Visiting Filmmakers Series: Mahrya MacIntire class visit: "Muscle Memory"
Thursday, March 26, 2026 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
de Laski Performing Arts Building, 1007
On March 26, two-time Emmy nominee Mahrya MacIntire will visit the FAVS 255 Film Production course to discuss themes from her work-in-progress film, "Muscle Memory."
Her presentation will cover "nontraditional" camera placements, editing, and sound techniques, while also addressing the management of overwhelm and anxiety on set through coping strategies like breathwork.
Mahrya MacIntire's work explores topics related to community (re)building, trauma healing, and neurodivergence, from an embodied perspective. Fascinated with the intersection of visual anthropology, pattern illumination, and creative strategy, she approaches each project as a kinetic historical collage.
Mahrya produced her third feature for HBO in 2024 with AN AMERICAN BOMBING: THE ROAD TO APRIL 19TH, nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy® Award for “Outstanding Historical Documentary” in 2025. She also supervised the archive, which spanned over 50 years of recent history. Executive produced by Katie Couric, the film explores the surge in anti-government ideals and political violence in the 1980s, leading to the Oklahoma City bombing and continuing today.
With support from College of Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Visual and Performing Arts; Film and Video Studies; English Department; History and Art History; Screen Cultures, University Life; Center for the Arts, and Women and Gender Studies.
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For more information: contact film@gmu.edu
