Cinema and TV Arts

The School of Communications’ documentary program introduces its eight new members for the 2019-20 academic year.

The Elon alumna served as the lead editor of “Wildland,” a 2018 film that examines an Oregonian firefighting crew and the challenges it faced during a recent fire season.

Led by Assistant Professor Alex Luchsinger, four student journalists recorded documentary video interviews with global Internet Hall of Fame inductees, including Larry Irving and Jean Armour Polly.

Pankaj Rishi Kumar will be on campus Wednesday, Oct. 2, to give a talk and screen his documentary film.

The professor of cinema and television arts offered her insights during an online segment that looked at how to have conversations with your family about understanding what is and is not fake news.

Erin Barnett '09 edited and co-wrote the film "The Great Hack," which explores data exploitation through personal stories surrounding the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal that influenced the 2016 U.S. presidential election. 

Keller and Vandruff are among the 50 people selected nationwide for the program and will intern this summer at media and entertainment firms in southern California.

To further strengthen Elon's student-centered learning environment, the School of Communications faculty and leadership decided to move to a new format with six undergraduate programs on June 1.

In their new study, Assistant Professors Sana Haq and Jane O’Boyle examined thousands of posts to understand the contents of international Twitter comments and photos, comparing materials from six different countries.

“Waiting in the Midfield” highlights the life of Omar Alhamwi, a Syrian refugee and former professional soccer player, as he makes a new life for himself in Greensboro. The film will air on Wednesday, May 29, at 9 p.m., with replays the following day.