11
Dyson Year in Review 2014–2015
Take a Bow
Student documentary premieres
on the big screen
The short documentary Curaçao's Coral
Challenge: Reviving the Rain Forests of
the Sea had its world premiere at the
Jacob Burns Film Center on May 12. Jacob
Burns is the premier repertory cinema in
Pleasantville, showcasing foreign and indie
films from the US and around the globe.
Curaçao's Coral Challenge is the latest
and greatest of the award-winning,
short environmental documentary series
produced by talented student filmmakers
from the Media, Communications, and
Visual Arts (MCVA) travel documentary
course. The doc examines the efforts
to preserve the spectacular coral reefs
from threats ranging from climate
change to the effects of rapid coastal
development. This was the first film from
the travel documentary series to premiere
on the big screen.
Another first, a television broadcast—
the documentary was broadcast on
TeleCuraçao and on the Dutch television
channel RTV2 in May.
The Accolade Global Film Competition and
the Best Shorts Competition recognized
the documentary with awards of merit.
