4th Friday 6Pack: MFA|EDA Talena Sanders (’13)

Welcome to the second installment of MFA|EDA’s 4th Friday Alumni 6Pack. We are pleased to continue the new custom with the inimitable Talena Sanders, from the inaugural Class of 2013.   1. Interloping To thrust oneself into the affairs of others. I am here (right now, in Mexico) from elsewhere, and I am around all the… Continue reading 4th Friday 6Pack: MFA|EDA Talena Sanders (’13)

MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Fall 2015 Playlist

          The latest MFA|EDA dispatches and achievements from near and far. Congratulations all. ___________________________ Amanda Berg, ’14: Exhibited at PhotoVille in New York City. ___________________________ Rachel Boillot ’14: With work featured in Feature Shoot and the Daily Mail UK, Rachel is exhibiting her current work, Silent Ballad at The Framer’s Corner through… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Fall 2015 Playlist

Duke MFA|EDA Represents at IndieGrits, April 15-19

No less than eight films from Duke University MFA|EDA students and alumni are featured in this year’s installment of IndieGrits, April 15-19, Columbia, SC. Check it out:  http://www.indiegrits.com Congratulations to the filmmakers: Amanda Berg (’14)  Every Body Hit Somebody & Welcome Home, Fayetteville Observer Brenda L. Burmeister (’14)  I Have To Close My Eyes Sarah Garrahan… Continue reading Duke MFA|EDA Represents at IndieGrits, April 15-19

MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Winter 2015 Playlist

Dispatches from near and far: Runa A (Class of 2014) ● Works for the United Nations Department of Public Information, UNTV, as a video editor, completing works such as Saving Pacific’s Tuna, #Climate2014 Questions, and United Nation Interns. ● Worked for the 69th General Assembly of the UN as a liaison between the UN Media Accreditation and Liaison… Continue reading MFA|EDA Student & Alumni News: Winter 2015 Playlist

Film Comment’s Experimental Film in the Academy & MFA|EDA

Very pleased and proud to see MFA|EDA faculty and alumni featured in Living Cinema: Experimental Film and the Academy, from the November/December 2014 issue of Film Comment. Read the full article here.  

MFA|EDA Alumni News: Upcoming Film Festival Screenings

Congratulations to MFA|EDA alumni Marika Borgeson, Talena Sanders and Lisa McCarty on their upcoming spring film festival exhibitions: ————————————————— Talena Sanders (MFA|EDA ’13) LIAHONA Counterpath Press March 9, 7:00pm ————————————————— Marika Borgeson (MFA|EDA ’13) ELEVEN FORTY SEVEN Ann Arbor Film Festival March 30 ————————————————— Lisa McCarty (MFA|EDA ’13) EVERY FILTER IN FINAL CUT PRO Chicago… Continue reading MFA|EDA Alumni News: Upcoming Film Festival Screenings

Alumna Talena Sanders (’13) Guest Filmmaker at Univ of Colorado

Via IFS/FCP: 2013 MFA|EDA alumna Talena Sanders will be a guest filmmaker at the University of Colorado’s First Person Cinema series, and is presenting Liahona, Sanders’ first feature-length film. Talena Sanders LIAHONA Monday, March 10 7:00 PM University of Colorado Visual Arts Complex Auditorium 1B20 More Information Liahona is an experimental documentary examining the culture, history, and lived… Continue reading Alumna Talena Sanders (’13) Guest Filmmaker at Univ of Colorado

MFA|EDA at the 51st New York Film Festival, Sept 27-Oct 13

Duke University’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts program is proud to announce MFA|EDA student, alumni, faculty and visiting artist participation at the 51st Annual New York Film Festival. MFA|EDA students and alumni presenting work are: Marika Borgeson, Erin Espelie, Lisa McCarty and Talena Sanders. In addition, Duke AMI’s Associate Director & Instructor Josh Gibson and Visiting Artist… Continue reading MFA|EDA at the 51st New York Film Festival, Sept 27-Oct 13

Talena Sanders at San Fran Cinematheque’s Crossroads

Talena Sanders was one of twelve students from Duke’s MFAEDA Class of 2013 who flew to Las Vegas last spring to seek, capture, and record the city in two days. This became the project, 48 Hours in Las Vegas, for which Sanders produced the short film The Fort – “at the place where Las Vegas was founded, a… Continue reading Talena Sanders at San Fran Cinematheque’s Crossroads