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Muhammad Gains Entry to NYU Film Program
By Dione Smith
Junior Tamir Muhammad was selected to attend a prestigious filmmaking workshop at New York University's Tisch School of Arts. The William H. Cosby Future Filmmakers workshop identifies gifted students from the five boroughs of New York as well as New Jersey, Westchester, and Connecticut.
"I feel honored to be accepted because a couple hundred applied and I was one of fifteen to be selected," said Muhammad, Central's junior class vice president. Muhammad became interested in filmmaking when he enrolled in a media class at Central. "I have always wanted to be a writer so when I came here and heard about the media group I was really interested and now I'm hoping to use this experience to my advantage," he said.
Muhammad hopes the opportunity to take the workshop will help him be accepted as a college student at the Tisch School of the Arts. "I would like to gain admission to N.Y.U. I am hoping to perform well so it will be easier for me to be accepted when I graduate from Central," he said.
Tamir is the only student from Connecticut to be accepted to the program and he hopes to leave a good impression. The brilliant director Martin Scorcese is the most notable graduate of N.Y.U.'s film program.
