Media Studies students and faculty were well represented in the recent documentary film festival Documentary Fortnight currently being held at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) from February 11-25. The evenings full programs includes works that range from nostalgic to experimental, poignant to humorous, and are from both emerging as well as established artists.

The festival’s two evenings titled, New Documentaries Shot on Super 8mm, will feature the work of a media studies alumni and faculty member. The films are Still Life with Ho Chi Minh, by Kevin T. Allen (’08), and Chop Off, by faculty member MM Serra. Both films were shown on Thursday, February 12, and will be shown on Thursday, February 19, at 6:00 p.m., in Theater 2.

Another program in the festival titled, Third World Newsreel Program 2: New Work from New Filmmakers featured three alumni from the class of 2008. They included: Our Lady Queen of Harlem, by Trinidad Rodriguez, where parishioners protest the closing of their church in Spanish Harlem by continuing services on the street. Excuse My Gangsta Ways, by Corinne Manabat, is a visually poetic documentary about Davina Wan, a former Chinatown gang member who found her way out. In Bed With A Mosquito, by Sarah Frank, features a charming and dynamic activist in the Granny Brigade, the anti-war protest group.