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Life In Sound: Porter Alum Cuauhtemoc Martinez featued in UCSC Voice
Cuauhtemoc Martinez with mentor and professor Gustavo Vázquez at Vázquez’s retirement celebration.
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Slug 48 Celebrates Its Second Outstanding Year with Film industry Greats Harry Chotiner, Kevin Nolting and Ron Yerxa
Film and Digital Media recently wrapped its second annual Slug 48 48-hour film competition, founded in 2024 by UCSC alumnus and renowned Pixar editor Kevin Nolting. At 5 p.m. on April 25–27, 12 teams of students received a line of a dialogue and a prop that had to appear in their films, and then the clock began ticking.…
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Alumna Yasheng She, Film and Digital Media PhD, Hired as Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies at North Carolina State University
Dr. Yasheng She (FDM Ph.D. 2024) is a current Postdoctoral Fellow in East Asian Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Idaho and has been hired as an Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies at North Carolina State University’s Department of English in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. She will…
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Meloddy Gao premieres thesis film at film festivals
SocDoc alumna Meloddy Gao (’24) premiered her MFA thesis film, SWIMMING LESSONS, this fall at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. Gao also screened her film at the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival. [Taken from paff.org] SWIMMING LESSONS is a personal, reflexive film that follows a daughter of Chinese immigrants who yearns to understand her…
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John Ortiz at DOC NYC and IDA Documentary Awards
SocDoc alum John Ortiz (’24) recently screened his SocDoc MFA thesis film, JEHRY, at DocNYC in November 2024. JEHRY follows Ortiz as he explores the life and eventual murder of Costa Rican landback activist Jerhy Rivera. Rivera’s murder, which occurred in early 2020, came following a string of violent attacks and murders against indigenous Costa Ricans that…
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Tadashi Nakamura New Film at Sundance
SocDoc alum Tadashi Nakamura (’08)’s new film is premiering his newest film in the 2025 Sundance documentary competition. [Text taken from Sundance.org]: The film, THIRD ACT, tells the story of his father, Robert A. Nakamura “the godfather of Asian American Media”, his life and career, and the profound influence it had on Tad’s sense of…
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Ebadur Rahman Appointed Head of Committee to oversee the establishment of the July Mass Revolution Memorial Museum
Dr. Ebadur Rahman (FDM, PhD 2022) has been appointed the head of a committee tasked with transforming Ganabhaban – the former Prime Minister’s residence designed by Louis Kahn in the late 1960s – into the 36th July Mass Revolution Memorial Museum. His vision for the museum is to make it a global ecological landmark, serving…
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Alumna Janet Chen’s Film Has World Premiere at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
Janet Chen’s Film, Asian Bitches Speak, will have its world premiere at the 40th VC Film Festival/Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2024 on May 5, 2024. It tells the story of a mother-daughter journey that explores mental health and healing from intergenerational trauma amidst the rise in anti-Asian hate. The film was prompted by…