The Documentary Film Program and RiverRun International Film Festival present a free screening of THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI on Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. at WFU-Broyhill Auditorium, Farrel Hall. From Kartemquin Films — makers of the acclaimed documentaries HOOP DREAMS and THE INTERRUPTERS […]
The DFP is delighted to announce third-year student Annie Danzi has landed a position at Frostburg State University in Maryland as an Assistant Professor of Mass Communication. She will be teaching courses in video production, TV studio production, and electronic media, and will work within […]
What a great week for our DFP students! We started off with the news that Sana Haq’s film The Other Army is a Student Emmy finalist. This marks the third year in a row that a DFP film has been nominated for a Student Emmy. The […]
The DFP is thrilled to congratulate Sana Attiq Haq (MFA ’13) on her Student Emmy nomination. Haq’s film The Other Army has been selected for recognition in the documentary category by the Television Academy Foundation College Television Awards, also known as the “Student Emmy.” Haq […]
Make plans to attend the screening of Jacob Carah’s thesis film The Daily. The film explores how changes in the journalism industry are impacting the staff of the Winston-Salem Journal. While the film deals with the hard truths facing those in the industry, it is […]
Please join us for a screening of Artists of the Holocaust: A Collection of Short Films on February 12 at 4:00 pm at MainStage Theatre in the Scales Fine Arts Center. In collaboration with Yad Vashem Museum in Israel, DFP students and Wake Forest undergraduates […]
Check out this Q & A with Professor of Practice Peter Gilbert about the impact of Hoop Dreams and the art of visual storytelling.
The Possum Drop, directed by Mindy Keeley, will make its international debut at the JOZI Film Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. The third annual film festival will take place on February 21-23.
DFP students Eric Juth (MFA ’14) and Michelle Ferris (MA ’13) will present a “work-in-progress” screening of their film Ghosts of Johnston County on Thursday, January 30th. The screening is free and will take place at the Nelson Mandela Auditorium at UNC Chapel Hill at 6:00 […]
DFP Professor of Practice Peter Gilbert will be honored at the 2014 Sundance FIlm Festival as part of its commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Hoop Dreams. The newly restored film will screen in the From the Collection program, 20 years after making its world premiere […]