*THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCEORGANIZING/FILMMAKING/ARCHIVING Films from the Third World Newsreel ArchivesA Public Symposium at New York UniversityFilm Screenings, Panels and Preservation Workshop* Presented by Third World Newsreel and NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program *Organizing/Filmmaking/Archiving: Films from the Third World Newsreel Archives*, a public symposium to present rarely seen and recently preserved 16mm film prints from Newsreel’s and Third World Newsreel’s early days, including the premiere of the preserved print of BREAK AND ENTER (1970) about the fight for affordable housing in Manhattan. Award winning filmmakers Christine Choy, Peter Barton, Stephanie Palewski, Susan Robeson, and Deborah Shaffer will speak, along with community activists past and present. The topics of the films – gender roles and women’s rights; racism, mass incarceration and state violence; displacement and gentrification – still resonate today. When: Saturday, February 27, 2016, 12:30pm to 8pm Where: New York University Cinema Studies Department Annette Michelson Theater 721 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY The symposium is one of a series of events celebrating TWN’s commitment to preserving its historic films as the media organization approaches its 50th anniversary in 2018. *Organizing/Filmmaking/Archiving: Films from the Third World Newsreel Archives* is part of *Spring Festival: Creating the Future*, a special event of the Tisch 50th Anniversary Celebration. For More Information Visit: www.facebook.com/events/140223719690305/ Contact Info: Roselly Torres Distribution & Marketing Director Third World Newsreel (212) 947-9277 ext. 17 [log in to unmask] ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org