Documentary Film & Photography
On April 19th I had an opportunity to show my film “Sauce is Very Peaceful: Curtis’ Coney Island Famous Weiners” at the 6th Ethnografilm Festival in Paris. The film was produced to commemorate Curtis’ selection for a 2018 Maryland Traditions heritage award. Curtis’ Coney Island Famous Weiners has been a fixture in downtown Cumberland, Maryland … Read more
In the fall of 2018, students in MLL 495 / 695 Intercultural Video production worked with Ashley Minner and Chad Buterbaugh of Maryland Traditions to profile winners of the 2018 Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Award. The program “supports up to one year of study in folklife, or living cultural traditions. During the study period, a master folklife … Read more
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Catonsville Nine action, students in MCS Production Fellows worked with community members and UMBC’s Shriver Center to produce three oral history videos. The videos were screened during commemorative events in Catonsville on May 5, 2018. Dave Eberhardt was one of the participants in the Baltimore Four action … Read more
During the Fall 2017 semester, students in MLL 495/695 Intercultural Media Production collaborated with Maryland Traditions in producing a short film presented at the Maryland Traditions 2017 Heritage Awards celebrating the Baltimore American Indian Center (BAIC). The BAIC has stood the test of time in Upper Fells Point. Originally founded in 1968 as the American … Read more
A new collaboration between the USDA Forest Service (USFS), UMBC’s Department of Media & Communication Studies and New Media Studio is giving students an opportunity to explore and document the wide range of research activities and community-based programs conducted by USFS Northern Research Station. The joint venture agreement funds two years of production activities by … Read more
This article from the Baltimore Sun covers a screening of “Mill Stories” at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-sparrows-point-remembered-20160306-story.html
The film, “Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill,” co-produced by the UMBC New Media Studio and Maryland Traditions, has been named a Bronze winner by the 37th Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards is the premier national award honoring the finest film and video productions, groundbreaking web commercials, videos and films, and outstanding local, regional, … Read more