Jigar Mehta is a documentary filmmaker and a journalist and currently co-creator of the collaborative documentary project, 18 Days in Egypt, about the ongoing Egyptian revolution.
This year's event, Nov. 9-10 at MIT, will look at how media producers and audiences are relating to one another in new ways in a spreadable media landscape.
Independent film-maker Andrew Silver will discuss emerging forms of hybrid media, some promising new pathways for distributing films and his career as a director and producer.
We will trace the development in mass media of the evolution of alchemists into mad scientists, using the films "Faust," "Metropolis," "The Bride of Frankenstein," and "Dr. Strangelove" as our texts.
A glimpse into contemporary short film productions from European film schools, young and established independent filmmakers, and European festivals.
Much of the general public in fact believes that every film and television program ever made has already been digitized and is now available in Netflix’s catalog. That is hardly the case.
Showcasing the finest video projects created by MIT students, staff and faculty. 7 PRIZE CATEGORIES!
Errol Morris’ films have won many awards, including an Academy Award, an Emmy, and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
The annual European Short Film Festival features 58 films representing 19 countries, screened October 4-6 at MIT.
Coco Fusco New York-based interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco will consider the critical responses to the original Planet of the Apes films, focusing in particular on the interpretation of the films as critiques of American race relations during the 1960's and '70's. She will also discuss her interest in exploring the strategies used in […]
Brown will present an animated map that explores the spatial dynamics of the Jamaican slave revolt of 1760-1761.
Explore the culture of surveillance in modern society in a series of brilliant films about surveillance and modernity.
This 4-day workshop, intended for anyone with an interest in collaborative storytelling and innovative research methods, will cover participatory methods, social and digital tools, and best practices in cross-disciplinary approaches of digital documentary.
Watch a rarely seen selection of the best European short films from MIT's 2013 European Short Film Festival.
UCSB's Michael Curtin explores the implications of national cultural policy within the broader context of media globalization.
