Category Archives: Film Screening

University Life – Upcoming Events

Dear Students,
The University Life Events Council has a number of exciting events coming up in the next few weeks. Below you will find event details and links to RSVP forms and various sign-up forms.
Succulent Study Break 
Thursday, November 1st from 12-2pm | Wien Hall 
Brighten your day with your very own succulent decoration. The University Life Events Council invites students to express their creativity, enjoy snacks, and focus on wellness for an afternoon during the Succulents Study Break. Wien Hall Lounge.  Facebook | RSVP form


Coco Movie Night and Dia de los Muertos Celebration

Thursday, November 1st, 2018 from 5:30-8:00 PM | Mailman School of Public Health Allan Rosenfield Building Auditorium (722 W. 168th St. NY, NY 10032, 8th Floor)  
A Dia de los Muertos celebration featuring the animated film Coco, free food and champurrado (Mexican hot chocolate). Brought to you by the Black and Latinx Student Caucus along with the University Life Events Council and Graduate Student Association.
Facebook | RSVP form

University-Wide Day of Service 
Friday, November 9th – All Day | Various Location
Take a break and give back to the community. The University Life Events Council has partnered with local organizations focused on different social issues – get involved with a food bank, soup kitchen or after-school program. Multiple time slots available.
 
Crazy Rich Asians Movie Screenings 
Wednesday, November 14th at 6pm and 8:30pm | Dodge Hall, Lifetime Screening Room
Come join University Life Event Council in one of the hit movies of the summer and one of the most successful romcoms in 9 years! We will provide a fun space to kick back and relax, whether you are watching the film for your very first time or the fifth!
Screening 1 @ 6:00 – 8:00 PM RSVP
Screening 2 @ 8:30 – 10:30 PM RSVP
CU Voices: Inclusive Coffee House 
Thursday, November 15th from 7-9pm | Wien Hall

Calling all poets, musicians and artists for a chance to showcase a performance around topics of diversity, inclusion and belonging. Join the University Life Events Council in a warm evening away with the cold and either sign-up to perform or simply relax and enjoy performances from members across Columbia University during this evening of art and expression.

DocNYC Screening and Student Discount

Doc NYC Screening: Sky & Ground

Produced and Directed by Tayla Tibbon (SIPA Alum)

WORLD PREMIERE A compelling, ground-level immersion into the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time, Sky & Ground accompanies the Nabi clan, a large, extended Syrian-Kurdish family, as they painstakingly make their way from their home in Aleppo, bombed out by the war, to the Idomeni refugee camp on the border of Greece and Macedonia. Their goal is Berlin, where they will reunite with family members and seek asylum but first they must make the arduous and dangerous journey through Serbia, Hungary and Austria.

A special student rate has been provided for the Thursday, September 16th Screening

For the discount code:

Promo code DOCNYCSTUDENT ($8 a ticket)

Max 4 tickets per purchase.

Tickets can be purchased here:
http://www.docnyc.net/film/sky-ground/

Or here: http://prod1.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/ticketsearchcriteria.aspx?evtcode=77971610~bd725d56-8b11-414c-8cda-9ccb2ad3128d&

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyXOx9WZ-S0

 

INVITE: Film Screening – RISK by Laura Poitras

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University invites you to
an opening-night screening of RISK, a film by Laura Poitras.

A portrait of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, RISK uncovers how betrayal,
sacrifice, and power permeate the worlds of surveillance, news leaks, and journalism.

IFC Center (323 6th Ave)
Friday, May 5, 2017
9:35 PM Showing
The screening will be followed by a conversation with Laura Poitras, the Academy Award winning Filmmaker
of CITIZENFOUR and Jameel Jaffer, Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

Tickets available at Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/risk-a-film-by-laura-poitras-tickets-34092429374?aff=eac2>.

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INVITE: BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL – NOV 1

INVITE: Film Screening – “In Our Backyard”
 
November 1st at 6:15
 
Village East Cinema
181-189 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
 
“In Our Backyard” is an investigative look into the widely unknown and unspoken world of sex trafficking in Brooklyn. Documenting the emotional stories of recent survivors while also presenting the work of heroic aid organizations, law enforcement agencies and politicians. The film aims to raise awareness and fight this serious epidemic.
 
 

INVITE: Preview Screening of RIKERS

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Join us for an exclusive advance screening of Rikers, a new documentary from Bill Moyers. The screening will be followed by a conversation about the experience of incarceration on Rikers Island, featuring the filmmakers and individuals presented in the film. A reception will follow. Doors will open at 6pm, screening starts at 6:30pm.

REGISTRATION AND RSVP ARE REQUIRED AS SEATING IS LIMITED. We look forward to seeing you there!

The event page link requires a password (Rikers)