The Art, Activism and Algorithms: Aesthetic Interventions in Machine Bias panel discussion on Wednesday, March 7th will feature leading figures in data journalism and art, technology and activism. The dangers of algorithmic bias are becoming an increasing concern with opaque and proprietary computer programs controlling an ever expanding range of human life including judicial processes, […]
Please join us for HK/NY Home on Thursday, April 5th. Screening 4 – 6PM – Lang Recital Hall, 4th fl. Hunter North Building Discussion 6-7 PM Reception 7-8:30PM – Hunter TV Studio, 4th fl. Hunter North Building We are hosting a group of half a dozen students from the Film Academy at Hong Kong Baptist […]
HERB BOYD will receive the 2018 Outstanding Achievement Award for Social Justice Journalism and deliver the key note address. The author of 23 books, he is widely known as a respected journalist, historian, writer and activist. His latest book, "Black Detroit: A People's History of Self Determination," garnered rave reviews from major media outlets, including […]
Please join us for a SCREENING of the Emmy-nominated Showtime documentary series, “TheFourthEstate,”a fly-on-the-wall look inside The New York Times in the Trump era. The screening is followed by a PANEL DISCUSSION featuring: ❖ “Fourth Estate” producer Jenny Carchman ❖ New York Times media correspondent Michael Grynbaum Moderator: Hunter Distinguished Journalism Lecturer A. […]
Join us for an evening of screenings, Q&A, roundtable and refreshments! This multidisciplinary event will discuss indigenous cinema and its implications in the new Brazilian post-election political scenario. SPECIAL GUEST Wewito Ashaninka (Brazilian Indigenous Filmmaker, director os Shomõtsi) SCREENINGS Ava Yvy Verá - The Land of the Lightning's People (2016, 52min) Shomõtsi (2001, 42min) ROUNDTABLE Amalia Cordova […]
A double feature which includes, Propaganda: La Fabique Du Consentment and MYSELFIE with Professor Stuart Ewen followed by a Q&A with Gaby Hoffman (Producer), Chris Dapkins (Director), Anna Mochetti (as Nina), and Stuart Ewen (as Ewan) at Lang Hall, 4th Floor, Hunter North Building @6:30PM. Entrance at 69th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues.
