Lydia Kulbida will join our pre-film discussion about His Girl Friday (1940) with leading
local journalists this coming Friday at Page Hall (newly added event). Lydia is
a prominent Capital Region broadcast journalist who co-anchors News10ABC at 4pm
with Elisa Streeter and Chief Meteorologist Steve Caporizzo, and also
co-anchors News10ABC at 6pm and FOX23 News at 10pm with John Gray.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Lydia Kulbida Joins Film Panel This Friday 3/3!
March 3 (Friday): HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Pre-screening talk with Lydia Kulbida, Rosemary Armao,
Marion Roach Smith and Casey Seiler about the challenges facing women in
journalism —
7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, Downtown Campus,
1400 Washington Ave.
Film screening to follow— 8:00 p.m.
Directed by Howard Hawks (United States, 1940, 92 minutes,
b/w)
Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
A newspaper editor uses every trick he can think of to stop
his top reporter—and ex-wife—from quitting journalism and hopping a train to
Albany to marry another man with the intention of settling into a new life as a
housewife. This fast-paced comedy with overlapping dialogue was adapted by Ben
Hecht and Charles MacArthur from their
Broadway hit The Front Page. Chicago Reader reviewer Dave Kehr described
Cary Grant’s performance as “…truly virtuoso— stunning technique applied to the
most challenging material.” The American Film Institute ranked His Girl Friday
at #19 in its list of the best American comedies of all time. Quentin Tarantino
credits the film with teaching him to write dialogue.
A new high-definition digital restoration of His Girl Friday
will be shown.
Monday, February 27, 2017
New Event! Local Journalists On Stage at His Girl Friday Screening
Rosemary Armao, Marion Roach Smith and Casey Seiler will engage the
audience in conversation about women in journalism at our free upcoming
screening of His Girl Friday (this coming Friday, March 3rd).March 3 (Friday): HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Pre-screening talk with Rosemary Armao, Marion Roach Smith and Casey Seiler about the challenges facing women in journalism — 7:30 p.m., Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, Downtown Campus, 1400 Washington Ave.
Film screening to follow— 8:00 p.m.
Directed by Howard Hawks (United States, 1940, 92 minutes, b/w)
Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
A newspaper editor uses every trick he can think of to stop his top reporter—and ex-wife—from quitting journalism and hopping a train to Albany to marry another man with the intention of settling into a new life as a housewife. This fast-paced comedy with overlapping dialogue was adapted by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur from their Broadway hit The Front Page. Chicago Reader reviewer Dave Kehr described Cary Grant’s performance as “…truly virtuoso— stunning technique applied to the most challenging material.” The American Film Institute ranked His Girl Friday at #19 in its list of the best American comedies of all time. Quentin Tarantino credits the film with teaching him to write dialogue.
A new high-definition digital restoration of His Girl Friday will be shown.
Rosemary
Armao, a star of WAMC’s
“The Roundtable,” is the Director of the Journalism Program at the
University at Albany. She is a former Executive Director of Investigative
Reporters and Editors and former President of the Journalism and Women
Symposium.
Marion Roach
Smith is the author
of four mass-market books. A former staffer at The New York Times, she
has been a commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered and a talk show host on
Sirius Satellite Radio. She currently teaches writing online and serves as a
working member of the Friends of The New York State Writers Institute.
Casey Seiler
is the Times Union
state editor and columnist, and previously served as the paper’s entertainment
editor.
For more
information contact the New York State Writers Institute at 518 442 5620 or visit
us online at www.writers.edu/inst.
