COVID and The Flaherty Seminar: Lessons Learned
April 30, 2021
The following is a part of a series of guest posts by Scott MacDonald and Patricia R. Zimmermann, authors of Flash Flaherty: Tales from a Film Seminar…. READ MORE
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“Were we crazy!?”
April 9, 2021
The following part of a series of guest posts by Scott MacDonald and Patricia R. Zimmermann, who are joined in conversation about their book, Flash Flaherty: Tales from a Film Seminar…. READ MORE
Why a book on the Flaherty Seminar participants?
March 8, 2021
The following is a part of a series of guest posts by Scott MacDonald and Patricia R. Zimmermann, authors of Flash Flaherty: Tales from a Film Seminar…. READ MORE
Florence Goes to Hollywood
February 1, 2021
Florence Goes to Hollywood | By Christoph Irmscher, editor of Love and Loss in Hollywood | Originally published on www.christophirmscher.com
As I was writing … READ MORE
Exploring Documentaries on the Civil Rights Movement with Black Camera and the BFC/A
July 2, 2018
Today marks the 54th anniversary of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 – the landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and prohibited unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. In honor of this historic event, we invite you to explore Indiana University’s Black Film Center and Archive, home of Black Camera, the international film journal.
‘Film History’ Essay Wins SCMS Award
February 9, 2017
Eric Dienstfrey’s “The Myth of Speakers: A Critical Reexamination of Dolby History,” (Film History 28.1) has won this year’s Katherine Singer Kovács Essay Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies – the premiere international scholarly organization in cinema and media studies.
Four IUP books win INDIEFAB Awards
July 4, 2016
We are pleased to announce that four of our books received 2015 INDIEFAB Awards and two books were finalists. Thousands of books are entered in the contest sponsored by Foreword Reviews each year to be judged by a select group of librarians and booksellers from across the country…. READ MORE
The Maciste Films of Silent Italian Cinema awarded the AAIS Book Prize
May 24, 2016
The American Association of Italian Studies has awarded The Maciste Films of Silent Italian Cinema the 2016 AAIS Book Prize.
Author Jacqueline Reich's book was recognized for its excellence in the Film and Media Studies category. … READ MORE
New releases for April
April 6, 2016
Happily Ever After 
The Romance Story in Popular Culture
Catherine M. Roach
"Roach's attempt to do emotional justice to the genre should satisfy academics and fans alike."… READ MORE
Alternative Oscar Nominees for Black History Month
February 23, 2016
In honor of Black History Month, we’d like to offer a viewing list of alternative nominees—historic Black films that could have been great contenders for Oscar wins, but for one reason or another were never nominated.