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Third World Newsreel is a media arts organization that fosters the creation, appreciation, and dissemination of social issue film and video made by and about people of color.

08/26/2026

"a fearless storyteller and pioneering voice...[Christine Choy] dedicated her life to illuminating injustice, uplifting unheard communities, and pushing the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking." - PBS'POV⠀
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TWN presents: The Christine Choy Retrospective⠀
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10 films from the Oscar Nominated filmmaker span half a century, illuminating untold stories of labor, incarceration, immigration, and liberation. Swipe for all screenings, dates/times, and locations.
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Returning to the screen this fall:⠀
September 9-13 at Anthology Film Archives September 13-16 at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema⠀
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Stay tuned for more screening announcements and check out the full schedule and tickets: bit.ly/3TGz8tt (link in bio)⠀
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The Christine Choy Retrospective will launch with two newly preserved films, "From Spikes to Spindles," preserved by BB Optics, Inc. with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) and the New York Women in Film & Television's Women's Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) and "Mississippi Triangle," preserved by BB Optics, Inc with support from NFPF. Third World Newsreel’s archiving and preservation projects receive partial support from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Small Capital Improvement Grant for Arts and Culture. Lunette Films is co-presenting this retrospective with Third World Newsreel

08/18/2026

🎉 DOC NYC Honors JT Takagi with Lifetime Achievement Award

DOC NYC's annual Visionaries Tribute will be held on November 11 at Gotham Hall in Manhattan, where filmmaker-sound recordist JT Takagi will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Takagi is Executive Director of Third World Newsreel, a progressive alternative media center, and teaches at The New School and City University of NY. Her filmmaking credits include Bittersweet Survival; Homes Apart: Korea; The Women Outside; and North Korea: Beyond the DMZ. As a sound engineer, she has recorded numerous public television and theatrical documentaries that have earned Emmy and Cinema Audio Society awards, including Yance Ford’s Strong Island and Stanley Nelson’s Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.

“The Visionaries Tribute is an annual reminder of the breadth and depth of talent in our field,” commented DOC NYC co-founder and Director of Special Projects Thom Powers, who oversees the Visionaries event. “This year’s honoree exemplifies a spirit of truth-telling against the odds. JT Takagi has a remarkable career as both a sound recordist and leader of Third World Newsreel."

https://buff.ly/dpaCxLA

08/13/2026

Join Interference Archive and Third World Newsreel on Sat, Aug 15th at 7 PM for a showcase of TWN documentaries highlighting the work of 1970s NYC community members and organizations, including El Comité MINP and the Young Lords. The work of these movements illustrates collective power creating housing, social services, and healthcare beyond the state.

This event is part of Interference Archive's current exhibit "¡AN UNBREAKABLE HUMAN THREAD! Movements & People for a Sovereign Borikén".

📅 Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
📍 314 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
🔗 https://buff.ly/4IDCJ87

08/13/2026

TWN at the 2026 BlackStar Film Festival! 💫

Swipe right for a photo recap of Third World Newsreel at BlackStar Film Festival.

Photos: Feature Documentary Award winner Juan Davila for his film "Zenon and the Rebel Boats," Maori Karmael Holmes , Founder and Director of BlackStar Film Festival and also the maker of the film "Seen Not Heard: Philadelphia Women in HipHop," Michele Stephenson speaking with her film "True North" , filmmaker Daphne McWilliams, and DP Henry Adebonojo.

08/12/2026

Congratulations to Juan Carlos Dávila Santiago for his film “Zenon and the Rebel Boats,” now the 2026 BlackStar Film Festival’s Feature Documentary Award winner.

Born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Juan C. Dávila is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, news producer, and activist. His documentary "Zenon and the Rebel Boats" is about the life of Vieques (Puerto Rico) fisherman and revolutionary Carlos “Taso” Zenón. For decades, Taso fought against the military occupation of his native land, fighting the U.S. Navy both on land and sea – it was the fisherman’s slingshot against the military’s cannons.

08/11/2026

🎞️ TWN Seminars return!

Join us for a seminar for the Educational Video Center's (EVC) Summer Youth Documentary Premiere this Thursday.

The heart of EVC is our young people and the living archive of award-winning films they have produced since 1984. Their incomparable archive of youth-produced documentaries lifts up the stories, perspectives, challenges, and hopes of New York City’s young people and documents systemic inequities over many decades by those most affected and least represented. EVC shares these powerful stories with the world, inspiring action and critical conversations about who makes history, and whose stories deserve to be told.

📅 Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 2-4 PM
📍 Shepard Hall, City College of New York
🗺️ 259 Convent Avenue (SE Corner of 140th St. and Convent Ave.)
🪪 Photo ID required to enter building.
🎟️ RSVP: Email EVC at [email protected]

Light refreshments will be served.

This event is co-sponsored by the Educational Video Center (EVC) , the Documentary Forum at the City College of NY (Doc Forum) , and Third World Newsreel (TWN).

08/08/2026

💫 Congratulations to TWN Workshop graduate Sujani Reddy for the exhibition of "I'm Still Here" as part of the “Chimera” installation at the Venice Biennale until November 22, 2026. The “Chimera” installation is part of the “In Minor Keys” exhibition curated by the late Koyo Kouoh.

Along with more than 200 artists, Sujani Reddy and Denniston Hill stand in solidarity with Art Not Genocide Alliance (.live), a coalition of artists, curators, organizers, and cultural workers refusing artwashing, cultural complicity, and institutional collaboration with genocide, apartheid, and occupation.

🎬 About "I'm Still Here"
A woman searches for flamingos last seen in the desert of northwestern India while peeling beets in a corner of her Queens kitchen. Is it a mirage, or murder? Does a camera kill when it shoots, or does what is essential always remain missing from the scene? Conceived while watching the light during lockdown, "I'm Not Here" juxtaposes word, image, and sound so that the screen itself becomes an explicit site for exploring the relationships between memory, trauma, loss, and the violence of the camera.

Chimera credits
Design: Büro Koray Duman Architects
Graphics: Commonwealth Projects
Tech Design: Pierre Briet
Curatorial Assistant: Sofia Reeser del Rio
Registrar: Autumn Beck
Local Architects: Eiletz Ortigas Architects
Installation Team: Robert Vinas Jr., Damien Young, Jacopo Scarpis, Yuval Pudik, Diana Restrepo
Logistics Support: Kelsey Leland, Lacey Romano
Research and Translations: Maria Wilson
Special Thanks: Clyde Nichols, Sarah Rentz, Kevin Reuning
Supporters: LYRA Foundation, A&L Berg Foundation, Marian Goodman Gallery, Miyoung Lee, White Cube Gallery
Image credit: Photo by Gaia Cambiaggi/Studio Campo—courtesy of Denniston Hill.

Read more: https://buff.ly/nsiAQB1

08/06/2026

Christine Choy helped shape generations of independent filmmakers and storytellers. It was so much fun to celebrate her lasting impact at the Asian American International Film Festival's special tribute!

We watched two of rarely seen films, FEI TIEN: GODDESS IN FLIGHT and HA HA SHANGHAI, plus a chat with some of Christine's long time collaborators TWN Executive Director JT Takagi, Ku-Ling Yurman, and Nancy Tong.

Thanks so much to everyone who came out!

ICYMI watch this space for more chances to check out the work of this iconic filmmaker as part of TWN's Christine Choy Retrospective this fall.

08/05/2026

"a fearless storyteller and pioneering voice...[Christine Choy] dedicated her life to illuminating injustice, uplifting unheard communities, and pushing the boundaries of nonfiction filmmaking." - PBS'POV

TWN presents: The Christine Choy Retrospective

Nine films from the Oscar Nominated filmmaker span half a century, illuminating untold stories of labor, incarceration, immigration, and liberation.

Returning to the screen this fall:

September 9-13 at Anthology Film Archives September 13-16 at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema

Stay tuned for more screening announcements and check out the full schedule and tickets: https://bit.ly/3TGz8tt

The Christine Choy Retrospective will launch with two newly preserved films, “From Spikes to Spindles,” preserved by BB Optics, Inc. with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF) and the New York Women in Film & Television's Women's Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) and "Mississippi Triangle,” preserved by BB Optics, Inc with support from NFPF. Third World Newsreel’s archiving and preservation projects receive partial support from the New York State Council on the Arts’ Small Capital Improvement Grant for Arts and Culture. Lunette Films is co-presenting this retrospective with Third World Newsreel.

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