Conference Agenda
March 15
Jefferson-Williams Lounge, fourth floor, Student Center, Brooklyn College, Campus Road and East 29 Street, Brooklyn, NY
Directions to Brooklyn College
Registration
8:45 – noon
Coffee and Breakfast
8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
Welcome
9:15 – 9:30 a.m.
- Annette Danto, professor, Department of Film, Brooklyn College
- Mobina Hashmi, assistant professor, Department of Television and Radio, Brooklyn College
- Maria Conelli, dean, School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts, Brooklyn College
Keynote Address
9:35 – 10:45 a.m.
Jon Alpert, 15-time Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker and journalist
- Introduced by: Paula Massood, chair, Department of Film, Brooklyn College
- Q&A: Moderated by Paula Massood
Coffee Break
10:45 – 11 a.m.
Session I: Global Media and the Ethics of Representation of Race, Ethnicity and Gender
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Moderator: Lynda Day, associate professor and chair, Department of Africana Studies, Brooklyn College
Panelists:
- Dale Byam, assistant professor, Department of Africana Studies, Brooklyn College
- Christine Choy, professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and filmmaker (Who Killed Vincent Chin?)
- Sharron Greaves, associate professor of communications, Nyack College
- Edna Negron, professor of journalism, Ramapo College
Lunch and Discussion Tables
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Session II: Post-human Ethics: The Self as Media
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Moderator: John J.A. Jannone, director, Performance and Interactive Media Arts program, Brooklyn College
Panelists:
- Samir Chopra, professor, Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College
- Lev Manovich, director, Software Studies Initiative, CUNY Graduate Center
- Daniel Munkus, musician and interdisciplinary artist, The Night Bears
- Sophia Remolde, multimedia artmaker, The Night Bears
Coffee Break
3:30 – 3:40 p.m.
Screening: Who Killed Vincent Chin? (Christine Choy, 1989, 83 minutes)
3:40 – 5:30 p.m.
Nominated for Academy Award, Documentary Category
Q&A with Christine Choy following the screening, moderated by Professor Annette Danto
March 16
Newsroom (room 308) of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, 230 West 41 Street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, New York, NY
Directions to the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Registration
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Coffee and Breakfast
9:30 – 10 a.m.
Welcome
10 – 10:15 a.m.
- Lonnie Isabel, director, international reporting, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
- Stephen Shepard, dean, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Screening: Reflection on Media Ethics (Annette Danto, 2011, 25 minutes)
10:15 – 11 a.m.
Q&A with Professor Annette Danto following the screening, moderated by Assistant Professor Mobina Hashmi
Session III: Women in Film and Television: Our Status in Front of and Behind the Scenes
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Co-presented with New York Women in Film & Television
Moderator: Dorothy Rompalske, writer, filmmaker and adjunct assistant professor, Department of Film, Brooklyn College)
Panelists:
- Marjorie Rosen, associate professor, Department of Journalism, Communication, and Theatre, Lehman College
- Susan Seidelman,screenwriter, producer and director, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
- Melissa Silverstein, writer and blogger, Women and Hollywood; co-founder, Athena Film Festival
- Je Jae Simmons, New York executive director, SAG-AFTRA
- Rachel Watanabe-Batton, vice chair, Producers Guild of America East; chair, Diversity Committee, PGA East
Lunch and Reception
12:30 – 1 p.m.
Sponsored by CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Session IV: Seizing the Time — The Ethics of Women Creating Their Own Media in Their Own Images
1 – 3:45 p.m.
Moderator: Cynthia Lopez, executive vice president and co-executive producer, award-winning documentary series POV
Panelists:
- Rose Arce, CNN producer, Who's Black in America? series
- Rita Henley-Jensen, editor-in-chief, Women's eNews and Arabic Women's eNews
- Yoruba Richen, filmmaker (Promised Land)
Keynote Closing
3:45 – 4:45 p.m.
Tami Gold, documentary filmmaker, activist and professor of film and media studies, Hunter College; Guggenheim and Rockefeller grant recipient
Introduced by Terry Lawler, executive director, New York Women in Film & Television
Closing Remarks
4:45 – 5 p.m.
- Annette Danto
- Mobina Hashmi
- Lonnie Isabel
Wine and Cheese Reception
5 – 6 p.m.
Sponsored by New York Women in Film & Television
Conference Organizing Committee: Professor Annette Danto (co-chair), Assistant Professor Mobina Hashmi (co-chair), Professor Lonnie Isabel (co-chair), Associate Professor Lynda Day (Africana Studies), Assistant Professor Jessica Siegel (Journalism), Adjunct Assistant Professor Dorothy Rompalske (Film) and Associate Professor John J.A. Jannone (PIMA/Television and Radio).
Conference Co-sponsors: Brooklyn College Office of the Dean of Visual, Media and Performing Arts; Brooklyn College Department of Film; Brooklyn College Department of Television and Radio; Center for the Study of World Television at Brooklyn College; CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; and New York Women in Film & Television.
