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.