A conversation with documentary filmmaker S. Leo Chiang BY MAGGIE ROTH, CULTURE EDITOR Students got the chance to learn about the intricacies of making a documentary from the expertise of filmmaker S. Leo Chiang, as he engaged in conversation via…
A lively conversation between filmmakers and friends BY SYDNEY JOHNSON STAFF WRITER The final installment of the Visiting Filmmakers Series of spring 2021 provided a glimpse into the friendship of filmmakers Elissa Blount Moorhead and Radha Blank as they discussed…
Director Penny Lane visits for a documentary screening and Q&A session BY: TRAVIS MCMILLAN, STAFF WRITER The Johnson Center Cinema had a treat rather than a trick on Halloween this year, with director Penny Lane screening her documentary “Hail Satan?”…
A Discussion with Nicole Opper, documentary filmmaker BY BASMA HUMADI, STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, April 19, Mason’s Visiting Filmmaker Series held a screening of the documentary “Visitor’s Day.” A Q&A discussion with Director Nicole Opper followed the screening, facilitated…
Basma Humadi, Staff Writer “Stage Four: A Love Story,” a documentary by Mason professor Benjamin Steger, tells the story of Steger’s parents, focusing on their last days together as Steger’s mother, Mary Jo, battles stage IV breast cancer. The film aired in the Johnson…