Film and Media Arts MA candidate Lauren DeAngelis won a Student Academy Award for her documentary thesis, A Place to Land
Prof Takes Backpack Journalism to Harvard Club
Professor Bill Gentile was invited to speak about backpack journalism at the Harvard Club in New York City. He also screened his recent film, “Afghanistan: The Forgotten War,” which was broadcast on PBS last year. Gentile took questions from the crowd of strictly Harvard graduates and special guests after his presentation. Read Bill Gentile’s blog or visit his website.
Professor and Student Argue for Full Disclosure
In an opinion piece for Reelscreen Magazine, Chris Palmer and SOC grad student Suzanne Taylor argue for more disclosure in wildlife films on how they are made and on the staging that often accompanies their production.
Student's Work Appears in The Washington Post
Recent SOC graduate Jesse Kimes' photograph of the rock band New Rock Church of Fire appeared alongside a Washington Post article in October.
Prof Signs Exclusive Distribution Deal for New Documentary
Prof Brigid Maher signed an exclusive distribution deal with John Sinno’s Typecast Releasing for her documentary, Veiled Voices. Women across the Arab world are redefining their role as leaders in Islam. Veiled Voices investigates the world of Muslim women religious leaders through the eyes of three women in Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt. Watch clips or read more
SOC student Adam Dexter's work will be shown in China. Photo by Iwan Bagus
Student's Photographs Selected for Pingyao International Photography Festival
Two of student Adam Dexter's photos were selected, by jury, to show in the 2009 Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao, China. The festival is China's oldest and largest photography festival. Moment and Galaxy were two of the 100 images that were selected for the festival out of a total 450 entries. Moment was also one of 45 images chosen from over 800 entries in the 2009 DCist Exposed photography show hosted by the Flashpoint art gallery, earlier this year. Check out the full Hidden Galaxy series and other work at Adam Dexter's Photography site.
Leena Jayaswal’s film Crossing Lines won a Bronze Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival, was named best documentary at the California Arts Association's First Digital Short Film Festival and received a Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Documentary Short-Format from the American Women in Radio and Television. It has been nominated to be a Faculty Juried Screening Finalist at the University Film and Video Association and was also nominated for Best American Documentary at the Heart of England Film Festival. To learn more about the film click here.
Student's Thesis Wins Oscar
Lauren DeAngelis, MA '08, beat competitors from some of the country's top film programs to win an Oscar for A Place to Land, her thesis documentary that follows the cross-country journey of abused or abandoned parrots, once in captivity. A second SOC student, Joe Bohannon, Director of Cinematography and Sound Technician for the film, was interviewed by NBC about the documentary. This is the second consecutive year that a student from American University's School of Communication (SOC) has won an Oscar for documentary from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Laura Waters Hinson, MFA '07, won a Student Oscar last year for As We Forgive, a documentary about reconciliation efforts in Rwanda.
Hinson appeared on The Diane Rehm Show to discuss her film, which won the Gold Medal for Documentary at the 2008 Student Academy Awards. As We Forgive follows three Rwandan genocide survivors as they face the men who killed their families. Watch the trailer or read a Washington Post profile of Hinson.
SOC Grad Student Lifestreams His Journey for Ford
Alex Morrison, a Film and Media Arts graduate student was one of 100 people selected out of a pool of 4000 to receive a new Ford Fiesta and record and share his driving experiences via a video blog, pictures and social media. Click here to follow Alex's journey as he completes various missions across the country.
Best student work of 2009 honored at VISIONS
SOC's annual VISIONS festival highlights SOC students' most impressive work. View winning work
MFA '08 Summer Simpson's thesis film “Coyote Travels Gringolandia” will screen at the DC Independent Film Festival Sat. March 14.
Photographs by Marco Theophil and Lois Lipman make finals in the 29th Annual College Photography Contest.
Juxtapoz.com, a leading contemporary arts publication, featured a mini doc by SOC MA student Brandon Bloch.
(Photo: Jeff Watts)
The International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF) has recognized Chris Palmer for his work with their highest honor, the IWFF Lifetime Achievement Award for Media.
SOC students swept the Dramatic and Non-dramatic student film categories at the 2008 Peer Awards.
International Media student Laurie Moy's blog has been selected as a featured blog on Idealist.org's Public Service and Graduate Education Resource Center.
Winners of Golden Eagles in CINE's Student Division were Jes Therkelson for his film The Best Part of Everything and Michael Miller and Maura Ugarte for their film, Through Fire and Water (view video)
SOC Professor Takes Backpack Journalism to Harvard Club
Professor Bill Gentile was invited to speak about backpack journalism at the Harvard Club in New York City. He also screened his recent film, “Afghanistan: The Forgotten War,” which was broadcast on PBS last year. Gentile took questions from the crowd of strictly Harvard graduates and special guests after his presentation. Read Bill Gentile’s blog or visit his website.
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