Spring 2013 Certificate in Documentary Arts Students Present Final Projects on Friday, May 17
Eleven continuing education students in the Certificate in Documentary Arts program at the Center for Documentary Studies will present their final projects to the public and receive their certificates. A reception will follow at the Center for Documentary Studies. The students and their projects are described below. Certificate in Documentary Arts Project Presentations Friday, May 17, [...]
Make a Short Doc with Help from “Visual Storytelling: The Digital Video Documentary,” a CDS E-Book
The Center for Documentary Studies’ first e-book, Visual Storytelling, is for anyone who wants to make a watchable short documentary using a consumer camcorder, digital SLR camera, or cell phone. Nancy Kalow, who has taught at CDS for twelve years and chairs the selection committee of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, has written a step-by-step [...]
Look and Listen: Final Projects of Spring 2012 Certificate in Documentary Arts Grads
Throughout the year, CDS offers continuing education courses in the documentary arts to people of all ages and backgrounds. Some 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—photography, [...]
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 [...]
Watch: New Music Video from Jane’s Addiction Features Footage from CDS Instructor Nancy Kalow’s Award-Winning Documentary
Legendary rock band Jane’s Addiction is using extensive footage from longtime CDS instructor Nancy Kalow’s 1988 documentary, Sadobabies, as a “lyric video” while touring for their newest album. A slightly altered version of the video, interspersed with live footage of the band performing their song “Twisted Tales,” has recently been posted online. Sadobabies: Runaways in [...]
Nancy Kalow on “Visual Storytelling: The Digital Video Documentary”
Nancy Kalow is a folklorist and filmmaker who has taught at the Center for Documentary Studies since 2000. She attended Harvard University (A.B.), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A.), and was a Rockefeller Fellow at UNC’s University Center for International Studies. She has documented southern traditional music and material culture, Primitive Baptist [...]
Strange Beauty Film Festival
The second annual Strange Beauty Film Festival will take place in Durham’s Manbites Dog Theater February 17–19, 2011. The Festival, organized by CDS instructor Jm Haverkamp along with Joyce Ventimiglia, showcases strange and beautiful films from around the world and the Triangle, and this year will also feature musical performances and an audio documentary listening session, [...]
The Blue Sky Film Festival
Selected screenings from the 2011 Blue Sky Film Festival, which takes place February 4–6, 2011 in Chapel Hill, NC Friday, February 4, 3:30 p.m. The Great Dictator A Film by Nancy Kalow Lumina Theater, Chapel Hill This film documents “dead media” and a unique collection of audio recording machines exemplifying industrial design in the pre-digital [...]
Continuing Education Certificate Graduation 2010 Photos
Continuing Education Certificate Graduation and Reception Photos May 21, 2010 Throughout the year, CDS offers continuing education courses in the documentary arts for the general public. These courses, taught by working professionals, are designed to help students of all ages and backgrounds gain the skills they need to explore doing documentary work on their own [...]
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 [...]
