The Film and Media Studies Department's master classes give students the
opportunity to meet acclaimed filmmakers in a small-group setting and learn
more about their work and careers.

*This Week*

*:**Fri Apr 25, 12pm: Master Class with Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris *(Film
Studio, Black Family Visual Arts Center) Harris is the director of an
important new documentary about African-American photography and also
directs an impressive online project devoted to diasporic family stories.
Harris will be discussing his documentary and work at the master class. *Lunch
will be provided. Space is limited, so RSVP TODAY by replying to this
email.*

*Fri Apr 25, 2-3:30pm**: Screening of Through a Lens Darkly *(Tupelo Music
Hall, White River Junction VT) A rich and lyrical tapestry that is both
personal and epic in scope, Thomas Allen Harris’s extraordinary
documentary *Through
a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People* is a
unique examination of they way black photographers - and their subjects -
have used the camera as a tool for social change from the time photography
was invented to the present. *A group of students will be driving to White
River Junction to attend the screening. If you would like to be part of
this group, please RSVP by replying to this email.*

*Fri Apr 25, 3:45-5:15pm: Digital Diaspora Family Reunion* (Tupelo Music
Hall, White River Junction VT) The innovative transmedia companion to the
film, Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (DDFR) re-imagines the social network
by inviting audiences to participate in building the One World One Family
Album (#1WORLD1FAMILY) by uploading and sharing their own family photos.
Started in 2009, DDFR has held 13 live events, in 5 cities, generated 8.2
million media impressions, conducted over 600 interviews, gathering over
6,500 photographs in the process, which are part of a virtual
user-generated family photo album that compliments the content of the film
and celebrates shared values which underlie the American Experience. DDFR
is open to everyone and audiences are invited to upload images to Instagram
using #1WORLD1FAMILY and #DDFRtv tag. *A group of students will be driving
to White River Junction to attend the event. If you would like to be part
of this group, please RSVP by replying to this email.*