NSB Film School: Documentaries of Resistance [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Victoria Bouloubasis | 3-weeks| Thursdays April 17-May 1 | 6:00-9:30 PM | In-Person, 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
For its time, Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 anthem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," felt supercharged and incendiary. Now, more than fifty years later, revolutions do make it onto the screen in increasing numbers, often in documentary film. The medium has always been an independent one, attracting artists with activist leanings to create work that highlights social justice and aims for change. Even John Grierson, the often-touted father of documentary film born in the late 1800s, once said: “I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.”
In this course we’ll watch and discuss a variety of films that bring stories of resistance to the masses. Some will narrow the stories shared widely in global news into a more intimate focus; others will highlight lesser-known, smaller acts of resistance with big impacts in local communities. We’ll watch documentaries rooted in local and national activism, such as Santuario (2019), Rising Up in the Heartland (2022), and UNION (2024). At least one class will also include a virtual visit and Q&A with the director(s) and protagonist(s). We’ll look at films and film theories from the past to parallel how today, in an age of increased censorship, media makers and documentary protagonists are taking even greater risks to get their stories out into the world.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full- or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All sliding-scale needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Victoria Bouloubasis | 3-weeks| Thursdays April 17-May 1 | 6:00-9:30 PM | In-Person, 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
For its time, Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 anthem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," felt supercharged and incendiary. Now, more than fifty years later, revolutions do make it onto the screen in increasing numbers, often in documentary film. The medium has always been an independent one, attracting artists with activist leanings to create work that highlights social justice and aims for change. Even John Grierson, the often-touted father of documentary film born in the late 1800s, once said: “I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.”
In this course we’ll watch and discuss a variety of films that bring stories of resistance to the masses. Some will narrow the stories shared widely in global news into a more intimate focus; others will highlight lesser-known, smaller acts of resistance with big impacts in local communities. We’ll watch documentaries rooted in local and national activism, such as Santuario (2019), Rising Up in the Heartland (2022), and UNION (2024). At least one class will also include a virtual visit and Q&A with the director(s) and protagonist(s). We’ll look at films and film theories from the past to parallel how today, in an age of increased censorship, media makers and documentary protagonists are taking even greater risks to get their stories out into the world.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full- or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All sliding-scale needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $220 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Victoria Bouloubasis | 3-weeks| Thursdays April 17-May 1 | 6:00-9:30 PM | In-Person, 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
For its time, Gil Scott-Heron's 1971 anthem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," felt supercharged and incendiary. Now, more than fifty years later, revolutions do make it onto the screen in increasing numbers, often in documentary film. The medium has always been an independent one, attracting artists with activist leanings to create work that highlights social justice and aims for change. Even John Grierson, the often-touted father of documentary film born in the late 1800s, once said: “I look on cinema as a pulpit, and use it as a propagandist.”
In this course we’ll watch and discuss a variety of films that bring stories of resistance to the masses. Some will narrow the stories shared widely in global news into a more intimate focus; others will highlight lesser-known, smaller acts of resistance with big impacts in local communities. We’ll watch documentaries rooted in local and national activism, such as Santuario (2019), Rising Up in the Heartland (2022), and UNION (2024). At least one class will also include a virtual visit and Q&A with the director(s) and protagonist(s). We’ll look at films and film theories from the past to parallel how today, in an age of increased censorship, media makers and documentary protagonists are taking even greater risks to get their stories out into the world.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full- or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All sliding-scale needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.