film and media


An Sasala expands the way humans conceptualize bodies in relation to technology

An Sasala Ph.D. Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies 3rd year M.A. Film & Media Studies 1st Year

How are social norms about gender and sexuality perpetuated through portrayals of robots and other digital entities in sci-fi storytelling? What can these treatments in popular media tell us about the societies in which we live, and how can scholars challenge these narratives? An Sasala is taking…

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Busy award season for College's Kevin Willmott

Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee looking at monitors on a movie set

KU professor of Film & Media Studies Kevin Willmott has had a busy awards season. As a co-writer on Spike Lee’s newest film, “BlacKkKlansman,” Willmott has received numerous industry award nominations for his work on the script. The biggest recognition Willmott received came during the…

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Sarah Wright: Depth of Field

Sarah Wright

 Where are you from? And why did you decide to come to KU?I’m from Overland Park, Kansas. I decided to come to KU because I attended a summer camp here with Duke TiP in middle school, and I absolutely fell in love with campus. It’s also a nice mix of just close enough to home, but just far…

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Hawks to Watch: Crystle Lampitt, TV Host and Producer

Crystle Lampitt: TV Host & Producer. Film and Media Studies. Communication Studies Minor

Why Crystle's a Hawk to Watch:Crystle Lampitt's road to hosting and producing for television was not without a few twists and turns. After years spent overseas, traveling across the globe from South Africa to Hong Kong and Australia, pursuing modeling jobs, bartending, editing documentaries, and…

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