Film & Media Culture

Join us for a conversation about cultural appreciation versus appropriation in Día de Muertos. Together with the FMMC and Theatre departments, we’ll look at examples of Día de Muertos in film and media and talk about what Dia de muertos means to you.

Carr Hall 005

Screening of new TV series American Hostage and Q&A with series producer/creator Shawn Ryan

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Film & Media Culture

Based on the acclaimed first season of the scripted podcast of the same name, American Hostage is a psychological thriller set in the 1970’s that tells the harrowing true story of Fred Heckman, a beloved Indianapolis radio reporter who is thrust into the middle of a life-or-death crisis when hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis demands to be interviewed on his popular radio news program.

Axinn Center 232

Open to the Public

Screening of the new Rolling Stone Films documentary with the protagonist and film team

7:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Writing and Rhetoric Program, Film & Media Culture, Political Science, Religion, American Studies, and Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation

Screening of the new Rolling Stone Films documentary with the protagonist and film team. Q&A session to follow.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

A projectionist sleeping on the job from Sherlock Jr. (1924)

Sleepless in Middlebury

5:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Film & Media Culture and Elizabeth Hackett Robinson ’84 Innovation Hub

Sleepless in Middlebury is a 72hr filmmaking competition designed as an optional orientation event for first year students. A small team of creative collaborators will make a film from start to finish in only a few short days. This screening is the culminating event and will showcase the films made in the last 72 hours.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Closed to the Public

Hirschfield International Film Series - Title TBA

7:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Film & Media Culture

A Hirschfield International Film Series screening. Please check back closer to the event date for the film title.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public