The program features weekly visits of filmmakers who come to speak about their work and profession. The series, open to both University students and the general public, welcomes audience questions while being a unique forum to hear inside stories from some of the most innovative filmmakers working in the field today.
Spring 2020 Events:
Tuesday, January 28 "Zerynthia Expedition 2" a 3D experience with Artist J-Walt
Here from Los Angeles artist J-Walt will present a 3D Installation and discuss his digital work
Tuesday, February 4 "TOMORROW" a feature film by Martha Pinson, Executive Producer Martin Scorcese
“TOMORROW,” is a UK indie feature film that won Best Narrative Feature at SCAD Savannah FF, Napa Valley FF, CA, and Seneca FF, NY.
Tuesday, February 11 WIDE AWAKE!
A film that balances the precision of a Swiss watch with the messiness of a restless mind, WIDE AWAKE is filmmaker Alan Berliner’s uniquely personal tour through his life-long obsession with insomnia. Please stay awake and enjoy the film!
Tuesday, February 18 AMSTERDAM AVE , a web series
Dionne van den Berg and Pooja Tripathi are a filmmaker duo and co- creators of Amsterdam Ave. Co-moderator: Kim Dempster
Community activists, the federal government, and medical professionals leverage Medicare funding to bring down the Jim Crow hospital system and open the door to equal access to hospitals, doctors, and medical schools for Black Americans.
Tuesday, March 3 "Daniel, Debra, Leslie (and You?)" A documentary film about mental disorder
Whether clinician, family member, or friend, listening to an individual as an individual is essential to their sense of self.
Tuesday, March 24 MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND
Directed by veteran Hollywood sound editor Midge Costin, the film reveals the hidden power of sound in cinema, introduces us to the unsung heroes who create it, and features insights from legendary directors with whom they collaborate.
Tuesday, March 31 "NEIGHBOR'S WINDOW" and "IF A TREE FALLS: THE STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT"
Two films directed by Marshall Curry: his first narrative short nominated for an Academy Award 2020, and his documentary feature also nominated for an Academy Award 2013.
Tuesday, April 7 JAN OXENBERG "THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT"
“At the end of Jan Oxenberg’s remarkable meditation on love, death, mortality and Jewish guilt, you’ll feel like you’ve been through something close to a life-changing experience.” San Francisco Chronicle (Edward Guthman)
Tuesday, April 14 MICHAEL JABLOW "THE CONTENDER"
When Jeff Bridges got the part in THE CONTENDER it was rumored that he shouted “ the Dude is going to be President!"
Tuesday, April 21 GUY NICOLUCCI, WRITING COMEDY
What’s funny? How do you write “funny stuff” for a live audience? For a film watching audience?
Tuesday, April 28 WALLY PFISTER - CINEMATOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR
Wally Pfister is an amazing and talented cinematographer and has shot some of the biggest movies of the past two decades, including a long collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. Some of his work includes MONEYBALL, THE ITALIAN JOB, LAUREL CANYON, BATMAN BEGINS, THE DARK KNIGHT and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, MEMENTO, INSOMNIA and many more.