Sarah Lasley’s “The Imagemaker” premieres tonight at the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive Screening Room as part of The Body & Transcendence: a night of films by women directors. Julie Rooney, whose work will also screen this evening, conversed with Lasley about her new film and the themes that resonate through the films in the program…. Read more »
Guest post by Jessica Davis Tagg, IU Cinema Events and Operations Manager. One of the most incredible parts of my job is that I have the opportunity to work with the IU Cinema Volunteer Ambassadors day-in and day-out. We count on members of the IU Cinema Usher Corps for so many things that may not… Read more »
Jane and Jay Jorgensen: “From the moment we agreed to endow the Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Series, we have never looked back. We are so proud of all the accomplishments the staff has achieved and so thrilled the student response has been so rewarding. We feel this project has been a win/win for EVERYONE!” On IU… Read more »
Guest post by Steve Hussung. The history of math, as often told, is very white. And this is not a true telling: there are stories of different kinds of people woven throughout the history of mathematics. For one (of many), algebra was invented in Asia, not in Europe. Today the field is becoming more and more… Read more »
Guest post by David Fresko. Patricio Guzmán’s documentaries, above all his three-part epic The Battle of Chile (released between 1975 and 1979), have solidified his position as one of the great political filmmakers of his generation. Born in 1941, Guzmán was initially trained as a fiction filmmaker during the late 1960s in his home country… Read more »
Guest post by Alexandra Coțofană, Director, ILFF. In 2017, the InLight Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (ILFF) is honored to partner with the IU Cinema, one of its most trusted partners every year. ILFF aims to promote and support the intersections of human rights and documentary film and to facilitate dialogue between those who make documentaries… Read more »