Happiness and Hardship: A Review of Sarah Young’s People Like Us
Sep01

Happiness and Hardship: A Review of Sarah Young’s People Like Us

By Ford Melillo People Like Us by Sarah Young is a short film depicting adversity, hope, and dreams. It captures both the difficult experiences and joyful connections of Muslim Myanmar refugee children living in Malaysia, with a particular focus on a motivated, confident boy named Rafiq. It strikes a balance between promoting audience awareness of refugee issues and portraying the childlike wonder of its subject, leaving a lasting...

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A Review of Generation, Directed by Ricardo Fusetti
Sep01

A Review of Generation, Directed by Ricardo Fusetti

By Adelina Hill Generation, directed by Ricardo Fusetti, is an explosive film that delves into the interpretation of human behavior by AI. We follow the captivating dance choreography of a young woman engaging in interpretive dance, accompanied by a poignant voiceover reciting poetry. The creation of this film left me astounded, as it revealed the astonishing notion that AI could possess opinions about human beings. Overlaying the...

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Dreaming and Training: A Review of Evan Pretzer’s Box Girl
Sep01

Dreaming and Training: A Review of Evan Pretzer’s Box Girl

By Ford Melillo Box Girl by Evan Pretzer is a celebration of confidence, community, and courage. Following the Box Girls gym in Kariobangi, Kenya, the film explores concepts of motivation, growth, and biting reality as they surround a space for women to practice boxing. Centering around one of the club’s earliest members, Sonko, the film also does an incredible job of carrying the viewer through the immense highs and devastating lows...

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Accessible AI: Breaking Barriers – A Review
Sep01

Accessible AI: Breaking Barriers – A Review

By Adelina Hill Accessible AI: Breaking Barriers, produced by Heather Gu, educates its audience on Hugging Face Technology, a large open-source community that democratizes machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) technology, enabling users to build, train and deploy machine learning models with open-source code and technologies.  The film touches on the challenges of language in computer data and how the innovative...

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Saving the Rainbow Mountains: Advocacy and Preservation in Film
Sep01

Saving the Rainbow Mountains: Advocacy and Preservation in Film

By Ford Melillo Preserving the Rainbow Mountains by Amanda Tuccillo with a voice over by Jerry Camacho is an urgent film exploring the rich history and powerful threats endangering China’s Rainbow Mountains in Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park. It does a fantastic job of balancing the wonder of the space with contemporary issues involving ecological preservation, climate change, and human activity, while also providing potential...

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