Congratulations to David Lee (MA ’22) on his new position as a Producer with Baylor+ at Sport & Story. Sport & Story is a leading provider of content platforms and content production services, producing award-winning storytelling content that offers unparalleled access to teams, both on and off […]
DFP Professor of Practice of Chris Sheridan has joined the Poynter Institute for Media Studies efforts to improve how local media cover crime. The six month project Transforming Crime Reporting into Public Safety Journalism is focused on helping outlets develop new, more thoughtful and meaningful ways […]
Congratulations to DFP 2nd year student Taylor Rogers for capturing top honors with her pitch of Types in the 12th Annual RiverRun PitchFest competition! Through the personal journey of the filmmaker and by observing the daily challenges others face in their battles with diabetes, Types, takes on the […]
The Documentary Film Program is proud to be part of the RiverRun International Film Festival (April 13-22) as it marks its 25th anniversary! We are particularly looking forward to the panel discussion Documentary Ethics: What Happens to Subjects when the Cameras Stop Rolling? featuring DFP professor […]
Come out and support 2nd year MFA student Taylor Rogers as she pitches her thesis film, Types, in the RiverRun International Film Festival’s PitchFest competition. PitchFest gives student documentary filmmakers the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of jurors, who provide feedback and award […]
We are thrilled that the RiverRun International Film Festival will feature Brandon Gaesser’s (MFA ’21) thesis film, Chicken Soup for the Soil. The film follows the journey of the soil beneath our feet and the efforts of North Carolina farmers Suzanne Nelson and Rachel Herrick to […]
We are very excited to welcome back Safyah Usmani (MFA ’15) as an artist-in-residence from March 20-24. Usmani is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose documentaries and multimedia work foster discourse on the rights of marginalized individuals. She also explores the concept of identity – how it […]
We are thrilled to share that Will LaCalle’s (MFA ’21) film festival debut led to his first Best Documentary Shorts win at the Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival! LaCalle’s MFA thesis film, Andrew After Angola, was praised by the judges as a “powerful presentation of […]
Congratulations to Will LaCalle (MFA ’21) on the festival launch of his thesis film, Andrew After Angola! The film premieres this week at Cinema on The Bayou Film Festival in Lafayette, Louisiana. Next stop is the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February. Big Sky […]
The Documentary Film Program is proud to be part of the recent launch of ArtCities, a collaboration between Wake the Arts and Guilty by Association (GBA), an organization dedicated to raising visibility for underrepresented artists nationwide. GBA’s ArtCities showcases work by five Triad artists: Krystal Hart, Ashley Johnson, […]
