Class of: 1989

Darren Press

Darren Press (CAS’89) of New York, N.Y., cowrote and directed A Cow in the Sky, an animated short that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023. The short, examining the murder of Mulugeta Seraw by white supremacists in 1988, was selected for the competition by Whoopi Goldberg, who also hosted the film’s Q&A. “I have a personal connection to the story,” Darren writes, “having worked as a young law student with the attorney tasked with collecting what was then the largest civil jury award in US history for a hate crime. I’m quite thrilled to have our film begin its journey at Tribeca.”

From the Winter-Spring 2024 issue.