The Documentary Research Internship provides an opportunity to assist in the development of SURVIVAL FLOATING, an independent feature-length documentary about an African American filmmaker/swimmer who embarks on an existential journey into water and Black vulnerability in a poetic documentary about freedom, survival and recovery. SURVIVAL FLOATING is an essay film that explores African, Caribbean and African American historical relationships to water and the subsequent intense and often violent White resistance to Black bodies swimming in oceans, lakes and pools that …
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Documentary Research Internship – Summer 2024 (SF)
The Film Posse, Inc.
Recruitment began on April 15, 2024
Expires May 24, 2024
Internships, Wesleyan-Affiliated Internships
Documentary Research Internship – Summer 2024 (JH)
The Film Posse, Inc.
Recruitment began on April 15, 2024
Expires May 24, 2024
Internships, Wesleyan-Affiliated Internships
The Documentary Research Internship provides an opportunity to assist in the research and development of JOHN HENRY: THE UNMASKING OF AMERICA’S REAL FIRST SUPERHERO, an independent, investigative-style historical feature documentary exploring the origin story and legacy of John Henry—the legendary “steel-drivin’ man” from the Jim Crow era immortalized in countless folk songs and stories—from Black work song to labor superstar to American superhero. With the participation of leading thinkers, musicians and artists, the film examines issues of mythmaking, industrialization, racial …