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UrduUniversity of South Australia PhD student Belinda Lees has explored how screenwriters could create more nuanced and complex child-free women protagonists in biopics, after uncovering the barrage of often negative portrayals in existing media.
Tag: film
WCS Library and Archives Unveils Digitized Historic Film Collection
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Library and Archives, based at the Bronx Zoo, is proud to announce the completion of its Shelby White and Leon Levy Film Initiative.
‘Canary’ documentary featuring Ohio State scientist delivers climate message
Lonnie Thompson has perhaps spent more time at the top of the world than anyone else on the planet.
Using light to switch drugs on and off
Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have used the Swiss X-ray free-electron laser SwissFEL and the Swiss Light Source SLS to make a film that could give a decisive boost to developing a new type of drug.
FAU’s ‘Fab Four’ Receive Prestigious Fulbright Global Scholar Awards
The Fulbright program is devoted to increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. Fulbright is the world’s largest and most diverse international educational exchange program.
“Veteran Journeys,” by UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Professor, to Screen at Awareness Film Festival
“Veteran Journeys,” film by Dr. Kenneth Wells, professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Semel Institute, and David Geffen School of Medicine, will show in advance of Veterans Day, November 11
Horror films as a reimagined space for healing
A new article examines how the depiction of a “final girl’s” struggle after survival in a horror film – how she has been vilified and dismissed, but ultimately proven right – might offer trauma survivors the chance to see a bit of themselves on the big screen.
RUTGERS JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL, NOVEMBER 8–22
The 21st annual Rutgers Jewish Film Festival features a curated slate of award-winning dramatic and documentary films from Israel, the United States, and Germany that explore and illuminate Jewish history, culture, and identity. This year’s festival vill be virtual. Many films will also include a Q&A component with filmmakers, scholars, and special guests on the Zoom platform.
CLAIMING THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
The CSU is preparing the next generation of women filmmakers for California’s multibillion-dollar entertainment industry.
NYU Tisch Professor Available for Comment on Oscars (Expert in Korean Cinema)
Professor Christine Choy is available for interviews about the Academy Awards’ historic night and can provide expert commentary and context about the history of Korean cinema, Parasite’s outstanding success, how the first non-English speaking film winning Best Picture could shape the Oscars…
UGA establishes Master of Fine Arts Film program
Georgia’s burgeoning film and television industry stands ready to benefit from an expanded workforce, thanks to an innovative new partnership between the University of Georgia, the Georgia Film Academy and Pinewood Forest, the new community in Fayetteville, Georgia, located adjacent to Pinewood Atlanta Studios.
Lessons from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” on How to be a “Good Neighbor”
The film, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, starring Tom Hanks as Rogers, is scheduled for release next month. Louis Benjamin Rolsky, a part-time lecturer in Rutgers University– New Brunswick’s Department of Religious Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences
Benefits, Challenges to Using Film in Public Health Research
To guide the emerging practice of using video as an integral part of the scientific process, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health scientists performed the first review of studies on use of film in public health research.