MONIFF Spells Opportunity for KSC Filmmakers
Having the Monadnock International Film Festival in town April 16–18 offers real educational and professional opportunities for Keene State Film students and film makers. “This is a wonderful event for the college and the region, and we are honored to support the cultural community this festival represents.” said Dean of Arts and Humanities and MONIFF board member Andrew Harris. “It brings us into the community and brings the community onto campus. Our film students intern and volunteer at the festival, and we all benefit from this vital and meaningful celebration of creativity in Keene.” With several films, panels, and gatherings at venues on campus and around town, there’s plenty for everyone. This year’s festival features films by and about several Keene State faculty and alums:
The Next Great American Game
This documentary film follows Assistant Professor of Art Randall Hoyt’s year-long journey through the game industry in his quest to find a publisher for Turnpike, the board game he’s created.
Friday, April 17, 2015, 11 a.m., Redfern Arts Center
Brew Hampshire
KSC Film alums Meagan Frappiea ’06 and Bryant Naro ’09’s documentary follows the explosion of craft beer culture in New Hampshire.
Friday, April 17, 1 p.m., Redfern Arts Center (Think Local Shorts Program)
And Counting
What would you do if you thought you were going to die? Taking you on an sensory odyssey, KSC’s Director of Enterprise Information Systems Michelle Wood’s And Counting invites you to hear and visualize one man’s journey of living longer than he ever imagined possible with HIV. This 2014 short film has been shown in five other film festivals: Pride of the Ocean Film Festival, Downeast Flick Fest (Greenville, NC), Richmond Diversity Film Festival (Virginia), Independent Film Festival of Boston, and CineSLAM, Vermont’s LGBT Short Film Festival.
Friday, April 17, 1 p.m., Redfern Arts Center (Think Local Shorts Program)
Here Am I, Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels
This moving and socially important 2003 documentary by emeriti professors Larry Benaquist (Film Studies) and William Sullivan (English) chronicles the life of a Keene seminary student whose commitment to the civil rights movement and social justice took him to Alabama in 1965, where he was killed protecting a young civil rights activist. Film Professor Thomas Cook also worked on the film as one of the cinematographers.
Saturday, April 18, 10 a.m., Redfern Arts Center
Professors Sullivan and Benaquist will be receiving a special award from the festival for the production of the Daniels film. They will also sit on a panel, “Jonathan Daniels, Book and Film: Research, Discoveries and Lessons Learned” (noon, Fri, April 17, Marriott) on the processes of discovery in researching the life and legacy of Jonathan Daniels.
