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Schemel Forum Course- Keep it Reel: New Directions in Non-Fiction Film

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Thursday, 08 October, 2015

Keep it Reel: New Directions in Non-Fiction Film
DATES: Thursdays, October 8, 15, 22, 29 & November 5, 12
TIME: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (beverages and light snacks offered)
LOCATION: Brennan Hall, Pearn Auditorium Room 228

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will include weekly screenings of recent documentary films. An introductory lecture will feature clips from classic and contemporary documentaries in order to orient the participants to the practice of “reading” a documentary film and introduce key developments in technical, thematic, and ethical issues in film-making over time.

October 8: Introductory lecture and short clips
October 15: Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
October 22: Poverty, Inc. (2014) Guest speaker: Michael Matheson Miller, Ph.D., Director
October 29: Joachim Prinz: I Shall not be Silent (2014) Guest speaker: Rabbi Clifford Kulwin, Ph.D.
November 5: Detropia (2012)
November 12: Kids for Cash (2014)

Co-conveners:Jamie Trnka, Ph.D., Associate Professor, World Languages, The University of Scranton and Andrew Oppenheimer, Ph.D., Independent Scholar

Free to The University of Scranton Staff, Faculty & Students


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Emily Brees

Phone: 5709417816
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Brennan Hall, Pearn Auditorium, (228)

320 Madison Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510