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Sarah Hanssen has written 5 articles.

About Sarah Hanssen

Sarah Hanssen’s film and video works have shown at festivals and screenings throughout North America and Europe. She received her Masters of Fine Art in film and video at the Massachusetts College of Art. She works as a programmer for the Hamptons International Film Festival and an assistant professor at Pratt Institute. Her most recent accomplishments include the birth of two excellent daughters. She lives in New York City.


Articles by Sarah Hanssen

Moskow, Belgium

Moskow, Belgium is the kind of film that appeals to both the hopeless romantics and the sarcastic cynics.

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The Fight For Salmon in “Upstream Battle”

In a country overrun with Wal*Marts and convenience stores, the idea of living dependent only on the land seems abstract. But director Ben Kempas’s new documentary turns that distant truth into a concrete reality.

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Pre-School Mayhem in Nursery University

If you thought college applications were grueling, wait until you find out about Manhattan’s most competitive nursery schools.

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Thoughts On Watching “Man On Wire”

It is a fantastic mixture of confidence and humbleness that allows us to dream of the image of our own bodies suspended in air, confident that anything is possible, humble to the inspiration.

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Rethinking What It Means To Be “Made In America”

We’d prefer the challenging message masked in metaphor, symbolism, or fiction - but Stacy Peralta’s latest documentary demands that Americans face their own bigoted perspective head on.

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