In recent years, the NYFVC has put on an annual event honoring the spirit and legacy of longtime NYFVC member (and former Board President) George Stoney.

Join us online this year on Thursday, October 29th at 7pm for an evening organized by Jessica Daugherty and Crista Grauer, as four filmmakers who worked closely with George Stoney at various stages of George’s career, from the 70s to the 2000s, come together to discuss the impact of working with him and George’s influence on their future projects as humans and filmmakers. Filmmakers will show some short clips while opening a dialogue about how so many of George’s lessons “still hold up”.

Free for all
RSVP here and Zoom link will be sent through Eventbrite

Mike Hazard created a refresher of some of George’s work which is viewable here!

Panelists:

Fred Johnson is a documentary maker, teacher, and media and communications policy scholar whose work has addressed a wide range of concerns including globalization, the international arms trade, Appalachian culture, poetry, urban and public space, and relationships of communications, geography and constructed space.

Nicknamed Media Mike, Mike Hazard teaches people of all ages how to make videos and photos. A poet, photographer and video artist, his work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art and his documentary on the late Eugene McCarthy was awarded the D. L. Mabery prize, Minnesota’s Oscar.

David Bagnall, is a documentary filmmaker and educator currently teaching courses at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. David collaborated with George for over 15 years on films about many subjects including; the film and television historian Erik Barnouw and incarcerated participants in a theater program at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He is currently working on a comprehensive biography website about George Stoney in collaboration with Jessica Daugherty.

Jessica Daugherty is an award winning filmmaker and producer focusing on documentary, non-fiction radio, and experimental video who started her career working with George as an Associate Producer. Jessica’s recent work inlcudes the docu-short (and Vimeo Staff Pick) La Tienda: Letra Chueca Press .