chaudhry":MAILTO:praveen_chaudhry@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190319T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190319T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190207T202038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190207T203712Z UID:10006696-1553020200-1553027400@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'The Punk Singer\,' with Sini Anderson DESCRIPTION:The Film and Media Screening Series will present The Punk Singer (2017) with director Sini Anderson; she will participate in a Q&A after the film. \nThe Punk Singer is a documentary film about feminist singer and activist Kathleen Hanna who fronted the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre\, and who was a central figure in the riot grrrl movement. The film combines a combination of interviews and archival footage\, tracing the life and career of Hanna from her troubled upbringing\, through her riot grrrl zines\, to her coining of the phrase “Smells Like Teen Spirit” for Kurt Cobain\, to her solo career as Julie Ruin. \nSini Anderson is an award-winning film director\, producer\, video art maker\, and feminist art activist who lives in New York City. Her first feature-length film\, The Punk Singer premiered at SXSW in 2013 and was acquired by IFC Films. The Punk Singer received a theatrical release in 111 American cities and in 25 countries around the world. \nAnderson is in the final phase of her second feature length film\, So Sick (2014-2019). The documentary is an exhaustive look at women who are suffering so called “mystery illnesses” and struggling to stay afloat in their lives and careers. The film uncovers infuriating truths behind women’s health care and questions an American health system that does little to dispel myths about “hysterical women.” In 2018\, Anderson was commissioned by LACMA Productions to direct a short documentary about American photographer Catherine Opie. The film premiered on Nov 3\, 2018\, at LACMA’s annual Art+Film Gala\, honoring Opie and Guillermo del Toro. LACMA Productions has approved an extended director’s cut and the film is currently being submitted to national and international film festivals. \nThe Film and Media Screening Series is supported by the Diversity Council\, the Student-Faculty Corporation\, the School of Liberal Arts\, and the departments of Film\, Media and Performing Arts\, English and Communication Studies\, and Modern Languages and Cultures. \nAll screenings are free and open to the public. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-the-punk-singer-with-sini-anderson/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Handelman":MAILTO:michelle_handelman@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190226T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190226T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20190207T152840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T182604Z UID:10006695-1551205800-1551213000@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'Just Another Girl on the IRT\,' with Leslie Harris DESCRIPTION:Director Leslie Harris. JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T.\, Ariyan Johnson\, Ebony Jerido\, 1993\, (c)Miramax \nOriginal\, provocative\, and female-driven\, the feature Just Another Girl on the IRT was a welcome relief from the male dominated urban films of the ’90s. Smart\, ambitious\, and brash\, the lead character\, Chantel\, is not your typical “good girl” or “bad girl” but a complex character who deals with her ambitions\, African-American culture and disappointments with both humor and pathos. With a bold\, unforgettable hip-hop soundtrack and a heart-stopping ending\, this feature has become an indie cult classic and defined a generation. \nLeslie Harris\, one of the first African-American women to write\, direct and produce a narrative feature film. Just Another Girl on the IRT was released theatrically in the United States and 20 countries worldwide in 1993 after winning the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize. Harris\, producer and president of her production company\, sold the feature to Miramax. The feature received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance by a lead actress and Harris has received the IFP Gotham Award Open Palm\, a National Endowment for the Arts grant\, American Film Institute Filmmaker Award\, three New York State Council on the Arts grants\, a Jerome Foundation grant\, and an ABC/DGA Directing Fellowship. \nHarris produced and directed the narrative Showtime short film Bessie Coleman’s Dream to Fly\, about the first African-American to obtain an international pilot license\, two years before Amelia Earhart; the film received a Showtime Award for Excellence. Her short Never Forget\, about the historical\, social\, and political significance of black churches in Brooklyn\, was an official selection at the Philadelphia International Film Festival. She has taught at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and lectures at many universities around the world. \nJust Another Girl on the IRT recently screened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts\, British Film Institute in London and Bristol\, UK for its 25th anniversary. Harris’ next feature is a satirical comedy about sex\, race\, and the media\, titled I Love Cinema. \nThis event is free and open to the public.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-just-another-girl-on-the-irt-with-leslie-harris/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Handelman":MAILTO:michelle_handelman@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181113T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181113T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20180913T201015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180918T203031Z UID:10004354-1542133800-1542141000@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'We the Animals\,' with Jeremiah Zagar DESCRIPTION:Director Jeremiah Zagar. \nThe Film and Media Screening series will present We the Animals (2018) with director Jeremiah Zagar; he will participate in a Q&A after the film. \nIn We the Animals\, three boys tear through their childhood in the midst of their young parents’ volatile love that makes and unmakes the family many times over. While Manny and Joel grow into versions of their loving and unpredictable father\, Ma seeks to shelter her youngest\, Jonah\, in the cocoon of home. More sensitive and conscious than his older siblings\, Jonah increasingly embraces an imagined world all his own. \nWith a screenplay by Dan Kitrosser and Jeremiah Zagar based on the celebrated Justin Torres novel\, We the Animals is a visceral coming-of-age story propelled by layered performances from its astounding cast—including three talented\, young\, first-time actors—and stunning animated sequences that bring Jonah’s torn inner world to life. Drawing from his documentary background\, director Jeremiah Zagar creates an immersive portrait of working-class family life and brotherhood. \nJeremiah Zagar\nZagar grew up in South Philly spending most afternoons in a dark movie theater