WashU’s Program in Film and Media Studies (FMS) kicked off its Colloquium Lecture Series with a lecture from visiting professor Alfred Martin, who presented “Ease on Down the Road?: Engaging the Serious Study of ‘The Wiz’ as a Scholar and a Fan.” The Colloquium series focuses on how past representation in film, particularly of minority groups, can teach us about our world.

What started as an assignment for a business school class is now a fledgling streaming platform.

This coming weekend marks the ninth annual African Film Festival on Washington University’s campus, sponsored by the African and African-American studies and film and media studies departments, the African Students Association and the Brown School African Students Association. From March 28-30, films will be screened in Brown 100 starting at 7 p.m.

Pier Marton is a beloved film production professor here at Washington University. Known for encouraging students to pry deeply, play freely and produce top-quality work, Pier is a rare combination of intellectual, dreamer and master craftsman. Yet Professor Marton’s contract has been terminated.