Film and Media Studies
Award-Winning Filmmaker Alex Gibney Kicks Off Yearlong Speaker Series Combining Technology with the Visual Arts
View photos from the event Alex Gibney, an Oscar, Emmy, and Grammy award-winning documentary film director, writer, and producer, met with students and faculty Oct. 7 to discuss the creative process behind his filmmaking and screen segments of his films. The event is part of a yearlong series bringing together artists and scientists to talk [...]
Katie Thompson ’09 Investigates Domestic Violence in Film, Literature, and Real Life
English professors Andy Smith and Lisa DeTora served as her thesis advisers Katie Thompson ’09 (Glenside, Pa.) compared “upscale domestic violence” in literature and film with real-life examples in her honors thesis. Thompson, who graduated May 23 with an A.B. with majors in American studies and English, examined the implications of abuse by talking to [...]
Students and Faculty Produce Film about College Sustainability Project
Students and faculty have put together a feature length film documenting the College’s Corn on the Quad sustainability project and the many academic and cultural issues the project explores. Corn on the Quad was a companion project to the Fall 2008 first-year students’ orientation reading of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. The project consisted of [...]
College Introduces Minor and Concentration in Film and Media Studies
New offerings may lead to a unique, interdisciplinary major Lafayette is now offering students new academic avenues to study the history, theory, and practice of film and other forms of visual and audio media. This will be the first semester in which students can major in English with a concentration in film and media studies [...]
Students Screen Documentary Films
More than 300 people attend the annual Student Film Festival The annual Student Film Festival drew a crowd of well over 300 people on May 12. Students in the documentary film class taught by Andrew Smith, assistant professor of English and chair of American studies, screened six original films and prizes were awarded. This was [...]
Students Will Screen Documentary Films May 12
Fifth annual festival will feature tattoos, brewing, and boxing legend Larry Holmes Students in the documentary film class taught by Andrew Smith, assistant professor of English and chair of American studies, will screen their original films during the Student Film Festival 8 p.m. May 12 in the Williams Center for the Arts. This is the [...]
Our Proximity Advantage: Externships in New York City
During winter break, 74 students shadowed alumni and parents at ESPN, ABC News World News, The New York Times, CNN Headline News, and many others During January’s interim session, 74 students participated in externships at 39 business firms, government agencies, and other organizations in nearby New York City. Lafayette alumni and parents hosted the students [...]
Lafayette Celebrates Documentary Filmmaking during ‘Doc Week’ March 24-27
Legendary Filmmaker Albert Maysles to give talk March 27 Running March 24-27, Lafayette will hold “Doc Week: A Celebration of Documentary Film,” with four days of film screenings, presentations, and discussions with filmmakers about the diversity, relevance, and importance of documentary film today. Filmmakers Albert Maysles, William Bachman, and Paul Germain ’04 will visit campus [...]
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