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The Door by Rene Sing Brooks
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An experimental film created by René Sing Brooks. This piece was the final project in (Lecturer) Thomas Seymour's Video Production class this Spring II semester. The artist statement is below. Growing up under the back then kerosene lamp nights of Bluefields, a small city on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, had a strong influence on my film and writing sensibilities. My Caribbean childhood and early adolescence have nurtured a lifelong concern with time, memory and personal/communal story, which is reflected in most of my work to date. I have been a digital filmmaker for nearly nine years, mostly as a short form documentarian covering issues of justice system involved individuals and of other community protagonists—mainly fellow artists—dedicated to social-justice struggles. Although my artistic sensibility is significantly shaped by socio-political concerns, this does not preclude the aesthetic exploration of filmmaking’s form and structure for implications beyond—or beneath—the “message”, which in my case draws from dream textures and narrative flows derived from Nicaragua’s African, aboriginal and mestizo magical imaginings. Along the road, I have gathered influences from Béla Tarr, Andrei Tarkovsky and Chris Marker, among others. These creators deftly explore the relationship of form, structure, tempo and meaning, an exploration that is at the heart of my creative concerns and that guides my efforts to develop a personal voice that isn’t alienated from the visual and narrative syntax of my evolving communal experiencing.
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The Door, Brooks, Rene Sing
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LaGuardia Community College Media Studies News: Episode 9
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UPDATE: Come to the 11th Annual Thomson Avenue Film Festival Thursday May 30th, 2013 at 5pm. Free admission and refreshments for the whole family! Shante Boyd and Jus Riley of the LaGuardia Media Studies News team recap the very popular 10th annual Thomson Avenue Film Festival. Edited by Ammani Mselle, Ken Powell.
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Boyd, Shante, Thomson Avenue Film Festival, Baston, Michael, Riley, Jus, Seymour, Tom, Rodriguez, Michael, Rheuban, Joyce, Celentano, Holly
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Barbara Carson
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Barbara Carson first came to LaGuardia Community College as a student, but returned as a tutor and stayed on in a variety of teaching and administrative positions.
Timestamp summary:
(00:42) In 1981, Barbara Carson graduated from LaGCC and at time of interview works in the Theatre department.
(1:26) Came to LaGCC for Secretarial Science talks about her decision to switch to Liberal Arts to concentrate on teaching.
(3:24) Talks about the coziness and supportiveness of the college, describes the M-Building and the Cooperative Education Division in the L & P Building over the pizza factory
(4:17) After she graduated from LaGCC, Carson attended a 4 year college but missed the sense of involvement and encouragement from LaGCC.
(4:44) Professor Marian Arkin offered Carson a job in the Writing Center as a tutor, Carson talks about how that affected her educational decisions. Goes on to describe courses and internships
(6:48) Describes the Coop Seminar and how it prepared students for the transition between school and work and how to think of your career over the long term.
(7:54) Talks about student life on campus
(9:21) Gives examples of her personal/direct interactions faculty as a students and how they directed her toward literature and teaching.
(10:17) Describes the student body, describes the students as having very realistic goals and going to LaGuardia for the purpose of education for a career.
(11:17) Talks about working at LaGuardia while completing a bachelors’ degree at Queens College and the differences between the two schools
(13:42) Covers her positions as Assistant to the Dean and Assistant to the Theatre Director and her want to help students
(15:01) In 1988/89 she teaches Basic Reading in the Communication Skills department and talks about her positive experience as a teacher
(16:14) Talks about how the college has in expanded in size over the years
(17:42) “The 25th Anniversary theme sums it up – Tradition of innovation – LaGCC has never been afraid of trying something new if it benefits the student.”
Total time is 18:48
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, 25th Anniversary, Oral History, Carson, Barbara, Students, Writing Center
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LaGuardia Community College (New York, N.Y)
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NO H8 3
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A woman wearing a white tee shirt with tape over her mouth and NOH8 written on her the side of her face.
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Portrait photography
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NO H8 53
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A profile of a man wearing a white tee shirt with tape over his mouth and NOH8 written on the side of his face.
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Portrait photography
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