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Film and media studies

A man runs frantically
Q+A
An intimate portrait of a working-class life
Published May 10, 2018
In advance of the premiere of his fourth film, 'Sollers Point,' Johns Hopkins lecturer Matthew Porterfield sits down to talk filmmaking, creating complex characters, and the colors of summer in Baltimore
Faces projected on walls
Film
Virtual world, present danger
Published April 20, 2018
Extended reality film experience about nuclear fallout and Hiroshima premieres at Tribeca Film Festival
Zine art: Three faceless women
Women's bodies, weaponized
Published April 11, 2018
In 'Trouble Girls' zine, senior Gillian Waldo explores women's prison protests in Northern Ireland
Taylor Kitsch as David Koresh
Entertainment
True crime and the rise of the docudrama
Published Jan 30, 2018
Film and Media Studies director Linda DeLibero discusses the growing appeal of true crime storytelling on TV and the future of the genre
Sabrina Bouarour
Film
Baltimore's unrest, through a Parisian's lens
Published Sept 29, 2017
One-time Johns Hopkins visiting scholar Sabrina Bouarour puts final touches on documentary exploring the imagery of Baltimore's 2015 protests
A woman sits on a rooftop while Havana sprawls out behind her
Film studies
Rare glimpse of Cuban cinema
Published April 20, 2017
Film scholar Gustavo Arcos Fernandez-Britto will screen two Cuban films on campus next week
A compilation of stills from the 9 Oscar nominees for Best Picture
Oscars 2017
Standouts, surprises, snubs
Published Jan 24, 2017
Linda DeLibero, director of JHU's Program in Film and Media Studies, talks about this year's Academy Award nominees
Music
Sound's future
Published Winter 2016
Thomas Dolby's memoir explores the future of music's creation and use / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Students photograph area graffiti
Youth arts program
Finding their voices
Published July 26, 2016
Baltimore Youth Film Arts hosts summer screening, exhibitions July 30 at Shriver Hall
Julie Dash
Film studies
A trailblazing filmmaker
Published April 27, 2016
Julie Dash, whose film 'Daughters of the Dust' broke new ground for black women filmmakers, to visit JHU