The Documentary Film Program at Wake Forest University

12/07/2024

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10/16/2024

Another great article highlighting the staying power of the film Hoop Dream as it celebrates its 30th anniversary! Love to see the continued coverage of this groundbreaking film and how it has impacted the lives of its participants--Arthur Agee and William Gates--and the filmmakers, including our very own DFP Professor of Practice Peter Gilbert.

This year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the critically acclaimed film "Hoop Dreams," which starred Arthur Agee and William Gates.

10/15/2024

Huge thanks to Candice Dalsing for an informative conversation on impact producing strategies, highlighting her work as the National Impact Producer for Bring Them Home!

Produced by Thunderheart Films, Bring Them Home, follows the decades-long effort by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy to bring buffalo back to the Blackfeet Reservation and rewild them.

Candice came to the film as an award-winning Director/Producer based in Los Angeles, CA and co-owner of Deer Woman Productions a nonprofit Native/women run production company.

You can learn more about Bring Them Home and the mission of Thunderheart Films at https://www.thunderheartfilms.com/bring-them-home

10/13/2024

Congratulations to Elizabeth Miller-Derstine (MFA ’23) and Allison Rieff (MFA ’23) on the official selection of their thesis film, Bloom, to the Cucalorus Film Festival!

09/20/2024

Congratulations to DFP Professor of Practice Peter Gilbert on the premiere of “The Easy Kind” at the prestigous Telluride Film Festival! Gilbert, pictured here with director Katy Chevigny and members of the Easy Kind film family, served as a producer on the film.

The genre-bending feature offers a captivating look at Nashville singer Elizabeth Cook as she embarks on a journey to break free from country music constraints, embracing her authentic artistic self-expression.

09/14/2024

Congratulations to our DFP Moonlight Madness 5K and Fun Run crew—Professor of Practice Chris Sheridan, MA student Peter Tkac, and MFA student Wilsury Wei—for an amazing race!

Special shout-out to Peter Tkac for his impressive age group win and a top 10 overall finish!

09/13/2024

DFP MA in Sports Media & Storytelling and MFA in Documentary Film students and faculty enjoyed an evening of leadership lessons and stories from Wake Forest's Face to Face speaker Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning!

09/07/2024

What a great kick off screening for this season’s Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers! A big thank you to circuit and cinema for bringing the imaginative and captivating film “This World is Not My Own” to Winston-Salem! It was a fantastic double feature event for DFP students who attended the Wednesday evening screening at a/perture cinema and spent the following morning in conversation with Director Petter Ringbom in the Doc Storytelling I class. Thank you for generously sharing valuable insight into your journey with this film and the all the ways in which you, and co-director Marquise Stillwell, sought to honor the creative spirit of Nellie Mae Rowe and the unique friendship she shared with Judith Alexander.

We are looking forward to the next Southern Circuit film!🎥✨

09/04/2024

Great to have the students back at Brookstown! A new cohort of DFP first year students and returning second year students gathered for a post orientation lunch to kick off the first week of classes. We are excited to get the fall semester going!

05/20/2024

Congratulations to our graduates Yijia Zhong (MFA '24), Sydney Johnson (MA/MFA '24), and Jason Baum (MFA '24)! 👏 💐 🥂

The DFP had our annual graduation screening on Friday night in Brookstown and then the Graduate School Hooding and Commencement Ceremony on Saturday afternoon. Some students who graduated in 2023 came back to attend the official ceremony — Zaria Davis (MA '23), Taylor Rogers (MFA '23), and Jinglin Zeng (MFA '23).

Thanks to everyone who attended Friday's screening or the ceremony on Saturday. It was a great weekend and we're so happy for our grads!

(And shoutout to Sheridan Coats (MFA '25) for the amazing dry erase board artwork 😁)

05/14/2024

Congratulations to Sam Smartt (MFA ‘13) on the streaming release of his film ‘Luminous’!

Check it out now on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube, and Hoopla (free with yout library card)! 💫✨

“…a prediction of something completely new, the likes of which have never been seen before.” — Owen Gingerich, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and History of Science, Harvard NOW STREAMING! or watch FREE via Kanopy through your public or university library! ORDER THE DVD Larry Molnar believe...