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Frida Kahlo appears in FRIDA by Carla Gutiérrez, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute

“Frida”

Cooper Hatsis, Reporter January 30, 2024

“Frida,” the debut documentary film from filmmaker Carla Gutierrez, premiered at this year’s Sundance Festival, and documents the life, career and artwork of Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo. Kahlo...

Frida Kahlo appears in FRIDA by Carla Gutiérrez, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Leo Matiz.

“Frida”

Nelly Hernandez Tejada, Translator January 30, 2024

“Frida”, el documental debut de la cineasta Carla Gutierrez, se estrenó en el Sundance Festival de este año, y documenta la vida, carrera y obras de arte de la pintora mexicana, Frida Kahlo. Kahlo...

Filmmaker, producer and director, Larry Confino speaking to students about the process of film making.

Documentarista Larry Confino visita WSU

Nathanael Stout and Cooper Hatsis March 30, 2023

Larry Confino, un director, productor y cineasta de documentales independientes, visitó la universidad Weber State el 23 y 24 de marzo para estimular sus películas recientes. Confino es graduado del...

Filmmaker, producer and director, Larry Confino speaking to students about the process of film making.

Documentarian Larry Confino visits WSU

Cooper Hatsis, Reporter March 30, 2023

Independent documentary filmmaker, producer and director Larry Confino visited Weber State University on March 23 and 24 in promotion of his recent films. Confino is an alum from New York University’s...

Lunafest film festival celebrates women’s rights

Ally Nelson October 26, 2020

Weber State University’s Women’s Center presented their fifth annual Lunafest film festival Oct. 21. Lunafest features films by, for and about women.Of the 175 cities in the country who participate,...

Where do you belong?

Ally Nelson September 4, 2019

Te Anu Tonga, Utah native, film director, and producer of the documentary, “Kapa Haka - Going Home,” shared her experiences as she discovered her Pacific Islander roots, urging Weber State...

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Story of activist legend coming to WSU

Ana Lichfield September 12, 2018

The 2017 documentary "Dolores," the story of 88-year-old civil rights activist and labor leader Dolores Huerta, will be screened at Weber State University's Wildcat Theatre Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 with a...

The documentary Present Time: Journal of a Country Monastery unveils the everyday life of the monks that lived in the Huntsville Monastery. (John Slattery)

New documentary offers intimate glimpse of Huntsville Monastery

Hillary Reilly June 18, 2018

John Slattery, a Weber State University alumnus, unveils the everyday life of the monks that lived in the Huntsville Monastery in his documentary "Present Time: Journal of a Country Monastery." The monastery,...

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Climate change documentary attempts to salvage humanity

Kierstynn King November 4, 2017

Weber State University's Environmental Ambassadors club joined with SPARK to showcase a documentary on climate change on Oct. 27. The documentary was titled "How to Let Go of the World and Love All the...

Photo courtesy of Drew Tyler.

Documentary viewers peer through ‘Windows of Change’

Briana Whatcott November 3, 2017

Community members, Weber State University faculty and students nearly filled the Browning Center Austad Auditorium to watch the Nov. 1 screening of “Windows of Change,” a documentary produced by Weber...

Documentary explores what it means to be happy

Kylie Coats October 9, 2015

The Counseling and Psychological Services Center, CPSC, held a screening of a documentary that was followed by a panel discussion about what helps people feel true happiness in the Wildcat Theater on...

Diversity & Unity screens film on sexual abuse of males

January 10, 2012

After Simon Weinberg and his wife Kathy Barbini made The Healing Years, a documentary about women recovering from sexual abuse, they were bombarded with requests to shed some light on men healing from...

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