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CMA welcomes “Radiolab” founder Jad Abumrad!
Apr. 14, 2022—The Cinema & Media Arts community is excited welcome celebrated media creator Jad Abumrad to our department! From Vanderbilt’s official announcement – “Jad Abumrad, a public radio icon, podcast pioneer and founder of Radiolab, will join Vanderbilt University to lead and advise on several areas of work, including the launch of a new podcast institute...
Karina Schechter ’20: Finding a Multitude of Benefits in CMA
Jun. 25, 2020—One of the biggest highlights of my college experience was Vanderbilt’s Cinema & Media Arts department. I can look back on every single class, project, and screening, and find a hundred things to smile about. CMA’s tight-knit community of eclectic creatives, budding theorists, and personable professors nurtured the development of productive classroom environments and, even...
Bo Broder ’20: Blending Film Theory and Production for a Holistic Understanding of the Field
Jun. 25, 2020—I started out my first year at Vanderbilt in two film classes: Fundamentals of Film Production and Introduction to Film and Media Studies. It was easy to quickly find my home in the Cinema and Media Arts program, for a variety of reasons. I found the balance of theory and production really important as someone...
Bill-Kande Badi ’19: Finding Freedom to Explore, Both Inside and Outside the Classroom
Jun. 24, 2020—Feature Film Producer and Director On my very first day as a CMA student my professor referenced two films – Aguirre: the Wrath of God and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Beyond both having fantastic subtitles, I thought these films could not have had less in common. One represented a world of arthouse cinema I had...