McNair Scholar Windmill Managing Editor The English Club/Sigma Tau Delta President From: "Carmen Hill" <[log in to unmask]>; To: "recipient list suppressed" <>; Subject: School of Art Enrichment Weekend Workshop NOV/9-10/01 Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 15:14:18 -0600 (CST) You are cordially invited to the upcoming Enrichment Weekend Workshop, DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING, Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10, respectively. All events are free and open to the public. FRI/09/NOV 7-9 pm Reception & Screening OMU - Heritage - Mezzanine Prof. Melinda Levin will show excerpts from her most recent film, 'The Two Milpas of Chan Kom' (15 min.) and 'Standing on the Edge Watching' (28 min.), which she started while a student at OU and which showed at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, PBS, and many festivals. Prof. Ben Levin will show his film, 'Verso Negro: Black Verse Poetry of the Spanish Caribbean' (40 min.) SAT/10/NOV 9am-4pm Documentary Filmmaking Workshop Catlett Music Center - Pitman Recital Hall The morning and part of the afternoon will be dedicated to the production of documentary films. Lunch will be provided. The discussion panel, with documentary award winning filmmakers, include Melinda & Ben Levin, Bradley Beesley, Gary Rhodes, and Shawnee Brittan. Panel Moderator: Heidi Mau. MELINDA LEVIN, OU alumna, is a professor and an independent documentary video and filmmaker, whose work includes numerous award-winning productions as director, camera operator, editor and /or producer. A select list of venues films have appeared at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Virginia Film Festival, The New York International Independent Film Festival, Film Fest New Haven, and PBS stations. Her most recent work was a short documentary entitled, 'THE LAST LESSON,' about her father's battle with cancer, commissioned by KERA-PBS television. She is currently in postproduction on an ethnographic film shot in Mexico entitled, 'THE TWO MILPAS OF CHAN KOM.' She has authored several articles for The Journal of Film and Video and International Documentary Magazine. Professional positions include Trustee of the University film and Video Foundation, University Film and Video Association Past Conference Vice-President and Board Member, Faculty Delegate to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Chair of the Media Peer Review Panel of the Texas Commission on the Arts and Graduate Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Film at the University of North Texas. BEN LEVIN is an independent film and video maker whose work has been screened at numerous national and international venues including the London Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, The Margaret Mead Film Festival, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Films aired on U.S. Public Televsion include 'A COUNTRY AUCTION' and 'LYMAN H. HOWE'S HIGH CLASS MOVING PICTURES.' He is a former president of the University Film and Video Association and serves on the National Film Preservation Board by appointment of the Librarian of Congress. Previously, Levin was director of the M.F.A. media program at Temple University in Philadelphia. He currently teaches documentary production at the University of North Texas in Denton. His most recent documentary is 'VERSO NEGRO: BLACK VERSE POETRY OF THE SPANISH CARIBBEAN,' which is distributed by The Cinema Guild in New York City. Carmen Hill Special Projects Tel. 325-4670 # # #