Arthur Dong: Documentary Beyond Documentary Film
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 5:00 pm
Alum and Lecturer Arthur Dong produces award-winning films and videos that combine the art of the visual medium with an investigation of social issues. His passion for filmmaking actually began in high school where he created his first film, Public, a five-minute animated piece that explored a child's visceral responses to violence. As an SF State student, Dong produced Sewing Woman, a documentary about his mother’s immigration to America from China. The film received an Academy Award nomination. Free.
Location:
Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
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Sponsor:
Cinema Department
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SF State Box Office
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Phone:
415-338-2467
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Winner of a George Foster Peabody Award and three Sundance Film Festival awards and a five-time Emmy nominee, Dong (B.A., Cinema, ’82) has been named a Guggenheim Fellow in Film and a Rockefeller Fellow in Media. Retrospectives of his work have been presented at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Hawai’i International Film Festival and Outfest in Los Angeles. He was named SF State Alumnus of the Year in 2007.