Enjoy episode three of The Buzz, a SCAD-produced sitcom that follows the story of three down-on-their-luck guys trying to navigate post-college life with help from characters at the local coffee shop.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

Panelists:

Select student and faculty cast and production

This animated series focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least habitable environment: New York City. Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs mired in a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of nonhuman urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

Panelists:

Mike Luciano
Producer, writer, director and actor

This unabashed Syrian civil war documentary focuses on child protesters, revolution icons, activists and army generals who defected to join the opposition. It tells the story of the Syrian people who never lost hope, taking the audience on a unique journey in time, from Syria to Turkey, through Jordan, Lebanon and Europe.

A Q-and-A session will follow the screening.

Panelist:

Evgeny Afineevsky
Director

In 1969, Lisanne Skyler’s parents bought an Andy Warhol Brillo Box for $1,000. An exact replica of the popular Brillo soap pad package, Warhol’s Brillo boxes were at first dismissed by the art world. Forty years later, in 2010, the same sculpture sold for more than $3 million at auction. Blending personal narrative with pop art history, Brillo Box (3¢ off) follows the sculpture as it makes its way from a New York living room to the global art market, exploring the ephemeral nature of art and value and the decisions that shape family history.

The SCAD School of Digital Media presents a juried student show of animated short films and excerpts from the animation, motion media design and visual effects B.F.A. and M.F.A. programs.

A Q-and-A session with select student filmmakers will follow the screening.

The SCAD School of Digital Media presents a juried student show of drama, comedy and web series excerpts from the SCAD television producing B.A. as well as the film and television B.F.A., M.A. and M.F.A. programs.

A Q-and-A session with select student filmmakers will follow the screening.

The SCAD School of Digital Media presents a juried student show of animated short films and excerpts from animation, motion media design and visual effects graduate and undergraduate programs. This showcase features the best student work in the rapidly expanding field of digital media.

The showcase will be followed by a Q-and-A session with select student filmmakers.

Moderator:

Tina O’Hailey
Dean of the SCAD School of Digital Media

The SCAD School of Digital Media presents a juried student show of comedy, drama and Web series excerpts from the SCAD television production undergraduate and the film and television production graduate and undergraduate programs. Work features industry projects and collaborations with individuals from the performing arts program.

The showcase will be followed by a Q-and-A session with select student filmmakers.

Moderator:

Tina O'Hailey
Dean of the SCAD School of Digital Media

Class Divide highlights the recent effects of hypergentrification in New York City’s West Chelsea neighborhood, focusing on an intersection where an elite private school sits directly across the street from public housing projects. The final film in a trilogy about economic forces affecting ordinary people from director Marc Levin and producing partner Daphne Pinkerson (HBO’s Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags and Hard Times: Lost on Long Island), the movie bears witness to the effects of rising inequality and stagnant class mobility.

Mavis! chronicles the ascension of gospel and soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The Staple Singers. An intimate look at a tight-knit family, the film reveals their struggles and success, featuring dynamic live performances and rarely seen archival footage, as well as interviews with Bob Dylan, Prince, Bonnie Raitt, Jeff Tweedy and Chuck D.

At 76, she's making the most vital music of her career, winning Grammy awards and reaching a new generation of fans with her message of love and equality.