The new movie Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, John Goodman, and Helen Mirren, chronicles the life of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo from 1947 to 1970. Trumbo refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee …
Year: 2015
WCFTR Partners with UW Department of African Languages & Literature
The WCFTR is partnering with faculty and students from the UW-Madison’s Department of African Languages and Literature to assist with the translation and cataloging of several Arabic films from the Madison Public Library collection. During …
Jarchow Exhibits Return!
In 2007, UW alumnus Stephen Jarchow made possible through a very generous 2007 gift the creation of twelve expertly researched and curated online exhibits based on the Center’s collections. Under the supervision of then WCFTR …
Additions to the Nietzchka Keene Papers Arrive
In 2005, a collection of manuscripts, film, videorecordings, photographs, and tape recordings arrived at the WCFTR documenting the filmmaking career of Nietzchka Keene. Keene, an independent filmmaker born in Boston and trained at UMass-Amherst and …
Former WCFTR Director Michele Hilmes Retires
After a distinguished career at UW-Madison, Communication Arts colleague and former WCFTR director Michele Hilmes is retiring from the University. In her 22 years on the Wisconsin faculty, Michele wrote or edited/co-edited some nine books …
WCFTR Partners with UW-SLIS TLAM Group and Oneida Nation on Film Project
Since 2013 the WCFTR has been collaborating with the Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums class and student group on a project to process a collection of film materials belonging to the Oneida Cultural Heritage Department. …
Screenwriter & Director David Koepp Visits WCFTR
The Communication Arts Department hosted director and screenwriter David Koepp in early March to introduce three screenings at the UW Cinematheque and to meet with faculty and students from the department. A native of nearby …
Rick Prelinger in person! February 20th and 21st
WCFTR is proud to co-present two very special lecture and screening events with archivist, writer, filmmaker and outsider librarian Rick Prelinger this weekend in Madison, WI – Looking Up From the Bench: For a Critical Archives Discourse (Friday, February 20th) and No More Road …
Harold Mayer and Lynne Rhodes Mayer Film and Papers Donation
The WCFTR is pleased to announce that Harold Mayer and Lynne Rhodes Mayer (UW –Madison BA ’47) have donated their collection of film and professional papers to the archive. The material consists of over 200 …