SCKY BLACK FILM STUDIES
Black
Film Institute
The Film Institute of Simmons College of Kentucky offers a 6-Week Immersive Experience in Black Film Studies. This 7-credit hour experiential learning program is open to college-age emerging creatives seeking a career in the film industry.
The Black Film Institute explores the historical and contemporary evolution of Black film and media studies
for the next generation of innovative 21st-century Black storytellers in Louisville, Kentucky.
Institute features include attending workshops facilitated by industry professionals in:
- Research Methods and Design
- Writing Workshop
- Audio Production
- Photography
- Videography
- Set Design
- Hair, Make-up, and Wardrobe
- Film Editing
During this course, students engage in innovative experiential learning with unprecedented leadership opportunities as Black Louisville storytellers and leaders in the film industry centered in the Black cultural perspective as social justice change agents to create an original, student-led production.
The anticipated first episode and pilot of the Docuseries uproots the untold historical connection between Simmons College of Kentucky and the first 11 Black jockeys who raced in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Course offerings during the Fall 2024 semester:
Now Accepting Applications into the Film Institute! Click HERE to register
Black Film Institute Courses (Concentration)
FRE 100 History of Simmons University (1 credit)
BFI 101 introduction to Black Film and Media Studies (3 credits)
BFI 201 Advanced Black Film and Media Studies (3 credits)
BFI 203 Advanced Audio Production in Film (3 credits)
BFI 204 Applied Audio Production in Film (3 credits)
BFI 301 Screenwriting and Script Writing (3 credits)
BFI 304 Film and Video Editing (3 credits)
Total: 19 Credit Hours
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Tytianna Ringstaff
Director of the Digital Teaching and Learning (DTAL) Center
tringstaff@simmonscollegeky.edu
1018 South 7th Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40203
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