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An audience of well over 300 people turned out May 8 to watch 11 documentary films produced by students on themes related to “The Lafayette Experience.”
The filmmakers are in the Documentary Film class taught by Andrew Smith, assistant professor of English and chair of American studies. A reception and awards presentation followed the screening.
“Huck, Bid, Pillage & Burn,” a look at the Lafayette Ultimate Frisbee team, took both the Audience Award and the Jury Prize. The film was created by Marquis Scholar Michael Dominguez ’07 (East Stroudsburg, Pa.). It was also the runner up for the Filmmakers’ Prize.
“ghost/people,” an investigation of the ghosts and haunted sites of Lafayette and the people who encounter them, received the Filmmakers’ Award. Adam H. Callaghan ’07 (South Portland, Maine), an English double major, and Hannah Schorr ’08 (Vestal, N.Y.), directed the film.
“FACEBOOK: Are You In?,” a film about the explosion of the FACEBOOK phenomenon and what it means to Lafayette students, was runner-up for the Jury Prize. Art major Danielle Schreier ’07 (New York, N.Y.) directed the film.
“Walk This Way,” an exploration of the gendered double standard applied to the so-called “walk of shame,” was runner-up for the Audience Award. Jess Cygler ’07(Scarsdale, N.Y.) a double major in English and history, and Alyssa Wisoff ’07 (New York, N.Y.) a double major in American studies and anthropology & sociology, were directors.
Other films included:
“Town & Gown,” by Kelly Milnes ’07 (Hewitt, N.J.), a double major in government & law and English, and Juliann Harabedian ’08 (Basking Ridge, N.J.), explores the evolving relationship between the college and the city of Easton.
“MEATHEAD,” by Sara Nersesian ’06 (Sparta, N.J.), a double major in English and art, and Ashley Inserra ’06 (Florham Park, N.J.), a double major in psychology and English, takes a look into the challenge to personal identity faced by senior football players who can no longer play the sport.
“I am away from my computer right now,” by Marquis Scholar Tacie Steidel ’06 (Allentown, Pa.), an American studies major, focuses on the obsession of instant messaging.
“Outside the Leopards Den,” by American studies major Jesse Campoamor ’07 (New York, N.Y.), is an intimate portait of three Lafayette athletes who were compelled to leave their sports.
“The Peanut Butter Monologues,” by Marquis Scholar Katie Thompson ’09 (Glenside, Pa.), delves into the enduring fascination with peanut butter.
“This is Domass,” by English majors Benjamin Cole Hauptfuhrer ’07(Bronxville, N.Y.) and Doug Salvemini ’07 (Hawthorne, N.J.), is a documentary on confused “metrosexuals.”
“Moving Beyond,” by English and psychology double major Megan Lavery ’06 (Lawrenceville, N.J.) and psychology major Jessica Memoli ’06 (Port Washington, N.Y.), focuses on the transition from Lafayette to the “real world.”
Members of the film jury were Suzanne Westfall, professor and head of English; Bianca Falbo, assistant professor of English; Michael Jordan, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures; Alix Ohlin, assistant professor of English; Sidney E. Donnell, associate professor of Spanish; Paul Germain ’04; and Carol Rowlands ’81, director of admissions.
A two-DVD set of the films will be available at Skillman Library.