Alum Patricia Silva MFA'13 screens her short film Self and Others in the program To Be Real: Queer Icons at the MIX NYC 28th Queer Experimental Film Festival.

from the Festival guide: 

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.’
Exodus 20:3

. . . but we do.

Often enigmatic, always tragic . . . glamorous, flamboyant, androgynous and in pain . . . the gay icon. They inspire us, guide us and comfort us. From the tragic Sal Mineo to the tempestuous Maria Callas, from youtube singing sensations to nitrate film stars, and some in between, these six filmmakers highlight personalities that are, indeed, icons.