Film Events This Week:
Mon Apr 14, 6-7pm: Dartmouth Film Society Meeting (Wilson
205) The Dartmouth Film Society is a student organization that meets
once a week to discuss the films playing at the Hopkins Center, debate
important issues (like whether Ghostbusters is the best film of
all time), write program notes, critique new movie trailers and vote on
series proposals for future terms. You don’t have to be an expert—you
just have to have an opinion!
Mon Apr 14, 7-8pm: Music Video Monday (Digital Lab, Black Family Visual Arts Center) Teams will compete to guess what the music video for a song would (should?) be. Bring a team of friends! Pizza included.
Tues Apr 15, 1-2pm: Illustrator Workshop: Using Image Trace (Digital Lab, Black Family Visual Arts Center) Learn how to use Illustrator to trace photographs and other artwork to create your own versions of originals. Space is limited, so email [log in to unmask] to sign up.
Thurs Apr 17, 6-8pm: Call Me Kuchu Screening and Panel Discussion (Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall) Call Me Kuchu is an award-winning 2012 American documentary directed by Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katherine Fairfax Wright. The film explores the struggles of the LGBT community in Uganda, focusing in part on the 2011 murder of LGBT activist David Kato. A panel discussion will follow the screening. Panelists include Victor Mukasa, a Ugandan transgender activist; Judith Adong, an acclaimed Ugandan playwright and filmmaker; Jeff Sharlet, Assistant Professor of English at Dartmouth who has written about the American roots of Uganda’s anti-gay persecutions; and Melissa Minor Peters, whose dissertation is the only ethnography to date that focuses on LGBT people in Uganda. The panel will be moderated by Dartmouth Theater professor Laura Edmondson, whose work focuses on human rights, trauma and performance in East Africa.
Thurs Apr 17, 4-5:30pm: Non-Fiction Videomaking Workshop (Digital Lab, Black Family Visual Arts Center) Learn about making short non-fiction videos - we'll be going over the practical and technical aspects of video making and touring the resources available on campus. Space is limited, so email [log in to unmask] to sign up.
Fri Apr 18, 7pm: Interdisciplinary Poet and Sound Artist LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs (Bentley Theater, Hopkins Center) Diggs is an interdisciplinary poet and sound artist, combining digitally manipulated sound, spoken word, vocal improvisation and video in her performance. Using multiple languages, vernaculars, and code-switching, Diggs's work is an experimental investigation into language and the voice that makes hybrid and intertwining linguistic and cultural spaces visible. This event is sponsored by the Theater Department's VOICES program. Diggs will be reading excerpts from her 2013 poetry collection, TwERK (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/latasha-n-diggs). There will also be a workshop with Diggs on Thursday evening, April 17 from 7:30-9:30. Students interested in the workshop should email Maggie Devine-Sullivan ([log in to unmask]).
Fri Apr 18, 7pm: Hop Film: Like Father, Like Son (Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center $5) http://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/hop_film_like_father_like_son
Sat Apr 19, 5pm, 8pm: Hop Film: The Invisible Woman (Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5) http://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/hop_film_the_invisible_woman
Sun Apr 20, 4pm: DFS Film: The Big Parade (Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center, $5) http://hop.dartmouth.edu/Online/dfs_film_the_big_parade
Now Playing at the Nugget:
Bad WordsFilm and Media Opportunities:
1. Like making movies or want to learn how? Email [log in to unmask] to see how you can get involved with Stories Growing Films and like on FB: http://www.facebook.com/dartmouthstoriesgrowingfilms
2. Interested in TV? Email [log in to unmask] to see how you can get involved in Dartmouth Television!
3. The Digital Lab in the Black Family Visual Arts Center has open hours Mon 3-7pm, Wed 1-3, 7-10pm, Thurs 4-5:30pm, and Sun 6:30-10pm. Stop by to learn about working with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and other photo/video editing software. Email [log in to unmask] for more info.
4. Looking for an internship in the entertainment industry? Join the DAEMA Internship Google Group for updates on what is available: http://groups.google.com/group/daema_jobsinternships