The Mason Gross School’s slate of spring 2020 events at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) in downtown New Brunswick features free student film screenings, visits with Oscar-nominated film directors, jazz, opera, and a symposium delving into the subject of dance and Parkinson’s disease on film.
February 17, 2020 – February 17, 2020
In "Minding the Gap," Three young men bond across racial lines to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. Ten years later, while facing adult responsibilities, unsettling revelations force them to reckon with their […]
March 9, 2020 – March 9, 2020
Premiere public screening of Dance | Parkinsons, a new film by Rutgers Filmmaking Center students, produced by Academy Award-winning film director Thomas Lennon; dances created for film/video featuring people with Parkinson’s by movement coach Pamela Quinn; and excerpts from feature films that include individuals with Parkinson’s.
April 1, 2020 – April 1, 2020
Students and faculty perform works by Taffanel, Sanders, Reich, and Mendelssohn.
April 3, 2020 – April 3, 2020
Works by writer/director and Mason Gross faculty member Danielle Lessovitz, whose most recent film, Port Authority, premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Lessovitz will appear for a post-screening Q&A.
April 27, 2020 – April 27, 2020
A tribute to bassist and composer Charles Mingus, featuring selections from albums including Money Jungle, Mysterious Blues, and Tijuana Moods.
May 4, 2020 – May 4, 2020
An Academy Award-winning documentary about the 2016 opening of a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Moros plant in the post-industrial Ohio by a Chinese billionaire. Early days of hope and optimism […]
May 4, 2020 – May 4, 2020
An Academy Award-winning documentary about the 2016 opening of a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Moros plant in the post-industrial Ohio by a Chinese billionaire. Early days of hope and optimism […]
May 6, 2020 – May 6, 2020
Seventh-annual celebration of works by student filmmakers, including fiction, documentary, and experimental films.