Julie Wyman, an award-winning documentary filmmaker and associate professor of cinema and digital media at UC Davis, finds belonging and an unexpected history within the dwarf community whilst working on her documentary, "The Tallest Dwarf." It will be screened at theaters across the U.S., including at UC Davis, and have its broadcast premiere this spring on PBS.
In her short film Unpacking Immigration, anthropology doctoral candidate Harleen Bal illuminates what she calls the “unseen middle step between the farm and the table” by exploring the lives of immigrant meatpackers living in Livingston, California.
In response to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s recent death, "Navalny," a documentary focused on his 2020 poisoning and life thereafter, will be screened at Cruess Hall on Feb. 26. The screening is free and open to the public.