Tuesday, November 27, 2018

November 28 Embarras Valley Film Festival Selections in Lumpkin Auditorium from 3-4:30!


2018 EVFF Student Film Selections




Directions:Vote for your top 3. Circle the three films you liked the most and, if you’d like, number them 1-3, with 1 being first place, 2 begin second, and 3 being third place.

Documentaries:

Madelyn by Mackensie Archibald [YouTube, EIU Student, 3.03] ______________

Monica Genta by Elazia Key [EIU Student, 2.43] _______________

Change is Coming by Ajan Patel [2.42] ______________________

Submersion by Miller Maahnes [6.35] __________________

ISalsa by Sandra Lena [7.00] __________________

One Story at a Time by Nathan Legger [5.13] ________________

Love, Olivia by Olivia Walker [5.29] ____________________

Artist in Progress by Emily McNeill [High School, 6.44] ____________________

Fictional Films:

The Button by Woody Hamilton [7.46] ___________________

Maybe Next Time? By Taylor Moore [2.09] __________________

The Lights are on But Nobody’s Home by Ethan Stephens [6.56]   ________________

Adam by Alyce Rogers [High School, 8.11] __________________

The Thrill of the Chase by Mike Sano [3.45] ___________________

Hermes by Ashley Cal [2.38] ____________________

Lilith by Nicole McBride [4.10] __________________

Misaligned by Weiyang Ben Wu [High School, 6.05] ____________________

Thursday, November 15, 2018

Research Across Multiple Media: Promoting Faculty Work at EIU




To simply describe Robin Murray as an English professor at Eastern Illinois University is to overlook the broad range of interests and expertise she brings to EIU in additional areas like film studies and women's studies. In particular, a good deal of her writing centers around the subject of ecology and the way ecological matters are addressed in various media.



Friday, November 9, 2018

EIU Innovate Podcast



Dean Hendrickson discusses monsters, zombies, Clint Eastwood and Bambi, among other topics with Dr. Robin Murray, professor of English, Film Studies and Women's Studies on EIU Innovate. Dr. Murray is the author of 6 books and over 40 articles, many of which examine the interaction between the environment and film. She also is the Director of the Eastern Illinois University's Writing Project, a National Writing Project Site: