Using a collection of banknotes and sand gathered from over 50 countries, "Foreign Exchange" looks like nothing you have seen before, taking you into a tiny world of dazzling details. What you observe there, and the meaning you derive from that observation depends on where you start your journey. Look closely, it's all in the details...
The Dartmouth asked professors to provide the Class of 2021 their best life advice in just six short words. This article is featured in the 2021 Commencement special issue. (Image by Sophie Bailey / The Dartmouth Senior Staff)
Chicago Tribune writer Michael Phillips highlights Professor Desirée Garcia's new book "The Movie Musical", a "tightly packed and deeply researched study examining the genre's illumination of more than just our collective daydreams and escape impulses."
Deer, who grew up in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake in Quebec, was 12 when her father started renting a VHS player and movies. That's when she set her sights on a career in film, an "impossible dream for an Indigenous girl," she says, "but I wanted it so badly."
Join our culminating seniors as they share their works in this Online Showcase. Screenplays, Critical Studies Presentations, and Short Films all will be presented on June 11th, each followed by a live Q&A session. Starts at 5 pm EST!
Samantha Knowles' film career began her senior year at Dartmouth, after her culminating project, the documentary short "Why Do You Have Black Dolls?", was accepted into the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival and later played at four other festivals.
The filmmakers of FILM 30 Documentary Videomaking invite you to an online screening of new student videos Thursday, May 27th at 7PM. Please join Professor Jeffrey Ruoff and the class as they premiere an evening of new documentary films- followed by a live Q&A session.
Each May, the Hop gathers together its community to honor and present awards to Dartmouth undergraduates who have excelled in the arts—delighting us during their four years with great musical, theater and dance performances, and marvelous film and video. Congratulations to the Film and Media Studies Awardees!
The filmmaker will present the award, which "recognizes excellence in filmmaking by a female-identifying filmmaker who embodies the spirit of artistic integrity, mentorship to young filmmakers, community collaboration, and commitment to social justice that have defined Vermont filmmaker Nora Jacobson's career."
This year's ceremony will be held virtually on the Hop's YouTube channel on Tuesday, May 25 at 4:30 pm. Tracey Deer '00, Mohawk screenwriter, award-winning filmmaker, director, and showrunner, will be on the program as an honored guest. We hope you will join us virtually on the 25th!
