Center for Global Media and Documentary Studies: Archive
2007 Events
I-55: From New Orleans to Chicago
Louisiana Poet Martha Serpas
February 7, 2007, 5 p.m.
Hussey Lounge, Damen Hall,
Lake Shore Campus
Martha Serpas writes poetry about land and loss, water, religion and culture. Her Southern Catholic upbringing is visualized in poetry that was published in The New Yorker magazine following Hurricane Katrina last October. Her work is collected in Cote Blanche (2002, New Issues Press) and The Dirty Side of the Storm (2006, W.W. Norton). Her work is anthologized in Harold Bloom's new collection American Religious Poems, and Bloom recently read Serpas's poetry on NPR. Co-sponsored by the English Department.
Documentary Filmmaker Les Blank
March 28, 2007, 7 p.m.
Crown Center, Lake Shore Campus
The director of such classic films as The Blues According to Lighnin' Hopkins, Burden of Dreams (about filmmaker Werner Herzog—Grizzly Man), Yum Yum Yum (about Cajun cooking in Louisiana), and Chulas Fronteras (about the Texas-Mexico border, immigration and music), Les Blank is one of only three documentarians whose work is housed in the Library of Congress.
Les Blank will be among the featured documentary filmmakers appearing at the Chicago International Documentary Festival March 30-April 8, 2007.
Save the Wetlands Panel
Apirl 17, 2007, 5 p.m, Lake Shore Campus
The center will host a panel on the wetlands and environmental advocacy from the Louisiana bayous to the Great Lakes. Kerry St. Pe, Louisiana Estuary Program Director, and Andrew Barron, Water Quality Expert will join Loyola scholars and Great Lakes researchers to explore advocacy, the media, and what's at stake when we lose or pollute our aquatic environments. Co-sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.
2006 Events
February 23: Nonviolent Resistance in the West Bank
Nonviolent Resistance in the West Bank: A screening of footage from a documentary in progress by Virginia Keller on February 23, 2006, 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the Crown Center Auditorium, followed by a discussion of the situation in the West Bank and of the issues confronting those seeking to document them.
March 29: A Doula Story
A Doula Story documents one African American woman's fierce commitment to empower pregnant teenagers with the skills and knowledge they need to become confident, nurturing mothers. The film will be screened from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the Crown Center Auditorium. Following the screening, Daniel Alpert (producer and director) and Susanne Suffredin (editor) will discuss the film.
Chicago Health Connection, a community health organization, is replicating the doula model featured in the film. For more information about the film and the outreach project, visit http://www.adoulastory.org/.
This event is co-sponsored by Women's Studies.
April 27: Student Documentary Awards Show
October 2006: Music Journalism—Writer and Filmmaker Robert Gordon
From the bayou to the big city, music has traveled up the interstates from Louisiana and Mississippi, from Memphis, Nashville and finally to the City of Big Shoulders. Loyola's own music journalist, David Eason, will interview renowned Memphis author Robert Gordon, who will discuss his book on Muddy Waters and present his PBS film, Muddy Waters Can't Be Satisfied. Robert Gordon won a Grammy nomination for the liner notes for his Al Green box set.
2005 Events
September 19-20: Photojournalism
Columbian photographer Jesus Abad presents his work and discusses daily life in military war zones. Co-sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program.
Week of October 23: Hate Speech on the Radio
Radio documentary work that features high school kids in Chicago talking about the impact of and their experiences with hate speech. Produced by WLUW staff and Loyola Professors Craig Kois and Bren Murphy.
November 10-11: Laramie Inside Out
Laramie native and filmmaker Beverly Seckinger presents her film about Matthew Shephard's murder and growing up gay in the Wild West. The film will be shown before the Theatre Department's production of The Laramie Project on Thursday, November 10 at 5:00 p.m. Beverly will then lead a Talk Back session on Thursday and Friday evenings after the performance.
December 1: World AIDS Day
Filmmakers Jerry Henry and Christof Putzel present their documentary work on orphans and other individuals who are HIV-positive in Kenya.
