Ziwen Liu (1999, China) is a multimedia artist working as a filmmaker, photographer, and installation artist. She is currently engaged in the research and creation of digital art and generative media… read more about Ziwen Liu: A Kind of Performance »
Throughout my life, I have been immersed in the western community, from horseback riding to listening to stories of my great-grandfather breaking horses at Arrow S Ranch. I was in awe of the… read more about Katelyn Lester: Western Semiotics »
How did a hopeless street kid from Brooklyn grow up to be an artist, a teacher, a husband, and, most important to me, a father? My thesis work is an exploration of the answer to this question. It is… read more about Sai Varadan: The Child Within »
I work at the intersection of the surreal and the absurd, creating stark, high-contrast images and animations that feel both playful and unsettling. My work often explores transformation-faces… read more about Andie Z. Chen: Get Those $0.2 Dollar Stuff On My Etsy »
Those who died return again again human documents a return in search of traces of ghosts. We journey from the Gulf of Guinea to the Lowcountry, tracing along the shores where the two coasts intersect… read more about Ama Kyereme: Those who died return again again human »
Key to Timeless is an interactive exhibition that frames a conversation between two generations, on family, nature, and existence. It extends a story begun by Dingyi's grandfather. His memoir traces… read more about Dingyi Xu: Key to Timeless »
Ziwen Liu (1999, China) is a multimedia artist working as a filmmaker, photographer, and installation artist. She is currently engaged in the research and creation of digital art and generative media… read more about A Kind of Performance: Artist Hangout »
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[**Postponed**]This event is no longer taking place this semester, but will be rescheduled--watch for updates in Fall 2025.==Emily Jacir: Artist Talk and ScreeningAs poetic as it is political and… read more about {Postponed} Emily Jacir: Artist Talk & Screening [To be rescheduled Fall '25] »
FACES OF SEOUL(Gina Kim, 2009, 93 min, South Korea and USA, Korean and English w/English subtitles, Digital)-- Virtual Q&A to follow with director Gina KimFACES OF SEOUL is filmmaker Gina Kim's… read more about Screen/Society--"Faces of Seoul" (Gina Kim, 2009) + virtual Q&A w/ filmmaker »
On April 11,the CFFS welcomes filmmaker Alice Diopfor a day-long colloquium entirely dedicated to her workFriday, April 119.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.The CFFS, in partnership with Villa Albertine, the… read more about The Cinema of Alice Diop: (Re)formulating the Real, the very first international and transatlantic colloquium »
Renowned diasporic filmmaker Gina Kim delves into the harrowing yet overlooked history of US military comfort women in her powerful VR trilogy. Established near US military bases in South Korea after… read more about Embodied Cinema of Gina Kim »
Exploring the intersections of art, documentary, and social justice, panelists Mattison Bond, Movement History Initiative Coordinator, and Brandee Newkirk, Art, Art History & Visual Studies PhD… read more about Movement and Memory: Through the Lens of Danny Lyon Curatorial Panel »
Students, faculty and community members are welcome to join the MFA|EDA and English/Creative Writing programs for the next gathering of the Text & Pix Collective! Hear from Tom Rankin, Duke… read more about Text & Pix April Gathering »
-- Join us for a rare screening of two films by Jean-Claude Rousseau presented by Screen/Society and the Duke Experimental Film Society"Ever since the late eighties French filmmaker Jean-Claude… read more about Screen/Society--Jean-Claude Rousseau | Duke Experimental Film Society »
Justene Hill is associate professor of history at the University of Virginia and author of Unfree Markets: The Slaves' Economy and the Rise of Capitalism in South Carolina. This year, she published… read more about The Freedman's Savings Bank & Black Economic Futures »
HATARI!(Howard Hawks, 1962, 157 min, USA, English, 35mm)Rare IB-Technicolor 35mm print!"If there's one film that crystallizes what critics generally mean when they use the term "Hawksian," it's… read more about Screen/Society--"Hatari!" (Howard Hawks, 1962) | 35mm Screening »
DAHOMEY(Mati Diop, 2024, 67 min, France/Senegal/Benin, French w/ English subtitles, DCP)The African kingdom of Dahomey, which ruled over its region at the west of the continent until the turn of the… read more about Screen/Society--" Dahomey" (2024) w/ dir. Mati Diop in person »
Join Duke's Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) for a celebration and showcase of emerging documentary work. Everyone is welcome - students, faculty, staff and community members. View exhibitions of… read more about CDS Spring Celebration »