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The Last Black Man in San Francisco as Antiracist Film 

June 19, 2023Mila Danilov
two men sitting in a field

A critical race theory analysis of Joe Talbot’s debut 2019 feature film. Continue Reading →

Print antiracism, black representation, critical race theory, film, gentrification, joe talbot, San Francisco, white privilege

Karim Iliya Shoots for the Moon

May 15, 2023Savannah Dewberry
young man ponders the sky leaning against black rock

Media Studies alum, nature photographer, and world traveler Karim Iliya ’12 is about to go where only a handful of other humans have gone — to the moon. Continue Reading →

Print, Profiles dearMoon, National Geographic, Nature Photography, World Travel

Bold, Kinky, and Unique: Embracing Black Hair

May 10, 2023Janelle Frazier
a woman's hands braiding a young girl's hair

In this photo essay, four college students express their views on their process of accepting and expressing their culture through hair. Continue Reading →

Print #Blackhair, hair journey, photo essay, photography

Meagan Cuthill Is Always Learning

April 25, 2023Savannah Dewberry

Media Studies alum Meagan Cuthill ’14 describes how she went from college graduate to deputy digital director at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Continue Reading →

Print, Profiles journalism, Oregon Public Broadcasting, USFAlumni

Goodwin Award Recipient Megan Robertson Performs a Marxist Political Economic Analysis of TikTok

April 18, 2023Megan Robertson
graphic of shrugging human form with a tiktok logo for a head.

Read 2023 USF Goodwin Award winner Megan Robertson’s essay analyzing how TikTok is changing culture. Continue Reading →

Print Goodwin, Karl Marx, social media, TikTok

Staying Connected with Brogan Bentley

April 12, 2023Savannah Dewberry
young man with projections across his face

Media Studies alum Brogan Bentley ’12 on the importance of staying connected in the Bay Area music and audio community. Continue Reading →

Print, Profiles audio, Bay Area, indie music, sound healing, teaching

Growing Pains: A Short Film by Justin George & Mila Danilov

April 10, 2023usf_film_studies

Two best friends navigate the good, the bad, and the ugly of living together. Continue Reading →

Video college, coming of age, friendship, roomates

Attention Versus Authenticity: Musical Madness in the Age of TikTok

March 22, 2023Laura Bott
illustration of iphone and earbuds with tiktok logo on the screen

A deep dive into TikTok, music discovery, and the rapidly-changing music industry, from the perspectives of both artists and fans. Continue Reading →

Audio fandom, independent artist, indie music, social media

The Force Is With Johan Samuelsson

March 10, 2023Savannah Dewberry
close up of a man's face smiling in front of a bookcase.

Media Studies alum Johan Samuelsson ’16 on landing his dream job creating graphics for Disney in Sweden. Continue Reading →

Print, Profiles disney, motion graphics, USFAlumni

Leo y Fernando: a Short Film by Jeremy Ivan Goei Videla

March 9, 2023usf_film_studies
a young man with dark hair sits in front of a chain link fence, behind which is a lush green garden

Two men try to save their friendship amid the political turmoil caused by Donald Trump. Continue Reading →

Video DACA, Latino, mission district, San Francisco, Spanish, undocumented

Studio 374: a Short Film by Khari Dawson & Veronica Palmer

March 8, 2023usf_film_studies
a young person with dreadlocks sits at a music console in the KUSF studios

An intimate look at two college roommates who have turned their dorm room into a recording studio. Continue Reading →

Video college dorm, home studio, music documentary, rap music

Queering Taylor Swift

March 1, 2023Cathrine Roque
a young blond woman playing a piano overgrown with moss in a lush forest

How do queer fans find themselves reflected in Taylor Swift’s music? This project views the massively influential musician’s pair of 2020 releases, folklore and evermore, from a queer perspective. Continue Reading →

Print queer theory, reception studies, taylor swift

Glitch: A Very Short Film by Sophie Frey

February 27, 2023usf_film_studies
an illustrated image of a turntable playing a single by Taylor Swift

What it feels like listening to Taylor Swift in the middle of the night. Continue Reading →

Video animation, motion graphics, taylor swift

The Fly: a Very Short Film by Cencere Baker

February 27, 2023usf_film_studies
illustration of a family of flies on a tropical beach

“They’ll see and they’ll know, and they’ll say, ‘Why, she wouldn’t even harm a fly…'” Continue Reading →

Video animation, motion graphics

Lala: a Short Film by Justin George and Mila Danilov

February 22, 2023usf_film_studies
a door with pink letters spelling Lala in front of it.

