📽️ Join us for the DFP Alumni Showcase!

We’re excited to present WE ARE, BECAUSE WE WERE, a documentary directed by Rodney Wilds (MFA ’23), on Tuesday, February 18, at 6:00 p.m. in the ZSR Auditorium.

This 40-minute film takes viewers on a journey through the Winston-Salem African American Archive, highlighting the vital contributions of the Black community to the city’s growth and the archive’s mission to preserve this rich history.

✨ Stay after the screening for a special Q&A with director Rodney Wilds, film participants and members of the Winston-Salem African American Archive.

📅 Save the date and join us for an evening of storytelling, history, and community!

#winstonsalemafricanamericanarchive #wfudocfilm #wakethearts #wfugrad #blackhistorymonth

Another great night of conversation and connection at our annual DFP/UNCSA mixer! Doc Film and UNCSA film music composition students spent the evening getting acquainted and exploring possible collaborations. 🎥🎶

There have been a number of DFP films scored by @UNCSA students, and we hope to keep adding to that list in the coming years!

Thanks to Frazier Smith @fsmithmusic and Professor Chris Heckman for helping us foster these creative connections!

#wfudocfilm #wfugrad #uncsafilmmusic #wakethearts

Thank you Jonathan Lacocque, @coatofarmstv co-director of O PIONEERS, for generously sharing your filmmaking experiences and expertise with the DFP students!

The conversation was a fabulous lead-in to the @southerncircuit screening of O PIONEERS at @aperturecinema.

Another huge shoutout to @southerncircuit and @aperturecinema for bringing an incredible lineup of films to our community and for bringing talented filmmakers to our classrooms!👏

#wfudocfilm #southerncircuittourofindependentfilmmakers #aperturecinema #wakethearts

We are looking forward to the Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers screening of O PIONEER on Wednesday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m. at a/perture cinema.📽🙌

DFP students also have the opportunity to meet and engage with co-director Jonathan Lacocque in the Doc II Storytelling class on Wednesday from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.

O PIONEER reckons with and redefines the American pioneer. This documentary follows three West Virginians—a blacksmith, a seamstress, and a hospital chaplain—as they creatively navigate hardship and call us to champion the pioneer within.
Narrated by lyricist and musician Kaïa Kater, the film weaves verité moments with archival footage, poetic vignettes, and dream-like animation—as Tim Hibbs, Nellie Rose Gundersen Davis, and James Morley humbly answer their calls to pioneer a way forward.

We hope to see you there!

For more about the film and its directors, visit: https://aperturecinema.com/movies/o-pioneer/

#opioneerfilm #wfudocfilm #wakethearts #aperturecinema #southerncircuittourofindependentfilmmakers

RiverRun International Film Festival presents a free Indie Lens Pop-Up screening of FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 🎥📚👏

The screening is on Monday, February 3 at 6:00PM at the Forsyth County Central Library Auditorium, 660 W. 5th Street.

FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY tells the story of the quiet revolutionaries who made a simple idea happen. From the pioneering women behind the “Free Library Movement” to today’s librarians who service the public despite working in a contentious age of closures and book bans, meet those who created a civic institution where everything is free and the doors are open to all.

A discussion will follow the screening with the following panelists:

📗Meghan Webb, Instruction & Outreach Librarian, Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University

📘Wanda Brown, Director of Library Services, C.G. O’Kelly Library, Winston-Salem State University

📙Yolanda Bolden, Library Director, Forsyth County Public Library

The event is free, but RSVP is requested

#indielenspbs #forsythcountylibrary #riverruninternationalfilmfestival #wfudocfilm #wakethearts

We are delighted to share the news that Stanford University will host the world premiere of Meg Daniels’ @meganqdaniels latest film, I’m Still Here, Love. 👏

The film offers an in-depth look at how social media platforms, savvy politicians, unqualified medical professionals, and religious leaders capitalized on disinformation to spread fear and make a profit off desperate, scared people who questioned the reality of COVID-19 and the validity of the vaccine.

The screening will take place on February 18 at the historic, newly renovated Guild Theater. A Q & A will follow with film participants @jess_marie1023, Lydia Dorsey, and Meg.🎥🎞

You can learn more about the film at: http://imstillherelovefilm.com/

#wfudocfilm #wfualumni #wakethearts

You know it’s another successful end to the fall semester when the first-year students are sporting their new DFP hats! 👏

We had a fabulous “Finals Day” with our first year MFA and MA students. The students pitched thesis ideas in the morning, screened their observational short films in the afternoon and earned a hat for all of their hard work! 🎥 🎞️🧢

Have a safe, happy, and restful Winter Break! We’ll see you in the New Year! ❄️

#wfudocfilm #wfugrad #wfuwakethearts

Congratulations to Austin Price (MFA ’24) @of_price_and_men on successfully defending his thesis film, “American as Apple Pie”! 👏

Austin’s archival based film explores the role of food in American politics revealing the “recipes” politicians use to connect with voters. 🎥🍕🍻

We are looking forward to screening the film during our graduation thesis showcase in May!

