The project juxtaposes the fact that such a construction project creates jobs but there is a suspicious absence of ‘the public’ in MTA’s decisions.
The group investigated how transportation planning works by talking to stakeholders, researching policy and financing, and pounding the pavement.
The film is instrumental in engaging people in disenfranchised communities who have been previously intimidated by the Internet. It is understandable by ANYONE from age 8 to 80.
CUP won first place in the Other Media category for their expertly crafted I Heart East New York multimedia storybook record.
How often do you see an educational video about water supply that cuts together interviews with representatives from the DEP, claymation cavemen and Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’ Dirty?”
The CUP staff and student researchers and videographers criss-crossed the five boroughs and assembled a multi-vocal primer on some essential urban infrastructure.
I Heart East New York is both a teaching tool and a teaching method.
CUP has created an awesome video that explores some of the economic and consumer forces that create the South Bronx foodscape.
Like all CUP projects Bodega Down Bronx is inspired by the conviction that cities and their complex systems and politics can be made legible and transparent.
“That was one of the toughest interviews I’ve had in a long time,” the pastor tells the group after the hour-long interview.
Fillmore Real Estates’ Vice President told the students of his visions for the nearby Spring Creek Houses neighborhood.
Takes what could easily be a snooze-fest – an examination of Internet access, the “digital divide” and technology governance issues – and whips them into an entertaining and informative mix that is truly all ages.