Film Studies profs to exhibit new work at Athens film and video festival

Film Studies professors Ray Rea and Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson will be exhibiting new work at the 2010 Athens International Film and Video Festival. Both works combine elements of documentary, animation and experimental practice. Rea’s work, Cat’s Cradle, combines 16mm animation and analog rotoscope techniques with digital effects to tell a visual story of trial, error, and forgiveness. Kristjansson’s 30-minute documentary, Sveit, was shot in a rural village on the north coast of Iceland. Click headline to read more.

CSA spring social is May 7

The Council on Staff Affairs Spring Social will be Friday, May 7 from 9-11 a.m. in CMU 101. We will raffle a Marlowe Kullish rocking horse and a 2010-2011 general parking permit. The CSA spring apparel sale will be from Monday, May 3 through Friday, May 14. Samples will be available in the Records Office beginning May 3. Apparel will be delivered before Memorial Day Weekend. View apparel and order at http://www.mnstate.edu/csa/store.cfm

Tonight Only: SEX! BODY! SELF!

A performance & lecture & rant by Tim Miller will be held Wednesday, April 28 at 9 p.m. in the Center for the Arts Gaede Stage. It’s a highly stimulating and opinionated rant with performance about identity, the culture wars and queer strategies for the future. Followed by Q&A. For ticket information, please contact the MSUM Box Office at 218.477.2271. For more information about the internationally acclaimed Tim Miller, please refer to: http://www.timmillerperformer.com/about.html

A Silent Cry showing April 28

A Silent Cry – A Documentary, will be showing Wednesday, April 28 at 6 p.m. in King Hall Auditorium. This documentary film exposes the hidden genocide in the horn of Africa. Produced by a team of young British students, in partnership with African Rights Monitor, is based on stories depicting the shattered lives of Somali refugees from the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. These stories were discovered by the Silent Cry producers when they visited Nairobi, Kenya, during their last Spring break. Read more at http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/11624