LA folks, don't miss this Thursday's screening of short experimental films from India: 'Nation and its Fragments' co-curated by Sean Batton and me at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Friends heading to SCMS Chicago, please come to our Friday morning panel "Videographic Approaches to Indian Cinema" organized by Neepa Majumdar, and with Anupama Prabhala, and Pavitra Sundar.
Here's a little sneak peek on what I am presenting

Introducing 📣
Animal Vegetable Mineral: A Podcast About All Things Documentary
A series of four audio episodes that delve into some of the current themes and debates in the field of documentary studies.
Co-produced by: @alisalebow.bsky.social @topiaryland.bsky.social, and me.

In week 2, we looked at Soviet Montage and watched my all time favourite Fragment of an Empire (Fridrikh Ermler, 1929). This clip does not do justice to a montage that is about a 150 shots but I am sharing it anyway as it is one of the best scenes in film history.

We began with Bill Morrison's Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) to lay out the relations between film and history. It was helpful to take the students through Sobchack's What is Film History? and show clips from The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille.

Teaching a film history and methods module for non-major students this term. It is a peculiar challenge to get them interested in film history but also get them excited about historical methods. Welcoming suggestions on what readings people use. I will be sharing weekly what we are doing in class

tomorrow on my South Asian Cinema module

Topiary Landberg, @jmalitsky.bsky.social, and I just had our last meeting as elected members of the Visible Evidence Governing Council. Cheers to the incoming members Ilona Hongisto, Kim Munro, and Narmeen Ijaz and the exciting road ahead!
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tell me you are an academic without telling me you are an academic

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

Edith at attention