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Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald recently published a book titled Avant-Doc: Intersections of Documentary and Avant-Garde Cinema.
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Hamilton’s F.I.L.M. series will present Gasland II, directed by Josh Fox, on Sunday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m., in the Kirner-Johnson Building’s Bradford Auditorium. Fox will be present and will talk about his film following the screening. The event is free and open to the public.
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“The Sound of Silent Film: A Two-Part Benshi Event,” the second 2014 F.I.L.M. Series program, offered a packed house a multi-faceted event featuring a unique musical collaboration between international artists from Japan, France and Canada on Sunday, Sept. 28. The audience, which included numerous local Utica community members, were treated to a world premiere of a Western-style composition with traditional Japanese instruments brought together for the purpose of accompanying Japanese silent movies.
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Hamilton’s FILM series will host a Benshi Event featuring benshi Ichiro Kataoka, composer Gabriel Thibaudeau and musicians from Japan, Canada and France on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 2 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ.
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The fall 2014 F.I.L.M. (Forum on Image and Language in Motion) series opens with J. P. Sniadecki's presentation of his new film The Iron Ministry on Sunday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium in the Kirner-Johnson Building. The screening is free and open to the public.
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"American Ethnographic Film and Personal Documentary: The Cambridge Turn," a book written by Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald, was ranked #2 in a Slant Magazine article titled “The 10 Best Film-Studies Books of 2013.”
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The Hamilton College F.I.L.M. (Forum on Image and Language in Motion) series will screen “Manakamana” (2013) with filmmakers Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson Building.
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Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald presented two programs of films on Nov. 18 and 19 at the Harvard Film Archive.
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The Hamilton College F.I.L.M. (Forum on Image and Language in Motion) series will present the Alloy Orchestra accompanying “He Who Gets Slapped” (1924), on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ. The film will be followed by a discussion with the orchestra members—Terry Donahue, Roger Miller and Ken Winokur. The event is free and open to the public.
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The Hamilton College F.I.L.M. (Forum on Image and Language in Motion) series will present “Three Landscapes” (2013) with filmmaker Peter Hutton, on Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ. The event includes the screening of the film as well as a discussion with the filmmaker. It is free and open to the public.