Cinema and Digital Media combines the study of audio-visual and
digital media, theories about such media, and relevant modes of
artistic practice and production.
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.
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
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.”
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.
Professor Susan Ossman, Visiting Professor of Movements and
Places at NYU Abu Dhabi, will give a public lecture on
“Shifting Worlds, Shaping Fieldwork: A Memoir of Anthropology and
Art.”
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.