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Videos from the Jazz Loft Project: interviews with bassist Bill Crow, pianist Joey Massters, and Jazz Loft Research Associate and "professional listener" Dan Patridge are available on CDS Porch and on the CDS iTunes site.
Also, you can see a promotional video for the Jazz Loft Project book at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azzNblu3K
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Dan Partridge has been working as part of the Jazz Loft Project since 2003. His role as the “professional listener” on staff has entailed listening to and making detailed notes on the thousands ...
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CDS undergraduate student Kevin Tolson is profiled in an article in the student newspaper about Duke University's "Graduation with Distinction" program. Tolson's project is about four boxers who train in the same gym in his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland.
Learn more about the undergraduate curriculum at CDS at http://...cds.aas.duke.edu/courses/undergrad.html
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The Independent Daily at Duke University.
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Opportunity for a CDS trifecta this Friday!!!
(1) "The Politics of Representation: Documentary and Identity" conference on Duke's east campus, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(2) Visit the CDS table at the "Third Friday at Golden Belt" event in downtown Durham (where elin o'Hara slavick's "Hiroshima: After Aftermath" will be on exhibi...t), 6 to 9 p.m.
(3) Screening of "Flying On One Engine" at CDS. Film starts at 7 p.m., with reception immediately beforehand.
See www.cdsporch.org for more information for items (1) and (3)
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The historic Golden Belt renovation in Durham, North Carolina will draw a dense arts energy to downtown Durham with artist studios, live/work lofts, restaurants, retail, live music and more.
See MoreCenter for Documentary Studies at Duke University Southern Circuit filmmaker Joshua Weinstein will screen his documentary, "Flying On One Engine," this Friday at CDS. Reception at 6, film at 7.
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Wheelchair bound, without a larynx, and diagnosed with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm, Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet now lives only so he can travel to India to perform free operations in marathon-like ...
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University The Jazz Loft Project will be featured on the Today Show! Sam Stephenson will be interviewed by Ann Curry on Friday, November 13th. The segment is scheduled to air at 9:43 a.m. Tune in to NBC or visit TODAYshow.com to watch after the broadcast.
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Sam Stephenson in the loft at 821 Sixth Avenue. Henry Chang, son of building owners Jim and Holly Chang, is in the background. June 2009. Photograph by Ann Curry.
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Artist talk by Jennette Williams about her book and exhibition "The Bathers" 5:30-7:30 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Rare Book Room in Perkins Library on Duke's west campus.
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Jennette Williams is the 2008 winner of the biennial Center for Documentary Studies / Honickman First Book Prize in Photography.
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"Given the ever-present threat of raids and deportations, I was concerned about how best to help young immigrants who were undocumented tell their stories — how to create a documentary about their lack of documents?"
Learn more about Lewis Hine Documentary Fellow Rebecca Herman's project, and see her videos "Northbound"... and "Heroinas." The videos are also available for viewing on our CDS iTunes U site and under our Facebook "Video" tab.
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GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATIONOverview of ProgramStaffContactPartner NGOsSupporters LEWIS HINE FELLOWSOverview of Hine FellowsHistory of Hine FellowsCurrent and Past Hine FellowsRole of Hine FellowsBecoming ...
See MoreCenter for Documentary Studies at Duke University "Love on Delivery," "Ellen Ciompi: A Neighbor in Our Town," and "Birth by Charity, Death by Intolenance" among the 2009 Video institute short videos now available for view on "CDS Porch" and the CDS iTunes U site.
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Videos from this summer’s video institute are now available for on the CDS site on iTunes U. You can view or download the 12 video shorts for free. Three of the videos are available for viewing below.
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From the Washington Post review of "The Way We Get By," a documentary film about airport troop greeters at Bangor Int'l Airport in Maine. Come to the screening and filmmaker reception at CDS Friday night.
"No one comes home in a body bag. There are no dusty dispatches from Baghdad or Helmand province. . . . There are no... protests. There is no rhetoric. It's not that kind of war documentary. 'The Way We Get By' is about three people, not about military or political combat. It strikes a deep, rich vein of emotion that flows through America's elderly, and it should be required viewing for those who think they know exactly what America is about."
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A deeply moving film about life and how to live it, The Way We Get By begins as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about airport troop greeters. The film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling, and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war, and mortality. ...
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Come meet the filmmakers behind "Pelada" this Thursday: former Duke soccer players Rebekah Fergusson and Gwendolyn Oxenham, Duke graduate Ryan White, and former Notre Dame soccer player Luke Boughen.
They'll be showing an advance preview of their much-anticipated documentary about their travels playing pick-up soccer g...ames in Brazil, Kenya, Israel, Iran and beyond, and what they learned about the power and meaning of the sport along the way. Follow the link for details.
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Part of the “Soccer Politics” film series, Pelada highlights two young soccer players who tour the world playing pick-up games in Brazil, Kenya, Israel, Iran and beyond, learning about the power and meaning of the sport along the way. ...
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