Cinema Studies

Film has emerged as one of the most important art forms of the modern era. Cinema studies at Bowdoin introduces students to the techniques, history, and literature of film in order to cultivate an understanding of both the vision and craft of film artists and the views of society and culture expressed in cinema.

Why Studying the Humanities Is Essential for Designing Artificial Intelligence Systems
Faculty members collaborate to teach multidisciplinary class exploring the crucial role that the study of ethics plays in world of artificial intelligence. The course, which was taught in the fall of 2023, was partially funded by a grant from the National Humanities Center.
Bowdoin’s Brennan and Perkinson on the Humanities, Practical Application of Invaluable Tools in “Inside Higher Ed”
The value and benefits of a liberal arts education steeped in the humanities has worthy champions in Kristin Brennan, executive director of Bowdoin’s Office of Career Exploration and Development (CXD), and Stephen Perkinson, professor of art history.
Telling a Story on Stage and Screen: Director Tina Satter ’96 Visits Campus
Satter hosts a campus screening of her critically acclaimed movie Reality, which tells the story of intelligence contractor and whistleblower Reality Winner. The English major describes the filmmaking process and how she drew inspiration from the transcript of a real-life FBI interrogation.

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Mason Daugherty '25 and Seamus Goulden '24 produced Creating a Digital History of the Close-Up in American Film and Television, a short film about the Kinolab project. Kinolab student curators include Eduardo Mendoza '24, Edwin Cruz-Castillo '26, Alex Miller '26, and Courtney Burnett '26.