October 3 – November 8, 2007, the 8th Annual Human Rights Film Series showcases films that show how film and video can make a difference for human rights. Discussions with expert speakers follow all screenings. NOTE:All WCL screenings will take place at 6:00pm at the Washington College of Law campus: 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, […]
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Center for Environmental Filmmaking/Filmmakers for Conservation screenings at AU in October
Tuesday, Oct. 9, Rhett Turner will be discussing and screening his documentary on the ongoing honey bee crisis, Pollinators in Peril. Tuesday, October 16, David Hamlin, an Emmy award-winning filmmaker at National Geographic TV, will discuss and screen films on wildlife, adventure and archaeology. Tuesday, October 30, Kathy Milani from the Humane Society of the […]
Continue readingIt’s FREE!: Film/Video Art series this fall at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
I missed the first one, an exhibition of a couple Hollis Frampton films this past weekend, but there are four more screenings on the calendar. The screenings will be at the McEvoy Auditorium in the museum which is located at 8th and F Sts. NW. (Metro: Gallery Place/Chinatown on the Red Line). The remaining programs […]
Continue readingFree Screenings on the AU campus: Center for Environmental Filmmaking Fall Series
All Shows are held in The Wechsler Theater at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays.3rd floor, Mary Graydon Center, American University,4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20016 Tuesday, September 18Boyd Matson on Wild Filmmaking Adventures. Boyd hosts Wild Chronicles on PBS and has hosted National Geographic Explorer. Hear about his thrilling expeditions, high-adrenaline adventures, and being an […]
Continue readingMore Cool Streaming Video: This from the Paley Center for Media
They have clips of events they’ve hosted in their New York and Los Angeles locations. Fun stuff like panel discussions with: the “whacked Sopranos”; the writing staff for “Late Night with Conan O’Brian”; the cast of “30 Rock”. Take a look. link
Continue readingMind Online: Streaming video of lectures at the University of Chicago
Errol Morris is among the few Film Studies lecturers in this rich electronic archive of video and audio recordings. In their words, this is “a collection of thought-provoking samples from the University’s intellectual life, both past and present.” link
Continue readingGuilty Pleasures – 100 Best Directors Ever lists – this one according to UK film rag Total Film
These are fun to read, mostly for the surprises in the countdown, but ultimately don’t mean anything. I know you’re curious so I won’t spoil it. link
Continue readingStreaming video find: The Charlie Rose Archive
Over 4000 hours of interviews. Searchable and categorized for browsing too. This is an amazing archive of contemporary culture covering some of the most remarkable people from the arts and sciences as well as business, government, sports, and journalism. link
Continue readingCool find: Animator Sally Cruikshank’s films on YouTube
I’d seen a few of these, Quasi at the Quackadero and Face like a frog, and didn’t realize she done so many others. Cruikshank made her name in the late seventies with an animation style that was heavily influenced by early animation pioneers Max and Dave Fleischer. I’d wondered what became of her and am […]
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