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Film About The Roots of Country Music Debuts in Davis

A blue sky with short mountains, a freight train in the distance and an illustrated 'longhorn' skull with a red star on it.

Filmmakers and professors Glenda Drew (of Design) and Jesse Drew (of Cinema and Digital Media) have completed a project decades in the making — a documentary about the roots of American Country Music titled Open Country. It tells a longer arc of country music that is not rooted in ‘God and Country’ but in working class people telling their stories, seeking freedom from government interference and a good, dignified life.

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Lishan AZ Solo Exhibition Opens
Museum of African Diaspora

Rays of light shine into a shallow water where a Black swimmer swims freely underwater. The image has a green hue to it.

Lishan AZ, assistant professor of cinema and digital media, opens her solo exhibition, Eugene’s Cove, at the Museum of African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco, California, on Dec. 13. T

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Faculty Members, Alumni and Students Create Salute to Labor for Regional Gala

UC Davis faculty members Glenda Drew, professor of design, and Jesse Drew,  professor of cinema and digital media, in collaboration with Melissa Chandon, continuing lecturer in design, and the International Class Conscious Photographers Collective, created “WE ARE ESSENTIAL,” a site-specific media arts installation specially crafted for the “Salute to Labor Awards Gala.”

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Sarah Sy awarded The Gotham scholarship

Recent alumna Sarah Sy (B.A., design and cinema and digital media, ‘23) has received a scholarship through The Gotham EDU Film and Media Career Development Program. The six-week summer program covers development, pitching, marketing, distribution, and more.

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FILM FEST @ UC DAVIS SEEKS SUBMISSIONS FOR 24th FESTIVAL
Now through April 22

For over two decades the Film Fest @ UC Davis has showcased hundreds of short films by student filmmakers. Now in its 24th year, the festival is seeking submissions for the annual event to be held in spring quarter.

Open to all UC Davis students and recent alumni, the Film Fest committee is seeking works that are eight minutes or less in length and original screenplays ten pages or less in length. Submissions are open to all genres and styles, from narrative to documentary to experimental.

Submissions are now open through April 22 at 5 p.m.

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