The New York Latino Film Festival (NYLFF), the nation’s premier Latino film festival kicks off Latino Heritage Month from September 15 (today) to 24, 2023 with an impressive roster of 116 films from nearly 20 countries. Held, once again at Regal Union Square, 850 Broadway, in the Big Apple, NYLFF…

A Snippet of Background Information to Provide Insight into the Essence of the Hunter Department of Film and Media Studies and Hunter College Where Jennifer Raab Once Was President In the same complaint, Hunter Colleague Shore also said I attacked colleagues. Balderdash. Larry Shore also said that I threatened him with a fatwa, that balderdash being the most absurd of all his balderdashing. Colleague Shore’s actions and behaviors makes one recall what former Acting Provost Valeda Dente said about…

Don’t wish to beat this over the head but … it shouldn’t have taken so long.

This Year’s Theme: DiscrimiNATION: A Thousand Tiny Cuts. Jennifer Betit Yen, actor and President of the Film Lab, said, “Filmmakers this year showed limitless creativity with films showcasing laughter and beauty through pain — it was so hard for the judges this year. I think they wanted everyone to win!” Shootout Coordinator Andy Lee agreed, noting that the…

Garry Trudeau is the creator of Doonesbury, where he has been commenting on wounded warrior issues for more than three decades. This writer has personal and professional journalisti interests in this promising about this promising treatment so he’s publishing this as “Breaking News” Even though he’s still checking out publishing “Breaking News” which he believes is overly used, especially by mainstream corporate news media

Dear Hunter Faculty and Staff, I am delighted to be writing to you today as Hunter College’s interim president. I start with a keen awareness of this important time of transition. An interim leader can take many paths. What should that path be for Hunter? This is a time of…

CUNY Believe It Or Not — Open Letter to CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez (March 10, 2021) By Caroline Ash [This article was republished in the waning days of the Hunter 2022 COVID-19 spring semester because of a stunning reprimand of Hunter College’s Department of Film and Media Studies by Former Hunter Acting Provost Dr. Valeda Dent about serious allegations of the department’s racism and bigotry. …

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