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		<title>The Artivist Film Festival Honors Sonia Sanchez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 8PM: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2012 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - MILLER THEATRE 2960 Broadway at 116th St. NY, NY. 10027 &#160; LIMITED FREE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE &#8211; RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW! http://ARTIVIST-NYC2.eventbrite.com Join us for an exciting evening of inspirational films, panel discussions, and the Honoring of Artist-Activist “Artivist” Sonia Sanchez. Tonight&#8217;s film program includes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screening Event: &#8220;Gun Hill Road&#8221; 10/31/11!!!!!!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FREE SCREENING followed by Q+A with Director, Rashad Ernesto Green When: Monday, October 31st, 6:00 pm Where: Columbia University, Dodge Hall, Lifetime Screening Room (Broadway at 116th Street) &#160; An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOCUS MEETING!! Thursday 10/20/11 @ 5pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Focus Meeting!! Stay up to date with FOCUS. We will be fielding ideas, opening the floor for your input and discussing the next steps for our upcoming high school outreach program, Project: FOCUS. Find out how you can get involved! Let us know what FOCUS can do to help you! Time: 5pm-6pm Date:  Thursday October 20th Where: Dodge Hall [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiafocus.org/site/news/focus-meeting-thursday-102011-5pm/</link>
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		<title>Screening Event: &#8220;The Interrupters&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Interrupters Screening followed by Q+A with Director, Steve James When: Tuesday, September 27, 6:30 pm Where: Columbia University School of the Arts Miller Theatre: 2960 Broadway at 116th Street From acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams,The New Americans) and bestselling author AlexKotlowitz,  The Interrupters tells the moving stories of three Violence Interrupters from the non-violence group, CeaseFire, who try to protect their Chicago communities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiafocus.org/site/news/screening-event-the-interrupters/</link>
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		<title>FOCUS: General Assembly Meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Focus Meeting!! This is your chance to meet the 2011-2012 fellows along with members old and new. Let&#8217;s get the year started the right way. We will be fielding ideas, opening the floor for your input and discussing the next steps for our upcoming high school outreach program. Time: 1pm-2pm Date:  Friday September 16th Where: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiafocus.org/site/news/focus-general-assembly-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Sneak Preview Screening: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come out to see the new documentary film The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 before it premieres in theaters! The Time: Thursday, September 1st at 6pm The Place: The Columbia campus in Dodge Hall in Rm. 511 Seating for the event is first come first served, so please be early if possible! All students are welcome! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiafocus.org/site/news/sneak-preview-screening-the-black-power-mixtape-1967-1975/</link>
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		<title>FOCUS MEETING &#8211; FRIDAY 2/25/2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Focus Meeting!! Time: 1pm-2pm Date:  Friday 02/25 Where: Jamal&#8217;s Office!!]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiafocus.org/site/news/focus-meeting-friday-2252011/</link>
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		<title>FOCUS MEETING 10/01/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOCUS meeting this Friday!!!!! 1 P.M. In the Chair&#8217;s office. Filmmakers of Color United in Spirit invites you to our first general meeting, this Friday at 1 P.M. Filmmakers of Color United in Spirit is a multicultural organization dedicated to increasing the visibility of filmmakers and film scholars of color within Columbia University, networking with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiafocus.org/site/news/focus-meeting-100110/</link>
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		<title>William Sutphin (Director)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Sutphin is an Ivy League trained filmmaker who has been named "Best African -American Student Filmmaker for 2008" by the Director's Guild Of America. He is also a former Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellow. He earned his M.F.A in Directing from Columbia University's Film Division in 2008 and also holds a B.A. in History from Hampton University.]]></description>
		<link>http://columbiafocus.org/site/profiles/ws/</link>
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		<title>Khary Jones (Writer/Director)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KHARY JONES was born and raised in Camden, New Jersey. He is currently completing his MFA in Film Directing at Columbia University’s School of the Arts and was recently named by indieWire as one of their &#8220;10 Exciting New Voices in Black Cinema.&#8221; In a recent Boston Globe profile, Jones explains that his most recent [...]]]></description>
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