Multimedia Specialist Tai Zimmer, along with History Professors and had a difficult task choosing among the four historical documentaries on view at the Film Screening on Wednesday, April 7. Four teams of undergraduates presented the documentaries they produced as part of Filmmaker ‘s popular 4th year seminar, HIST 4302 – Making Documentary History.
While the films were excellent, two among them stood out:
Judges鈥 Winning Selection:
- 鈥淪tolen Moments: The Art of Wilfrid Flood.鈥 Produced by Brooke Peloquin, Ellis Buschek, Taylor Blewett, and Riley Peckford. This film tells the tale of an accomplished Ottawa artist who died tragically young.
Instructor鈥檚 Runner-Up Selection:
- 鈥淪ong of Escape.鈥 Produced by Bobby Williams, Candace Moore, Maliha Mollah, & Peter Rukavina. This film focuses on Trinidadian steel bands.
Both “Stolen Moments” and “Song of Escape” will be shown again at the this Friday, April 7th, followed by a Q&A session with our talented student producers.
The other two excellent student documentaries were:
- 鈥淐oming in from the Cold.鈥 Produced by Eleanor Barney, Maya Gwilliam, & Travis D’Arcey. This film explored the Diefenbunker.
- 鈥淗idden in the Wool.鈥 Produced by Graham Bianchi, Shannon Ford, & Victoria McCaldon. The focus on this film was child labour in the Almonte textile mills.
Congratulations to all our HIST 4302 students for all their dedication and hard work!
All photos of the event were taken by Professor Bruce Elliott.