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Alum Seth Freed Wessler 03F's short film “The Facility” About ICE Detention Now Streaming
… Alum Seth Freed Wessler 03F's short film “The Facility” About ICE Detention Now Streaming The Facility, a documentary film directed by Hampshire College alum Seth Wessler 03F is … on the Inside ,” for The New York Times Magazine. In the film, Wessler shares with viewers a rare look inside the …
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Mentoring & Collaboration Produce Award-Winning Film
… Mentoring & Collaboration Produce Award-Winning Film Energy, enthusiasm, and perseverance go a long way for … directly with Sherman. She ended up editing the entire film. "I was basically giving her a master class in filmmaking. She got a major credit, and I got a major film," says Sherman. "She would edit a scene, we'd talk about …
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Akil Gibbons' "Paper City" Screened at Northampton Film Festival
… Akil Gibbons' "Paper City" Screened at Northampton Film Festival Paper City, a documentary film by Akil Gibbons 08F , was screened at the Northampton Film Festival on October 11 at the Academy of Music Theatre …
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Recent Graduate Searches for Paradise Amidst Upheaval in Div III Film
… Graduate Searches for Paradise Amidst Upheaval in Div III Film We sat down with Quispe (virtually) to learn more about … me, and I put them all together to create the short film, Salted . The film follows a young woman whose hometown experiences drastic …
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Devyn Manibo Receives 2013 Princess Grace Award in Film
… Devyn Manibo Receives 2013 Princess Grace Award in Film Hampshire College student Devyn Manibo 10F received the 2013 Princess Grace Awards' Undergraduate Film Scholarship . The award, presented to Manibo at a … talent. Awards are presented in theater, dance, and film. Manibo is using the award funds to purchase filmmaking …
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Atlas, a Short Film by Nadia Lesy 95F
… Atlas, a Short Film by Nadia Lesy 95F Nadia Lesy 95F 's new short film, Atlas , showcases the multimedia Parkour performance … and freedom that allowed her to focus on both dance and film. Those fields merged in her Division III (senior) video …
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Photograph Inspires Ravett's Latest Film Project
… Photograph Inspires Ravett's Latest Film Project A single image led Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett back to his birth country of Poland for his newest film project, Holding Hands with Ilsa. The photograph, taken …
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Pivoting from Film to Tech
… Pivoting from Film to Tech Abigail Meisel When he set out to study science and film, alum Aaron Edell 01F had no idea that he was laying the … Div III, he had a foot in each discipline when he made a film about a medical subject with the same name, …
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Reiser, Will: 1999S
… Industries, where Reiser wrote, produced, and developed film, television, and online projects for HBO. Reiser is writer and executive producer of the film 50/50 , which stars Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, … on September 30. Will Reiser 99S on NPR to Discuss His New Film '50/50' The film is the story of a 27-year-old man, in …
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(France) Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris: Geographies of Identity
… Paris, France Faculty: Baba Hillman, Professor Emerita, Film and Video and Learning Collaborative Theme(s) : … combines intensive workshops in Super 8 filmmaking and film theory, cinematography, animation, performance and directing. All cameras and equipment are provided. Film workshops are taught by Baba Hillman and by members of …
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A Fateful Moment on Boylston Street
… Los Angeles, where he won both the Henry Mancini Award for film composing and the Frank Sinatra Award for jazz big band arranging. Under the tutelage of film composer David Raksin ( Laura , The Bad and the … ), he "slowly but surely" worked his way into the film industry. Young, who has been nominated for Emmy and …
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Richard Barber and The Whole Gritty City
… a musical comedy. When a fellow student started to make a film based on the comedy and then abandoned the project, … Barber took the footage and taught himself to edit film, as he puts it: "on the midnight-to-dawn shift on a … Barber set out to tell the story of these bands. The film follows three New Orleans marching bands—the Rabouin …
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Richard Barber and The Whole Gritty City
… a musical comedy. When a fellow student started to make a film based on the comedy and then abandoned the project, … Barber took the footage and taught himself to edit film, as he puts it: "on the midnight-to-dawn shift on a … Barber set out to tell the story of these bands. The film follows three New Orleans marching bands—the Rabouin …
