Tuesday, February 28, 7:00 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler Theater Mark Breeze, the producer of the “Memorial and Museum” episodes of the recent landmark six-part Discovery Channel/ Spielberg documentary on the rebuilding of Ground Zero, discusses the challenges and process of making a documentary about the rebuilding of a site that everybody knows but nobody […]
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SOC’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking Presents: Exploring the Potential Power of Film in Protecting America’s National Parks
Tuesday, February 21, 7:00 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler TheaterStephen Shackelton, a top executive and Chief Ranger with the National Park Service (NPS), shows stunning stills and clips of our iconic national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite, and describes how NPS uses the media to protect and conserve these national jewels Sponsor: SOC’s Center for […]
Continue readingVisiting Filmmaker Series – Spring 2012: Gerry Wurzburg – “Wretches and Jabberers” – Thursday, February 16 from 2:30 – 7:00pm
Gerry Wurzburg – “Wretches and Jabberers” Date: Thursday, February 16, 2012 – 2:30 – 7:00pm Location: Wechsler Theater in the Mary Graydon Center of American University Join us for a Master Class with filmmaker Gerry Wurzburg at 2:30 pm followed by a screening of the documentary “Wretches and Jabberers” and Q&A starting at 5:30 pm. […]
Continue readingSPC Film Series Presents Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
Tuesday, February 14, 11:00 p.m., Ward 1Come see the latest installment of Stephanie Meyer’s blockbuster series,Twilight. All are welcome for this free screening.Sponsor: Student Programming Committee and SUBContact: sm2272a@student.american.edu Excerpted from Today@AU.
Continue readingSOC’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking Presents “Defending Eden”: Indigenous People, Conservation, and Film
Tuesday, February 14, 7:00 p.m., Mary Graydon Center, Wechsler TheaterHow storytelling over multiple media platforms might enable Ecuador’s Waorani people to defend their biologically rich territory from the incursion of industry. Filmmakers Keith Heyward and Jennifer Berglund of Prehensile Productions will discuss their film and their experience as new environmental filmmakers trying to hang on […]
Continue readingThe Art of Time: Student Video Art Showcase – Wednesday, December 7th from 7 – 9pm in the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
The Art of Time: Student Video Art ShowcaseAmerican University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center Wednesday, December 7 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center hosts a culminating screening event of video art by current BA and MFA students enrolled in AU’s studio art program. All of the individual […]
Continue readingScience in Society Film and Discussion Thursday, Oct 27, 7-10 p.m., Wechsler Theater
Science in Society Film and DiscussionThursday, October 27, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Wechsler TheaterJoin SOC professor Matthew Nisbet and University of Manchester (UK) scholar David Kirby as they discuss the role of scientists as Hollywood consultants on blockbuster movies ranging from Jurassic Park to A Beautiful Mind. Following the hour-long discussion with Kirby, there will […]
Continue readingIFC Ranks The Top 50 Opening Title Sequences Of All Time…
http://www.ifc.com/news/2011/02/the-50-greatest-opening-title.php Media Services is home to most of these great films, below are the top ten: Vertigo (1958) DVD 14, VHS 60 A Hard Day’s Night (1964) DVD 5740, VHS 145 Se7en (1995) DVD 22 Touch of Evil (1958) DVD 163 Goldfinger (1964) DVD 4995 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) […]
Continue reading4th Brazilian Film Week – 3 Final Screenings Tonight at E St Cinema!
Tonight at 5:00pmSMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES (É proibido fumar, 2009) Anna Muylaert. 86min. Baby is a chain-smoking guitar teacher in her forties who craves a romantic relationship. When musician Max moves into the apartment next door, she sees the possibility of turning her lonely life around. Instead, she unexpectedly finds herself involved in a […]
Continue readingTONIGHT!! Baby Boomer Film Festival – Wechsler Theater 7pm
Tonight’s film screening is of Coming Home, which can also be found in the Media Services Home Use Collection. Coming Home is a sad, poignant love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam war. Set in 1968, the story concerns a woman who, while her husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love […]
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