UT Documentary Center 2008 Scholarship Winners

As part of its primary commitment to support student work, and especially to create and foster opportunities for students to develop professional experience and contacts within their fields, the University of Texas Documentary Center offered four scholarships in its second year of operations. The scholarships are funded by the general operating budget of the UT [...]

Spring 2008 Programming, UT Documentary Center

Scroll down for the Spring 2008 Doc Ctr sponsored and co-sponsored events, as well as other events, news, calls, and funding info…

Programs, Spring 2008
Thank you to everyone who was a part of our successful semester!

UT Documentary Center Artist-in-Residence Jeanne Finley
Residency: February 25-29, 2008
Public screening and Q&A: February 28, 2008
More info about public screening.
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Inside the Circle at the Alamo Ritz

Capturing the raw power and defiant creativity of a home-grown hip-hop movement, the award-winning documentary INSIDE THE CIRCLE follows Josh, Omar and Romeo as they struggle to keep dance at the center of their lives.
When: Monday May 12, 10 pm
With director Marcy Garriott, B-Boy Romeo Navarro, and soundtrack musicians Adrian Quesada and Bavu Blakes in [...]

Call for entries | U-FRAME International Video Festival

The TIPI (Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute) and the UTFI (University of Texas Film Institute) are pleased to announce that they will be sponsoring UT undergraduate or graduate students in their participation in the U-Frame International Video Festival in Porto, Portugal. Travel expenses will be covered for five UT students whose work is selected for [...]

“Destiny’s Children: L.A. Gangs in Post-war El Salvador” Presented by Donna DeCesare

Jessica Diaz (pictured with her mom and son)
photo by Donna DeCesare
In conjunction with the current exhibition “Inside El Salvador Por Fuera” exhibition, photojournalist Donna DeCesare, Assistant Professor of Photojournalism at The University of Texas at Austin, presents “Destiny’s Children: L.A. Gangs in Post-war El Salvador.”
When: Thursday, May 8, 7 P.M.
Where: Ransom Center (21st & Guadalupe)
Free [...]