Tag: Documentary

‘Kids Living with Slim’ recognized by Al Jazeera

Film Professor Sam Kauffmann attended the 7th Annual Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, Qatar, where he screened his most recent film, Kids Living with Slim. The film follows seven African children who are HIV positive (the word “slim” is slang for HIV/AIDS). Al Jazeera festival organizers had seen the film at the… Read More

Photojournalists win summer grants

AmericanPoverty.org, a non-profit organization of photojournalists committed to social reform, has announced the results of it’s first annual Student Summer Grant Competition. Max Esposito, 21, and Kristyn Ulanday, 22, undergraduates at Boston University’s College of Communication, were awarded first place in the Multimedia/video category for “Homeless, Not Helpless,” a documentary project focusing on the new… Read More

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