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Oct. 24, 2005

CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu

FILM EXPERT TO SPEAK AT DRAKE UNIVERSITY THURSDAY

Eric Faden, who teaches courses in film history, theory and production at Bucknell University, will discuss "Documentary Fictions/Fictional Documentaries: an Essay Film" at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, as part of the Drake University Writers and Critics Series. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Cowles Library Reading Room, 28th Street and University Avenue.

Faden has co-directed, along with Renee Gosson, "Landscape and Memory: Martinican Land-People-History," a documentary film acquired for international distribution by Third World Newsreel. His research interests include early cinema and recent trends in digital special technologies.

In addition to his academic pursuits, Faden has purchased and initiated a large renovation project on a historic Art Deco movie theater in Lewisburg, Pa. The Campus Theater, built in 1940, continues to show first-run independent, art and foreign films. The theater also has hosted two film festivals — one sponsored by the Library of Congress and the other sponsored by the French Cultural Emissary.

The Writers and Critics Series is sponsored by the Drake English Department and the Drake Center for the Humanities. For more information, contact Dina Smith at (515) 271-3127 or dina.smith@drake.edu.

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Note: For a photo of Eric Faden, contact Lisa Lacher at (515) 271-3119 or lisa.lacher@drake.edu.