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 Cucalorus 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 […]
We are excited to offer 1st Year MA and MFA students the opportunity to work with Peabody Award Winning and Emmy Nominated Documentary Producer David Cassidy this week. Cassidy is offering multiple Master Classes in Producing as a Visiting Instructor this semester. […]
We are thrilled to share the news that Mandrallius Robinson (MFA ’19) is joining the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Robinson has been hired as the school’s first sports media instructor as it prepares to launch a new sports media […]
Professor of Practice and co-director of the animated narrative film Five Minutes, Peter Gilbert teamed up with Dr. Paul West for a Cucalorus Connect screening of the film and a conversation on its focus on regenerative medicine. The film explores the hope of regenerative medicine […]
Congratulations to Matt May (MFA ‘20) (pictured left) for winning the New Orleans Film Festival’s South Pitch Competition! Matt pitched Out to Stay, a film co-directed with Victoria DeLeone (MFA ‘20), in the documentary division. The South Pitch competition features documentary and narrative student filmmakers […]