Join us on Wednesday, May 12th at 6 p.m. PST for a virtual premiere screening of Community Voices: America’s Stories, a documentary film program. The screening will be followed by a Q and A with the filmmakers. This year’s screening features the following films: LOVESICK by Michael Khuraibet, Kyle Scoble, & Liam Abbott Four couples navigate through their relationships
Centering the narrative around the experiences of those inside the “belly of the beast,” reframes the lens through which we view crime, punishment and rehabilitation. Amid a time of exploding prison populations, disproportionate incarceration of people of color, privatization and overcrowding, our criminal justice system is in crisis. Women of color are the fastest growing
Many powerful documentaries are born out of personal pain—a traumatic or tragic experience the filmmaker feels compelled to explore and share. For Kent Bassett (MFA/FP ’08) that pain was literal, and the result was a film aimed at helping sufferers of chronic pain explore a new avenue of relief, based on understanding that not all
COMMUNITY VOICES: AMERICA’S STORIES Documentary Screening—May, 2, 2019, 7 p.m., Folino Theater COMMUNITY VOICES: AMERICA’S STORIES is a social issue documentary film program at Chapman University. Each year, groups of students spend two semesters creating a short documentary about today’s most relevant, national social issues. This year, the theme was AMERICAN IDENTITY. We are thrilled
***Free and open to the public*** Dodge College invites you to a special screening of Spirits of Rebellion in celebration of Black History Month. Join us on Friday, March 1 at 7 p.m. in the Cloobeck Screening Room, Digital Media Arts Center. About the Film This documentary by Zeinabu irene Davis provides intimate access to
Leon Cheo (BFA/CRPR ’10) was excited when he was approached by Action for AIDS in Singapore to create a show about gay life in his country, where homosexuality is illegal, “because I’m gay and it touches on so many aspects of my life,” he says. A graduate of Chapman’s Creative Producing program in Singapore, Cheo
RSVP for this year’s event. Parking, food, and beverage are FREE with registration. Dodge College’s annual Leo Freedman Foundation First Cut Screening promotes a selection of top films from the previous year as determined by a panel of distinguished alumni and industry representatives. Please join us as we screen our 2018 selections on Wednesday, October
You’re invited to join us for a free screening of the award-winning documentary Mamacita, currently screening at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Friday, September 21 at 7 p.m. in the screening room at Chapman Studios West. Director José Pablo Estrada Torrescano will introduce the film and participate in a Q and A with his former
Professor Sally Rubin has always been passionate about social issues. It is one of the primary reasons she became a documentary filmmaker. Since 2010, Rubin has been funneling this passion into Chapman’s annual Community Voices Documentary Film Program, which connects student filmmakers with local and national nonprofit organizations. “I’ve always wanted to make a difference
Join us Thursday, May 3 at 7 p.m. in the Folino Theater for Community Voices, a documentary film program. Community Voices links Chapman University documentary film students with Orange-County based organizations. Each semester, groups of students produce short character-driven portrait films that highlight causes the partner organizations aim to serve. The films are then used in the outreach
Join Chapman’s – Club Documentary, for a screening of Chasing Coral, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in the Folino Theater at 7 p.m. Club Documentary, in collaboration with Citizens’ Climate Lobby and the Chapman Sustainability Committee, will host the film followed by a panel discussion with environmental experts. Admission is free, seating is first come first served. About the film: Coral reefs around
Join us as Chapman Alum Tom Teller and Julian Conner of Frame 48 premiere Patched, the inspiring, true story of Ashley McNamara Blalock, a CHOC Child Life Specialist, Friday, December 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Folino Theater. The event features a Q&A and reception. Join us as we celebrate the premiere of Patched, a short film