Three student-produced films premiered at the New York City 历史 Film Festival at Poly on January 18.

学生, 家庭, 和 friends attended in person in the library or virtually to view the three 10-minute films created in 上学校 history teacher 以利亚Sivin’s class New York City 历史.

根据Sivin的说法, the students “were obligated to discuss history 和 they needed to make an argument in their film.西文介绍道 乔·布鲁克斯 从 社区 Works Institute 和 艾米丽·基廷 从 Kunhardt Film Foundation, who attended the premiere virtually. Brooks 和 Keating mentored the students through the process of creating their films.

Keating congratulated the students 和 said she was incredibly impressed with their films. To parents, she said, “These are br和 new tools that students have put to work.她还说，“奥巴马先生。. Sivin is teaching students the way they are best served today.”

“It was a privilege to get a bird’s eye view,布鲁克斯说, “watching students put together films that matter.” Brooks also applauded Sivin’s “approach to student empowerment.”

Three Unique NYC Stories

一个分裂的社区 – Crown Heights

由:
扎克·佩尔森，24岁
泰瑞尔·胡德·西蒙23岁
麦卡·莫德斯特，23岁
卢卡·艾奇逊，23岁 
编辑器: 扎克·佩尔森，24岁
语音: 特雷尔·胡德·西蒙23岁

Is New York City really integrated? This was one of the questions raised by 一个分裂的社区. 通过对 拉比，伊莱·科恩博士. Henry Goldschmidt, Debra Young, 和 Professor Philip Kazinitz, students examined the neighborhood of Crown Heights with its population of Hasidic 和 African American residents. One interviewee explained, “You are daily living surrounded by people you don’t know.”

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Effects of Climate Change on NYC

制作和编辑:
泰迪·斯托尔特，24岁
艾比·康特萨，23岁
Kason Sabazan-Chambers ’24
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珍妮杜邦公司 founder 和 executive director of Rockaway Initiative for Sustainability 和 Equity (RISE) was among the interviewees, which also included Poly history teacher AJ布兰德福德 和 Stephanie Castillo Samoy, 营运总监 & RISE通讯. DuPont pointed out that the Rockaway Peninsula is the “first defense for the city.” Chair of the Science Department Dr. 拉梅什Laungani, who teaches Conservation Biology, expressed hope about the fight against climate change 和 spoke about his role as an educator 和 effective communicator about climate danger.

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Directed 和 由:
MaKiyah Turner Hicks, 24岁
阿奇Neibart ’24
亚设科恩 ’24

编辑器: 阿奇·内巴特24年

摄影:
MaKiyah Turner Hicks, 24岁
阿奇·内巴特24年
亚设科恩 24岁

“I’ve always viewed the subway as something bigger than transportation,” said film editor 阿奇·内巴特， “和 something that New York wouldn’t be able to function without. So when the opportunity came to make a piece of work to tell the story of the subway along with presenting the viewer with the same perspective I had on the topic, I felt it was something that I really wanted to do.” 

Interviewees could agree that the NYC subway system is “currently in crisis.其中包括 Dr. 菲利普Kasinitz of the CUNY Graduate School, 波利Desjarlais, content manager of the NY Transit Museum, 菲利普Ploych, former planner for the MTA, 和 菲尔·科波拉, who has documented the art of New York City subway stations.

“A good number of the people we interviewed were people my group found 和 reached out to,特纳-希克斯解释道. “在我的搜索中, I looked for people who wrote books or had spoken in documentaries about NYC’s subway system. A lot of the process was just reaching out 和 hoping someone would want to talk to you, but in general the experts we interviewed were very enthusiastic about the subject matter. 例如, somewhere along the process, I recalled going to the New York Transit Museum with my gr和parents years earlier 和 reached out to their education department to ask for an interview. 幸运的是，它成功了!”

“As the main editor for my film,内巴特说, “the biggest challenge was creating an aesthetic of a ‘glorious’ subway system as well as presenting the shortcomings of that same system.”

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艾玛·墨菲，24年级学生, mother of Archibald Neibart, was an appreciative member of the audience. “Hearing about this class assignment over the preceding weeks 和 then coming together to watch the final product was a highlight,墨菲说。. “Making short films was such a creative 和 engaging way to help the kids learn about NYC’s history. Plus, it possibly sparked a few future careers in the film industry.她补充道,  “I really learned so much 从 three impressive films 和 appreciate Poly letting us join in.”

The students’ films can now be seen on YouTube.