New Camera Technologies

Alum David Mun (BFA 00) was on a panel of fellow filmmakers and cinematographers at the Arizona International Film Festival 2010.

They discussed the impact of new camera technologies and how it is changing the industry.

Free Land screens tonight!

School of Media Arts Alum Minda Martin’s (IDS-BA 94) film FREE LAND will be screening this evening as a part of the Arizona International Film Festival.

FREE LAND

The Screening Room

Thursday, April 22, 2010

6:00pm

running time: 62 minutes

FREE LAND is a personal historical documentary that examines what it means to be constantly looking for opportunity in America. Using family history of homelessness and displacement, Martin examines the unfulfilled promise of "The Land Of The Free" and reveals how the search for free land has geographically and psychically uprooted people, created social inequalities, and left legacies of emptiness.

Focus on Minda Martin

Filmmaker and Assistant Professor Minda Martin

ALUM Minda Martin (IDS-BA 94) is an internationally critically acclaimed, award-winning director, editor, and producer of documentary and narrative films and videos that explore the underpinnings and disparities of social class.

Her films include: Mother's Heritage, (1996,Video, 11min) A Little Ballad (1998,16mm, 7.5min) AKA Kathe (2000,Video, 55min) Do You Know...(2002,16mm, 15min) Love, Minda (2003,Super8mm, 3min) Monsoon St., '77 (2006,16mm, 12.38) and most recently, Free Land (2009,Film/Video,70min).

Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, Minda received her Bachelors of Arts degree from University of Arizona in creative writing, classics, and media arts. She then received her Masters of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of the Arts in film/video production. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the department of communication at California State University, San Marcos where she teaches production, media theory and culture related courses.

Arizona International Film Festival in Full Swing!

Over 90 films representing 16 countries will be featured in Arizona's longest running and largest Festival.

The festival runs from April 15 to April 25.