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Mdocs Publicaton- 2016-11-06, Photographer Touches The Soul Of Rock'n'Roll, Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli

MDOCS Publications

"Photographer touches the soul of rock'n'roll with Grateful Dead, Phish, Neil Young and many more"

The Post Star

November 6, 2016

Author: Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli

Mdocs Publication-2016-10-31, Rock Photographer Jay Blakesberg Speaks, Wendy Liberatore

MDOCS Publications

"Rock Photographer Jay Blakesberg speaks at Skidmore College"

The Times Union

October 31, 2016

Author: Wendy Liberatore

Mdocs Poster-2016-09-25, 8 Deer: Despues De Ocho Anos Screening, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

8 Deer: Despues De ocho Anos

Directed by Jake DeNicola

Case Center Gallary

Sunday, September 25, 2016-October 3, 2016

1pm-5pm

The Cultural Media Archive presents a story about a young man who left his small town in southern Mexico in search of a better life. After eight years he returned for the first time. Follow his journey from Upstate New York to Oaxaca, Mexico.

Mdocs Banner-2016-09-01, Project Vis Events, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

List of all Fall 2016 Project VIS Events. Events include:

Ethics Bowl: The Ethics and Law in Media Production

Tue, September 27 @ 6-8pm, Emerson

Tackle the issues facing today's non-fiction storytellers and prepare yourself for the roadblocks to public use that media creators may come to realize only after wrapping production--often too late to resolve crucial rights and relationships. The session will combine brief presentations on law, ethics and methods with background and tips and group discussion by attendees who will grapple with a real-world case and come together to present solutions.

This hands-on training session is a …

Mdocs Poster-06-09, Storytellers' Institute Festosium, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

A gathering that combines the best elements of a festival to showcase and a symposium to bring together a small group of scholars and artists to engage with intellectual and creative work.

MDOCS’ inaugural festosium will be held June 10-12, 2016, with filmmakers, audio creators, visual artists, and virtual reality designers presenting recent documentary work that interrogates the division between fact and fiction, truth and reality.

All events are hosted at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum on the Skidmore College campus. Everything is free and open to the public.

Thursday June 9

8p: Opening Screening & Discussion: Pussy Riot: …

Mdocs Poster-2016-06-02, Adapting Reality For Stage And Screen, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

Fact or Fiction?: Adapting Reality for Stage and Screen

What is the relationship between truth, or fact, and story? Many documentary storytellers push the boundaries of truth, whether by sins of omission (framing, selection) or commission (reenactment, ordering). Conversely, many works of fiction are “based on a true story” and strive for emotional truth when choosing between art and narrow factuality. In this Point of Departure filmmaker and photographer Chip Duncan, producer of stage and screen Dan Markley, and co-founder and president of the Nantucket Film Festival Jonathan Burkhart talk truth and fiction in storytelling.

5 pm: Keynote: A conversation …

Mdocs Poster-2016-06-01, Mdocs Series At Spring Street Gallery, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

From June 16-29, the Spring Street Gallery in Saratoga Springs hosts an MDOCS exhibition showcasing the work of the 2016 Institute Fellows as well as documentary work by Affiliated Faculty and MDOCS/Storytellers' Institute Students.

Institute Fellows Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, Amanda Dawn Christie, Jake Nussbauam and Courtney Reid-Eaton present a glimpse of their practice in exhibition and artist talks, pop-up exhibits and screenings.

Additional work on display by: Affiliated Faculty Sarah Sweeney (Art) and Adam Tinkle (MDOCS/MFS); 2015 Institute scholars Jackson Bryant, '16, Nat Cabrera, '17, Wilson Espinal,'17, Ele Martínez, '18, Evian Pan '17; 2016 Institute scholar Emily Rizzo, '18; and …

Mdocs Poster-2016-03-31, Virgin Blacktop Screening, Sam Marks

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Test Screening of Virgin Blacktop with local filmmaker Charlie Samuels.

Thu March 31 @ 7pm, Palamountain 202

This sneak peek screening of a feature length hybrid documentary 21 years in the making is to provide the director with audience critique and feedback. A personal coming-of-age story made with real film reel about a crew of wildly diverse kids from the suburbs of New York City in the 1970's who had nothing in common but skateboarding yet forged lifelong friendships.

Mdocs Poster-2016-03-31, Virgin Blacktop Test Screening, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

Test Screening of Virgin Blacktop with local filmmaker Charlie Samuels.

Thu March 31 @ 7pm, Palamountain 202

This sneak peek screening of a feature length hybrid documentary 21 years in the making is to provide the director with audience critique and feedback. A personal coming-of-age story made with real film reel about a crew of wildly diverse kids from the suburbs of New York City in the 1970's who had nothing in common but skateboarding yet forged lifelong friendships.

Mdocs Poster-2016-03-08, Oriented, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

Screening: "Oriented," a film by Jake Witzenfeld and Discussion with Khader Abu Seif

Tue March 8 @ 7-9pm, Davis Auditorium

Oriented (2015) follows the lives of three gay Palestinian friends confronting their national and sexual identity in Tel Aviv, including Khader Abu Seif. Determined to "change their reality," the three best friends form a group called "Qambuta," a non-violent, cultural resistance movement fighting for gender and national equality. Through their activism, they address what it means to grow up with the burden of a multi-faceted identity.

This event is free and open to the public.

Mdocs Poster-2016-03-01, Youth Fx Screening And Discussion, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman

MDOCS Publications

Award Winning Youth FX Program with Bhawin Suchak

Tue March 1:

11:10-12:30pm: Join the conversation in 'Principles of Doc' (Zankel 214)

12:30-1:30pm: Lunch discussion with Director Bhawin Suchak (LI113) - RSVP appreciated, mdocs@skidmore.edu

6-8pm: SCREENING of award-winning shorts (Davis Auditorium)

Albany's own Youth FX film program presents an evening of award-winning short films with a Q & A with the filmmakers after the screening. These powerful short films range from dramatic narratives to insightful documentaries that reveal the hopes, dreams and realities of young people living in the capital region. Written, directed, and produced by local teens, Youth FX films …

Mdocs Flyer-2016-02-11, Salt Of The Earth, Michael Zhou

MDOCS Publications

Synopsis: For the last 40 yrs, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been traveling through the continents in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He's witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He's now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, wild fauna and flora, and grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project, which is a tribute to the planet's beauty.

In "The Salt of the Earth," Sebastião Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son Juliano, who went with him during his last travels, and by photographer …

Mdocs Poster-2016-02-11, Salt Of The Earth, Michael Zhou

MDOCS Publications

Synopsis: For the last 40 yrs, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been traveling through the continents in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He's witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He's now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, wild fauna and flora, and grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project, which is a tribute to the planet's beauty.

In "The Salt of the Earth," Sebastião Salgado's life and work are revealed to us by his son Juliano, who went with him during his last travels, and by photographer …