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SUMMARY:DIGITAL MEDIA, NEW CINEMAS, AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH
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 DIGITAL MEDIA, NEW CINEMAS, AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH\n
 Exploring 
 the Creative and Tactical Integration 
 of Digital Media and the New Technologies 
 in the Global South \n
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 FREE TO THE PUBLIC\n
 \n
 Digital 
 media has changed the everyday lives 
 of millions of people worldwide, however 
 the focus on these recent technological developments 
 tends to emphasize the lives of those 
 in first-world nations.\n
 \n
 How is it that digital 
 media, mobile technologies, and new cinematic 
 forms of representation have changed 
 the production and experience of art, economies, 
 and culture in the global south?\n
 \n
 Focusing 
 on contemporary developments in digital media, 
 and especially film and the arts, this 
 symposium will explore the creative and tactical 
 integration of digital media and new technologies 
 through diverse topics such as:\n
 New 
 African cinema, Media creation and distribution 
 in Southeast Asia and South America, and 
 Films that engage a minoritarian viewpoint regardless 
 of geopolitical origins.\n
 A three-day 
 event, the symposium begins formally with a 
 film screening on the Michigan State University 
 campus at 8:00 pm, Thursday, presented by 
 the filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya). Two days 
 of panels and speakers will follow Friday at 
 MSU, and Saturday at the University of Michigan.\n
 \n
 Outline 
 of events:\n
 April 3, Thursday 
 Evening: Global Film Series/Film Collective 
 Screening at MSU\n
 April 4, Friday-Day: Symposium 
 at Michigan State University, East Lansing\n
  
         -Evening: Performance at the Eli 
 and Edythe Broad Art Museum\n
 April 5, Saturday: 
 Symposium at the University of Michigan, Ann 
 Arbor\n
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 April 5, University of Michigan \n
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 9:30am-11:00am 
 - The Cinematic Self. Speakers: 
 Jean Marie Teno, Filmmaker, Cameroon. Melissa 
 Thackway, Film critic / author, France. 
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   11:15am-1:15pm - Cinematic Sites. Speakers: 
 Nilo Couret, University of Michigan. Fernando, 
 Arenas, University of Michigan. Frieda 
 Ekotto, University of Michigan. Onookome Okome, 
 University of Alberta. \n
   1:30pm-3:45pm - 
 Film Screening: Grey Matter (2012). Speaker: 
 Kivu Ruhorahoza, Director, writer and producer, 
 Rwanda.\n
   4:00pm-6:00pm - Cinematic Screens. 
 Speakers: Beti Ellerson, Director of the 
 Center for the Study and Research of African 
 Women in Cinema. Carmela Garritano, University 
 of St. Thomas St Paul, MN. Mary Ellen Higgins, 
 Penn State University.\n
 \n\n
 Price: FREE\n
 Sponsor: public\n
 Contact name: Tina Newhause\n
 Contact phone: 517.432.1561\n
 Contact email: newhause@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.cal.msu.edu/global-south\n
LOCATION:Various
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