Student Documentaries Set for Premiere Today at Fayetteville Public Library

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.-Four new documentary films produced by students in the Lemke Department of Journalism at the University of Arkansas will be screened at the Fayetteville Public Library at 5:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6.  Each film is less than 30 minutes long, and a question and answer period with the student filmmakers should begin at about 7:45 p.m.

The four films are:

 Stage Presence, which follows two young Arkansans, a stand-up comedian and a drag queen, as they search for a way to express themselves and address gender stereotypes. The film’s producers are Flannery Wasson and Hannah Merritt.

More information is available on their website. 

Tapping the Ozarks, examines the increase in craft breweries in Northwest Arkansas, and their link to home brewers in the area. The film was produced by Daniel Henkel and Alyssa Becker. More information is available on their website. 

Courageous Journey:  The Story of Joycelyn Elders, chronicles the life story of former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, from the sharecropping cotton fields of rural Arkansas through the halls of power in Washington D. C.  Scott Ramsey and Kisa Clark are the film’s producers. More information is available on their website. 

Hidden Treasures:  The Unseen Art of Robert Ross, explores the half-century career of the University of Arkansas professor emeritus, from his undergraduate studies at Yale in the 1950s under Joseph Albers to his hiring at Arkansas in 1967 and his subsequent influence on a large number of Arkansas artists. The film was produced by Gary Weidner and Richard Tiffany. More information is available on their website.  

Dale Carpenter and Larry Foley, professors in the Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism, were the faculty advisers on the student films.