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Storytellers' Institute Kick Off - Get Ready for Forum!

May 29, 2018

 begins this week with our talented , and ! For the first year ever, we are also thrilled to welcome a non-Â鶹Æƽâ°æ student into the mix, Sophia Burns, who joins us from Vassar College. We look forward to a month of deep collaboration, study, making, and discussion.

2017 Fellows during seminar
Fellows in seminar led by 2017 Visiting Fellow, Daesha Devón Harris

 In just two weeks, we invite the Â鶹Æƽâ°æ and Capital region community to join us for the . This annual event series brings together makers, scholars, activists and students to present artistic works, panel discussions, workshops and conversations that engage with the yearly theme and documentary practice. .

This year we have two keynote speakers and . Hasan Elahi is a Guggenheim Fellowship and Creative Capital recipient whose work examines issues of surveillance, citizenship, migration, transport, and the challenges of borders and frontiers. Assia Boundaoui works as a journalist and filmmaker. She has reported for the BBC, NPR, AlJazeera, VICE, and CNN. She will be joined by the editor of her debut feature documentary film, , which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival this Spring and addresses the surveillance of Muslim Americans in the Chicago area through a personal lens. In addition to our keynotes, MDOCS Forum will feature: workshops with and ; performance by ; scholarly presentations by , , and ; film by and , a student exhibition curated by Â鶹Æƽâ°æ students, and .

All events are free and open to the public and we hope that you will join us for what is bound to be a generative and inspiring weekend!

 

Still from "The Feeling of Being Watched"
Still from the Feeling of Being Watched by Forum Keynote speaker Assia Boundaoui