Events
MAY:
Screening: Prendimi l'anima (The Soul Keeper). May 1, 8:00pm, Rialto Center of the Arts.
Presented by Italian Film Festival. Dr. Alessandra Raengo, GSU Moving Image Studies faculty member, will present the film before the screening.
APRIL:
Screening: Parlami d'Amore (Talk to Me About Love). April 30, 8:00pm, Rialto Center of the Arts.
Presented by Italian Film Festival. Dr. Angelo Restivo, GSU Moving Image Studies faculty member, will present the film before the screening.
Screening: Notte prima degli esami, oggi (Night Before the Exams, Today). April 29, 8:00pm, Rialto Center of the Arts.
Presented by Italian Film Festival.
Screening: I Vicere` (The Viceroys). April 28, 8:00pm, Rialto Center of the Arts.
Presented by Italian Film Festival.
Screening: The Art and Technique of Television Commercials. April 14, 4:30-5:30pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Lecture: Bobbie Bailey, April 8, 4-5:00pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Bobbie Bailey - music and television producer, owner of two music labels and one music publishing business, member of the Recording Academy of America and Governor of the Atlanta Chapter. Bobbie is an active supporter of the industry; she will discuss the opportunities that exist in Georgia for young media makers.
Paper Presentation: Eric Dewberry (PhD Student). April 7, 4:00pm, 1020 - 1PP.
ProSem Presentation Title: "Woman’s Suffrage in Thanhauser Co. Films 1909-1916."
Panel: TV Commercial Producers & Directors, April 1, 4-5pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Panelists Include: Craig Miller (Craig Miller Prod), Lesley Harris (Pogo Pictures), Greg Owen (Stateline Films), Sheryl Myers (Commotion Productions), Jeff Doud (RIOT).
MARCH:
Lecture: Marc Adler, March 25, 4-5:00pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Producer/Director of “Delgo,” the first wide release animated feature film created outside of Hollywood.
Screening: Gummo. March 24, 6:30pm, Arts&Humanities 406.
Presented by Band of Outsiders, the GSU student film club.
Lecture: Johnny Rej, March 18, 4-5:00pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Plaza Theater Owner, Johnny Rej talks about the business of a theatrical release for a film - how to get one and what it means for the future of your film.
Screening: Kotaanisqatsi. March 12, 6:30pm, Arts&Humanities 406.
Presented by Band of Outsiders, the GSU student film club.
Lecture: Michael Koziol, March 11, 4-5:00pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Founder of Antfarm Interactive, Michael Koziol will speak on producing new media, how brands become new media properties, as well as marketing for online video distribution.
Paper Presentation: Danielle Williams (PhD Student). March 10, 4:00pm, 1020 - 1PP.
ProSem Presentation on Tyler Perry and his Atlanta media industry.
FEBRUARY:
Screening: Portrait of Jason. February 28, 8:00pm, Emory University.
Shirley Clarke’s landmark film, out of circulation for decades.
Screening: Riga Sargi. February 27, 7:00pm, Cinefest Theater - GSU.
Presented by Band of Outsiders, the GSU student film club, with special presentation by the Latvia Association of Atlanta.
Lecture: Hadji Hand, February 25, 4-5:00pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Producer/Actor for BET, Hadji Hand will present on his journey from local writer/student to network producer/actor. Additionally, he will provide specific advice on getting exposure for one’s projects as well as selling a creative idea.
Lecture: Philippe Van Haute. February 25, 1-3:00pm, Callaway N106 - Emory University.
Title: “Lacan Reads Hamlet: Between Psychoanalysis and Phenomenology.”
Lecture: Philippe Van Haute. February 23, 4:15pm, 110 White Hall - Emory University.
Title: “Between Disposition, Trauma and History: How Oedipal was Dora?”
Paper Presentation: Drew Ayers (PhD Student). February 24, 4:00pm, 1020 - 1PP.
ProSem Presentation Title: “The Cartography of Race: Human Migration and the Genetic Archive.”
Lecture: Shay Griffin, February 18, 4-5:00pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Chez Talent Agency, Shay Griffin will present on rising opportunities for actors living outside of Hollywood and future trends in producing entertainment media.
Paper Presentation: Kristopher Cannon (PhD Student). February 17, 4:00pm, 1020 - 1PP.
ProSem Presentation Title: “Cutting Race Otherwise: Michael Jackson and the Fantasy of Trans-Racial Visual Presence.”
Lecture: Phil Oppenheim, February 4, 4-5:00pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
VP Turner Broadcasting System, Phil Oppenheim will present on the “pitching, selling, and closing a network deal” process from an executive’s perspective.
Paper Presentation: Kathy Fuller-Seeley. February 3, 4:00pm, 1020 - 1PP.
Title: “The Vogue for Shirley Temple: Negotiating Innocence and Sexuality in Temple Stardom of the Early 1930s.”
JANUARY:
Screening: Sergei Eisenstein’s QUE VIVA MEXICO. January 31, 8:00pm, Florence Kopleff Recital Hall - GSU.
An original music score performed by Bent Frequency will accompany the film. Dr. Greg Smith, GSU Moving Image Studies faculty member, will give a lecture before screening.
2008
DECEMBER:
Lecture: Dean Devlin & Aldis Hodge. December 1, 12:30pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
NEED LEVERAGE? Hollywood Producer/ Writer Dean Devlin (Independence Day) and Actor Aldis Hodge (Friday Night Lights) will talk about their work on Leverage, a new drama series on TNT premiering in December.
NOVEMBER:
Lecture: Gregory Flaxman. November 3, 3-4:15pm, 1020 - 1PP.
Title: "The Philosophy of Friendship." Dr. Flaxman’s work is grounded in critical theory and philosophy, the psychoanalytic tradition, narratology and aesthetic theory. His most recent volume, Deleuze and the Philosophy of the Cinema, is now in its third edition.
Lecture: Caroline Frick, November 7, 12:00pm, 1020 - 1PP.
Dr. Frick is the founder and executive director of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. She will speak on the broader historical and logistical issues arising when one seeks to archive the ephimeral products of the film and broadcast industries.
OCTOBER:
Lecture: Richard Maltby, October 13, 4-5:00pm, 1020 - 1PP.
Dr. Maltby, the author of Renovating Cinema History, will provide an overview of recent historical work in writing the history of cinema distribution and exhibition, and the histories of cinema's audiences. His talk will explore some of the issues raised by writing historical studies of cinema that are not centrally about films, and discuss some of the opportunities that this new perspective provides for reconsidering the history of early and Classical Hollywood cinema. Maltby is Professor of Screen Studies and Deputy Head of the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology at Flinders University, South Australia.
Lecture: Kate Bornstein. October 17, 11-12:30pm, 111 White Hall, Emory University.
Bornstein, transgender activist and author, will be speaking about her book Hello Cruel World.
AUGUST:
Lecture: Tom Luse, August 26, 1:30-2:30pm, DAEL Theater - 1PP.
Luse, who is a major film and television producer from Atlanta, will speak about the path to becoming a successful producer. His credits include: Everwood, Jeepers Creepers I & II, The Time Shifters, & Reinventing the Wheelers.