Every month A Place for Film will bring you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »
On a recent trip to Seattle I had the pleasure of attending the Northwest Film Forum (NFF), a non-profit film and arts center focused on fostering a cinematic community. Not only do they champion and screen a wide variety of independent films, but they offer educational workshops, a public editing lab, cinema rentals, host film… Read more »
Guest post by Alexander Landerman. Pressing On: The Letterpress Film is a documentary-based film, beautifully shot and produced by Bayonet Media located just north of us in lovely Indianapolis, Indiana. However, the connections to the state of Indiana and Indiana University don’t stop there. The film contains interviews with Indiana University faculty emeritus Paul Brown… Read more »
Guest post by Kristen Muenz. On Monday, April 22, IU Cinema will screen the 1973 film Year of the Woman. Directed by poet, activist, and journalist Sandra Hochman, this experimental documentary explores the radical interventions and interviews made by activists in the Women’s Movement during the 1972 Democratic National Convention, and features appearances by Gloria Steinem,… Read more »
Guest post by Dr. Jeff Holdeman. Halfway around the world and 25 years ago, starting on April 7, 1994, some 800,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans in a country of 10 million were killed by their fellow Rwandans in just 100 days. Doing the grim calculation yields an answer of 10% of the population killed at an… Read more »
Every month A Place for Film will bring you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »
