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Harlem-born Sam Pollard, a filmmaker and Oscar nominated editor, has spent his entire career chronicling the Black American experience. Pollard, now a professor of film at New York University for the last 27 years, found his passion for movies by watching the works of Howard Hawks, John Ford, and Alfred Hitchcock. He credits them for […]
NY Movie Theaters Reopen A Year After Covid-19
Lauren Williams, head of operations at Metrograph, one of the first theaters to close its doors in New York City, had no idea it would be more than a year before she could ever walk back into the famous independent theater in Chinatown. “I went in on the last day to close,” said Williams. “This […]
Maya Wiley’s $10 Billion Dollar New Deal to Boost NY’s Economy
New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley has a plan to bring life back to a city hit hardest by the Covid pandemic. New Yorkers are facing the worst economic crisis in a generation with more than half of households as of September either having lost a job, wages or hours during the pandemic. Residents […]