At the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, three of the projects screening in the Short Film Corner — “Birthday,” “Phenomenally Me” and “Without Dying” — will be products of the DePaul/Cha Documentary Filmmaking Program, a six-week course co-sponsored by the Chicago Housing Authority in which high school girls learn filmmaking from graduate students and faculty of DePaul University.
The program’s founders know that access to moviemaking and equipment — and the chance to put them into action — can be a life-changing experience. Just ask Zana Carter, who a few summers ago was a high school student with a love of writing and the films of Spike Lee and a desire to see more stories on screen that reflected her life as a resident of Chicago public housing.
“Those things drove me into filmmaking,” says Carter. “Being part of an African American community with stories not being shared that should be acknowledged” was important.
The program’s founders know that access to moviemaking and equipment — and the chance to put them into action — can be a life-changing experience. Just ask Zana Carter, who a few summers ago was a high school student with a love of writing and the films of Spike Lee and a desire to see more stories on screen that reflected her life as a resident of Chicago public housing.
“Those things drove me into filmmaking,” says Carter. “Being part of an African American community with stories not being shared that should be acknowledged” was important.
- 5/17/2019
- by Tom Mclean
- Variety Film + TV
Reuters Author Salman Rushdie poses for a photograph after an interview with Reuters in central London in this October 8, 2010 file photo.
Salman Rushdie was skeptical when a digital start up approached him about creating a soundtrack for one of his short stories. “I had to be convinced this was a good thing,” he said. “Normally when I read, I don’t like music playing.”
He agreed to give it a try. This week, Booktrack released a digital version of Mr.
Salman Rushdie was skeptical when a digital start up approached him about creating a soundtrack for one of his short stories. “I had to be convinced this was a good thing,” he said. “Normally when I read, I don’t like music playing.”
He agreed to give it a try. This week, Booktrack released a digital version of Mr.
- 2/9/2012
- by Alexandra Alter
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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