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Film Comment: Enter the Void

Film Comment looks at how Christopher Harris’s urban landmark "still/here" expresses the feelings of absence in ravaged St. Louis neighborhoods to create an afterimage of African-American experience.

IowaNow: Investing in the next generation of film and TV professionals

Mark Johnson has won the most prestigious awards in film and television and worked with the biggest names in Hollywood. But the University of Iowa alumnus also is committed to championing the work of numerous up-and-comers — including many Hawkeyes.

Works from UI Alums Available for Streaming

University of Iowa grads are no strangers to Hollywood. So, while we’re practicing social distancing, fire up your favorite app and watch the fantastic work of Hawkeye alums.

Congratulations to Cinema Faculty Christopher Harris and Steven Ungar

Monday, May 4, 2020
Professor Steven Ungar has been awarded the University of Iowa Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service for 2020, while Associate Professor Christopher Harris has been awarded an Artist Project Grant from the Los Angeles Filmforum.

Film students find new ways to keep the art of cinema alive while social distancing

While social distancing has made collaborative artwork difficult, three UI film students remain inspired to experiment with new ways of filmmaking.

Philip Rabalais’ video, Bill Witherspoon’s Thoughts on Light and Electricity, will screen at Cosmic Rays Film Festival

The video is a reworking of the footage he shot for a marketing video. Rather than relegating the earth and sky to the status of "b-roll", here they take on a lead role, reversing the structure of b-roll and subject.

Associate Professor Christopher Harris receives DSHB Faculty Scholar Awards

The Developmental Sciences Hybridoma Bank (DSHB) Awards provide support annually to tenured CLAS faculty for an approved research project within the humanities.