Sound and Directing – with Emily Strong

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | 6pm to 8pm

City College of New York
259 Convent Avenue, Shepard Hall, Room 391, Manhattan

Please join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a talk on sound recording and making films with documentary filmmaker and sound mixer Emily Strong. Emily will share her experiences working in both fields, offering practical tips and insights. She will discuss how to get into sound and directing, what essential gear a documentary sound person should have in their kit, and other aspects of a career in filmmaking. Attendees are encouraged to come with questions.

Co-Sponsor
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY

Author Bio

Emily Strong is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Emmy-nominated location sound mixer committed to collaborating on authentic stories from diverse perspectives that foster civil discourse, connection, and express humanity through artful storytelling. Emily was honored as a DOC NYC 40 Under 40 in 2020. In 2025 she premiered her directing debut, Tasting Heritage, at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival. The film received funding support from the NYC Women's Fund for Media (MOME), the NYC Artist Corps Grant from NY Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), and the Kartemquin Films Zhao-Chen Family AAPI Voices Fund. She is also the director of The Grocery List Show, a five-part documentary series about cultural grocery stores, hosted by Chef Chrissy Camba. The series premiered on PBS Food in May 2025, with funding from ITVS and CAAM.