On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 26-27, at 7:00 p.m., short films made by this year's students in The New School's graduate certificate program in Documentary Media Studies will be screened for the public. These films are the product of a year of intensive work in documentary production, history, and theory.

There will be an overall theme each night of the screenings. On May 26, the theme will be “Home Away From Home,” which will explore how foreigners make New York City their home. Students represented will include: India Bourke, Matt Reynolds, Hee Jin Shim, Zach Fox, and David Gutierrez Camps. A public reception with the filmmakers and faculty follows the Tuesday screening and will be held in Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor.

On May 27, the theme will be “The Passion of Art and Politics,” which will explore stories that are both personal and political. Student represented include: Christina Hibbs, Hind Al-Awadi, Rodger Holst, Francisco Vargas, Veronica Medina, and Ivana Todorovic.

Media Studies faculty members Annie Howell, Deirdre Boyle, and Elizabeth Ellsworth will conduct Q&A sessions with the filmmakers following the screenings each night. All screenings are free and will take place in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street.

The Documentary Media Studies certificate is awarded for successful completion of a one-year, full-time, graduate-level program of study, a unique opportunity to study documentary filmmaking in a small, intensive program in New York City, the world's documentary capital. For more information on the program and its students, faculty and events, visit www.newschool.edu/doc .