There was never a question for photographer and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris that family, history, and photography were all tangled together, forming deep roots that revealed the truth about time, place, and identity. Legendary Harlem photographer...
Aaron Gerow, an authority on Japanese and East Asian cinema and literature who has transformed scholarly and popular understandings of Japanese media, has been appointed the Alfred W. Griswold Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and of...
Yale College Dean Marvin Chun will host a gathering in the spring of 2022, in person if public health conditions permit, to honor the recipients of this year’s annual Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation award, created to recognize excellence...
Thomas Allen Harris has been selected as a 2021 recipient of the Poorvu Family Fund for Academic Innovation Award. This honor reflects his outstanding commitment to excellence in teaching. He was chosen based on his accomplishments.
“He’s Fictional, But You Can’t Have Everything”: Screwball Comedy and the Viewer’s Reality
By Nolan Crawford
The Depression era was a difficult time for Americans, but Hollywood studios were undeterred, seeing an opportunity to capitalize. The idea...
While each of the four films I have made are quite different in their subject matter, they all share some overarching concerns. They required deep engagement with my family (and extended family) album in order to discover new archival materials and...
Beyond Science and the Environment: Trustworthy Media for a Healthy Democracy
Throughout our Media Impact Forum, we focused on the importance of supporting media and communications efforts that provide access to information that will help people...
