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Webinar: Film Collectives and the New Negress Film Society

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On November 16th, Film Quarterly hosted a webinar on the New Negress Film Society (NNFS), the groundbreaking film collective and subject of a feature article by Samantha Sheppard in the Fall issue of Film Quarterly. Panelists Stefani Saintonge (current NNFS member) and Chanelle Aponte Pearson (former NNFS member) discuss the collective’s genesis and evolution with scholar and writer Samantha Sheppard (Cornell University).  Moderated by FQ editor-in-chief Rebecca Prime.

PAGE VIEWS LIVE: A Conversation with D. Andy Rice

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Film Quarterly’s original webinar series showcasing the best in recent film and media studies publications continued this Fall with a conversation between Page Views editor Bruno Guaraná and D. Andy Rice about his new book Political Camerawork: Documentary and the Lasting Impact of Reenacting Historical Trauma (Indiana University Press, 2023).  Building on his background as a nonfiction film director, producer, cinematographer, and editor, Rice investigates the emotional toll of historical reenactments and the challenges posed to documentary.  Moderated by FQ editor-in-chief Rebecca Prime.

Webinar: Hollywood on Strike!

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On August 4, 2023, Film Quarterly hosted a webinar examining the historic double strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA). FQ Editor in Chief Rebecca Prime moderates a discussion of the issues at stake and the impact for film, media, and industry culture. With writer and Pose co-creator Steven Canals, scholar Kate Fortmueller (Georgia State University), screenwriter and former WGA president Howard Rodman, and screenwriter and filmmaker James Schamus.

An image showing the webinar participants, Oliver Fuke, Bruno Guarana, B. Ruby Rich and Laura Mulvey

PAGE VIEWS LIVE: A Conversation with Laura Mulvey and Oliver Fuke

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Film Quarterly’s original webinar series showcasing the best in recent film and media studies publications continued July 11 with Page Views editor Bruno Guaraná in conversation with Laura Mulvey, and Oliver Fuke about the new edited volume The Films of Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen: Scripts, Working Documents, Interpretation, ed. Oliver Fuke (Bloomsbury, 2023). The event was moderated by FQ editor and volume contributor B. Ruby Rich.

Webinar | Black Infinite: New Directions in Black Film and Media

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On June 1, 2023, Film Quarterly hosted a webinar analyzing the vitality of film and media as objects of black study. Given the historical momentum surrounding the study of black film and media today and FQ’s special dossier (Spring 2023), dossier editor Michael Boyce Gillespie and FQ editor B. Ruby Rich moderate a conversation that compels deeper inquiry into the stakes of this research. With dossier contributors Racquel Gates, Walton Muyumba, Julie Beth Napolin, and Yasmina Price, and respondent Samantha Sheppard.

Critical Perspectives on Black Women’s Filmmaking

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On March 4, 2023, Film Quarterly sponsored the scholar response roundtable for the 2023 Sojourner Truth Festival of the Arts (University of Chicago).

Participants: Courtney R. Baker, Terri Francis, Racquel Gates, Michael Gillespie, Hayley O’Malley, Miriam Petty, Yasmina Price, Samantha N. Sheppard, and Allyson Nadia Field (moderator)

PAGE VIEWS LIVE: A Conversation with Hunter Hargraves

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Film Quarterly’s original webinar series showcasing the best in recent film and media studies publications continued on May 12th with a conversation between Page Views editor Bruno Guaraná (Boston University) and Hunter Hargraves (Cal State Fullerton) about his new book Uncomfortable Television (Duke University Press, 2023).  Moderated by FQ editor-in-chief B. Ruby Rich.

PAGE VIEWS LIVE: A Conversation with Jean Ma

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Film Quarterly’s original webinar series showcasing the best in recent film and media studies publications continued on March 6th with a conversation between Page Views editor Bruno Guaraná (Boston University) and Jean Ma (Stanford University) about her new book, At the Edges of Sleep: Moving Images and Somnolent Spectators (University of California Press, 2022). Moderated by FQ editor-in-chief B. Ruby Rich.

Webinar: The New Disability Media – Part II

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On February 24th, Film Quarterly continued its exploration of new directions in disability film and media in part two of its webinar series discussing its special dossier “The New Disability Media” (Winter 2022) co-presented with NYU’s Center for Disability Studies and Center for Media, Culture & History. With Jenny Chamarette (University of Reading), Salome Chasnoff (Code of the Freaks), Arseli Dokumaci (Concordia University), Rodney Evans (Vision Portraits), and Carrie Sandahl (Code of the Freaks). Moderated by dossier co-editors B. Ruby Rich (Film Quarterly), Faye Ginsburg (NYU) and Lawrence Carter-Long (DisArt).

Webinar: The New Disability Media – Part I

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On February 10th, Film Quarterly explored new directions in disability film and media in part one of its two-part webinar series (part two hosted on February 24th) discussing its special dossier “The New Disability Media” (Winter 2022) co-presented with NYU’s Center for Disability Studies and Center for Media, Culture & History.  With Neta Alexander (Colgate University), Reid Davenport (I Didn’t See You There), Jordan Lord (Shared Resources), Mara Mills (NYU), and Pooja Rangan (Amherst College). Moderated by dossier co-editors B. Ruby Rich (Film Quarterly), Faye Ginsburg (NYU) and Lawrence Carter-Long (DisArt).