Performing & Recorded Arts
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
A Welcome Change
In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”
by Matthew Browne
Outside In
The director of Head Over Heels and The Star, on animation's different dimensions
by Sophia Nguyen
World Music 2.0
In Uproot, Jace Clayton ’97 explores technological trends in music around the globe.
by Lara Pellegrinelli
Honors for Harvardians
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
by Sophia Nguyen
Supporting Cast
A film composer's career, from annotating Sneakers to doing “archaeology” for 12 Years a Slave
by Sophia Nguyen
A Pianist on the World Stage
Aristo Sham ’19 takes first place at the New York International Piano Competition.
by Aidan Langston
Open Roads and Dead Ends on a Native American Reservation
The Seventh Fire, executive produced by Terrence Malick ’65 and Natalie Portman ’03, sheds light on gang life among Native Americans.
by Sophia Nguyen
The Outsiders’ Insider
Turning the Black List into a business, to modernize Hollywood’s dream machine
by Sophia Nguyen
Stepwise
A ballet career, earned through college and cattle calls
by Maggie Shipstead
The Roxbury International Film Festival
Independent films by and about people of color
by Nell Porter-Brown