F.I.L.M. Series
This series is made possible by the office of the Dean of the Faculty (the Hansford fund) and by support from the Kirkland Endowment, the Art History Department, and the Days-Massolo Center.
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The renowned Anvil Orchestra (Larry Dersch, Terry Donahue, and Roger Miller) will accompany three classic, breakthrough 鈥渟ilent鈥 films: Saturday at 7:00: Nosferatu (1923) by F. W. Murnau: Nosferatu was crucial in establishing the horror film genre.聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Sunday at 2:00: The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) by Dziga Vertov: A modern British Institute poll of film historians and critics rated Man with a Movie Camera film-history鈥檚 greatest documentary. Sunday at 7:00: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) by Lotte Reiniger:聽 This screeni...
When 7:00 p.m. Saturday, September 13Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
The renowned Anvil Orchestra (Larry Dersch, Terry Donahue, and Roger Miller) will accompany these classic, breakthrough 鈥渟ilent鈥 films: 2:00: The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) by Dziga Vertov: A modern British Institute poll of film historians and critics rated Man with a Movie Camera film-history鈥檚 greatest documentary. 7:00: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) by Lotte Reiniger:聽 This screening of animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger鈥檚 feature animation, will be accompanied by Anvil鈥檚 brand-new score.聽 聽 聽聽 F.I.L.M. events are free and open t...
When 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 14Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
The renowned Anvil Orchestra (Larry Dersch, Terry Donahue, and Roger Miller) will accompany this classic, breakthrough 鈥渟ilent鈥 film: 7:00: The Adventures of Prince Achmed 聽(1926) by Lotte Reiniger:聽 This screening of animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger鈥檚 feature animation, will be accompanied by Anvil鈥檚 brand-new score.聽 聽 聽聽 F.I.L.M. events are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the Cinema and Media Studies major. Events are curated and organized by Prof...
When 7:00 p.m. Sunday, September 14Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
Professor Ani Abrahamyan presents My Sweet Land (2025) followed by a Zoom conversation with director Sareen Hairabedia. Jordanian documentary filmmaker Hairabedia uses an intimate observational approach to tell stories about people and places that usually go unnoticed. My Sweet Land is a coming-of-age story set against a multigenerational war in the post-Soviet Caucasus Mountains. F.I.L.M. events are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the Cinema and Med...
When 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 21Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
Professor Pavitra Sundar, presents Video-Essay pioneer, Catherine Grant, who will present and discuss a program of her work. The video-essay represents a new kind of cinema analysis and critique. Grant has been a central figure in the development of the video-essay as a form of scholarship. F.I.L.M. events are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the Cinema and Media Studies major. Events are curated and organized by Professor of Cinema and Media Studies,...
When 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 28Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
Professor Scott MacDonald presents The Sterile Cuckoo (1969) Adapted from the novel of the same name, written by Hamilton grad, John Nichols (鈥62). The Sterile Cuckoo is the only Hollywood movie filmed on the Hamilton campus. The film is a time capsule of pre-co-ed 91制片厂. For the role of Pookie, director Alan J. Pakula (All the President鈥檚 Men, 1976; Sophie鈥檚 Choice, 1982) chose Liza Minnelli, whose performance was nominated for Best Actress. F.I.L.M. events are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by ...
When 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 5Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
Professor Zhuoyi Wang presents Japanese journalist and filmmaker Shori Ito who will present Black Box Diaries (2024), followed by a dialog between Ito and Chinese film scholar Belinda Qian He. Shiori Ito is a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Her primary focus is gender-based human rights issues. In 2020, Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.聽Black Box Diaries (2024) was named one of the top 5 documentary films of 2024 by the National Board of Review, won a Peabody Award,聽and was nominated...
When 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 25Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
Professor Heather Merrill presents Fred Kudjo Kuwornu and his new film: We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans聽in Renaissance Europe (2024) Kuwornu:鈥淲hen discussing Black people in the 15th and 16th centuries, the focus is often solely on their condition as enslaved individuals, overlooking the remarkable figures who lived in Europe during that period.鈥 F.I.L.M. events are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the Cinema and Media Studies major...
When 4:15 p.m. Thursday, October 30Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests -
Max Tohline returns to Hamilton to present 鈥淭hrough the Keyhole.鈥 You may know Tohline鈥檚 masterwork of media scholarship, A Supercut of Supercuts (2021, available on-line) or remember his remarkable presentation, last fall at F.I.L.M.: 鈥淟iving in a Reversed World.鈥 On this visit, he turns his attention to the history of AI. Tohline: 鈥淥ur conversations about AI shouldn't center on how we use it; they should center on how AI uses and models us.鈥 F.I.L.M. events are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean o...
When 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 16Where Kirner-Johnson (KJ) 125 Bradford Auditorium, Map #14Open to Off Campus Guests
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