“April’s Hero,” a new film by University of Alabama Telecommunications and Film Professor Dwight Cammeron, has been selected for screening at the 2012 North Carolina Black Film Festival in Wilmington, NC March 22-25. The four-day juried festival includes features, shorts, documentaries and animation. The event is sponsored by the NC Black Arts Alliance as a multidisciplinary vehicle for the advancement of African-American arts and culture. “April’s Hero” is the story of Robert Reed, the ultimate first responder after the April 27th, 2011 tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The tornado created a six-mile path of destruction and left 52 dead, but [...]
Campus MovieFest is a worldwide film festival which visits universities and provides basic equipment for student filmmakers to use for a week. CMF was on the campus of the University of Alabama recently and several students who work with me in the Center for Public TV & Radio participated. I am proud to recommend their films for you to enjoy. The first film is by a team led by Melissa Smith who works with me as an assistant producer. Astray Cast & Crew : Melissa Smith – Captain, Director, Editor with Andrew Carey- Actor Zachary Ponds- Boom Operator Seth Collins- [...]
Documenting Justice is a specialized interdisciplinary course in documentary filmmaking that focuses on topics of social justice. Students devote two semesters to completing the class, which involves study in film theory, documentary history, nonfiction storytelling techniques, and the ethics of documentary and culminates in the creation of an original short documentary film. The class is designed for non-film majors, but those with production experience are encouraged to apply as well. Two films produced as a part of the international division of this course will screen at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. [...]
Monday, October 17th at 5:00 p.m. – Reception to be followed by 5:30 screening Tuesday, October 18 at 10:00 a.m. – Screening for High School Students Both events at Alma Bryant High School in Bayou La Batre, Alabama The fictional home of the title character in the movie Forest Gump, in reality Bayou La Batre is one of the small communities in south Mobile County that the chamber of commerce calls “The seafood capital of Alabama.” It is a traditional American community—patriotic, hard working, self-sufficient, and a little insular, but also a place where people without hesitation come to the [...]
