Special Event: 7 p.m. The School of Filmmaking presents Fritz Lang's groundbreaking German expressionist science-fiction silent film "Metropolis" (1927) with a roaring live metal score by The Silent Light. Hosted by film scholar and Filmmaker Gary Mairs.

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Artist Nisha Bansil presents a hands-on study in Cymatics. 

Thanksgiving Holiday, no classes

Symposium Event Description: Join the UNCSA Filmmaking Symposium for an artist chat with UNCSA Drama alumnus and award-winning playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker Angus MacLachlan. During this conversation, we will have the opportunity to review his extensive body of work, gaining valuable insights into his creative process, inspirations, and perspectives. The session promises to offer inspiration and a look into the mind of one of today’s most insightful and acclaimed storytellers.

Friday, December 6 at 2:30 pm
ACE Main Theatre
All Are Welcome

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. In collaboration with the Division of Liberal Arts, Pulitzer Prize nominated writer, artist, philosopher Will Alexander will focus on tapping into our pools of creativity.

Special Event: 8 p.m. Performance with musician Laura Ingram Semilian at the Scoring Stage located on UNCSA’s Hollywood Blvd. 

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. In collaboration with the School of Music, Professor of Cinema at the University of Montreal Dr. Isabelle Raynauld will present her research and film "Tuning the Brain with Music."

Collaborative Day, no classes or events

In lieu of a symposium event, there will be a special event in the evening. 

Special Event: 7 p.m. Visionary director Susan Seidelman, known for cult classics like "Smithereens" and "She-Devil," will join us for a screening of "Desperately Seeking Susan" and a discussion of her new book, "Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls."

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Award-winning Producer Diana Williams will explore how the entertainment industry will be defined over the next 100 years.

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Caroline Armijo, activist and founder of The Lilies Project, will address the cross section of art and advocacy.

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Join the UNCSA School of Filmmaking panel to hear directly from alumni about topics concerning the film industry.

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Dr. Mathew Sandoval, Professor at Arizona State University, discusses the Day of the Dead’s Transformation from Indigenous Ritual to Hollywood Spectacle…and Back Again

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. In collaboration with the Southern Documentary Fund, Producer Darcy McKinnon presents "The Neutral Ground." In December 2015, the New Orleans City Council voted to remove four Confederate monuments from public grounds. A forceful group of critics protested the decision, and fearing retaliation, no crew would agree to remove the statues. Following the screening the Southern Documentary Fund Executive Director Clint Jukkala and Artistic Director Chris Everett will co-host a conversation with Darcy McKinnon focused on the film and the history of support the Southern Documentary Fund offers filmmakers in the South.

Special Event: 7 p.m. In collaboration with the School of Drama, Producers Darcy McKinnon, Jenny Mercein, and Director Katie Mathews will be bringing their groundbreaking documentary Roleplay which premiered at SXSW this year earning a Grand Jury Award nomination. Roleplay is the story of college students who confront sexual violence on their campus through a transformative theater process. This urgent coming of age story follows young people grappling with sex, consent, identity, and power on their paths to adulthood.

Symposium Event Description: 2:30-5:30 p.m. Cyrus Mousavvi, Iranian American filmmaker and music archivist, will discuss a focus on the overlooked and unheard.