Ecology, Humanity, and Francophone Cultural Expressions
An exploration of Francophone African literary imaginations and expressions through the lens of Afrofuturism Generally attributed to the Western imagination, science fiction is a literary genre that has expressed projected technological progress since the Industrial Revolution. However, certain fantastical elements in African literary ......
An international team of experts explores how streaming services are disrupting traditional storytelling. The rise of streaming has dramatically transformed how audiences consume media. Over the last decade, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, including Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+, have begun commissioning and financing their ......
Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida opened in Orlando at the dawn of the Disney Renaissance. As a member of the crew, Mary E. Lescher witnessed the small studio's rise and fall during a transformative era in company and movie history. Her in-depth interviews with fellow artists, administrators, and support personnel reveal the human dimension of ......
Essays, films, and other work featured in Analog Cookbook 6: * "The Allure: or how I shot my directorial debut on 16mm film + some tips for those looking to direct a narrative work on analog" an essay by Joanna Decc * "we breathe each other in and out of existence" an installation by Archer Boyette * "Big Agnes Ascent" a pinhole 16mm film by ......
Trailblazing women working in digital arts media and education established the Midwest as an international center for the artistic and digital revolution in the 1980s and beyond. Foundational events at the University of Illinois and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago created an authentic, community-driven atmosphere of creative expression, ......
Essays, films, and other work featured in Analog Cookbook 5: * "@Katsakh" Interview with Chantal Partamian * "Typefilm" Essay by Joao Reynaldo * "Open Source Analog Resources" Interview with Matt McWilliams * "Building an R8 Optical Printer" Guide by Sandy McLennan * "Lights, camera, hair!" Interview with Tristen Ives * "Silver Gelatin ......
Zina Saro-Wiwa: Did You Know We Taught Them How to Dance? is the first publication on the work of Zina Saro-Wiwa, a British-Nigerian video artist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. Occupying the space between documentary and performance, Saro-Wiwa's videos, photographs, and sound produced in the Niger Delta region of southeastern Nigeria from ......
Producer of Nanook of the North, Moana, Man of Aran, and other pioneering documentaries between 1920 and 1940, Robert J. Flaherty was America's first independent film artist. Popular conceptions of Flaherty have led many either to worship his work and regard him in mythical terms or to debunk him as a fraud and castigate him for lack of a social ......
