Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies is a place to learn, make & share #documentary work across all mediums. Proud home of @FullFrame
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Emma Geiger named 2025 Cassilhaus Travel Fellow. Made possible by @Cassilhaus founders Ellen Cassilly&Frank Konhaus, CTF supports @mfaeda grads for 18 months of artistic research. Geiger’s fellowship will culminate in work to be presented in spring 2026. @CDSDuke @dukealumni
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Please join us Oct. 22 at 5pm for an exclusive screening of “Inheritance,” a compelling new documentary that traces the roots of addiction through the lens of one boy’s journey and his family’s struggle over four generations. More details and RSVP: childandfamilypolicy.duke.ed…
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Please join us Fri Aug 30 for a screening and artist talk by Cassilhaus Travel Fellow + MFA|EDA alumna Felicity Palma. 6:30pm at the Rubenstein Arts Center More info at shorturl.at/ZaLew
@cassilhaus @mfaeda @cdsduke @rubensteinlib @dukearts @dukealumni #eurydice
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In its past seasons, the podcast @SceneOnRadio has examined race, patriarchy, democracy, and more. But host John Biewen says there was an unescapable knot at the heart of all these topics.
The new season, "Capitalism," launches June 26. duke.is/scene
ALT Scene on Radio logo The word "Capitalism" dangling from a crane, looking precarious
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This Thursday, DocX at @CDSDuke will host an in-person conversation in #Durham between Rinaldo Walcott (@blacklikewho), author of “The Long Emancipation” & contributor to “Borders, Human Itineraries, and All Our Relations, and Joseph M. Pierce. ow.ly/gJyC50RaM8L
ALT Tan vertical flyer with red and black text. Flyer features event details - Thursday, April 11th, 6:30 to 8 pm in the Durham County Main Library Auditorium - for A conversation between Rinaldo Walcot, author to "The Long Emancipation," and Joseph M. Pierce. Black and white pictures of both speakers are in at the top of the flyer below event details with their bios below. On the right lower side of the flyer are the logos for several sponsers.
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Join the Kenan Institute for Ethics for "Ukraine at War: Life in a Time of Fear and Hope."
This 3-day event includes the Academy Award-winning film @20DaysMariupol; a Katz Women, Ethics, and Leadership event with poet and medic Yaryna Chornohuz @BlackStork22 (cont.)
ALT Ukraine at War: Life in a Time of Fear and Hope event flyer Collaged images of a mural of a woman's silhouette with a flower rising through her head; a bombed building; and memorial flags; all duotoned with the yellow and blue colors of the Ukrainian flag.
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On March 6, join the Kenan Institute for Ethics and @CDSDuke for "Pieces of Me," an autobiographical play by South African actor Bo Petersen, about the costs of living secretly as a mixed-race family during apartheid. More info: duke.is/pieces
ALT Images of identification document showing South African racial classifications; an apartheid-era sign designating an area as "whites-only"; and a young couple walking hand-in-hand, smiling. Pieces of Me an autobiographical play written & performed by Bo Petersen free & open to the public talback & reception to follow 7PM | Wed, March 6 Ahmadieh Family Conference Room 101 West Duke Building
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We had the opportunity to interview Jobie Hill for an forthcoming story highlighting Black History Month. Check out her talk on Feb 5!
Join us on Monday, Feb. 5 at 4:00 for "Demystifying the Rhetoric of Slave Breeding," led by Jobie Hill.
As a CDS Ph.D. Fellow, Jobie kicks off our First Mondays series with a work-in-progress seminar. All are welcome. Learn more and register: duke.is/first-mondays
ALT Duke Center for Documentary Studies logo; crude drawing of enslaved people from cover of Negro Account Book 1840-49; text: Demystifying the Rhetoric of Slave Breeding.
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Happening next week! Dr. Antonia Randolph’s AMST 65: NC Black Feminisms presents their Student Exhibition. Come see wonderful student work inspired by Black feminist traditions with North Carolina roots next Thursday, May 4th, from 12:30PM to 3:00PM at @UNCSouth.
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Our friends @BlackStarFest are offering an amazing Audio Description for Film training program. A cohort of BIPOC candidates will receive a week-long virtual training in the art of audio describing film for audiences with low or no vision. Apply by 4/24: blackstarfest.org/festival/a…
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IN RELATION TO opens in one week! The MFA|EDA 2023 Thesis Exhibition runs March 24 - April 15. Check out the artists + info + schedule at the exhibition website, now live at ow.ly/MPek50NlgPk #inrelationto @mfaeda @dukearts
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Congratulations to 'Navalny,' this year's Best Documentary Feature Film! #Oscars95
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TOMORROW 3/13/23 at 7:30pm ET, FREE virtual launch event hosted by @greenlightbklyn for WHO WE ARE NOW by Michelle Fishburne @WhoWeAreNowUSA (pub'd w/@CDSDuke), in conversation w/@Chris_Belair from @FallonTonight (➡️featured in the book). Register now: ow.ly/tSX250N44yZ
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Coming up on 3/13/23 at 7:30pm ET, FREE virtual launch event hosted by @greenlightbklyn for WHO WE ARE NOW by Michelle Fishburne @WhoWeAreNowUSA (pub'd w/@CDSDuke), in conversation w/@Chris_Belair from @FallonTonight (➡️featured in the book). Register now: ow.ly/tSX250N44yZ
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We are 5 days away from the virtual kickoff of the 2023 Film Festival!
Join us online March 6 for:
AFTER SHERMAN
FROM SHORT TO FEATURE (workshop)
HAZING
BLACK STRINGS
BRAVE
IFINE
DIGGING FOR LIFE
FROM SHORT TO FEATURE (workshop)
Grab your tickets from tinyurl.com/HHFF23
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We're heading back South for this screening 📽️ + Q&A w/ producer @onlywon & Apex @MayorJacques at @CaryTheater in Cary, NC! Join us Thu 3/2 - 7pm
Get tix 🎟️ etix.com/ticket/p/4732369/fa…
@newdayfilms @southarts @SouthernCirc @AADocNetwork @CineOdysseyFest @FullFrame @DukeArts
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In honor of Black History Month, Christopher Everett, SDF Program Manager, has selected five Southern documentaries to watch.
southerndocumentaryfund.org/…
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Participating artists will receive feedback on their work-in-progress and explore audience engagement strategies through workshops, consultations, and community screenings.
The deadline to apply is April 28, 2023. Learn more here: workingfilms.submittable.com…
📢 2023 Works-in-Progress Lab: Call for Applications!
Cucalorus Film Foundation (@cucalorus) and Working Films (@workingfilms) are seeking applications for the 2023 Works-in-Progress Lab, taking place Sept 24-Oct 1, 2023 in Wilmington, NC at the Cucalorus campus.
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"Thanks to Hudson's book, the public can now see and interpret this photograph in light of Pruitt's broader archive, or at least a portion of it."—from the review of O.N. PRUITT'S POSSUM TOWN by @BerkleyHudson (pub'd in partnership w/@CDSDuke) in @SouthernSpaces👇🏾
New publication alert:
Scott L. Matthew's review "Segregation's Habits and Horrors: The Photographs of O. N. Pruitt" southernspaces.org/2023/segr…