Film

An abstract eye for film, creative camera work and a feminist mindset are all factors that make up Kent State alumna Ailene Joven, '21. As a digital media production student, she began creating the short film “Define” during the early days of COVID-19. Several years later, that film was screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival...

As they prepare for careers as directors, writers and cinematographers in an industry that’s dominated by men, female filmmakers at Kent State University empower and support one another through the Female Filmmaker's Initiative (FFI). Assistant Professor Dana White, an award-winning independent filmmaker, created the student group becau...

America has the highest prison population in the world.1 Today there are 2.2 million people in U.S. prisons or jails–a 500% increase over the last 40 years.1 One in nine people in prison is now serving a life sentence, nearly a third of whom are sentenced to life without parole. 1 People of color make up 37% of the U.S. population bu...

The School of Communication Studies (COMM) will offer a course called “Seminar: Vietnam: Messages from the Cultural Divide” during the Spring 2018 semester. COMM Associate Professor David Trebing, Ph.D., will teach the course for the third time, which will count as an upper division elective for communication students.  Trebing deve...

Kent State University Day at the Cleveland Film Festival (CIFF) is slated for April 6 at Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland. Kent State is a sponsor of the festival and members of the Kent State community will receive $2 off any ticket to a film showing on that day. Kent State alumni, students, faculty and staff should use the code K...