Tag: School of Media Studies

A community grows between audience and screen at The New School’s School of Media program Ruff Cuts

Ruff Cuts audience members in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Friday, Nov 15. Photo by Sophie Graham

Crowding into a theater to watch unfinished films may sound unusual, but at The New School’s School of Media Studies (SMS), it’s a time-honored tradition attracting filmmakers, industry…

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Michelle Materre, fearless leader for women in independent film and New School professor, has died

Michelle Materre, associate professor of Media Studies and Film at The New School, died of cancer on Friday. Throughout her career, she dedicated herself to opening doors in the filmmaking industry to women and people of color. Image courtesy The New School

Michelle Materre, a New School professor whose accomplishments span over thirty years in media and film, died of cancer at White Plains Hospital on March 11, according to…

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