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March 3, 2008
Aloha, ACM students, friends and supporters. More special events this week
worth ACM student attention:
FREDERICK WISEMAN SCREENINGS AND LECTURES
Frederick Wiseman, one of the world's greatest documentary filmmakers and
master of the cinema verite form, will be on campus for several lectures
this week. Some of his greatest films will be screening as well - all free
and open to all. Your ACM professors will gladly attest to Wiseman's fame
and tremendous influence on contemporary filmmaking. Here's the schedule:
Today (March 3) - Law School Classroom 2
* 3:45 pm - 5:15 pm, Screening of TITICUT FOLLIES
* 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm, Lecture and reception
Tuesday (March 4) - Law School Moot Courtroom
* 4:30 pm - 6 pm, Screening of WELFARE PART I
Wednesday (March 5) - Law School Classroom 2
* 6 pm - 7 pm, Lecture and reception
* 7:30 - 9 pm, Screening of WELFARE PART II
Thursday (March 6) - Architecture Auditorium
* 7 pm - 7:30 pm, Lecture
* 8 pm - 9:30 pm, Screening of HIGH SCHOOL
Friday (March 7) - Law School Classroom 1
* 1:15 pm - 5:15 pm, Screening of STATE LEGISLATURE
* 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Lecture and reception
Wiseman's HIGH SCHOOL is also the closing feature in the Honolulu Academy of
Arts Doris Duke Theatre festival: tonight at 7:30 pm; Tuesday at 1 pm and
7:30 pm
SPECIAL LECTURE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COPYRIGHT
Intellectual Property legal expert Sayoko Blodgett-Ford, with special guest
Jay Handlin, former litigation head at Disney, will give an overview of
intellectual property issues facing content creators, including copyright,
fair use, trademarks, brand names and rights of publicity and privacy
Saturday from 9 am to noon in Krauss 012 (Yukiyoshi Room) on the UHM campus.
This is an ideal opportunity for ACM students to understand their rights -
and their responsibilities to the rights of others. And the price is right!
The normal $50 workshop fee is waived for UHM students, but you must sign up
in advance with Susan Horowitz of Pacific New Media horowitz@hawaii.edu.
CASTING CALL
* Wednesday, 5 pm - 8 pm in CR 105 for HALOWEEN HODGEPODGE, a film by Mark
Wolf. For details contact casting@hdology.com.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES - ON CAMPUS AND BEYOND
* A Summer Program in Chinese Film History and Criticism will take place at
the Beijing Film Academy June 30-July 27, sponsored by the University of
Washington (credits transferable to UH). For information on costs and
curriculum, see http://faculty.washington.edu/yomi/bfa. Deadline is March
8.
* The Korean Film Council will hold its 3rd annual Filmmaker's Development
Lab in Korea this year (the first two were held in Hawai'i in conjunction
with ACM). They are looking for emerging Overseas Korean filmmakers to bring
their stories to the screen. Got a script to submit? See details at
http://fdl.kofic.or.kr. Deadline is March 19.
* Step Up and Speak! The Chancellor's Office is holding auditions for
Student Speaker at the May Commencement Exercises. Auditions will be April
17 at 4:30 pm in Hemenway Theatre. If you'll be graduating, have a 3.0
overall grade point average or better, and want to try out, call 956-6145 or
email graduate@hawaii.edu.
ACM ON THE AIR
UH-'s 30 second promo spot will be televised over CSTV - CBS's College
Sports subsidiary - during the WAC Men and Women's Basketball Tournament
March 11-15 in the Pan American Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
PRE-MAJORS, TAKE NOTE!
The ACM Faculty has approved the following policy:
Students who desire to become an ACM major but receive less than a grade of
"B" (3.0) in ACM 255 may retake the course once for reconsideration. If a
grade of B is not attained in the retaking of the course, the student is
ineligible to become an ACM major. Any appeals to this policy will be heard,
and decided, by a faculty committee.
CHECK THIS OUT
How did African American filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles make one of the most
controversial movies in American history, SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG?
Watch this bio-doc, HOW TO EAT YOUR WATERMELON IN WHITE COMPANY (AND ENJOY
IT). It's available for checkout at the Sinclair Library Wong A/V Center:
DVD #6304.
MAKE A GIFT TO ACM
ACM welcomes donations to support our programs, which support our students.
You can make a gift online at www.uhf.hawaii.edu/acm.
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