Documentary films

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A novel idea, Family Participatory model involves a filmmaker, Westborough community TV, and three Westborough families. -- abstract.

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Films produced by Emerson College's Media, Technologies and Production Department, including documentaries and promotional films and footage of Emerson College events.

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

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[T]he power and potential of interactive documentary is explored through Hollow. Hollow is centered around McDowell County, West Virginia where content is created for the community, by the community." Hollow addresses the issues of rural brain drain and y

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I love children, but...is an autobiographical documentary about my hesitations to become a mother. Presented in a series of vignettes, the film uses my personal debate as a prism to investigate contemporary parenting and changing expectations of women. --

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It Moves is a 20-minute long documentary video about the way my family members use photography to record their lives; it is also about my parents' divorce. -- abstract.

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This video documents famous historical and cultural sites in Japan. -- abstract.

Overview "Karukéra Blues takes its audience on an immersive journey around the Islands of Guadeloupe, exploring the concept of home in a post-colonial society from a diasporic vantage. The film depicts customs and tradition seldom witnessed by foreign eyes with an observational style. The non-expository narration guides the audience throughout the experience with an essay that weaves between poetry and social commentary in exploring the archipelago's colonial heritage, with its social and cultural...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...

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This is a documentary that intertwines memories of the filmmaker's deceased father, and the stories of two people who are facing serious illnesses. This documentary has an abstract structure in that it re-enacts the filmmaker['s] memories and combine[s] t

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Documentary "...intended to inform and to educate the general public about American Muslims and the Islamic religion. Light it! focuses on a group of American Muslim teenagers working to change the public's perception of who they are and what they truly s

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"Lola is a short hybrid documentary using a combination of live-action footage, animation, and archival materials to tell the story of my grandmother's experience living in the Philippines during World War II. The film explores essential facets of the Asian-American experience: migration, displacement, the price of assimilation, war, and intergenerational silence." -- Abstract

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Loose is autobiographical examination of how the intersections of gender, queer and racial performativity affect the power dynamics of navigating public space. -- abstract.

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Using LeBron James' historic decision to leave the city of Cleveland as a lens, the documentary explores the complicated relationship many Cleveland residents have with their hometown. -- Abstract.

Overview "Missing with Privilege is a documentary film about news disparities between missing white people and missing BIPOC. In 2021, Gabby Petito's name was everywhere. After Gabby was found, I had the opportunity to interview her mom. After that interview, I wanted to understand why some missing person cases become international news while others have no coverage. I interview David Robinson. David is Daniel Robinson's father. Daniel disappeared within weeks of Gabby yet had no news coverage for 3...

Overview "My Years with Prospero is a feature length documentary on a recluse woodcarver who lives in the forests of Vermont. In the late 1960's, Mark Fenwick was living on the streets of Boston as a homeless adolescent, where he was experimenting with his lifelong interest of sculpture. Around this time, he heard of a group of likeminded individuals leaving the urban centers of Washington and Boston for the mountains of Vermont: what would be the genesis of the "Total Loss Farm" commune. Mark, or...

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"The Negro Theater Project 1935 — 1939 is a 24 minute narrative documentary shot on video. The story is about the Negro Theater in Boston during the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The story is told through a series of interviews and archival footage with a voice over narrative to complete the story." --page 4.

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The collection consists of two digital files: 1. A web crawl, or snapshot, of the NewEnglandFilm.com website as of 2023, and 2. An export of the site's Directory, a listing of film and production vendors, venues, suppliers, agencies, and talent. When the web crawl was captured on November 17, 2023, the directory had been removed from the website.

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"This project is a short documentary about Wendy Carlos, a composer and technical innovator in the field of electronic music. Interviews and monologues detail the difficulties that a group of young transgender people have faced in finding their ancestors' history. The filmmaker recounts her own discovery of Carlos and creates new music in tribute to her influence." -- Abstract

Scope and Content Note From the Series: The series contains Master's theses from 1943 to present. The theses consist of either a production book and a media component or solely a production book. The production books were originally submitted as physical bound copies, but were later submitted digitally. The physical production books are stored offsite and the digital production books are stored in the College's preservation repository.The media components consist of U-matic tapes, VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays and...