2011 MCAF Grantees: New Media

Hector Canonge
HAIRTALK: On Kinky Curls and Baldy Looks, a multimedia project that explores the sprawling presence of hair salons and barber shops in Inwood by looking at their role as social and cultural hubs as well as the grooming and beauty practices going on within them.
Annamarie Ho
A project with Chinatown-based high school students to create an alternate rendition of the remake of the 1984 film Red Dawn, which demonizes China as a militaristic threat to America.
Joe E. Jeffreys
Drag Show Video Verite, an exploration and preservation of the video and film record of drag performance in NYC, showing various approaches and styles documented in drag performance.
Leslie Li
KIM LOO SISTERS, a one-hour video documentary about four sisters -- daughters of a Chinese "paper son" and a Polish refugee who overcame poverty and prejudice to become a popular American jazz vocal quartet, culminating in free screenings.
Lili White
Screeing of women's experimental films that feature underrepresented themes and issues distinct to women and girls to enlighten new audiences.

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