Date: Saturday, June 14, 2014. 2:00 PM.
Location: Annenberg Auditorium
Eight short thesis films by students in the MFA Documentary Film & Video Program; Q&A and Reception will immediately follow the screening. NOT LISTED IN SCREENING ORDER The HereAfter (Working Title) by Lauren DeFilippoTrying to understand her father's obsession with death, filmmaker Lauren DeFilippo persuades him to plan and attend his own Viking Funeral. Consider the Ant (Working Title) by Emily FraserAbandon all hope ye who enter here? A personal search for ethics in the postmodern wilds of an overpopulated planet. Ostara (Working Title) by Katherine GorringeWith the love and wisdom that can only come from surviving 20 years in prison, a woman struggles to reconnect with the daughter she left behind. A Church at Ground Zero (Working Title) by Alexandra LiverisAfter ten years of strife, the only religious site destroyed on 9/11 rebuilds on America’s most sacred ground. Taking What's Good (Working Title) by Veronica LopezEdgar Del Campo searches for spiritual and cultural growth while confronting his parents’ skepticism about his new beliefs. Cuba and the Boxer (Working Title) by Megan SmakerAfter Castro’s Revolution, Cuba banned female boxing. The island currently has 19,000 male boxers, and now one female boxer. Journey to Fidel’s Cuba to meet the only female Cuban boxer in the world. Gold Heist (Working Title) by Edward SymesThe theft of a legendary gold display in the town’s courthouse offers a glimpse into the town’s history and keen fascination with striking it big. Wandering Rabbi (Working Title) by Henry WienerA young, traveling rabbi makes his way through the American South, struggling to breathe life back into dwindling rural Jewish congregations.
Location: Annenberg Auditorium
Eight short thesis films by students in the MFA Documentary Film & Video Program; Q&A and Reception will immediately follow the screening. NOT LISTED IN SCREENING ORDER The HereAfter (Working Title) by Lauren DeFilippoTrying to understand her father's obsession with death, filmmaker Lauren DeFilippo persuades him to plan and attend his own Viking Funeral. Consider the Ant (Working Title) by Emily FraserAbandon all hope ye who enter here? A personal search for ethics in the postmodern wilds of an overpopulated planet. Ostara (Working Title) by Katherine GorringeWith the love and wisdom that can only come from surviving 20 years in prison, a woman struggles to reconnect with the daughter she left behind. A Church at Ground Zero (Working Title) by Alexandra LiverisAfter ten years of strife, the only religious site destroyed on 9/11 rebuilds on America’s most sacred ground. Taking What's Good (Working Title) by Veronica LopezEdgar Del Campo searches for spiritual and cultural growth while confronting his parents’ skepticism about his new beliefs. Cuba and the Boxer (Working Title) by Megan SmakerAfter Castro’s Revolution, Cuba banned female boxing. The island currently has 19,000 male boxers, and now one female boxer. Journey to Fidel’s Cuba to meet the only female Cuban boxer in the world. Gold Heist (Working Title) by Edward SymesThe theft of a legendary gold display in the town’s courthouse offers a glimpse into the town’s history and keen fascination with striking it big. Wandering Rabbi (Working Title) by Henry WienerA young, traveling rabbi makes his way through the American South, struggling to breathe life back into dwindling rural Jewish congregations.