The MSU Latinx Film Festival (LxFF), scheduled for February 12-16, will offer five days of film, music, and art at various venues across the Michigan State University campus as well as throughout Lansing and East Lansing, giving attendees many opportunities to make meaningful connections with Latinx communities. The biannual festival, which is celebrating its second iteration, will feature the work of…
MSU students interested in film, film production, and the effects of film on culture had the unique opportunity of meeting and discussing these topics with Hollywood actor and film producer John Morrissey. Morrissey visited Michigan State University this week to meet with classes, deliver a lecture, and screen his 1998 feature film, American History X, which follows a former Neo-Nazi who is…
MSU Professors of Practice John J. Valadez and Carleen Ling-an Hsu will receive two top honors from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) at its annual conference in Las Vegas. There they will be presented with the Faculty Documentary “Best of” award and the first-ever Diversity and Inclusion Creative Award for their WKAR/PBS film The Head of Joaquin Murrieta. More than 1,550 entries, representing…
Music can be much more than just a catchy lyric or a smooth melody, something to distract and entertain while you’re in the car. It can evoke emotion, spread a message, and sometimes like fine art, it can reveal a story about the American soul. Peabody award-winning filmmaker and Michigan State University Professor of Practice John Valadez, who has a…