KSC Film Studies

The Native American Film Festival begins tonight at the Putnam Theater. The full schedule is here.

Here’s a trailer from one of the films that will be playing, Imprint, a suspense thriller/mystery:

Imprint is playing Saturday 4/19 at 9 p.m.; Sunday 4/20 at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, 4/22 at 7 p.m.

Here’s one from the documentary Miss Navajo:

Miss Navajo is playing as part of a double feature with Black Indians: An American Story:

The double Miss Navajo/Black Indians double feature is playing Friday, 4/18 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, 4/19 at 2 p.m.; Thursday at 7 p.m.

There’s a number of other films, for which I cannot find trailers, listed on the Putnam schedule.

This is a really great festival — come out and see at least one of these films, you won’t regret it!

About an hour and a half into today’s lively discussion between faculty, students, and local filmmakers, one person summed up the dilemma that had quickly become the focus of the conversation:

The problem is simple. You have students who need advance notice [to work on films] and an industry that can’t provide it.

Much of the capacity session, which was ably led by the New Hampshire Film and Television Office, offered insight into the nature of the problem. The local film industry could use students on projects, and that in turn could benefit both the local industry and the student. But first the industry and the college have to work together to reconcile seemingly incompatible schedules.

Here’s Keene State Professor Tom Cook discussing the issue:

Other subjects included the need for location scouts, the ability of the Film Office to provide documentation to students and help them work out the legal difficulties of shooting in small towns, and methods of finding the contacts one needs to survive in the film business.

There were a number of film students filming the session in what looked like a three camera shoot, so I’ll wait until that video is assembled to discuss the session a bit more.  But when we do get the longer video up here, set aside some time and watch it — the roundtable was a great example of the college working with local business to discover and remove barriers to what could be beneficial partnerships, for both the community and our students.

Press inquiries can be directed to Robin Dutcher at rdutcher@keene.edu / 603-358-2119.