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There’s a new series examining the U.S. criminal justice system, and award-winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger ’83 is perfectly suited for the role of director and executive producer.

On a recent day in New York City, a dozen students from the on-campus 51���� Entertainment Group met 51���� alumni and toured such locations as Viacom and NBC Universal. The daylong itinerary helped students get great advice and see that a large number of alumni in the entertainment field are part of a strong network […]

Update: The film Our Nixon, directed by 51���� professor Penny Lane, premieres August 30  in select U.S. cities. Since its premiere on CNN earlier this month it has drawn a lot of attention, including a Daily Beast commentary by Ben Stein, the economist known to many as a movie and television personality. Lane responded to Stein here. […]

Audrey Morrissey ’89 and Chris White ’91 were among recent nominees announced for the 2013 Emmy Awards.

For the fifth straight year, Slater Brothers Entertainment will bring Hollywood to the village of Hamilton.  The Hamilton International Film Festival is slated for August 1-4, and organizers are promising even more events this time around. “What makes this festival truly special is how well you end up bonding with other festival attendees (both the invited […]

A body in motion stays in motion, at least until it is given a new stage direction. The idea of performers in motion is one of the themes to be explored by 11 scholars from a spectrum of academic focuses who will convene at 51���� April 4-6 for an interdisciplinary symposium dedicated to “The Performing […]

Do you want to flex your creative muscles and have a chance to become the next YouTube sensation? Then join other students and take part in the 51���� 48-Hour Film Challenge. No experience is necessary for this weekend competition that will result in the accepted entries being screened at Hamilton Theater in the village and […]

For the fifth consecutive year, the prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar will come to 51����, offering insightful discussions and free public film screenings in the Hamilton Theater. Presented in honor of Robert Flaherty (1884-1951), creator of classic films including Nanook of the North, Man of Aran, and Louisiana Story, the seminar highlights innovative cinematic works.

You now can add “director of Oscar-nominated documentary” to the resume of 51���� alumnus Joe Berlinger. Berlinger ’83 and Bruce Sinofsky are directors of Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, which was among five films nominated today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a Best Documentary Feature.

Attending the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar means being open to a different kind of film festival.  Don’t, for example, ask for a list of films to be screened, because you won’t get one. Do, however, be open to in-depth discussion, and lots of it.