On December 6th, Fusion members visited the YouTube Space in Chelsea to take a tour of the studio and partake in a discussion of YouTube’s current practices and resources. Led by the knowledgeable and entertaining Christopher Chan Roberson, a professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, attendees were exposed to many different features of […]
As the theater lights of Cantor dimmed and the Christmas music played, the entire crowd, including NYU affiliates and film industry professionals, fell into a trance only to be jolted out of it soon after. The street setting in the opening sequence of the film isn’t the standard for a ‘holiday movie,’ but it is […]
Black Nativity, a modernized adaptation of Langston Hughes’ celebrated play, follows a Baltimore teenager as he comes to New York City to spend Christmas with his estranged relatives. Gospel numbers serve as the core of the musical film, so director Kasi Lemmons brought on Grammy Award winning music producer Raphael Saadiq to donate his musical […]
is proud to launch 2014’s festival season with a FREE NYU ADVANCE SCREENING* OF BLACK NATIVITY followed by a Q&A with director Kasi Lemmons Thursday, November 21 @ 7PM Cantor Film Center free admission NYU ID required The film is a modern adaptation of the Langston Hughes play of the same name, directed […]
Fusion is proud to extend honorary board membership to a true vanguard of the industry, Agnieszka Holland. Holland has crafted amazing work throughout her inspiring career as a one of Poland’s most renowned film and television writer-directors. Yet, Holland’s work and presence extend far beyond her national borders, her 1991 film Europa Europa having received […]