Conservator's Choice: Harvard Student Film Classics
Screening on Film
The first student film made on an American campus was in 1949. The fact that the American campus was Harvard is no accident. The university espoused the values of film as an art form as early as the 1920s. Since the mid-1960's, Harvard has offered a vibrant production program, originally in Visual Studies, the precurser to Visual and Environmental Studies (VES). The HFA houses nearly 600 examples of films made by student filmmakers over the last half-century. Many of these students have gone on to have illustrous film careers in both animation and live action, including Darren Aronofsky and Mira Nair. This program highlights films produced by Harvard graduates who continue to work in the film industry today. Films to be screened include:
PROGRAM
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Nixon
Directed by Kevin Rafferty.
US, 1969, 16mm, color, 9 min.
Print source: HFASand, or Peter and the Wolf
Directed by Caroline Leaf.
US, 1969, 16mm, black & white, 10 min.
Print source: HFA
Jama Masjid Street Journal
Directed by Mira Nair.
US, 1979, 16mm, black & white, 18 min.
Print source: HFASupermarket Sweep
Directed by Darren Aronofsky.
US, 1991, 16mm, color, 17 min.
Print source: HFARoswell
Directed by Bill Brown.
US, 1994, 16mm, color, 19 min.
Print source: HFA
