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ÌÇÐÄvlog, Film Program
\nVisiting Filmmakers Coordinator: Tony Pemberton \u00a0973-655-7200
\nfilm@montclair.edu<\/a>
\nTUESDAYS from 7:00 \u2013 10:00 pm
\nLocation: University Hall, Rm 1040 (unless otherwise noted)
\nopen to all \u2013 admission free<\/p>\n

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January 29, 2013 – Lise Raven – Filmmaker<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lise Raven is an award-winning filmmaker who enjoys making both narrative and documentary films. Raven\u2019s first feature film, LOW, screened in over 30 international film festivals. In 1995 she helped to found the SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, after which she wrote and directed three films for the SHOWTIME Cable network. In 2000 Raven moved to Berlin, Germany after being awarded the DAAD Berliner K\u00fcnstlerprogramm Artist Residency in Film. While in Europe, Raven\u2019s feature film project, Snipe, was funded by the Irish Film Board. In 2011 she worked with the Philadelphia Museum of Art to create a short video which screened in the ROBERTO CAPUCCI: ART INTO FASHION exhibition. KINDERWALD is the second part of THE KINDERWALD TRILOGY, a trilogy of films that are inspired by fairy tales about children lost in the woods. The first film, KINDERWALD: Neighbors, was shot in 2011. Raven is an Assistant Professor at Drexel University, in the Department of Cinema and Television.
\nHer Indiegogo project is at this link:\u00a0www.indiegogo.com\/kinderwald-film<\/a><\/p>\n

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February 5, 2013 –\u00a0<\/strong>Film Radio Unnameable\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

with Director Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson and Bob Fass<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Director Paul Lovelace and Jessica Wolfson present their film\u00a0Radio Unnameable.<\/em>\u00a0 Legendary radio personality\u00a0Bob Fass<\/strong>\u00a0revolutionized late night FM radio by serving as a cultural hub for music, politics and audience participation for nearly 50 years. Long before today\u2019s innovations in social media, Fass utilized the airwaves for mobilization encouraging luminaries and ordinary listeners to talk openly and take the program in surprising directions.\u00a0Radio Unnameable\u00a0<\/em>is a visual and aural collage that pulls from Bob Fass\u2019s immense archive of audio from his program, film, photographs, and video that has been sitting dormant until now.\u00a0 The Film Directors and Bob Fass will be in attendance.
\nwww.radiounnameablemovie.com\/
\n<\/a>Co-sponsored by the Montclair Film Festival and the Film Program.<\/p>\n

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February 12, 2013 –\u00a0Hal Hartley – Filmmaker<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hartley\u2019s most recent film,\u00a0Meanwhile<\/em>, featured at the 2012 Viennale, was released worldwide in 2012 through his own online sales and distribution channel, www.possiblefilms.com and, simultaneously, on iTunes.<\/p>\n

His other films include:\u00a0Simple Men<\/em>\u00a0(Official Selection at Cannes in 1992),\u00a0Flirt<\/em>\u00a0(which opened Sundance in 1997),\u00a0The Book of Life<\/em>\u00a0(1998), and\u00a0No Such Thing<\/em>\u00a0(also, premiered at Cannes in 2001).<\/p>\n

He has won awards at the Sundance Film Festival for his film\u00a0Trust<\/em>\u00a0in 1991, the Tokyo International Film Festival for\u00a0Amateur<\/em>\u00a0in 1994, the Cannes International Film Festival for\u00a0Henry Fool<\/em>\u00a0in 1998, and the \u201cPremi Noves Visions\u201d award at the Sitges International Film Festival in Spain for\u00a0The Girl from Monday<\/em>\u00a0in 2005.<\/p>\n

There have been retrospectives of his work in Rotterdam, New York, Spain, Norway, Korea, Argentina, and Poland.<\/p>\n

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February 19, 2013 –\u00a0MONTCLAIR UNDERDOG FILM FESTIVAL: OSCAR-Nominated Short Films<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Co-sponsored by the Film Program and the Montclair Film Festival.
\nBack by popular demand, this event features a marathon of documentary and animated shorts nominated for this year\u2019s academy awards in their respective categories.<\/p>\n

