F.I.L.M. Series

The renowned Anvil Orchestra (Larry Dersch, Terry Donahue, and Roger Miller) returns to accompany two classic, breakthrough “silent” films. 2 p.m. The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) by Dziga Vertov: A modern British Institute poll of film historians and critics rated Man with a Movie Camera film-history’s greatest documentary. 7 p.m. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) by Robert Wiene The film that established the horror film genre. F.I.L.M. events are are held in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125 and are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the ...

The renowned Anvil Orchestra (Larry Dersch, Terry Donahue, and Roger Miller) returns to accompany two classic, breakthrough “silent” films. 2 p.m. The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) by Dziga Vertov: A modern British Institute poll of film historians and critics rated Man with a Movie Camera film-history’s greatest documentary. 7 p.m. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) by Robert Wiene The film that established the horror film genre. F.I.L.M. events are are held in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125 and are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the ...

Professor Brianna Burke presents a double feature of Billy Luther’s award-winning documentaries. 2 p.m. Miss Navajo (2007, 58 minutes) In Miss Navajo, the role of women and tradition in Dine (Navajo) culture is explored through a young woman's quest for the Miss Navajo Nation crown. 3:30 p.m. Frybread Face and Me (2023, 83 minutes) Filmed in New Mexico with an almost entirely Indigenous crew, Frybread Face and Me shares the journey of two Navajo cousins, Benny and Dawn (or “Frybread Face”), who come together for one summer to live on their grandmother’s ranch. It is a story of family, hardship, loyalty, and knowing the importance of one’s roots...

Professor Brianna Burke presents a double feature of Billy Luther’s award-winning documentaries. 2 p.m. Miss Navajo (2007, 58 minutes) In Miss Navajo, the role of women and tradition in Dine (Navajo) culture is explored through a young woman's quest for the Miss Navajo Nation crown. 3:30 p.m. Frybread Face and Me (2023, 83 minutes) Filmed in New Mexico with an almost entirely Indigenous crew, Frybread Face and Me shares the journey of two Navajo cousins, Benny and Dawn (or “Frybread Face”), who come together for one summer to live on their grandmother’s ranch. It is a story of family, hardship, loyalty, and knowing the importance of one’s roots...

Professor Zhuoyi Wang presents Filmmaker Iris Yang and her film The Returning Tide: Thirty Years On Yang’s film revisits the legacy of the Fourth United Nations World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, through the voices of more than twenty feminist activists across East Asia. Thirty years later, the film asks what sustains connections across borders and generations, and what keeps the tide returning again and again. Iris Yang is a researcher, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. Her work explores how people continue to find the energy and possibilities for action in times of political repression. F.I.L.M. events are are held in th...

Award-winning filmmakers, Ross McElwee and Hyun Kyung Kim present their most recent films. 2 p.m. McElwee’s Remake (2026) Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary—Venice Film Festival Ross McElwee is a major figure in the history of personal documentary but when his son Adrian died from an opioid overdose at McElwee’s home on December 24, 2016 his career seemed over. The history that led to this tragic death is the central thread of Remake and provided McElwee with the most serious cinematic challenge of his career-- if and how to face his son’s death cinematically. 7 p.m. Kim’s Defectors (2023) Special Jury Award at the Visions du Réel Internati...

Award-winning filmmakers, Ross McElwee and Hyun Kyung Kim present their most recent films. 2 p.m. McElwee’s Remake (2026) Golden Globes Impact Prize for Documentary—Venice Film Festival Ross McElwee is a major figure in the history of personal documentary but when his son Adrian died from an opioid overdose at McElwee’s home on December 24, 2016 his career seemed over. The history that led to this tragic death is the central thread of Remake and provided McElwee with the most serious cinematic challenge of his career-- if and how to face his son’s death cinematically. 7 p.m. Kim’s Defectors (2023) Special Jury Award at the Visions du Réel Internati...

Semester Cinema directors Jay Craven and Nicole Doerges will present a film-in-progress An Enemy of the People, the new Semester Cinema film. Cinema Semester is an off-campus program during which college students work with professional filmmakers to produce a feature film. Hamilton students, Makato Carolin, Ranen Deb, Mello Darr, and Gori Goto were part of the 2025 production team and will hopefully join us. F.I.L.M. events are are held in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125 and are free and open to the public. Support for F.I.L.M. events is provided by the Dean of Faculty Office, the Kirkland Endowment, and the Cinema and Media Studies...

Filmmaker Robb Moss will present his new feature The Bend in the River (2026) which completes the trilogy that began with Riverdogs (1982) and The Same River Twice (2003). Over the past 40+ years, Robb Moss, film production professor at Harvard and longtime Sundance advisor, has chronicled the lives of several friends, from their youthful adventures as river guides through their decades as parents, teachers, politicians and political advisors into their lives as 70-somethings. What does aging feel like? It may surprise you; check it out! F.I.L.M. events are are held in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson 125 and are free and open to the pub...