On April 24th, 2015, I attended the 25th Annual James Aronson Awards Ceremony hosted by the Hunter College Media and Film Department. Coming to the event, it wasn't exactly as I had expected it to be, as I was under the impression that the work and artists being awarded were all outside of Hunter. I was quite impressed with the kind of material that the Hunter students were putting out, especially with the scope of the issues.
The first award given was to Nathan Fitch, the director and producer of Mikros Soldier. For his documentary, Fitch traveled all the way to Mikronesia to show some of the life and experiences of two Mikronesian soldiers who join the U.S. army. Most of these soldiers though die in large numbers despite fighting for another country's cause. It is a problem I'm sure not many people, much less Americans are aware of, and I'm glad to have found out about it.
The next award recipient was journalist William Greider, who was given the Career Achievement award following David Carr last year.While I am not familiar with his work, I was inspired and touched by the speech he made that night and the optimism and hope that he had for this country. To paraphrase some of what he said, he expressed that the media has changed a lot over the past three decades. That the way politics has been run needs to be changed to benefit the people. And also that we need to be wary about what and how we tell the truth.
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