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February 26, 2013 –\u00a0Pola Rapaport:\u00a0\u00a0Filmmaker and Wolfgang Held: Directory of Photography<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pola Rapaport has been involved in the film industry as a writer, sound editor, director and producer for over 20 years. Her work includes these films:\u00a0Hair: Let the Sun Shine In<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2007), a celebration of the revolutionary hippie musical Hair, Rapaport\u2019s work spans the boundaries between fiction and documentary,\u00a0\u00a0Writer of O<\/strong><\/em>, a docudrama about the secretive author of the erotic novel\u00a0Story of O<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2005);\u00a0Family Secret<\/strong><\/em>, the story of the discovery of her long-lost secret\u00a0Romanian brother<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2000), have been screened at world-wide festivals.<\/p>\n

Wolfgang\u00a0<\/strong>has worked as a director of photography for narrative feature films and documentaries since the mid-90s. Most recently, he traveled the country filming the mockumentary Br\u00fcno with Sacha Baron Cohen. In 2008, his work on\u00a0Carrier<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0earned him an Emmy for Best Cinematography. His other credits include\u00a0Metallica: Some Kind of Monster<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2004),\u00a0Mad Hot Ballroom<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2005).<\/p>\n

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March 5, 2013 – Jonas Thaler<\/h2>\n

Meet Jonas\u00a0Thaler<\/em>\u00a0SVP of Post Production for\u00a0Walden Media<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Ben Baker, Executive Producer, Sixteen19, a post production facility New York ~ London ~ Los Angeles ~ New Orleans<\/h3>\n

Walden Media specializes in entertainment for the whole family. Past award-winning films include: \u201cThe Chronicles of Narnia\u201d series, \u201cJourney to the Center of the Earth,\u201d \u201cNim\u2019s Island,\u201d \u201cCharlotte\u2019s Web\u201d and the Sundance Audience Prize Winning documentary \u201cWaiting for \u2018Superman.\u2019\u201d Upcoming films include the family adventure \u201cJourney 2: The Mysterious Island,\u201d drama \u201cWon\u2019t Back Down,\u201d Jay Moriarity biopic \u201cOf Men and Mavericks\u201d and the family comedy \u201cParental Guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MARCH 19, 2013 \u00a0\u00a0Paula Kerger :\u00a0President and CEO, PBS<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

A Special Evening with Paula Kerger,\u00a0President and CEO, PBS
\n<\/em><\/strong>& Merrill Brown,\u00a0Director of the School of Communication and Media<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

An Evening Fireside Chat and Q & A with Paula and Merrill.<\/p>\n

7:30 \u2013 9pm<\/strong>\u00a0at Jed Leshowitz Recital Hall
\n<\/strong>John J. Cali School of Music
\nÌÇÐÄvlog
\n1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ<\/p>\n

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MARCH 26, 2013 \u00a0Hilary Brougher :\u00a0Filmmaker<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hilary Brougher earned a BFA in Film from the School of Visual Arts\u00a0(1990) and was a fellow at the Sundance screenwriting and directing\u00a0labs in 2001. She is currently a member of the Directing Faculty at\u00a0Columbia University’s MFA Film Program.<\/p>\n

Her most recent film\u00a0INNOCENCE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(in post production) was adapted\u00a0from the novel of the same name by Jane Mendelsohn, and was produced\u00a0by Killer Films and Ron Curtis. It stars Kelly Reilly, Sophie Curtis,\u00a0and Linus Roache. Her first feature,\u00a0THE STICKY FINGERS OF TIME<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0was an\u00a0official selection at the 1997 Venice, Rotterdam, and Toronto\u00a0International Film Festivals, and was released theatrically in the\u00a0U.S. in 1997.\u00a0 Her second feature,\u00a0STEPHANIE DALEY\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(2007) starred\u00a0Tilda Swinton and Amber Tamblyn. The film premiered at the 2006\u00a0Sundance Film Festival where Hilary won the Waldo Salt Award for\u00a0Screenwriting. The film was also awarded Best Director at the Milan\u00a0International Film Festival.<\/p>\n

