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Mdocs Poster-2016-12-13, Student Showcase, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
Mdocs Poster-2016-12-13, Student Showcase, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
MDOCS Publications
MDOCS Student Work Showcases
Tue, December 13 @ 6-8pm, Davis: Act I
Wed, December 14 @ 6-8pm, Davis: Act II
Check out what the students in DS courses have been up to this semester. For two nights, an array of video, audio, and multimedia work will be presented in Emerson auditorium.
Event organized by students in DS 251B: Festival Programming Followed by a reception with light snacks and refreshments.
Mdocs Publicaton- 2016-11-06, Photographer Touches The Soul Of Rock'n'Roll, Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli
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 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 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 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 Program-2016-06-16, Storytellers' Spring St. Gallery, Nicky Tavares
Mdocs Program-2016-06-16, Storytellers' Spring St. Gallery, Nicky Tavares
MDOCS Publications
No abstract provided.
Mdocs Poster-2016-06-02, Adapting Reality For Stage And Screen, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
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 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-2016-04-20, Student Showcases 2015-16, Jesse Wakeman
Mdocs Poster-2016-04-20, Student Showcases 2015-16, Jesse Wakeman
MDOCS Publications
Wed Apr 20: Video Projects 6:30-8pm, Emerson Auditorium
Fri Apr 29, Tang Art Party 8pm-midnight, Tang Museum
Contemporary Time-Based Media: presenting media installations
Intro to Audio: live on air via FM transmitter 2-5:30pm
Tue May 3, Video Storytelling 5-7pm, Somers Room, Tang Museum
Wed May 4, Academic Festival 3-4:20pm, Palamountain 300
Evidence-based audio, video, and exhibit projects from Doc Studies
Wed May 11, Audio Doc 1:30-4:30pm, LI 113
Mdocs Poster-2016-03-31, Virgin Blacktop Screening, Sam Marks
Mdocs Poster-2016-03-31, Virgin Blacktop Screening, Sam Marks
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-2016-03-31, Virgin Blacktop Test Screening, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
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 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 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 Poster, 2016-3-1, Youth Fx Visit, Michael Zhou
Mdocs Poster, 2016-3-1, Youth Fx Visit, Michael Zhou
MDOCS Publications
No abstract provided.
Mdocs Program, 2016-3-1, Youth Fx Visit, Michael Zhou
Mdocs Program, 2016-3-1, Youth Fx Visit, Michael Zhou
MDOCS Publications
No abstract provided.
Mdocs Banner-2016-02-16, Feb/March Events, Michael Zhou
Mdocs Banner-2016-02-16, Feb/March Events, Michael Zhou
MDOCS Publications
February/March Events 2016
Brian Murphy
Is This a Lynching Photo? Forgotten Archives of White Supremacist Violence
March 22, 7pm
Payne Room, Tang Museum
Award Winning YOUTH FX Program with Bhawin Suchak
March 1, 6-8 pm, Davis Auditorium
Meet the Youth FX filmmakers and see their films. This Albany-based digital film and media arts program for young people (14-19) is showing award-winning films, nationally (think Sundance and beyond).
Ethics Bowl: Media Production Ethics and Morals
Febraury 16, 6-8 pm, Emerson Auditorim
This training session tackles issues facing today's non--fiction storytellers. Get some tips, grapple with real-world cases.
Exploremore: MFS & MDOCS …
Mdocs Flyer-2016-02-11, Salt Of The Earth, Michael Zhou
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 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 …