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Michelle Materre, fearless leader for women in independent film and New School professor, has died

Michelle Materre, associate professor of Media Studies and Film at The New School, died of cancer on Friday. Throughout her career, she dedicated herself to opening doors in the filmmaking industry to women and people of color. Image courtesy The New School

Michelle Materre, a New School professor whose accomplishments span over thirty years in media and film, died of cancer at White Plains Hospital on March 11, according to…