Past Flaherty Seminars
2015 – INFORMATION COMING SOON!
THE SCENT OF PLACES
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Laura U. Marks
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Press | Photos
2014
TURNING THE INSIDE OUT
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Caspar Stracke & Gabriela Monroy
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Press | Photos
2013
HISTORY IS WHAT’S HAPPENING
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Pablo de Ocampo
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Press | Photos
2012
OPEN WOUNDS
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Josetxo Cerdán
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Press |Photos
2011
SONIC TRUTH
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Dan Streible
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Press | Photos
2010
WORK
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Dennis Lim
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Photos | Audio
2009
WITNESSES, MONUMENTS, RUINS
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Irina Leimbacher
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Photos
2008
THE AGE OF MIGRATION
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Programmed by Chi-hui Yang
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Photos
2007
SOUTH OF THE OTHER
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Programmed by Mahen Bonetti & Carlos Gutiérrez
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Photos
2006
CREATIVE DEMOLITION: RECONSTRUCTING CULTURE THROUGH INNOVATIONS IN FILM AND VIDEO
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Programmed by Ariella Ben-Dov & Steve Seid
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Fellows | Photos
2005
CINEMA AND HISTORY, PILING WRECKAGE UPON WRECKAGE
The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA
Programmed by Jesse Lerner & Michael Renov
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule | Photos
2004
50 YEARS OF FLAHERTY, INSPIRED FILMMAKING
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Programmed by Susan Oxtoby
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule
2003
WITNESSING THE WORLD
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Programmed by John Gianvito
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule
2002
48th ROBERT FLAHERTY FILM SEMINAR
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Programmed by Ed Halter
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule
2001
47th ROBERT FLAHERTY FILM SEMINAR
C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Programmed by Elaine Charnov & Jytte Jensen
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule
2000
ESSAYS, EXPERIMENTS AND EXCAVATIONS
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Programmed by Kathy Geritz
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule
1999
OUT-TAKES ARE HISTORY
Duke University, Durham, NC
Presented in association with the program in Film and Video and the Center for International Studies at Duke University
Programmed by Richard Herskowitz & Orlando Bagwell
Featured Artists | Screening Schedule
1998
INVESTIGATING THE REAL: ISRAEL
Organized in collaboration with the New Foundation for Cinema and Television, Tel Aviv
Kfar Blum Kibbutz Hotel, Galilee, Israel
Programmed by Barbara Abrash & Linda Blackaby
1998
INVESTIGATING THE REAL
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Barbara Abrash & Linda Blackaby
1997
FLAHERTY ON THE ROAD:
GENDER DICHOTOMIES AND SOCIAL SPECTACLES
April 5 Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio. Programmed by Bill Horrigan
ANIMATED IMAGES: AND EXPLORATION OF MULTICULTURAL TALENTS
August 6-7 Sony Music, New York City. Programmed by Pearl Bowser
EXPLORATION IN MEMORY AND MODERNITY
October 4-5 Roy H. Park School of Communications. Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. Programmed by Patricia R. Zimmermann & Michelle Materre
DOCUMENTING THE COMMUNITY
October 17-18 City College of New York, New York City. Programmed by Ayoka Chenzira
PASSIN’ IT ON: THE DOCUMENTARY ACROSS GENERATIONS
November 7-8 CUNY, The College of Staten Island, NY. Programmed by Alonzo Speight, Tami Gold, with George Custen
1996
LANDSCAPES AND PLACE
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Ruth Bradley, Kathy High, & Loretta Todd
1995
THE CAMERA REFRAMED: TECHNOLOGY AND INTERPRETATION
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Marlina Gonzalez-Tamrong & Bruce Jenkins
1994
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Erik Barnouw, L. Somi Roy, & Patricia R. Zimmermann
1993
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by John Columbus, Louis Massiah, Chon Noriega, Margarita de la Vega Hurtado
1992
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Austin Allen, Ruth Bradley, Scott MacDonald, William Sloan, Jackie Tshaka, & Lise Yasui
1991
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Stephen Gallagher & Coco Fusco
1990
Riga, Latvia
Programmed by Erik Barnouw, Amos Vogel, Richard Hershkowitz, Raul Zaritsky, Ivars Seleckis, & Abraham Kalzkins
1990
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Bo Smith & Richard Peterson
1989
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Pearl Bowser & Grant Munro
1988
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Julie R. Levinson
1987
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Richard Herskowitz
1986
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Linda Blackaby and Tony Gittens
1985
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by Deac Rossell
1984
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Programmed by D. Marie Grieco
1983
Camp Topridge, Adirondack Mountains, NY
Programmed by Bruce Jenkins & Melinda Ward
1982
Camp Topridge, Adirondack Mountains, NY
Programmed by Erik Barnouw
1981
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Programmed by Standish Lawder
1980
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by John Katz
1979
25th Anniversary
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Programmed by William Sloan
1978
Pine Manor Junior College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Programmed by Jay Ruby
1977
Pine Manor Junior College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Programmed by Grant Munro & Ben Levin
1976
Pine Manor Junior College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Programmed by Caroline Hennig
1975
Pine Manor Junior College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Programmed by William Sloan & Barbara Van Dyke
1974
Bradford College, Haverhill, MA
Programmed by Esme J. Dick
1973
Bradford College, Haverhill, MA
Programmed by John Churchill & James Broschar
1972
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Programmed by William Sloan & Nadine Covert
1971
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Programmed by Willard Van Dyke
1970
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Programmed by Adrienne Mancia
1969
The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT
Programmed by Willard Van Dyke & D. Marie Grieco
1968
Windham College, Putney, VT
Programmed by D. Marie Grieco
1967
Arden House, Harriman, NY
Programmed by Edith Zornow
1966
Arden House, Harriman, NY
Programmed by Sumner Glimcher
1965
Arden House, Harriman, NY
Programmed by Edith Zornow
1964
Sandanona, Brattleboro, VT
Programmed by Jane Beveridge
1963
Sandanona, Brattleboro, VT
Programmed by Erik Barnouw & Hugh Gray
1962
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Programmed by George Amberg
1961
Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Programmed by Dorothy Olson
1960
Grange Hall, Dummerston, VT
Programmed by Erik Barnouw
1959
The University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Programmed by Colin Young
1958
The Flaherty Farm – Dummerston, VT
Programmed by Hugh Gray
1957
The Flaherty Farm – Dummerston, VT
Programmed by David Flaherty & Frances Flaherty
1956
The Flaherty Farm – Dummerston, VT
Programmed by David Flaherty & Frances Flaherty
1955
The Flaherty Farm – Dummerston, VT
Programmed by David Flaherty & Frances Flaherty