Friday, February 17, 2017
New Event! Sacco & Vanzetti Brown Bag Lunch 2/21
You are invited to bring your lunch to the following free events:Discussion-- 12:15 pm, Husted Hall, Room 014, University at Albany Downtown Campus
Moderator: Frankie Bailey, Ph.D. – Professor of Criminal Justice
Panelists: Gerald Zahavi, Ph.D. – Professor of History, “The Anarchist World of Sacco and Vanzetti”
Richard Hamm, Ph.D. – Professor of History, “What the Sacco and Vanzetti Case Meant to One Legal Liberal”
Picture: Ben Shahn's Sacco and Vanzetti
Sponsored by the School of Criminal Justice’s “Crime and Multiculturalism in the 21st Century”
series in association with Friday’s free upcoming film event:
February 24 (Friday): SACCO AND VANZETTI
Film screening followed by a conversation with director Peter Miller and film editor Amy Linton — 7:00 p.m. [note early start time], Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, Downtown Campus
Directed by Peter Miller (United States, 2006, 80 minutes, color)
This documentary, winner of the American Historical Association’s best film award, tells the story of two Italian politically radical immigrants charged with the 1920 robbery of a Massachusetts shoe factory and the murder of two of its employees. As it recounts their trials, public protests, and appeals on their behalf the film offers insights into present-day issues of civil liberties and immigrant rights. Ken Burns called it “A wonderful film, as timeless as the struggle for human justice, as relevant as today’s headlines.”
Peter Miller is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films include the theatrically-released A.K.A. DOC POMUS, JEWS AND BASEBALL, and SACCO AND VANZETTI. He has directed numerous documentaries for PBS and has been a producer for documentaries by Ken Burns and Lynn Novak including THE WAR and JAZZ, and the Peabody Award-winning FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
Amy Linton has edited numerous award-winning films including Julie Dash’s DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST, a Sundance winner that was selected for the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. She has worked on dozens of documentaries, feature films, and music videos in her 25-year career.
Sponsored by the Writers Institute in conjunction with UAlbany’s School of Criminal Justice’s Justice & Multiculturalism in the 21st Century: Crime, Justice, and Public Memory Film Series Read More......
A Silent Film Speaks Loudly
Read Amy Biancolli's article about the rediscovered and restored African American silent film classic, Within Our Gates, to be screened tonight at Page Hall at 7:30:
"Within Our Gates" was made almost a century ago, but its message still trembles with urgency. All people are equal. All races are human. All children deserve a good education, and all parents deserve a hope and a chance. None of that should classify as revolutionary, should it? None of it should need to be said. And yet it's impossible to watch Oscar Micheaux's germinal work — the earliest surviving feature by an African-American filmmaker — without finding immediate and manifest parallels with issues still facing the nation.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-features/article/Early-work-of-black-cinema-to-be-screened-at-10938670.php Read More......
Monday, February 13, 2017
Nancy Jo Sales on Girls and Social Media
Reading/discussion — 8:00 p.m., Campus Center Room 375
Nancy Jo Sales is known for work that focuses on youth culture and crime, and pop-culture icons. Her book American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers (2016) is an investigation into how social media has presented girls with unprecedented challenges. USA Today said Sales, “… offer[s] a harrowing glimpse into a world where self-esteem, friendships and sexuality…are defined by the parameters of social media.” Newsday recommended “If you have a teenage daughter, read American Girls. Have her read it, too.” Sales is also the author of The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World (2013, see February 10 Classic Film Series listing).
Read more about Nancy Jo Sales: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/sales_nancy_jo17.html
Sponsored in association with UAlbany’s Sexuality Month, a
program of the Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program of Counseling and
Psychological Services
Read More......
Thursday, February 9, 2017
CANCELLED: HELEN CZERSKI EVENTS THURS. 2/9
Unfortunately, today's events with Helen Czerski will be cancelled due to weather.
We have no information at this time about a rescheduled appearance.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Helen Czerski on Hyenas and Their Sense of Smell
Helen Czerski, the BBC's female face of science TV, talks about hyenas and their sense of smell, and what engineers can learn from them. Czerski visits Albany from London this coming Thursday. Video courtesy of University College London's UCLTV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY-OCWK3Ulc
More about her upcoming visit: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/czerski_helen17.html#.WJngmU3FDs0 Read More......
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