Film Classes in Washington, DC

Join us for a screening of the film “Persepolis” based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel. Following the film, there will be a short audience discussion and reception. Based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel about her life in pre and post-revolutionary Iran and then in Europe, “Persepolis” traces Satrapi’s growth from child to rebellious,...

This class will explore principles of comedy through intensive work on scenes and monologues, with some attention to comic theory and great comedic performances preserved on film. For students with scene study experience.

This documentary by Academy Award--winning filmmaker Pamela Tanner Boll features five fierce women who refuse to choose between motherhood and art. The film invites us to consider the role of women in art, from cultural muses in the ancient world to under-representation of female artists in museums. Sybil E. Gohari, professor of art history at American...

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated), SAAM presents Spike Lee’s biting comedy Bamboozled. This feature film takes a satirical look at the history of African American stereotypes in American culture, following a frustrated African American TV writer who pitches a blackface...

An intensive course devoted to acting for film and television. The class will include audition techniques, the role of commercial spokesperson, specifics of industrial film work, and techniques for approaching film and television scripts. All class work will be filmed as it might be on a real set and then critiqued.

This class is different each time it’s offered, because it is designed each time for the specific students in the class.  The class begins with a review of basic on-camera technique, followed by attention to advanced audition techniques. The rest of the course will focus on areas of special interest to the students.  Past topics have...

If you've ever seen a corporate training video (think of the pre-flight instructions you see on passenger planes) then you've seen an industrial film. You may not know the actors' names, but they're making a living with their talent.  In this class students will learn to apply the same tools one brings to a three-act play to a 30-second commercial...