Name: This Time Round - Documentary Feature Film - Lunch and a Movie
Start: 2024-10-18T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-18T13:30:00-04:00
Location: Norcross Cultural Arts & Community Center

This Time Round - Documentary Feature Film - Lunch and a Movie

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Urban Mediamakers

Amidst the backdrop of a pandemic-stricken New York City, witness the unwavering passion and determination of a youth chorus.

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Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

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THIS TIME ROUND - Directed by Francisco J. Nunez and Ansley Sawyer | Amidst the backdrop of a pandemic-stricken New York City, witness the unwavering passion and determination of a youth chorus as they strive to keep their art alive against all odds. Through poignant storytelling and original music from key contemporary composers, this documentary captures the resilience, creativity, and indomitable spirit of a generation of young musicians, navigating through unprecedented times, proving that even in the darkest moments, music has the power to unite, heal, and inspire.Director Biography - Francisco J. Nunez, Ansley SawyerFrancisco J. Núñez, a MacArthur Fellow and Musical America’s 2018 Educator of the Year, is a composer, conductor, producer, director, visionary, leading figure in music education, and the artistic director/founder of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City (YPC), renowned worldwide for its diversity and artistic excellence. Since he founded YPC, Núñez has established recognition among composers of the child’s voice as a significant instrument for making music.Among his many awards and honors are ASCAP’s Victor Herbert Award, the New York Choral Society’s Choral Excellence Award, and Bang on a Can’s Visionary Award. In 2023, he received an Emmy® Award for Artistic Direction of the feature-length holiday special Topsy Turvy New York. The year prior, he won an Emmy® Award for Holiday Jingles, a holiday commercial he composed for WNJU Telemundo 47. He most recently produced and co-directed the documentary film, This Time Round. NYU Steinhardt has presented him with its Distinguished Alumnus Achievement Award, and he holds honorary Doctor of Music degrees from both Ithaca College and Gettysburg College.Co-Director, ANSLEY SAWYERA semi-nomadic film producer based in New York City and Ansley Sawyer learned everything she knows about filmmaking from her mentor and creative partner Brandon Li, and was formatively impacted by the simple, yet radical fieldwork of Yann Arthus-Bertrand. She is also a TEDx speaker, advocate, and entrepreneur, and my documentary film work has been featured on Vimeo Staff Picks, BBC, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Sony Alpha Universe, and many others. Her work is a combination of her sincere passion for witnessing other people's stories, her theatrical training at Ecole Lecoq (tell a story without words), Li's innovative run-and-gun method, and the patience and stillness of Arthus-Bertrand's interviews as a means of building a documentary narrative. She specializes in cinematically producing difficult-to-access human stories. Recent accomplishments include promotional documentaries for the Mather Hospital in Port Jefferson, New York (December 2020), and Kehilat Synagogue in Kew Gardens Queens (October/November 2020); and a TEDx talk in 2019 at UCSD about her 2018 documentary "like We Don't Exist" about the Karenni refugees in Burma. In addition, she filmed and edited "Hedge-Hog Health: Support Unique Learners," a short, call-to-action film about children with unique learning needs in September 2020, "Remember; a collaboration with NOMO Films for the Alzheimer's Association in March 2021, and "I Feel Powerful" produced for Girls With Impact about three young women who are starting their own companies and learning about entrepreneurship in August 2019, among others.

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