Interview with Elizabeth Moreno (2010 Daylight/CDS Photo Awards)
Interview with Elizabeth Moreno Winner and Juror’s Pick (Vince Aletti), Daylight/CDS Photo Awards Work-in-Process Prize Why did you decide to do utilize diptychs in your work? This project started with the idea to portray the rancheros within their environment. Working with diptychs allows me to make more emphasis in the little details I find in [...]
Interview with Nandita Raman (2010 Daylight/CDS Photo Awards)
Interview with Nandita Raman Winner and Juror’s Pick (Julie Saul), Daylight/CDS Photo Awards Project Prize We read that the inspiration for the theme of your series, Cinema Play House, came from the fact that your mother used to own a movie theater. Can you talk about the connection you have to the cinema and why [...]
Video Interviews with Munkzhul Chuluunbat, Visiting Filmmaker from Mongolia
Munkhzul Chuluunbat is the executive director of Globe Art Center, which offers an international documentary film festival, a children’s art festival, and a series of workshops, meetings, and training opportunities. She is also the founder of Gal Pictures, an independent film production company that creates documentaries, feature films, and TV shorts. Chuluunbat’s visit to the [...]
Literacy Through Photography – Arusha, Tanzania Exhibition Reception and Panel Discussion
Photographs, posters, and texts from the Literacy Through Photography project in Arusha, Tanzania are on view at CDS through January 8, 2011. A reception for the exhibit, with a talk by Katie Hyde, will take place on October 21. A panel discussion about the exhibition will be held on November 4. More details at http://cds.aas.duke.edu/exhibits/nowonview.html First-year [...]
Gary Hawkins Named One of “Top Ten Leaders in Learning” by Variety Magazine
Variety magazine recently named Center for Documentary Studies instructor Gary Hawkins as one of its “top ten leaders in learning.” Hawkins teaches documentary film production at CDS and frequently collaborates with students on projects. Hawkins’s In My Mind, which premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in April 2010, involved CDS Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking [...]
“Five Farms” Interview with John Biewen by Stephen Smith of American RadioWorks
John Biewen was recently interviewed by Stephen Smith of American RadioWorks about the documentary project Five Farms: Stories of American Farm Families. Biewen was the series producer for Five Farms and is the Audio Program Director at the Center for Documentary Studies. Listen to the interview with Biewen here. Recent blog posts about Five Farms [...]
“My Rise and Fall: Roger Hodge on The State of Magazines”
“My Rise and Fall: Roger Hodge on The State of Magazines” Friday, March 5, 7 p.m. Center for Documentary Studies Auditorium Roger Hodge, until recently the editor of Harper’s Magazine, will discuss the prospects of long-form journalism into the future as he recounts his experiences working with writers and offers his perspectives on the shifting [...]
“Today” Show Video Segment And “New York Times” Piece Profile The Jazz Loft Project
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Today Show Friday, November 13, 2009 Watch the interview with Sam Stephenson, Jazz Loft Project Director, from the broadcast. New York Times Sunday, November 15, 2009 “The most chaotic and soulful gift book this year. . . an elegiac stew of sight and [...]
Videos From The Jazz Loft Project: Bill Crow, Joey Massters, And Dan Partridge
Interview with Dan Partridge, Jazz Loft Project Research Associate from Center for Documentary Studies on Vimeo. Interview With Dan Partridge, Jazz Loft Project Research Associate Dan Partridge has been working as part of the Jazz Loft Project since 2003. His role as the “professional listener” on staff has entailed listening to and making detailed notes [...]
Interview With Deborah Willis
Interview With Deborah Willis, Author Of Posing Beauty: African American Images From The 1890s To The Present The State of Things, WUNC (91.5 FM) September 30, 2009 On October 1, Deborah Willis filled the CDS auditorium for a talk and book signing for Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present. If [...]
An Evening With Alice Gerrard
An Evening With Alice Gerrard April 16, 2009 7–10 p.m. Alice Gerrard has been documenting music through performance, writing/editing, and film throughout her forty-year career as a traditional musician. She has known, learned from, and performed with many of the old-time and bluegrass greats and in turn has earned worldwide respect for her own important [...]
River Of Traps
River Of Traps William Debuys and Alex Harris April 15, 2009 7:30 p.m. Interview With William Debuys and Alex Harris on Wunc’s The State of Things (April 15, 2009) Writer William deBuys and photographer Alex Harris will talk about their collaboration on River of Traps, a 1991 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction that [...]
