We are screening the Raising Faith film tomorrow as part of the University Film and Video Association’s 2021 virtual conference (UFVA). I am honored to share this peer reviewed screening with Maggie Stogner, American University, Washington D.C., Professor, Film & Media Arts and Executive Director, Center For Environmental Filmmaking, and Alex Mendez Giner Associate Professor from Syracuse University.

Raising Faith – Stories About Dyslexia (00:29:38 documentary) – Stacey Irwin

Raising Faith – Stories About Dyslexia shares real talk with nine families with dyslexic children.

Verbal Respondent – Maggie Stogner

The Fight for Healthy Air (00:29:35 documentary) – Maggie Stogner

“Unbreathable – The Fight For Healthy Air” is a timely, powerful look at fifty years of the Clean Air Act and the challenges we still face to ensure healthy air for everyone. 

Verbal Respondent – Alex Mendez Giner

Displaced (00:13:40 experimental) – Alex Mendez Giner

More than eighty years ago Franco pushed half of my family out of Spain. They found refuge in Venezuela.

Verbal Respondent – Stacey Irwin

University Film and Video Association (UFVA) is an international organization where media production and writing meet history, theory and criticism. UFVA members are makers and artists, teachers and students, archivists and distributors, college departments, libraries, and manufacturers. UFVA is one of the premier U.S. academic organizations dedicated to the study of media.