#wfudocfilm #dfpgraduate #wfugrad

Applications for the 2025 Southern Exposure Film Fellowship are now open!👏

Now in its 13th year, the Southern Exposure Film Fellowship program provides a challenging learning experience to exceptional film students and emerging filmmakers from across the country seeking to explore and develop their talent as environmental advocates through nonfiction storytelling. This innovative summer fellowship equips students with the skills, equipment, content knowledge and contacts to create authentic, engaging, inspiring films intended to raise public awareness about important issues facing Alabama’s environment — from the mountains to the coast.📽🏔🌊

Learn more and apply here: https://alabamarivers.org/se2025

#southernexposurefilmfellowship #southernexposurefilms #wfudocfilm #environmentalfilmmaking #documentaryfellowship

Thank you, @rodrigo_dorfman, director of BULLS AND SAINTS, for sharing your filmmaking journey with the DFP students! It was the perfect way to wrap up the fall season of the @southerncircuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers.🎥👏

We greatly appreciate the partnership between @southerncircuit and @aperturecinema, which brings such an incredible lineup of films to our community and these talented filmmakers into our classrooms.

We can’t wait for the spring season!

#wfudocfilm #southerncircuit #aperturecinema #arthousecinema

Fieldwork and teamwork in action! 🎥 Professor of Practice Peter Gilbert and DFP students are working with members of @hes_wfu to share the story of TOPS—The Osteoarthritis Prevention Study.

Led by Dr. Steve Messier, this multi-center clinical trial investigates the effectiveness of a combined intervention—dietary weight loss, exercise, and weight-loss maintenance—in preventing knee osteoarthritis among women.

@wfuniversity Cross school collaboration at work! 👏

#wfudocfilm #wfugrad #TOPSStudy #OsteoarthritisPrevention #healthandexercisescience

Major shoutout to MFA student Sheridan Coats for bringing the festive Halloween vibe to the DFP this week and turning each day into an entertaining character reveal! 🎃👻

From the Cheetah Girls to the Mighty Ducks, Disco Diana Ross, Princess Diaries, Red Riding Hood, and Legends of the Hidden Temple—Sheridan brought the ultimate costume game this week. Love the creativity and commitment to the Halloween spirit!🧡👏

#HalloweenHero #CostumeChampion #halloweencostume #spookyseason #happyhalloween #dfpspirit

🎉 Huge thanks to award-winning filmmaker @andrewhbrown for sharing his latest film, @betweenthe rains, and his filmmaking insights with our DFP students this week!

We had an enlightening conversation about filming techniques, ethical obligations, and outreach strategies.

Catch BETWEEN THE RAINS now on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+! 📽️✨

Please join us next week for a DFP Thesis Showcase screening of Finding Home! Mark your calendar for Tuesday, October 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the @ZSRlibraryAuditorium. 🎥

Directed by Sidney Beeman (MFA ’22), Finding Home, follows the journey of a young Burmese immigrant, Cing Khek, and her family as they search for opportunities to build a new and better life in the conservative stronghold of West Virginia. The film depicts the ethnic diversity of the Appalachian region, the economic forces causing people to migrate to this area, and the choices individuals make to stay within the region. At its core, the film empowers a diverse cast of Appalachian citizens to reclaim their own narrative in a region that is often dominated by stereotypes.

⁉️ - A Q & A with @sidneybeemanfilm will follow the screening.

#wfudocfilm #wfugrad #wakethearts

Check out this fabulous DFP reunion--DFP Program Director and Associate Professor Christopher Zaluski, Allison Rieff (MFA ’23) and Monica Berra (MFA ’16)—at the @hsdff Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Filmmaker Forum Conference & Convention!

@mmberra participated in the “10 Years of @reelsouthdocs Retrospective Showcase of Documentary Shorts” panel representing her thesis film, "Soul City" (co-directed with Gini Richards and SheRea DelSol).

@avrieff attended as an Industry Representative for @alpublictv

The Filmmaker Forum offers dynamic programming focused on the business, art and craft of documentary storytelling. With a focus on public media, as well as a wider lens on the nonfiction ecosystem as a whole, the Forum is a unique and essential professional development opportunity for filmmakers and a major regional convening of filmmakers and industry leaders

#wfudocfilm #wfugrad #wakethearts #hotspringsdocumentaryfilmfestival #reelsouth #publictelevision #alabamapublictelevision

Get your submission in! You don’t want to miss out on being a part of a festival that explores and celebrates Appalachian life and takes place in beautiful Boone, NC!

The 3rd Annual @BooneDocs Film Festival submission deadline is November 1.

Submit your film at @filmfreeway.com/BooneDocs!

#boonedocs #boonenc #wfudocfilm #shortdocumentary