Faculty Screening Night
Faculty Screening Night
Friday, March 7, 6:00pm
Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway, 6th Floor
Join us in celebrating original films by our own Cinema Studies faculty! Featuring work by Jacob Floyd, Toby Lee, and Allen Weiss.
This is an in-person event, open to the public. Prior registration is required at least 24 hours before the start of the event. Non-NYU attendees will receive emailed instructions for building access and may be asked to present a government-issued photo ID upon arrival. NYU attendees must present their NYU ID.
Still from Phillip W. Coon
About the films
Phillip W. Coon, A film by Jacob Floyd
Centered around a Mvskoke language audio recording in which he tells the story of his survival in his own words, this is a documentary about Phillip Coon, a Muscogee (Creek) WW2 veteran and Bataan Death March survivor, and his son, Michael, who is keeping his memory alive.
COMPOSITE (2017, 23 min., video), a short film by Toby Lee
While the standard composite sketch attempts to bring an unknown identity to light, COMPOSITE consists of a series of experiments in which interviewees work with a professional sketch artist in order to produce drawings not of strangers or suspects, but of the people closest to them. A man describes his wife of 50 years; identical twins, each other; a blind man, his own face.
Teddy (2024, 16 min., CGI animation)
Based on Allen S. Weiss, Unpacking My Library, or, The Autobiography of Teddy
(K. Verlag, Berlin, 2020)
An ominous presence leads Teddy, a teddy bear of ancient origins, to awake from a long hibernation. Fetching his beloved Allen Doll, Teddy, together with his companions – a roly-poly Daruma doll and a bizarre Pincushion – enter a fantastical world. Teddy finds Allen Doll suffering from a mysterious affliction. Seeking a remedy, a conflict arises over the use of Daruma’s magical powers. A chase ensues, leading the group on a delirious adventure through a surreal village, a hallucinatory desert, a bizarre Zen temple, and a forbidding sacred vault, facing trials and tribulations along the way.
Produced by Chris Monson, Tom Rasky, Allen S. Weiss
Music by Alex Waterman