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'Defying The Nazis' Film by Hampshire Alums Burns and Joukowsky Premieres on PBS
… 'Defying The Nazis' Film by Hampshire Alums Burns and Joukowsky Premieres on PBS … premieres on September 20 at 9 pm on PBS. The 90-minute film tells the story of Joukowsky’s grandparents Waitstill … first shared it with me,” said Ken Burns. Joukowsky, a film producer and co-founder of No Limits Media, has spent …
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The Five College Consortium
… Learn More Dance (Five College department) Learn More Film and Media Studies (Five College major) Learn More …
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Animated Film Takes Owen Neuburger from Div III to Pixar
… Animated Film Takes Owen Neuburger from Div III to Pixar Mike Medeiros … at Pixar studios. His experience in creating the animated film Union for his Division III capstone project, he says, … core of the project was Union , a three-and-half-minute film showing the collision between two planets , which he …
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Creative Opportunities
… Begun in 2009, it funds students' Division III projects in film, photography, and video, and brings visiting scholars … Liebling helped make Hampshire one of the most respected film and photography programs in America. Honoring her is a … directly with Sherman. She ended up editing the entire film. "I was excited to have some creative control, which is …
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Brendan Toller Tells a Secret History of Rock and Roll
… trailer up on its news section before I even finished the film or passed Div III. I still get really nice fan letters, which is amazing." The film went on to screen at some 50 film festivals and win the audience award at Melbourne …
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Brendan Toller Tells a Secret History of Rock and Roll
… trailer up on its news section before I even finished the film or passed Div III. I still get really nice fan letters, which is amazing." The film went on to screen at some 50 film festivals and win the audience award at Melbourne …
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The Tenth Inning, hosted by WGBH of Boston
… Burns 71F was guest of honor at a sneak preview of his new film, The Tenth Inning , hosted by WGBH of Boston. On hand to celebrate the latest film by Burns was a group representing Hampshire: Marlene … Burns 71F was guest of honor at a sneak preview of his new film, The Tenth Inning , hosted by WGBH of Boston. On hand to …
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Andrea Pallaoro 00F and Orlando Tirado 00F’s Film “Monica” Examines Trans Identity, Family, and Mortality
… Andrea Pallaoro 00F and Orlando Tirado 00F’s Film “Monica” Examines Trans Identity, Family, and Mortality … with fellow Hampshire College alum Orlando Tirado 00F. The film explores the psychological and emotional journey of a … family. After premiering at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in 2022, Monica made its U.S. debut on May 12 …
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Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich 07F’s Debut Feature “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire" Premieres at the Rotterdam Film Festival
… “The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire" Premieres at the Rotterdam Film Festival The Brooklyn-based filmmaker, who makes films … worlds of black women, made headlines with her feature film debut at the festival. Written and directed by Hampshire … the surviving children and family members of Césaire, the film reimagines the visual narrative that might have emerged …
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New Projects from Alum Documentary Film Editor Joe Fenstermaker 05F Available to Stream
… New Projects from Alum Documentary Film Editor Joe Fenstermaker 05F Available to Stream … alum Joe Fenstermaker 05F, a Los Angeles-based documentary film editor, has two new projects out—one for the New Yorker … Underground leaders Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. The film premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and has also …
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Introducing Assistant Professor of Experimental Film and Media Michelle Trujillo
… Introducing Assistant Professor of Experimental Film and Media Michelle Trujillo Hampshire College is pleased … joining the faculty at Hampshire, Michelle Trujillo taught film production and contextual film courses at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and …
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Hampshire Alum Michelle Falcón Fontánez 15F Selected for Women in Film & Video New England Fellowship
… Alum Michelle Falcón Fontánez 15F Selected for Women in Film & Video New England Fellowship Michelle Falcón Fontánez … serve as fellow for the 2025 program, created by Women in Film & Video New England (WIFVNE) in collaboration with … underrepresented voices. Her work spans photography, film, theater, and installation art, often centering on …
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