Reel Stories Spring 2009 Series

Documentaries have long served as an educational tool able to inform people about different places or issues. Now, they are serving as a public forum for discussion of a wide range of social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.

The following three programs made up the spring 2009 Reel Stories Documentary Film and Discussion Series:


Andrew Jenks, Room 335
March 27, 2009

For a month during the summer of 2005, 19-year-old Andrew Jenks moved to an assisted-living facility in Florida pursuing an answer to the question, “How do they feel now that they are at the end of their lives?” While forming timeless bonds, he not only found answers to his burning questions but also saw the beauty of life through wiser perspectives.

Panelists:

  • Andrew Jenks, filmmaker and director
  • Claudia Beverly, Ph.D., director of the Arkansas Aging Initiative, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
  • Barbara Shadden, Ph.D., director of the Office of Aging Studies, University of Arkansas


Troubled Water
April 24, 2009

Troubled Water is an original documentary of the Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) that reveals the opinions and stories of farmers, geologists, experts and concerned citizens from across the state about the potential for a water crisis.

Panelists:

  • Mark Wilcken, producer
  • Kate Atlhoff, coordinator of Citizens Protecting Maumelle Watershed
  • Jim Peterson, U.S. Geological Survey Arkansas Water Science Center hydrologist

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Killer at Large
May 22, 2009

Written and produced by three starving filmmakers, Killer at Large discusses the causes, the effects and the politics behind the obesity epidemic in America.

Panelists:

  • Bryan Young, filmmaker and producer
  • Dr. Margaret Bogle, executive director of the Delta Obesity Prevention Research Unit with the USDA Agricultural Research Service
  • Dr. Esther Winterfeldt, emeritus regents professor of Food, Nutrition and Institution Administration at Oklahoma State University


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