GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series: In Lorton's Darkroom with Karen Ruckman
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT
Johnson Center, Cinema
In Lorton's Darkroom
Wednesday, April 4, 7:30pm
Johnson Center Cinema
Short documentary screening and discussion with filmmaker and photographer Karen Ruckman, producer Emma Pearce, and photographers Calvin Gorham and Michael Moses El.
The story of inmates in DC's infamous Lorton Correctional Facility who transform their prison experience while participating in a photography program.
The documentary includes powerful video of Lorton in the mid 1980s, a visit to the prison before it was closed in December 2001, and in-depth interviews over a twelve year period with two men who take us back to their lives before and after incarceration. They talk frankly about the horrors of prison life, and how learning to take photographs gave them the discipline and tool for self-discovery.
See In Lorton's Darkroom trailer here.
Our screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker and photographer Karen Ruckman, producer Emma Pearce, and photographers Calvin Gorham and Michael Moses El.
Our discussion will be facilitated by Sue Wrbican, Associate Professor and Director of Photography at George Mason University.
Our event is sponsored by Film and Media Studies, Film and Video Studies, Photography, Communication Delta Kappa Alpha, English, History and Art History, Off-Campus Student Services, Sociology and Anthropology, University Life, and Women and Gender Studies.
Information: Cynthia Fuchs cfuchs@gmu.edu
