One-Night Only Screening of Acclaimed “Granny’s Got Game” in Raleigh, NC, May 20
First-time filmmaker Angela Alford has been garnering lots of praise (ESPN.com and Huffington Post, among many other admirers) for the documentary that she started as her final project in our Certificate in Documentary Arts program. Granny’s Got Game follows a senior women’s basketball team in North Carolina—seven fiercely competitive women in their seventies who battle physical limitations and skepticism to keep [...]
Final Projects by Fall 2012 Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates
Throughout the year, the Center for Documentary Studies offers Continuing Education courses in the documentary arts. Some students choose to enroll in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program, which offers a more structured sequence of courses culminating in the Final Seminar in Documentary Studies, where students finish and present a substantial documentary work—projects that often move [...]
Register Now For CDS Summer Classes and Institutes
The Center for Documentary Studies is offering seven summer learning opportunities in 2013 through our Continuing Education program; registration is now open for: Intensive Introduction to Documentary Studies, Documentary Video Institute, Digging In: An Artists’ Retreat with Big Shed, Literacy Through Photography Workshop, Master Class in Nonfiction Writing, Hearing is Believing I: An Audio Documentary Institute, and Hearing is Believing II: Making It Sing. These [...]
Fresh Docs Film Screening Features Work-in-Progress “Bringing It Home”
Fresh Docs is a works-in-progress film series presented by the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) and the Southern Documentary Fund. The idea is to watch these not-quite-finished films as a community, and then give constructive feedback to the filmmakers. Next up in the series is Bringing It Home, codirected by Linda Booker and Blaire Johnson, both CDS Certificate in Documentary Arts graduates. The filmmakers [...]
Introductory Seminar in Documentary Studies: Register Now for This Continuing Education Class
Due to strong demand the CDS Continuing Education program will offer an additional section of the Introductory Seminar in Documentary Studies. Led by folklorist Joy Salyers, the class is designed for students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program or those who plan to enroll. The documentary arts encompass many genres and numerous means of interacting with the world, [...]
CDS Continuing Education Information Night: Monday, September 17, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Prospective and current students are welcome to this information session on CDS Continuing Education classes in the documentary arts—photography, video, audio, writing, and multimedia. Continuing Ed program director April Walton and other CDS staff will answer questions, provide recommendations and advice, and discuss the Certificate in Documentary Arts program. There will be a brief presentation on documentary tools and [...]
Watch Student Films from the 2012 Summer Video Institute
Every summer the Center for Documentary Studies holds a series of Documentary Institutes. The Documentary Video Institute is an eight-day intensive where students are fully immersed in the process of documentary filmmaking. Working in small production teams (one instructor for every four students) led by experienced documentary filmmakers, students are introduced to an array of [...]
Good Read: CDS Certificate Grad Gwendolyn Oxenham Follows Up an Award-Winning Doc With a New Book
In 2007 Luke Boughen and Gwendolyn Oxenham, a graduate of the Certificate in Documentary Studies program at CDS, began their travels to twenty-five countries to chase the soul of soccer by playing in pick-up games wherever they could find them. They were accompanied by a crew of two, fellow soccer lovers and Certificate in Documentary [...]
Register Now for CDS Summer Institutes and Workshops—and Watch and Listen to Projects from Summer 2011
From the Intensive Introduction to Documentary Studies to Digging In: An Audio Retreat with Big Shed, the Center for Documentary Studies is offering seven summer learning opportunities through its continuing education program. These intensive sessions, lasting from two to eight days, are open to the general public (and their completion counts as credit toward the [...]
Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates, Spring 2012: Final Project Presentations, Friday, May 18, Nasher Museum of Art
Ten continuing education students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects and receive their certificates starting at 6 p.m. on May 18 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow [...]
Certificate in Documentary Arts Graduates, Fall 2011: Final Project Presentations, December 9, Nasher Museum of Art
Nine graduating students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects at 6 p.m. on December 9 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. The event is free and open to the public. The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University offers continuing [...]
Free Continuing Education Information Session at CDS September 6
For continuing education students who would like more information about CDS courses and equipment. Come and ask questions about courses at CDS, meet instructors and learn about the Certificate in Documentary Arts. September 6, 5–7:30 p.m. A brief presentation of documentary tools will be held from 6:30–7:30 p.m. Audio, video, and photography equipment will be [...]
Film Screening: Against the Tide
Against the Tide is a documentary about two men released from Orange Correctional Center—their preparation for release and their experiences immediately upon release and the following six months. Unlike most released inmates, Bill Rasor and LeJhoyn Holland had the benefit of support teams and sponsors. Through personal interviews conducted over twelve months, this documentary shows [...]
Watch Student Video Projects from “Anytown USA: Smithfield”
Anytown, USA is a documentary video production and editing class at the Center for Documentary Studies taught by Randy Benson, in which students produce and edit a short documentary video on a topic of choice related to a small town in North Carolina. This year, students focused on the town of Smithfield, and created six [...]
May 21 CDS Continuing Education Reception and Presentations
Friday, May 21, 2010 CDS Continuing Education Reception & P resentations Reception: 5–6:30 p.m. Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University In conjunction with the exhibition The Ripple Effect: A Visual Response to the Contemporary Civil Rights Agenda (through May 21, University Gallery), works in progress by students in the Spring 2010 Continuing Education course [...]
Continuing Education Presentations and Graduation
Continuing Education Presentations and Graduation May 15, 2009 Lisa Marie Albert, Jennifer Carpenter, Jamara Knight, Margaret Morales, Jean Parker, Marcia Sutherland, Anne Weber Continuing Education students Jennifer Carpenter and Lisa Albert interviewed on WUNC’s “The State of Things” on May 15