This short documentary reveals how a registered nurse and aspiring musician follows her dreams. Continue Reading →

Video musician, nurse

A Coming of Age Film: A Short by Wyatt Fields

February 13, 2023usf_film_studies

Charlie doesn’t want to turn out like his dad and has decided never to become an adult. Today is his 21st birthday. Continue Reading →

Video coming of age, dark comedy, young adult

Does Life Imitate Art, or Is Art Imitating Life?

February 8, 2023Laura Carcache Guas
a hotel room with a television set in it

Can this Tania Franco Klein photo be called a self-portrait? Or is the woman contained in the television too far removed from who the photographer really is? Continue Reading →

Print Art, emotion, imitation, philosophy, pier 24, tania franco klein

Free Style: a Short Film by Syairah Sims & Jessica Crosby

February 6, 2023usf_film_studies
A dark-haired man in glasses and t-shirt dances in a parking lot against a backdrop of lush green trees.

See how University of San Francisco student Nolan Gonzales came to love hip-hop dance. Continue Reading →

Video dance team, freestyling, hip-hop

K-Pop Fans Are a Bunch of ‘Maniacs,’ but Who’s Doing it Like Us?

February 1, 2023Laura Stevenson

It’s no secret that K-pop has become a well known genre in the U.S within the last few years. The attention that K-pop has commanded in the West may be baffling for some. Get a closer look at K-pop through the eyes of a fan. Continue Reading →

Print, Video concerts, fandom, k-pop, Stray Kids

Fabriquer un Illusionniste: a short film by Parsa Rahimi

January 31, 2023usf_film_studies
white title, fabrique un illusioniste in script over a background of lush green leaves

A man builds a Rube Goldberg machine to prove to himself that he has agency — but it has other ideas. Continue Reading →

Video dark comedy, determinism, free will, Rube Goldberg

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Student Awards + Recognition

Forgotten Fountains, a short experimental doc by Ellie Vanderlip ’16 about drinking fountains and the U.S. infrastructure crisis, will screen at the SF Documentary Film Festival in June 2023.

Check out Vogue’s short video “Inside Iman & David Bowie’s Scenic Home Filled With Wonderful Objects” edited by Media Studies alum Victoria Mortati ’13.

“A Coming of Age Film” by Wyatt Fields ’23 was officially nominated for Best First-Time Filmmaker at the Cannes Shorts Film Festival.

Media Studies alum Alexander Flores ’18 recently served as lead editor on a marketing campaign that won Double Gold at the John Barleycorn awards, which celebrates the spirits industry. Flores is Junior Editor at the Oakland-based Slow Clap Productions.

Media Studies alum Karen Ver Trinidad ’17 is working as assistant editor on an upcoming A24 documentary.

Media Studies alum Karim Iliya ’12 is headed to outer space as a member of the dearMoon Crew.

Listen to a Film Sessions podcast interview with Sophie Frey ’23 about her short “Facade,” which received an honorable mention at the Student World Impact Film Festival.

Jeremy Goei ’23 continues to rack up festival awards. The short doc, “Gente Del Barrio,” was a semi-finalist for Best Director (male) and Best Documentary Short at the LA Indie Fest. The short narrative, “Leo Y Fernando” was officially selected in those categories by the LA Indie Short Fest and was also officially selected for Best Short Film at the New Filmmakers NY festival.

Julian Sorapuru ’22 published his first front page story as Fellow at The Boston Globe.

Media Studies major Bridgette Yang named USF’s 2022 Valedictorian.

Media Studies minor (Business Marketing major) Sophia LeTourneau receives the School of Management’s 2022 Medal of Excellence.

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This magazine features some of the best work by students of the University of San Francisco’s Department of Media Studies.  Our department offers students a liberal arts-based program in media analysis and media production. Combining theory and practice, students learn how to analyze, deconstruct, and critique media texts and institutions and how to create, share, and collaborate using various forms of media. This magazine showcases the best examples of student work produced for classes in the department.

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