January 11, 2023
How Writing and Motherhood Coexist for Author Taylor Harris
Ravynn K. Stringfield, visiting assistant professor of media studies, authored this piece.
Spring 2023 Course Offerings
Tucker-Boatwright Festival of Literature & The Arts
2023-2024
Reimagining Community In Cinema
The University of Richmond 2023-2024 Tucker Boatwright Festival of Literature and Arts is hosted by the Film Studies interdisciplinary program. “Reimagining Community in Cinema” explores the diverse ways in which community is historically imagined and reimagined in documentary and fiction film from the silent era to the digital age. Through events such as symposia, masterclasses, film screenings and conversations with filmmakers, the festival honors in particular the contributions of historically marginalized communities.
Upcoming Events
Film Screening: In Search of Time Lost (first full cut)
Sonja Bertucci, filmmaker and assistant professor of languages, literatures, and cultures and the film studies, will screen the first full cut (still in progress) of a feature-length, 78-minute, documentary film entitledIn Search of Time Lost. The film is a meditation on aging, memory, and finitude told through the lens of a centenarian couple based in Los Angeles.
The first full cut was screened on November 14, 2022 in Ukrop Auditorium.
Faculty Highlights
Ravaux-Kirkpatrick Awarded International Honor for Contributions to the Arts
Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, professor of French and film studies, has been awarded the rank of Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture for her contributions in the artistic and literary field. Learn more.
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Jessica Chan Publishes First Book
Dr. Jessica Chan has published Chinese Revolutionary Cinema: Propaganda, Aesthetics, and Internationalism, 1949–1966 (London: I.B.Tauris, 2019) and has a forthcoming article “Literature of the Oppressed: Lu Xun and Nikolai Gogol,” in Frontiers of Literary Studies in China. .
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Local Film Festivals
Film buffs can get their fix at a variety of festivals on campus and throughout Richmond.
Feature Stories
October 3, 2022
RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Professor awarded one of France's highest honors in the arts
Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, co-founder of the French Film Festival in Richmond, is recognized for her cultural contributions.
Resources
Contact Us
Mailing address:
Film Studies Program
217 Carole Weinstein International Center
211 Richmond Way
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 662 3008
Fax: (804) 289-8313
Program Coordinator: Monika Siebert