One of modern cinema’s most celebrated writers, Kaufman’s work includes surreal fantasy Being John Malkovich, cerebral sci-fi Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and comedy drama Adaptation. Excerpted from Guru.BAFTA.org Watch the Charlie Kaufman lecture. Download a PDF transcript of Kaufman’s Lecture.Read the accompanying program.
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Listen to Yesterday’s Q&A with Edward Norton in Ward 2
An archived version of Edward Norton’s chat with American University students can be found on Ustream.tv.
Continue readingEdifying and odd streaming video from UC-Berkeley
Stephen Hawking lectures (various years) Malcolm X interview at UCB, 1963 Voices of Black Panther Women Symposium (date unknown) Richard Eakins, biology professor who used to dress up in period costume and act the part of famousscientists (circa 1970s) Lots of other nifty streamed audio and video linked from the same page.
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 readingMIT World – on-demand video of significant public events at MIT
An extensive set of lectures, events, readings – heavy on the science topics but there’s probably something here for everyone. Things that caught my eye included readings by Margaret Atwood, Russell Banks, Robert Pinsky, Maurice Sendak, and Seamus Heaney. Lectures by Noam Chomsky, Eric Foner, Thomas Friedman, Frank Gehry, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Dean Kamen, […]
Continue readingHow to Film Sharks and Bears and Live to Tell About It
On Tuesday evening, March 21, AU professor and wildlife filmmaker Chris Palmer will be on campus discussing highlights from his career. The program, part of the 2006 Environmental Film Festival, will be held at 7pm in the Butler Board Room, Mary Graydon Center. Mr. Palmer’s enthusiasm and good humor guarantee an evening of entertainment. They […]
Continue readingA visit from Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon will be speaking this week at a screening of Sweet Honey In the Rock: Raise Your Voice, a documentary by filmmaker Stanley Nelson. The event, presented by the Center for Social Media and the American University Honors Program, will be at 6:30pm on Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Wechsler Theater in Mary […]
Continue readingA visit from filmmaker Adrian Cowell
One of AU’s treasures that everyone should know about is the The Center for Social Media. The Center champions films and filmmakers that bring to light issues of injustice and inequality in society. It’s a project of the School of Communication and is directed by faculty member Pat Aufderheide. Among the events on their current […]
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