John Cameron Mitchell to Speak Following Hedwig Screening, Friday, April 13th at 7 p.m. 29th Annual New School Invitational Film Show Takes Place Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m. The New School, 66 West 12th Street, Tishman Auditorium
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The Media Studies and Film at The New School presents the Fifth Annual
Dorothy H. Hirshon Film Festival hosted by acclaimed filmmaker John
Cameron Mitchell. Mitchell is the artist-in-residence for this year¹s
festival, which focuses on ³The Cinema of Transgression.² A public
screening of Mitchell¹s 2001 film Hedwig and the Angry Inch will take
place on Friday, April 13. A Q&A session with the filmmaker will follow
the screening. The festival culminates with the 29th Annual New School
Invitational Film Show on May 5, which presents this year¹s outstanding
New School student films.
John Cameron Mitchell is an actor-director-writer who won two Obie
awards for his original stage play Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which was
later adapted for the big screen. Mitchell¹s most recent work, Shortbus,
is an examination of modern sexual relationships which premiered at the
2006 Cannes Film Festival.
WHEN:
Friday, April 13, 7 p.m: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Screening and Q&A
Friday, May 5, 7 p.m.: 29th Annual New School Invitational Film Show
WHERE:
The New School, Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street (between 5th and 6th Ave.)
WHO:
John Cameron Mitchell, writer/director/filmmaker
TICKET INFO:
Admission is free and open to the public.
GENERAL INFO:
For more information, the public should contact the department of Media
Studies and Film by calling 212.229.8903 or visiting
www.newschool.edu/mediastudies.
About Media Studies at The New School
The New School offered its first film course in 1926. Today The New
School Media Studies and Film program offers a master¹s degree in media
studies as well as certificate programs in film production,
screenwriting, media management and documentary media studies.
Throughout its 36-year-history, the Media Studies and Film program has
been committed to the essential relationship between media theory and
practice. In a world defined by rapidly changing information and
communication technologies, the program is focused on innovation yet
respectful of the integrity and potential contributions of all media
formats, providing state-of-the-art instruction in audio, video, film,
and multimedia. Today, more than 420 students are enrolled in the Media
Studies MA program, making it the largest program of its kind.