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Sixth Annual Children's Film Symposium
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis host free screenings Nov. 21
Nov. 12,
2009 --
Washington University's Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Sixth Annual Children's Film Symposium Saturday, Nov. 21. Titled "An Exploration of Children's Films and Their Audiences," the symposium is presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis and will feature five screenings as well as a Q&A with Michael Barrier, an animation and comics historian and author of The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney (2007).
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African Film Festival at Washington University March 23-26
Traveling Film Series to feature eight films from six nations
March 3,
2009 --
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The annual Washington University African Film Festival will be held March 26-29. The event will feature films that emphasize movement and migration and their impact on African's shifting identities. All screenings are free and open to the public and begin at 7 p.m. each evening in Brown Hall, Room 100. A postshow discussion and reception will follow Saturday's films.
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"The Future of the Image"
W.J.T. Mitchell to speak on visual culture March 2
Feb. 24,
2009 -- W.J.T. Mitchell, the Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of Art History and English at the University of Chicago, will speak on "The Future of the Image" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 2, in the Etta Eiseman Steinberg Auditorium as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts' spring lecture series. An award-winning teacher, scholar and theorist of media, art and literature, Mitchell is associated with the emergent fields of visual culture and iconology—the study of images across the media.
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Fifth Annual Children's Film Symposium
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis to host screenings and talks Nov. Nov. 21 and 22
Nov. 5,
2008 --
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Washington University's Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Fifth Annual Children's Film Symposium Friday and Saturday, Nov. 21 and 22. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the festival will feature five screenings as well as introductions and post-show discussions by a half-dozen of the films' creators.
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Lefties have the edge
Baseball's southpaws play to their strength
July 7,
2008 --
Baseball diamonds are a left-hander's best friend. That's because the game was designed to make a lefty the "Natural," according to David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis and über baseball fan. Peters is a mechanical engineer who specializes in aircraft and helicopter engineering and has a different approach to viewing America's Favorite Pastime.
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Italian Film Festival
Free screenings of six recent films April 4 to 19
March 26,
2008 --
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The Film & Media Studies Program in Arts & Sciences will host the 2008 Italian Film Festival of St. Louis April 4 to 19. The festival will feature the St. Louis premieres of six recent Italian feature films, screened on Fridays and Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. All films will be shown in 35mm format in Italian with English subtitles.
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African Film Festival at Washington University March 27-30
Film Series to feature eight films from eight different nations
March 10,
2008 -- Washington University will host its third African Film Festival March 27-30. The series will consist of four feature films and four short films from eight different African nations. This year's themes include love, gender, family, and the effects of globalization. It will also include a new youth program March 26-27.
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Japanese Film Festival
Washington University to present two recent films Feb. 15 and 16
Feb. 4,
2008 --
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| Kyôko Koizumi in Hanging Garden (2005). |
Washington University will host free screenings of two recent Japanese films at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15 and 16. The first, Hanging Garden (2005), explores the quirky soul of a dysfunctional clan struggling to survive amidst the pressures of the modern age. Linda Linda Linda (2005), which will be screened the following evening, traces the trials and triumphs of an all-girl band on the cusp of adulthood.
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Fourth Annual Children's Film Symposium
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis to host screenings and talks Nov. 15 and 17
Nov. 8,
2007 -- Washington University's Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies, both in Arts & Sciences, will host their Fourth Annual Children's Film Symposium Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 15 and 17. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature a keynote address by Neal Gabler, author of Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (2006) and a Q&A with Marion Comer, writer and director of the film 48 Angels (2006).
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Third Annual Children's Film Symposium
Washington University and Cinema St. Louis to host screenings and talks April 20 and 21
April 6,
2007 --
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| Jestem (I Am) |
Washington University's Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies will host their Third Annual Children's Film Symposium Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature screenings of three children's films — Greyfriars Bobby, The Black Cauldron and Jestem (I Am) — as well as talks by historian Stephen Watts and filmmaker Sandy Tung.
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