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Contemporary Arab Cinema, a Week of Provocative Films and Engaging Conversations
By Lina Matta, curator of Contemporary Arab Cinema I never understood the tipping point that could start or end a war. I was 13 when civil war broke out in Lebanon and in the States when it “ended” 15 years later. How one day’s murderous hate could become tomorrow’s coexistence still mystifies me. Our Opening [...]
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month
By Kate Meyer, Westchester Library System This September marks the 30th anniversary of Library Card Sign-up Month—a time when public libraries nationwide highlight the value of a library card. Since 1987, Library Card Sign-up Month has been held each September to mark the beginning of the school year. Libraries work to remind parents and youth that [...]
Rediscovering Those Celluloid Greats
By JBFC Marketing Volunteer Dotty Battel As many of you know by now, we show remastered versions of classic films each month as part of our Retro Revival program. This series satisfies two principles to which we are strongly committed: preserving great cinema and giving our audience the opportunity to see these movies on the big [...]
Cinemania: Afterschool Film Club
By Sophie Cowley Is there a rising film buff in your life? Do they spend countless hours watching movies? What if, instead of staying at home in front of the TV, they could enjoy excellent films in the company of other film aficionados? Enter Cinemania: the Jacob Burns’ after school film club tailored especially for adolescents. [...]
A Guide to Sounds of Summer 2017
By Sophie Cowley With summer right around the corner, the Burns is gearing up for its annual Sounds Of Summer series! From June 29 to August 17, the Burns will be showing timeless classics like Stop Making Sense alongside exciting new music documentaries like Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World and I Am The Blues. The [...]
Classroom to Screening Room
At the end of May we welcomed students from Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford, AMD Middle School in Ossining, and White Plains High School in White Plains for a screening of I Am Not Your Negro and discussion with producer Hébert Peck via Skype, Woodlands High School Assistant Principal Mandel Holland, and President of the [...]
Meet the JBFC’s Incoming Artist-In-Residence, Bernardo Britto
By Sophie Cowley Beginning May 30, the Jacob Burns Media Arts Lab will welcome in a new artist-in-residence: Bernardo Britto. Bernardo is an award-winning filmmaker and animator whose impressive array of work has played at a number of festivals, including Sundance and SXSW. His debut feature, Jacqueline (Argentine), is a hilarious mockumentary-style film that premiered [...]
24 Hour Film Challenge 2017
Each year, the Burns hosts its 24 Hour Film Challenge, a competition for high school students that charges participants with making a film in 24 hours. Groups have access to our Media Arts Lab equipment and facilities for pre-production, shooting, and editing films throughout the Challenge. To prevent participants from working on their stories in advance, each [...]
Summer @ the Lab: A Sense of Adventure
By Darrel Swann, Faculty After getting his BA at Boston College, Darrel studied screenwriting at New York Film Academy. He has been working at the Jacob Burns Film Center since 2009. Our film and media camp at the Media Arts Lab offers a wide variety of activities and often the child who loves to act isn’t [...]
{Student Work} Flip the Switch
Caleb, a student in our 7th and 8th grade Projects in Media course, created this poster for the world premiere of the students’ short film, Flip the Switch. Check out the poster and film below! Like what you see? Check out our course listings in mid-July for kids, teens, and adults programs coming up this fall!
