News

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  A Critical Lens
  Through his documentary films, Brian Lindstrom B.S. ’84 brings marginalized lives to light.
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  Students explore mobile food culture in Cartlandia
  Alia Al-Hatlani ’14 and Sofia Alicastro ’14 are working alongside Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies Bryan Sebok on his documentary, Cartlandia. The feature-length documentary explores the phenomenon of food carts in Portland and the cultural implications therein. In the following Q&A, the team reflects on their experience.
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  Alumnus helps local students create short documentary
  Award-winning filmmaker Brian Lindstrom B.S. ’84 will premiere a youth video project, Dreamers, in Portland in July. The short documentary profiles six Portland teens who participate in an I Have a Dream Foundation program, designed to help low-income students be successful in school.
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  Sophomore takes home film festival honors
  Laurel Sager ’15, a rhetoric and media studies major, took home second place in the Medford Mail Tribune’s third annual Two-Minute Film Festival.
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  Students earn internships at Cannes International Film Festival
  Taylor Finch ’13 and Sofia Alicastro ’14 earned spots in the super-selective business internship program, which accepts only 25 students.
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  Alumna to film a documentary about sun bears
  Jocelyn Stokes ‘07, founder and director of Survival of the Sun Bears, is aiming to bring awareness of the plight of the sun bears - the smallest of all bears - whose habitat and survival is threatened.