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Student Film Screening & Reception

Monday, October 10, 7:00pm, ZSR Library 4th Floor Auditorium and Media CenterWhat We're Reading

The Film Studies Program invites you to join us in celebrating our student filmmakers and the opening of the library's new Media Center with a screening of student films from recent production courses in Narrative and Documentary.


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Brother Number One Screening, Reception and Q&A with Peter GilbertWhat We're Reading

October 25, 7:00pm WFU Byrum Welcome Center

Brother Number One is a New Zealand documentary co-directed and photographed by Wake Forest visiting professor Peter Gilbert.  The story centers on the torture and murder of Kerry Hamill by the Khmer Rouge in 1978 and follows his younger brother, world champion rower John Dewhirst, on a journey to retrace Hamill’s steps while speaking to eyewitnesses, perpetrators, and survivors of the Cambodian genocide.

WFU Visiting Professor and Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Peter Gilbert will talk about his work as on this film and his experiences as a documentary filmmaker after the screening.

Sponsored by the Documentary Film Program

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What We're ReadingPage to Stage: Art Directing Feature Films

by Curt Beech, Art Director of The Help and The Social Network

October 14, 4:00pm Scales 102

WFU alum Curt Beech's ('94) work in Art Direction and Production Design can be seen in many feature films and TV shows. Come hear him talk about the creative, innovative potential of art and design to create the amazing, realistic worlds we see on screen. Reception to followl.

Sponsored by WFU Department of Theater, Alumni in the Arts Forum

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Film Studies Faculty Seminar: Film Genre

What We're Reading

This year faculty participating in a special seminar through a grant from the WFU Humanities Institute are reading and discussing film genre history and theory. At the end of the seminar, we plan to host public screenings and discussions about the role of genre in film reception, production, and analysis. Please check back for dates and times and join us!


What we're reading:

Altman, Rick. Film/Genre. London: British Film Institute, 1999.

Grant, Barry Keith, ed. Film Genre Reader III. 3rd ed. Austin: U of Texas P, 2003.