Professor Ernest Mathijs, from the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies, presents three film professionals in the exciting and engaging Spring Speaker Series 2019, running March 7, 12, and April 4, 2019 in celebration of our 60th Anniversary of UBC Theatre and Film. All are welcome and it is free!
Producer Paula Devonshire (Ginger Snaps, Land of the Dead, Indian Horse), Professor and author Judith E. Rosenbaum (University of Maine, upcoming books Spoiler Alert and #TalkingPoints), and Actor/Writer/Director Sook-Yin Lee (Octavio is Dead!, Shortbus, Hedwig and the Angry Inch) each present a fascinating insight into their recent and upcoming works.
Judith Rosenbaum – March 7, 10:00-11:30am and 11:30am-1pm, Royal Bank Cinema in the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
“From #BlackLivesMatter to #BoycottNike: Exploring democracy in a 280-character world”
Royal Bank Cinema in the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Paula Devonshire (in conjunction with the UBC Bachelor of Media Studies) – March 12, 10:00am-11:30am and 3:00-5:30pm,
Sook-Yin Lee – April 4, 10:15am-12:30pm, Royal Bank Cinema in the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
Speaker Bios:
Judith E. Rosenbaum
Judith E. Rosenbaum (Asst. Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine)
Judith E. Rosenbaum is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Maine. She received her PhD from the Radboud University Nijmegen in The Netherlands. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Maine, she worked as an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate students, and has taught courses on the theoretical foundations of mass communication, strategic communication, race, gender and the media, as well as several production courses. Her research interests include media selection and enjoyment, meaning making in social media, and health and media usage.
Her book, “Constructing Digital Cultures: Tweets, Trends, Race, and Gender”, published by Lexington books, examines how user-generated narratives on Twitter renegotiate dominant ideas about gender and race. Using an in-depth, qualitative examination of individual tweets, the different kinds of dialogue that characterize the platform, and various ways in which people connect, Constructing Digital Cultures provides insight into the nature of digital culture produced on Twitter and the platform’s potential as a virtual public sphere. This volume investigates arenas of discussion often seen on Twitter—from entertainment and popular culture to politics, social justice issues, and advertising—and looks into how members of ethnic minority groups use and relate to the platform.
Paula Devonshire
Paula Devonshire (Producer, Ginger Snaps, Land of the Dead, Indian Horse)
Paula Devonshire is the owner of Devonshire Productions Inc, a Canadian company committed to developing and producing innovative and diverse films and TV Series. DPI’s Feature film credits include REAL TIME starring Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel (Opening Night Film 2008 Slamdance Film Festival, TIFF, Shanghai, Turin), George Romero’s SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD, (Venice, TIFF, Sitges), Lindsay MacKay’s debut feature WET BUM (aka SURFACING), THE DARK STRANGER and recently finished principal photography on the feature film INDIAN HORSE.
Paula Devonshire also produced GINGER SNAPS UNLEASHED and GINGER SNAPS BACK, sequels to the critically acclaimed GINGER SNAPS and co-produced Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD and Atom Egoyan’s latest feature, REMEMBER starring Christopher Plummer. Devonshire has also produced numerous television series including John Grisham’s The Firm (NBC, Sony, E1), and People of Earth (TBS, Warner Horizon).
Filmography:
Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (2003)
Director: Brett Sullivan
Cast: Emily Perkins, Catherine Isabelle, Tatiana Maslany, Eric Johnson
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004)
Director: Grant Harvey
Cast: Emily Perkins, Catherine Isabelle, Tom McCamus, Hugh Dillon
George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead (2007)
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Michelle Morgan, Josh Close, Shawn Roberts, Joe Dinicol
George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead (2009)
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Alan Van Sprang, Devon Bostick, Kenneth Welsh
Real Time (2007)
Director: Randall Cole
Cast: Randy Quaid, Jay Baruchel
Sook-Yin Lee
Sook-Yin Lee (Actor/Writer/Director, Octavio Is Dead!, Year of the Carnivore, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus)
Sook-Yin Lee is a Canadian filmmaker, musician, actor, visual artist, and radio & TV broadcaster. She fronted the art-rock band, Bob’s Your Uncle, before embarking on a solo career. The former MuchMusic VJ hosted and co-produced the personal storytelling program DNTO on CBC Radio 1. She stars in the adventurous sex comedy Shortbus, directed by John Cameron Mitchell, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Her performance earned her the 2007 Best Supporting Actress award from the International Cinephile Society, honoring the finest in American and international cinema.
Year of the Carnivore is Sook-Yin Lee’s feature movie debut as writer-director. She co-created the Genie-nominated score and concept album, Original Music From and Inspired by the Movie Year of the Carnivore, with Buck 65 and Adam Litovitz.
How Can I Forget? is Lee’s experimental-narrative-theatre debut which she wrote, directed and performed at the 2013 Rhubarb Festival.
