This edition: Buying Joy
Episode Details
Original tape date: February 20, 2026. First aired: February 20, 2026.In a near-future world, the "Joy" AI dolls have been created to reduce violence against women. Luther buys a new AI partner to have the life he has always wanted and to fix his past mistakes. But when his "Joy" discovers a sealed box in the house, she begins to unravel the disturbing truth about Luther's past. As her awareness deepens, she must rely on her intelligence not just to understand her place in the world, but to survive it.
(12 min, Narrative, Director: Li Liang)
Buying Joy airs as part of the Frame by Frame: Brooklyn College Film Festival showcase. Watch it alongside other great films on CUNY TV and YouTube.
Guest List
Li Liang Director, Buying Joy-movie
- CUNY Graduate Center Filmmakers
- Sunday, September 13 - 2:00pm
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- Manny the Barber
- Sunday, September 13 - 2:30pm
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- If Jets & Sharks Were Cats, v. I-III
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- Mind the Gap
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- Women of Vision
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- Loving Cats
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- Loving Cats
- Friday, September 11 - 4:00pm
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- Women of Vision
- Friday, September 11 - 3:05pm
- Saturday, September 12 - 3:05pm
- Mind the Gap
- Friday, September 11 - 2:55pm
- Saturday, September 12 - 2:55pm
- If Jets & Sharks Were Cats, v. I-III
- Friday, September 11 - 2:40pm
- Saturday, September 12 - 2:40pm
- Manny the Barber
- Friday, September 11 - 2:30pm
- Saturday, September 12 - 2:30pm
- CUNY Graduate Center Filmmakers
- Friday, September 11 - 2:00pm
- Saturday, September 12 - 2:00pm
- Spells for Safety
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- Harlem. Love
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- Broken Whole
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- Reciprocity: Summer
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- Right to Exit
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- En Común
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- Third World Newsreel
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