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April 2, 2013 –\u00a0\u00a0Till Schauder, and Sara Nodjoumi : Filmmakers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

THE IRAN JOB<\/strong>\u00a0follows American basketball player\u00a0Kevin Sheppard\u00a0<\/strong>as he accepts a job to play in Iran.<\/p>\n

With tensions running high between Iran and the West, Kevin tries to separate sports from politics only to find that politics is impossible to escape in Iran.<\/div>\n
Along the way he forms an unlikely alliance with\u00a0three outspoken Iranian women<\/strong>. Thanks to these women, his apartment turns into an oasis of free speech, where they discuss everything from politics to religion to gender roles.<\/div>\n
Kevin\u2019s season in Iran culminates in something much bigger than basketball: the uprising and subsequent suppression of Iran\u2019s reformist Green Movement \u2013 a powerful prelude to the sweeping changes across the Middle East in the wake of the Arab Spring. The directors will attend.<\/div>\n
See the trailer here:\u00a0http:\/\/www.theiranjob.com<\/a><\/div>\n
Sponsored by the School of Communication and Media\u2019s Film Program, MSU\u2019s Global Education Center, the History Department,\u00a0The College of Humanities and Social Science,\u00a0and the Montclair Film Festival<\/div>\n
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April 9, 2013 –\u00a0Cinematography\u00a0\u2013 Lecture \u2013 Guest TBD<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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April 16, 2013 –\u00a0Sam Pollard : Film Editor & Producer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sam Pollard’s professional accomplishments as a feature film and television video editor, and documentary producer\/director span almost thirty years.\u00a0 He recently served as Executive Producer on the documentary\u00a0Brother Outsider<\/em>, Official Selection 2003 Sundance Film Festival.\u00a0 His first assignment as a documentary producer came in 1989 for Henry Hampton’s Blackside production\u00a0Eyes On The Prize II: America at the Racial Crosswords<\/em>.\u00a0 For one of his episodes in this series, he received an Emmy.\u00a0 Eight years later, he returned to Blackside as Co-Executive Producer\/Producer of Hampton’s last documentary series\u00a0I’ll Make Me A World: Stories of African-American Artists and Community<\/em>.\u00a0 For the series, Mr. Pollard received The George Peabody Award.\u00a0 Between 1990 and 2000, Mr. Pollard edited a number of Spike Lee’s films:\u00a0\u00a0Mo’ Better Blues<\/em>,\u00a0Jungle Fever<\/em>,\u00a0Girl 6<\/em>,\u00a0Clockers<\/em>,\u00a0Bamboozled<\/em>.\u00a0 As well, Mr. Pollard and Mr. Lee co-produced a couple of documentary productions for the small and big\u00a0screen:\u00a0\u00a0Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson<\/em>, a biographical sketch for HBO for which Mr. Pollard received an Emmy, and\u00a0Four Little Girls<\/em>, a feature-length documentary about the 1965 Birmingham church bombings which was nominated for an Academy Award.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Mr. Pollard began this journey in 1972 as an apprentice in a WNET-sponsored film-training workshop.<\/p>\n

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April 23, 2013\u00a0 Dawn Porter \/ Gideon\u2019s Army : Director \/ Producer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Gideon\u2019s Army<\/strong>\u00a0follows Travis Williams, Brandy Alexander and June Hardwick, three young public defenders who are part of a small group of idealistic lawyers in the Deep South challenging the assumptions that drive a criminal justice system strained to the breaking point. Backed by mentor Jonathan \u201cRap\u201d Rapping, a charismatic leader who heads the Southern Public Defender Training Center, they struggle against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads so common that even the most committed often give up in their first year. Nearly 50 years since the landmark Supreme Court ruling\u00a0Gideon vs. Wainwright<\/em>\u00a0that established the right to counsel, can these courageous lawyers revolutionize the way America thinks about indigent defense and make “justice for all” a reality?\u00a0Official selection 2013 Sundance Film Festival, winner Editing Award: US Documentary. An HBO Documentary Films presentation. Produced by Trilogy Films in association with Motto Pictures\u00a0with funding provided by the Ford Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n

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April 30, 2013 TBA<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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