On Thursday, students and community members gathered in Mills Hall for a screening of “Black Lives Matter in Latin America,” hosted by the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLaS) department as a part of the “Communities in Focus” lecture …
On Thursday night in Mills Hall, George Ellzey Jr. ’13 screened his award-winning 2023 short film “Cottage Grove” and offered filmmaking advice to current students. A project that stemmed from his Master of Fine Arts film program at DePaul University, …
Last Friday, guests gathered in Kresge Auditorium for “Film, Culture and Climate: A Conversation with dream hampton.” Roux Distinguished Scholar Ayana Elizabeth Johnson joined hampton, the award-winning filmmaker and film producer, on stage for an evening of reflection on climate …
On Monday evening, students, faculty and community members gathered in the Visual Arts Center for a screening and discussion of truce songs, the latest work by the dance choreographer David Dorfman. The event followed an afternoon workshop led by members …
On Monday evening, Afro-Italian filmmaker Fred Kuwornu stood before a Bowdoin audience with a simple message: Diversity in Europe today has deeper roots than most people realize.
His documentary, “We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance …
On Tuesday, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) held a screening and discussion of Swiss-American filmmaker, photographer and painter Rudy Burckhardt’s New York films in collaboration with painter Tom Burckhardt, the filmmaker’s son.
As the Oscars quickly approach, many in the film world are directing their attention to blockbusters like “The Substance” and “The Brutalist.” This week, members of the Bowdoin community got a taste of a very different side of what film …
On Wednesday night, students, faculty and area residents gathered in Mills Hall’s screening room for a showing of “Reality” (2023). Directed by Kristina Satter ’96, who gave a Q&A after the screening, the film is based on the story of …
When movies were just minutes long and seeing them cost only a nickel, theaters often named themselves after the French word for jewel: bijou (early cinemas often resembled the luxurious inside of a jewel box). As films evolved, large, multiplex …
Yesterday, students, faculty and community members gathered on the Ladd House patio for No Man’s Land Film Festival’s return to campus, marking the second consecutive year the organization has held a screening at Bowdoin.