Making the Impossible Possible Documentary at the Queens World Film Festival — July 3rd In-Person Premiere at Queens Theater
We are thrilled to announce the first in-person premiere of MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE, a documentary on the student-led campaign to radically change higher education in New York City.
Join us at Queens Theater in Flushing for the 2021 Queens World Film Festival to watch MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE and five additional short films that remind us equity is not a noun.
Screening Presented by Queens World Film Festival
When: July 3, 2021 4 PM EST
Where: Queens Theatre
14 United Nations Ave S, Corona, NY 11368
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/514204
About the Film
Making the Impossible Possible chronicles the story of the student-led struggle to win Puerto Rican Studies at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the late 1960s. Together they changed the face of higher education, transforming the curriculum and expanding who gets educated. The film sheds light on the 50-year history of struggle that started with the founding of one of the first Puerto Rican Studies departments in the nation, and documents the continued movement to maintain their gains. An APREE film production and distributed by Third World Newsreel.
What People Are Saying about the Film
“Fantastic film! The story of the formation of the Puerto Rican Studies Department at Brooklyn College became the model for similar critical curricula adopted by many Universities and Colleges around the U.S., some of which remain in place today because of the activists and scholars captured in this film.”
- Michelle Materre, Founder and Director, Creatively Speaking
“Wow! The energy, the pacing, the archival photos and footage, and the storytelling and storytellers! It teaches and inspires and underlines how important it is to always know the roots of our activism and our victories — on whose shoulders we stand.”
- Elena Schwolsky, RN, Author and Educator
“This film illustrates how Brooklyn College students built unity and connected to the Puerto Rican community. This film hit at the heart of why we need ethnic studies and they — these young PR pioneers — were at the helm in the 1960’s. Palante!”
- Blanca Vazquez, Hunter College Adjunct Professor, PSC CUNY Executive BD
“What a powerful film! I’m so honored to know this legacy through all of your stories. Thanks for the inspiration.”
- Dr. Anna Ortega-Williams, Asst. Professor, Hunter College
“It was wonderful to spend 35 minutes bearing witness to the Puerto Rican struggle.”
- Lyn Goldfarb, Filmmaker
“A deeply moving film on an interesting and not widely known struggle. The filmmakers wove together a wonderful and inspiring story.”
- Norm Cowie, Filmmaker/Educator
“Excellent. What amazing archival footage. The film helps contextualize what’s happening at CUNY now!”
- Jillian M. Báez, Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies, Hunter College
