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The Graduate students of the USC MVA are charged with creating a documentary or ethnographic film based on anthropological subject matters. These small groups of students work half of their time with the USC Anthropology Department and the other half working with the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The program offers an academic opportunity to create a visual product that transcends generations and cultures.

Submissions are now open for the SVA 2024 Film & Media.
02/16/2024

Submissions are now open for the SVA 2024 Film & Media.

The Society for Visual Anthropology screens the best of ethnographic film at the annual SVA Film & Media Festival. The Festival is held as part of the America...

Good evening everyone! 😃I submitted an image that I took during my pilot study last summer to the AAA photo contest this...
08/11/2022

Good evening everyone! 😃
I submitted an image that I took during my pilot study last summer to the AAA photo contest this year! 📷 This is one of the first visual component of my research that I'm trying to incorporate into my dissertation work. If you have a chance, could you please vote for my image with a love, likes, or cares to be one of the 12 images selected for the calendar.
Thank you! I appreciate it tremendously!
Sending you the sweetest of wishes,
Mirtha 💗

Winner
Title: Justice for Samuel! Justice for All!

Caption: Toy figurines with the pride flag were placed in front of a street sign in Valencia, Spain, as an act of protest and call for justice for the LGBTQ+ hate crime against Samuel Luiz Muñis who had been killed two days earlier.

ID: One small blonde lego type figurine dressed in blue clothing, while having both arms raised, stands in front of a stack of rectangular legos. The stack of legos has different rows of colors in the form of the rainbow pride flag (which consist of purple legos at the bottom, followed by the colors: blue, green, yellow, orange and red). A small dark hair lego type figurine dressed in yellow stands on top of the stacks of legos with a raised arm. Across the stacked legos there is a phrase written in Spanish/Castilian that says “Justice Samuel”. The figurines and other pieces are located under a blue street sign named "Calle Juristas.” The street sign and figurines are placed in front of a beige wall.

That feeling when you've reached the end of the spring semester 😆 Way to go, Cohort X! (Amanda Broder-Hahn, Marissa Dimi...
05/07/2019

That feeling when you've reached the end of the spring semester 😆 Way to go, Cohort X! (Amanda Broder-Hahn, Marissa Dimitrion, Maleia Mikesell, Kayla Sotomil, Rebecca Truszkowski, Qihao Wang & Joshua Zepeda)

Way to go, Nicole!
04/21/2019

Way to go, Nicole!

In The Providers, three rural healthcare providers try to make a difference in the lives of their patients against overwhelming odds.

Congratulations to Sean David Christensen (MVA 2018) for "Ghost Tape  #10" taking home a special Jury Prize, the "Alden ...
04/15/2019

Congratulations to Sean David Christensen (MVA 2018) for "Ghost Tape #10" taking home a special Jury Prize, the "Alden Award," at the 46th Athens International Film and Video Festival! Special thanks to his instructors at USC Department of Anthropology, USC Center for Visual Anthropology & USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Call for entries! Deadline: May 31st, 2019. Athens Ethnographic Film Festival is interested in your films that explore t...
04/05/2019

Call for entries! Deadline: May 31st, 2019. Athens Ethnographic Film Festival is interested in your films that explore the world through the ethnographic lens. For the upcoming festive tenth edition, "Ethnofest" is announcing a call for films that observe, feel and reflect upon cultures and the human condition, using theories and tools of anthropology and ethnography.

The Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest continues the exploration of the world through the ethnographic lens. For the upcoming festive tenth edition, Ethnofest is announcing a call for films that observe, feel and reflect upon cultures and the human condition, using theories and tools of...

Sean David Christensen (MVA 2018) heads to Denver, Colorado to present his thesis film “Ghost Tape  #10” at the 2019 AAS...
03/25/2019

Sean David Christensen (MVA 2018) heads to Denver, Colorado to present his thesis film “Ghost Tape #10” at the 2019 AAS Film Expo. With approximately 8,000 members worldwide, from all the regions and countries of Asia and across academic disciplines, the AAS (Association for Asian Studies) is the largest organization focusing on Asian studies.

Sean David Christensen (MVA 2018) screens his thesis documentary, "Ghost Tape  #10" at Scottsdale Center for the Perform...
03/18/2019

Sean David Christensen (MVA 2018) screens his thesis documentary, "Ghost Tape #10" at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.

TONIGHT! Jean-Piere Gorin *in person* at this art house screening of his film "Routine Pleasures".8PM, Friday, Nov 2Tick...
11/02/2018

TONIGHT! Jean-Piere Gorin *in person* at this art house screening of his film "Routine Pleasures".
8PM, Friday, Nov 2
Tickets: $10 at the door
5319 York Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90042

The First International Seminar on Languages and Knowledge in the Amazon is currently accepting submissions for their 1s...
10/15/2018

The First International Seminar on Languages and Knowledge in the Amazon is currently accepting submissions for their 1st Annual Cornelia Eckert Prize in Ethnographic Film. Presented by the Research Group Laboratory of Language, Image and Memories (LELIM) at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), this year's seminar invites students & faculty to submit their important academic works.

Deadline for submissions: October 20th

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