HAVANA, Cuba, 12 September 2011 — AU Abroad students arrive for another week of classes at Casa de las Americas, Cuba’s premier cultural center. The AU students are taking a total of five classes at Casa, four of them taught by Cuban professors. I am teaching my Photojournalism and Social Documentary class, a stepping stone […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 2 September 2011 — AU Aroad student Chelsea Crandall, far left, walks through the Museo de la Revlucion in Centro Havana, Cuba. Crandall is one of six AU students taking part in a semester at Casa de las Americas, Cuba’s premier cultural center. In addition to four courses they are taking from Cuban […]
Erin Finicane has proven a long-standing tenet of documentary: The craft is an effective tool for social change. Erin is a second year graduate student at American University pursuing an MFA in Film and Electronic Media. She hopes to use documentary and related media as a tool for education, engaging audiences in the stories behind […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 31 August 2011 — AU Abroad students take a break from a tour of Old Havana for a group photo. They are standing in La Plaza Vieja, or “The Old Plaza,” which is being renovated in a bid to recapture its colonial-era splendor. This area of Havana is a favorite of foreign tourists […]
HAVANA, Cuba, 28 August 2011 — AU Abroad students (l to r) Paul Barrett, Efrain Ramirez and Emmalee June Kinard get ready to board a bus to downtown Havana after arriving Sunday at Havana’s international airport. Paul, Efrain and Emmalee are among six AU Abroad students who will be spending fall semester studying at Cuba’s […]
WASHINGTON, DC, 7 August 2011 — The Backpack Journalism Workshop ended with some very impressive work by all participants. This has been one of the best workshops that we’ve ever conducted in terms of the dynamic among participants, the flow of the four-day event and the quality of the products. In addition to the in-class […]