Short Essay

Post your short essays here.

Don't Look Back (1968)

Here's a good interview with the producer, D.A. Pennebaker. He's well known in documentary film circles. We'll talk a little bit about cinema verite this week, a movement for which Pennebaker was a noted practitioner/developer.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/da-pennebaker,55463/

Group 2: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 1: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Soundtrack for a Revolution (2009)

Group 1: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 2: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

The Freedom Riders (2011)

Only 5 people completed watching Stanley Morgan's The Freedom Riders. That is unacceptable. Please tell bosses, family, friends, etc., that you are paying to enroll in a class from 5:00-7:45 on Thursday nights, and that (amazingly) your instructor requires your attendance at said class.

Group 2: By Tuesday morning, post a 3-400 word response on Berkeley in the Sixties, directed by Mark Kitchell.

Group 1: By Thursday at noon, post a 200 wordish response to something or things discussed by Group 1.

Remember to email responses to me if you are unable to post.