New Docs: The 2008 Graduate Film Festival

This year's graduate film festival showcases the diversity of our students. The stories range from the Bronx's homeless gay youth and a community organization called Petrobronx to bedbugs invading the entire city; from the role of Pakistani women, the inspiration of an assassinated leader in Lebanon to the problem of AIDs in the Dominican Republic and child labor in Ghana; from mail order brides, prisoner rights and Asbury Park decay to the disappearing fishermen in Chesapeake Bay.

This year’s festival also included a panel discussion titled Finding the Right Documentary Story. The panelists were:

Panelists:

• David Brancaccio (Host and Senior Editor of NOW on PBS)
• Heidi Ewing (Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker, Loki Films)
• Judy McGrath (Chairman and Chief Executive, MTV Networks)
• Richard Robbins (Director and Producer, The Documentary Group)
• Fernanda Rossi (Documentary Story Consultant)
• Tom Yellin (President and Executive Producer, The Documentary Group)

(Here's the original flyer and schedule)