Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Archives
PMA Films Presents “Connection and Collaboration” with Professor Charles Nero
In partnership with Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays ’20 Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies and Africana at…
After the Uvalde school shooting, a familiar lie
Professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano cited on conspiracy theories and school shootings in article about why people believe mass shootings are “false…
Bates Film Festival Announces 2022 Awards in Six Categories
When the final panel discussion wrapped up and the credits had rolled on the last of the more than 20 films…
Bates Film Festival Roars Back to Life
A film festival requires movies, lots of movies. In the case of the 2022 Bates Film Festival, which ran from…
Bates remembers Santo Pelletier ’20
Two days before the start of the 2022 Bates Film Festival, we received some devastating news. Santo Pelletier, a BFF board member in 2019, had passed away at the age of 23. We dedicated the program to them, and I made mention of their loss at the first screening but neither was a sufficient way to remember Santo.
Judy Garland centennial celebration part of Bates Film Festival
The 2022 Bates Film Festival will pay tribute to screen icon Judy Garland with a centennial celebration. In honor of…
‘Vertigo’: Final classic film with special guest Jon Cavallero
As a special treat for this last in the classic film series, we will have some assistance in making our…
Great Falls Forum: Battling conspiracy theories is all about listening
Bates professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano talks about conspiracy theories during a Great Falls Forum talk.
Stephanie Kelley-Romano, a Bates College associate professor, is the Feb. 17 speaker at the Great Falls Forum
Bates College professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano will discuss “Conspiracy Theories: Why, How, and What to Do,” in the latest in the…
Perla Figuereo ’21, RFSS Major, in “Grand Concourse”
At the start of her shift, chef Shelley, played by Perla Figuero ‘21, starts the timer on her microwave and…