The Scripps College Humanities Institute presents a symposium and film screening as part of the 2005 fall series, “The New Documentary Impulse.” The symposium, “The New Documentary Impulse: Critical Perspectives,” will be held on Friday, November 18 in the Garrison Theater at Scripps College. On Thursday evening, November 17 at 7 p.m., in the Garrison Theater, Allan Sekula will introduce and lead a discussion about his film The Lottery of the Sea. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information please call the Humanities Institute at (909) 621-8326.
Participants in the symposium will include Alexandra Juhasz, professor of media studies at Pitzer College; Allan Sekula, photographer, writer, and critic in the Department of Photography and Media at CalArts; Michael Renov, associate dean and professor of cinema studies at the USC School of Cinema-Television; Bill Nichols, professor of cinema studies at San Francisco State University; and Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR’s Morning Edition.
At 9 a.m. Alexandra Juhasz will present “F is for Phony: Fake Documentaries and the Undoing of Truth.” James Morrison, associate professor of literature at Claremont McKenna College will moderate the discussion following her talk. At 9:50 a.m., Allan Sekula will give a talk “From Documentary Photography to Documentary Film.” Juliet Koss, assistant professor of art history at Scripps College will be the moderator. At 10:40 a.m. Michael Renov will lecture on “First-Person Films: Some Theses on Self-Inscription.” Panivong Norindr, associate professor of French and comparative literature at USC will conduct the discussion. Bill Nichols; talk, “Orators, Fantasies, and the Ecstatic Documentary,” will begin at 12 p.m. Nathalie Rachlin, associate professor of French studies and director of the Humanities Institute will be the moderator for his talk. Finally at 12:50 p.m., Kenneth Turan will lead a discussion on the “Documentary Golden Age? We’re Living in it.” Nancy Y. Bekavac, president of Scripps College will introduce Mr. Turan.