Tag: Jones Film Collection

Screening of restored film Club de Femmes (1936)

In collaboration with SMU’s World Languages and Literature program’s International Film Festival, Club de Femmes (1936) will be screened in the Jeff Gordon Film and Collections room on Tuesday, February 21 at 7 pm. The room is on the 3rd floor, 3210, Hamon Arts Library. Professor Rachel Ney, Senior Lecturer in French, provides a description…Continue Reading Screening of restored film Club de Femmes (1936)

The Community of Cinema – March 1 Film Events at SMU

Film screening room 3rd floor Hamon

Cinema is a natural community-forming medium, and next week, when the lights dim in Hamon Library’s new third-floor film screening room on March 1st, attendees will be treated to a unique and authentic cinematic experience, complete with the whirring sound of a 16mm film projector. The new room and projector are an extension of the…Continue Reading The Community of Cinema – March 1 Film Events at SMU

Fall ’21 and spring ’22 screenings for Ghosts of Lost Futures

Flyers for Archive Fever

Curator and artist, Mike Morris, and his collaborators on the experimental videos, Ghosts of Lost Futures, have been busy with additional screenings of this program of works. Ghosts premiered at the Dallas Museum of Art in the Horchow Auditorium on May 22 with ten works by ten experimental video artists commissioned to re-interpret film footage…Continue Reading Fall ’21 and spring ’22 screenings for Ghosts of Lost Futures

Footage Found – SMU student collaborative project between Meadows and Jones Film and Video Collection

Footage Found was a collaborative project between students in the Video Art course (ASPH 3315) in the Meadows Division of Art and the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection at SMU. The students were provided footage from the WFAA TV News Film archive, part of the Jones Collection’s holdings, to create new works from…Continue Reading Footage Found – SMU student collaborative project between Meadows and Jones Film and Video Collection

G. William Jones Film and Video Collection – Winter 2019 Update

News We thankfully survived the fall and winter months of 2019, so that we can ring in the new year and celebrate the Jones Collection’s 50th anniversary! Reporter Chris Sadeghi, along with a film crew from WFAA, came down to the vault to film a promotional piece for Sadeghi’s REWIND series, which features footage from…Continue Reading G. William Jones Film and Video Collection – Winter 2019 Update

Jones Collection Summer 2019 Updates

In the Media     There was no summer break for the Jones Collection, as we continued our preservation efforts far below the Greer Garson Theatre. During these dog days of summer, keeping a cool 50 degrees in our temperature-controlled vault, we mined away into the deepest recesses of our archive and uncovered some truly…Continue Reading Jones Collection Summer 2019 Updates

G. William Jones Film and Video Collection – Spring 2019 Update

It’s been a busy Spring here at the Jones Collection! In The Media:   We’ve had several stories in the news.  Here are just some of the highlights: WFAA – Kincaid’s Hamburgers WFAA – Oscar’s History WFAA – Auto History WFAA – Mayfest WFAA – Toll Roads WFAA – Restrooms Social Media Stats for May…Continue Reading G. William Jones Film and Video Collection – Spring 2019 Update

Jones Film Collection – March 2019

In the Media It’s been way too long, and we have so much to share! The Jones Collection was all over the news these last few months.  Here are some of the highlights! WFAA – Texas Summers Flashback: Dallas – Santos Rodriguez, 1960 – 1973 Fox 4 News – Tuesday marks 45th anniversary of 12-year-old murdered…Continue Reading Jones Film Collection – March 2019

Stephen P. Jarchow Collection: new gift for the Jones Film & Video Collection

The G. William Jones Film & Video Collection in the Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library is pleased to announce a gift from executive producer, Stephen P. Jarchow, of elements from the award-winning 35mm film “Gods and Monsters.” Additionally, this gift includes a significant collection of original film posters and advertising materials. This generous donation…Continue Reading Stephen P. Jarchow Collection: new gift for the Jones Film & Video Collection

Bernardo Bertolucci: 1941 – 2018

Bernardo Bertolucci’s recent death left us with an unsolvable problem.  Over the course of a fifty-year career, he wrestled with ideas both grand and small, from the tragically human to the sublimely divine.  His focuses were on sex and growing old, politics and youth, and the ways in which we define ourselves and how systems…Continue Reading Bernardo Bertolucci: 1941 – 2018