Congratulations to Hillary Pierce (MFA ‘13) on the premiere of her latest project, At The Ready, in the Documentary Feature category of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival! Pierce is a producer of the film which follows students at Horizon High School in El Paso, Texas as they […]
For the second week in a row, a DFP thesis film is airing in prime-time on UNC-TV! Proper Pronouns, co-directed by Meg Daniels (MFA ’19) and Manie Robinson (MFA ’19), airs on our statewide PBS station on Thursday, November 19 at 10:00 […]
We are delighted to share the news that Adventures of T-Man, a film by Nick Deel (’19) and Huiying Wang (’19) will air on our statewide PBS station, UNC-TV, on Thursday, November 12 at 10 pm. Adventures of T-Man follows […]
DFP students and faculty are looking forward to a conversation on archival producing with 2016 MFA graduate and NYC-based documentary filmmaker Monica Berra on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. Berra will speak about her work as an archival producer and provide insight into the process of researching, […]
It’s been a great couple of months for Proper Pronouns. The film, co-directed by Meg Daniels (MFA ’19) and Manie Robinson (MFA ’19), is an official selection of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, the New Orleans International Film Festival, and the Cucalorous Film […]
It was a privilege and a pleasure for DFP students and faculty to spend an evening with two-time Academy-Award winner Barbara Kopple, founder of Cabin Creek Films, and our former student David Cassidy, producer, Cabin Creek Films. Kopple and Cassidy spoke to students about the story […]
The Museum of the African Diaspora is launching a new monthly series, The African Diaspora Film Club, with a screening and discussion of Negroes with Gun on Sunday, June 14. The film, which aired on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2005, was co-directed by DFP Professor Sandy […]
Congratulations to Yuqi Lu (MFA’20) for delivering the winning pitch in the RiverRun Pitch Fest competition! Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, this year’s event was moved to an online format with each participant submitting recorded video pitches to the judges. Lu pitched her thesis film, […]
Scenes from Assistant Teaching Professor Chris Zaluski’s current documentary project, Holy Chaos, will screen at the North Carolina Museum of Art from March through July as part of the museum’s exhibit Contemporary Frescoes/Faith and Community. In addition, the videos will be included on the NCMALearn website, an educational resource […]
Cheers to Meg Daniels (MFA ‘19) and Manie Robinson (MFA ’19) on the acceptance of their thesis film, Proper Pronouns, into the Indie Grits Film Festival! Proper Pronouns explores the personal and professional challenges faced by four transgender ministers in […]