Friday, March 26th, 2021
3 – 4:30PM EDT/12 -1:30 PDT on Zoom
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Register here for the Zoom session.
Hear from students – undergraduates, graduate students, and recent grads – about their experiences studying film and media at a variety of institutions. What do they wish we, as faculty, better understood about their needs and goals? What have instructors done well to encourage their success and confidence? What adversity have students encountered? What barriers have programs thrown up, unwittingly or not? What would they like to see instructors and programs do better for all students? Join us for this invigorating conversation which will include an open Q&A at the end.
Panelists:
Morgan Harris (Emerson College): Morgan Harris is currently a senior at Emerson College, pursuing a B.A. in Media Arts Production. Her work explores the realities of black women, and draws inspiration from her own life as a black woman raised in predominantly white areas. Morgan sheds light not only on black trauma, but also the fullness of black joy.
Dongwon Oh (SUNY Geneseo, Loyola Marymount U): Dongwon Oh is an international student currently enrolled in the screenwriting MFA program at Loyola Marymount University. Born in Daegu, South Korea, raised in New Delhi, India and having attended college at SUNY Geneseo upstate New York and now a graduate student in Los Angeles, he has been surrounded by and interested in promoting equity and diversity, especially in the arts. At SUNY Geneseo he received two degrees, one in English Creative Writing and another in International Relations, with a focus on Third World Development. He hopes to write the stories of POC, especially Korean-America, Third Culture Kids and many more during his career.
Gabby Sumney (UNC Wilmington, Emerson College): Gabby Sumney is an Afro-Latinx, queer, nonbinary nonfiction filmmaker with a disability based in Boston, Massachusetts. They work in experimental nonfiction with a special emphasis on issues of identity and personal narrative. Their work has screened at curated screenings and festivals across the US and Europe including Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Indie Grits, and Fracto Film Encounter. Gabby is also the creator of This Week in Experimental, a weekly newsletter that features links to experimental films & videos, reading suggestions, and optional assignments.
Mara Tatevosian (Emerson College): Mara is a multi-media artist and filmmaker completing her last year at Emerson College. Her work is largely focused on SouthWest Asian and/or queer identities often underscored with archival or found footage. In her spare time, she can be found daydreaming about having her own Criterion Closet video or watching The Sopranos.
Chenita White (UNC Wilmington): Chenita White is currently a senior at UNCW studying Film Studies and History. As an academic scholar, she amplifies 1st hand experiences of the marginalized community of women of color in hopes to inspire change. Her future goals include becoming a History and Film Studies Professor.
Moderated by Miranda Banks, Ph.D. (Loyola Marymount U) and Jennifer Proctor, MFA (U Mich – Dearborn), co-founders, EDIT Media
