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“The Pakistan Four” by NewsDoc Alum Shehzad Hameed Ahmad Shortlisted at the Iran International Documentary Film Festival

The Pakistan Four, which follows the journey of four path breaking Pakistani American women, has been shortlisted at the Iran International Documentary Film Festival in the short documentary category.

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News And Documentary Alumni Reunion 2019

The NewsDoc Alumni Reunion will take place on November 6 with speaker France Costrel (2010).

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New Nominations for One Child Nation from NYU NewsDoc Alum Nanfu Wang

One Child Nation Nominated For Best Documentary Feature.

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Naretoi, Documentary by NYU NewsDoc Alum Kelsey Doyle, wins at Tryon International Film Festival

Naretoi received the award for Best Short Documentary Film

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Documentaries by five NewsDoc Alumni will be screened during Doc NYC in November 2019

DOC NYC is an annual documentary film festival in New York City, and the country's largest documentary film festival.

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NYU GlobalBeat reports on Amazon deforestation for PBS Newshour Weekend

NYU Journalism's international field reporting class produced a two part video series for PBS Newshour Weekend on Amazon deforestation.

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“Marked” by NewsDoc Alum Henry Ogunjimi selected to two festivals

"Marked" was screened to the Capital City Black Film Festival and the Silicon Valley African Film Festival during the summer.

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NewsDoc Alum Veda Shastri wins the Excellence in Immersive Storytelling award

Alum Veda Shastri wins the Excellence in Immersive Storytelling award at the Online Journalism Awards

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NYU NewsDoc Alum Ahmed Mansour’s Canada Premiere will be at Toronto Palestine Film Festival on September 21

"Brooklyn Inshallah" is having its Canada Premiere at Toronto Palestine Film Festival on Saturday, September 21 at 2:45pm. The screening location is at #TIFF Bell Lightbox

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NYU NewsDoc Alum Marjan Riazi wins award for “High Hopes”

Marjan Riazi wins "Best Student Short Documentary" at the Olympus Film Festival in LA for "High Hopes"

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Shehzad Hameed is investigating coral bleaching in Australia for his next documentary

50% of the reef in Australia is dead due to global warming. Will the remaining survive?

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“The Money Stone”, Alum Stuart Harmon’s first feature-length documentary film, wins best documentary during its first Africa Premiere

Alum Stuart Harmon started his documentary film at NYU NewsDoc.

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