Filmmaking

The Great Hack

Politics of the Unseen

October 30, 2019

Terry Tempest Williams, HDS’s writer-in-residence, and film producer Geralyn White Dreyfous have curated a special film series that is open to the Harvard community as well as the general public, and includes the chance for audience members to engage in discussion with directors, producers, and subjects of the films.... Read more about Politics of the Unseen

HDS Film Fest

Film Festival Explores Religious Experiences, Tragedy, and Ministry

February 13, 2019

On February 7, HDS kicked off its second annual film festival with a screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018). The film’s executive producer, Geralyn Dreyfous, appeared via Skype following the screening for a discussion with the audience about the film and its star, television legend and Protestant minister Fred Rogers.... Read more about Film Festival Explores Religious Experiences, Tragedy, and Ministry

Francisca Cho

Video: Ritual Apparitions and a Buddhist Theory of Film

April 2, 2018

Francisca Cho proposes that Buddhist epistemic frameworks regarding the nature of ritual apparitions offer an account of the religious possibilities of film that is absent in Western phenomenological conversations on the same topic.

The Art of Ministry

The Art of Ministry

December 16, 2013

In a way, Arleigh Prelow's journey to HDS began with a car crash. One Sunday morning in 1992, Prelow, MDiv '13, and her two daughters were in a head-on collision with another vehicle on their way to church.... Read more about The Art of Ministry