Month: November 2007

Documentary Institute graduate students Boaz Dvir (who is also the College’s Director of Communications) and Rebecca Goldman are featured in a multimedia story in The Independent Florida Alligator.

Yance Ford, series producer for P.O.V. on PBS, visited The Documentary Institute November 27-28 to speak with the students about her work. P.O.V. (point of view), a PBS program, is the longest-running TV showcase for independent non-fiction films and documentaries. The featured films have won 18 Emmy’s, 10 Peabody Awards and three Academy Awards. “[Ford’s […]

[jwplayer file=”college/college/PRWorkLife071116.mov” html5_file=”http://fms01.jou.ufl.edu/college/college/PRWorkLife071116.mov”] Public Relations Advisory Council members Rebecca Hart, Kathleen Marvaso, Christine Ahearn, Angela Buonocore, Mickey Nall, John Deveney and Del Galloway discuss work/life balance issues with students in a Principles of Public Relations class. Running time: 45:29. [audio:http://www.jou.ufl.edu/assets/newsaudio/PRWorkLife071116.mp3]

The Documentary Institute hosted Academy Award-winning filmmaker Mark Harris, who showed his newest documentary, “Darfur Now” on campus. “Darfur Now” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and opened Friday in New York and Los Angeles. The documentary, which was also screened at the UN and for Congress, will open in 41 cities […]