The final day of the monthlong Women Take the Reel Film Festival features a showing of "Women’s Lives In View," short films produced by Jennifer Burton and Five Sisters Productions. A question-and-answer session with with director Jennifer Burton will follow. This annual film festival is a collaborative effort among MIT Women's and Gender Studies departments …

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The Tufts University Film and Media Studies Program presents a screening of the 1958 film "The Horse's Mouth," followed by a discussion with Professor Laurence Senelick. In Ronald Neame’s film of Joyce Cary’s classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema’s most indelible comic figures: the lovably scruffy painter Gulley Jimson. As the …

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Presented as part of the Tufts University Art Galleries exhibition "The Sun Rises in the West and Sets in the East" and in collaboration with Tufts Film and Media Studies Program, this film screening features the work of two exhibiting artists, Ali Cherri and Anton Ginzburg, followed by a conversation with the artists and guest …

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Filmmaker Daniel Weintraub will be on campus at Tufts University for a screening of his film "Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros.” Weintraub's new feature-length film traces the life and work of visionary composer, musician, teacher, technological innovator and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016). A question-and-answer session with Weintraub will follow the film.  

The annual Women Take the Reel Film Festival presents a screening of the 2023 comedy "Quiz Lady," followed by a conversation with director and Academy Award winner Jessica Yu. Moderated by Tufts Professor of the Practice Jennifer Burton, the discussion will explore topics including Asian American representation on television/film and current challenges for women and …

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The 14th annual Women Take the Reel Film Festival presents a screening of the brand new film, "The Projections of Anna May Wong," followed by a discussion of live cinema theater with the film's co-directors, Cinthia Chen and Annie Jin Wang, and Tufts Professor of the Practice Jennifer Burton. This film festival is a collaborative effort …

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