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KCET’s Fine Cut Festival of Films Announces 2023 Student Finalists and Episode Schedule
Films: “Bad Hombrewood” directed by Guillermo Casarin of USC: “Un Día Mas Un Día Menos” directed by Audrey Saca of CSUN; “Shred” directed by Giovanna Trujillo of CSUN; “Nido de mi Vida” directed by Ivy Gonzalez of CSULB; and “Cactus and the Kid” directed by Effren Villanueva of Woodbury. -- Variety
Meet the 50th Student Academy Awards Finalists
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Sara Sims & Samuel Barnett, “#2276,” California State University, Northridge (United States) -- Benzinga
CSUN Student Named Semifinalist for Student Academy Award
A student from California State University, Northridge (CSUN), Sara Sims, has been named a semifinalist for the Student Academy Award. The recognition is for her thesis documentary titled “#2276”, a film inspired by the discovery that she and her twin sister were conceived via a sperm donor. -- Game is Hard
‘Stop Making Sense’ Producer Gary Goetzman Talks the Making of Rock Doc That Changed Concert Movies Forever
Goetzman and Demme have always been extremely clear about how complete the Talking Heads’ stage show already was before the two of them had the idea to shoot it (Demme once described it as “a movie waiting to be filmed”), but it wouldn’t be inaccurate to say that the origins of “Stop Making Sense” trace back to a phone call Goetzman received on one of those listless 1982 afternoons when he and Demme would sit around the pool and wait for opportunity to strike — which is what they did whenever they weren’t scouring record shops for new albums. “My brother was booking acts for CSUN [California State University, Northridge) at the time,” Goetzman recalled. “His job was to book The Motels and Oingo Boingo. And then he called and said ‘Dude, I think I’m going to book the ’Heads.’ And I just said ‘Jonathan, Grego’s going to try to get the ’Heads at CSUN,’ and Jonathan goes: ‘We’re filming it, man. 16 millimeter.’” -- Indie Wire
CSUN Professor Co-Principal Investigator on Cannabis Research Grant
The history of cannabis cultivation is an extensive one, often untold, unexplored, and unheard. California State University, Northridge anthropology professor, Rachel Giraudo, is on a multidisciplinary team trying to rectify that. -- SCV News
CSUN Professor Co-Principal Investigator on Cannabis Research Grant
The history of cannabis cultivation is an extensive one, often untold, unexplored, and unheard. California State University, Northridge anthropology professor, Rachel Giraudo, is on a multidisciplinary team trying to rectify that. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
OPINION California should lower barriers for students receiving financial aid
In the end, it took me five years to complete an associate degree program, but I am proud to say that I will be continuing my studies this fall at California State University, Northridge. I recognize, though, that I’m one of the fortunate ones who was able to navigate the appeals process thanks to the support I received from NextUp, but I know many of my peers who didn’t have the same resources simply gave up. -- Desert Sun
Actor And Writer Strikes Draw Broad Bipartisan Support, Poll Says
Strikes by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA were initiated earlier this year, following failed contract negotiations with Hollywood studios after requests for increased compensation, better residuals, staffing requirements and protections from AI job interference, among other demands. A strike by the WGA reached the 100-day mark earlier this month, five days after WGA representatives failed to reach a deal with studios. The AMPTP—which represents studios Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery, Amazon and Netflix—said previously it was committed to reaching a deal after suggesting its goal was “getting people back to work.” The strikes have caused television shows and movies to be paused, as a failure to reach an agreement has cost California’s economy an estimated $3 billion, according to Todd Holmes, a professor at California State University, Northridge. -- Forbes
Love, determination secret to Chinese women's success in 1990s US
Shi worked at the Journalism School of Fudan University in Shanghai before she went to the US in 1990. She was a visiting scholar at California State University, Northridge in Los Angeles and at University of Oregon in Eugene. -- China Daily
Letters to the Editor: LAUSD wants to open schools as parks. This is what it needs from the city
I along with the late Cal State Northridge professor Jack Foley led an effort that got two CSPs established at Trinity Street and Vine Street elementary schools. The LAUSD used bond money to take up asphalt and use a new grass area as the centerpiece of the CSPs. -- Los Angeles Times