or wandering the aisles of his local TLA video store. In 2008 he completed his first documentary\, In a Dream\, which screened theatrically across the U.S. and in film festivals around the world. It was broadcast on HBO\, shortlisted for an Academy Award\, and received two Emmy nominations\, including Best Documentary. \nHis next feature-length documentary\, Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart\, premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO to much fanfare in 2014. His latest film\, the feature-length narrative We The Animals\, premiered at Sundance in 2018 and took home the NEXT Innovator Award. Other notable output includes the pilot episode for Showtime’s 7 Deadly Sins\, and commercial work for GE Capital\, Pedigree and New Balance. When he’s not working\, Zagar spends his time swimming in New York City’s finest public pools. \nThe Film and Media Screening Series is supported by the Diversity Council\, the Student-Faculty Corporation\, the School of Liberal Arts\, and the departments of Film\, Media and Performing Arts\, English and Communication Studies\, and Modern Languages and Cultures. \nAll screenings are free and open to the public. \n  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-we-the-animals-with-jeremiah-zagar/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Handelman":MAILTO:michelle_handelman@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181023T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181023T203000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075725 CREATED:20180913T195724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180918T203112Z UID:10004352-1540319400-1540326600@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Film and Media Screening Series: 'The History of Luminous Motion\,' with Bette Gordon DESCRIPTION:Director Bette Gordon \nThe Film and Media Screening series will present The History of Luminous Motion (1998) with director Bette Gordon; she will participate in a Q&A after the film. The History of Luminous Motion tells the story of 10-year-old Phillip and his Mom\,fugitives from The American Dream\, who live the outlaw life on the road. While other kids his age study the old-fashioned way\, the precocious Phillip has no need for school: the neon light of motel signs is light enough by which to read his textbooks on biology and physics—two subjects about which his mom teaches him a thing or two\, as she seduces men out of their credit cards to fuel their crazy flight. Phillip could live forever in this world of speed and light\, so long as Mom is behind the wheel of their Chevy. But Mom begins to feel the gravitational pull of home life and the need to settle down. In this darkly comic road movie\, Gordon continues to deal with the psychological and sexual issues that have permeated her work and for which she has received critical acclaim. \nBette Gordon\nA pioneer in American Independent Cinema\, and one of the most notable filmmakers to come out of the No Wave Movement of the 1980s in New York\, Bette Gordon is known for her bold explorations of themes related to sexuality\, violence\, and power. Her first feature\, Variety\, now a cult classic\, is about a woman who sells tickets in a pornographic movie theater in Times Square\, and was called\, “A female Taxi Driver\, gritty\, disturbing and explosive” by Time Out. Her films have been screened theatrically in the U.S. and abroad\, as well as at all the major international film festivals\, including Cannes\, Berlin\, Toronto\, Locarno\, Rotterdam\, and Tribeca. \nThe Film and Media Screening Series is supported by the Diversity Council\, the Student-Faculty Corporation\, the School of Liberal Arts\, and the departments of Film\, Media and Performing Arts\, English and Communication Studies\, and Modern Languages and Cultures. \nAll screenings are free and open to the public. \n  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/film-and-media-screening-series-the-history-of-luminous-motion-with-bette-gordon/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Public ORGANIZER;CN="Michelle Handelman":MAILTO:michelle_handelman@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181018T140000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075726 CREATED:20180914T135605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180914T174210Z UID:10004361-1539867600-1539871200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:World Affairs Lecture: Traveling While Muslim: A Woman's Perspective DESCRIPTION:Via bysarahkhan.com.\nThe Department of Social Sciences presents a World Affairs lecture with journalist Sarah Khan on her travels abroad as a Muslim woman. This event will be hosted by Yasemin Celik Levine\, professor of Political Science and executive director of the Presidential Scholars Program. \nThe Department of Social Sciences’ World Affairs Lecture Series fulfills FIT’s mission to foster an understanding of diverse cultures and politics within the international as well as domestic perspectives. It also embraces\, supports\, and expands upon the president’s campus-wide initiative on civility. \nSarah Khan\nKhan has lived in five countries on three continents: Canada\, Saudi Arabia\, India\, the U.S.\, and South Africa. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, Condé Nast Traveler\, Saveur\, Food and Wine\, Surface\, Vogue India\, and Virtuoso Life. \nThis event is for the FIT community only. URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/world-affairs-lecture-traveling-while-muslim-a-womans-perspective/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180928T171000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180928T190000 DTSTAMP:20260624T075726 CREATED:20180905T183049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180905T183049Z UID:10004037-1538154600-1538161200@events.fitnyc.edu SUMMARY:Lecture: 'Simpsons' Writer and Producer Mike Reiss DESCRIPTION:Simpsons writer and producer Mike Reiss will discuss his new book\, Springfield Confidential\, and his history in the worlds of comedy and animation. \nhas been show-runner\, producer\, and writer for The Simpsons (the longest running animated show in history)\, co-created the cult classic The Critic\, wrote for such comedy luminaries as Johnny Carson and Garry Shandling\, and worked on animated children’s classics like Despicable Me\, Minions\, Ice Age\, Horton Hears a Who\, Kung Fu Panda 3\, and Rango. \nSponsored by the History program of the Social Sciences Department and the NEH working group Teaching Labor History to Art and Design Students. \nThis event is open to the public.  URL:https://events.fitnyc.edu/event/lecture-simpsons-writer-and-producer-mike-reiss/ LOCATION:Film and Media Screening Room D207\, Pomerantz Center\, New York City \, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ORGANIZER;CN="Dan Levinson Wilk":MAILTO:danlw@fitnyc.edu GEO:40.747025;-73.9941136 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center New York City NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Pomerantz Center:geo:-73.9941136,40.747025 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR