The College of Charleston is hosting an evening with award-winning filmmaker Su Friedrich on October 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the admissions auditorium in the Robert Scott Small Building on campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The New York Times has called her films “intensely self-revelatory and formally complex.”  They address such varied subjects as nature, lesbian adolescence, the symbolic significance of the automobile, and the global economic significance of a cup of coffee.   “It is an amazing opportunity for students and the community to hear from Su Friedrich,” said Alison Piepmeier, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.

“She’s one of the more significant artists to have spoken at the College of Charleston in recent years.  Filmmaking is a field that’s dominated by men, so it’s particularly exciting that Friedrich–who has been so successful as a woman filmmaker–is going to share some of her work and her experiences with our students and the Charleston community.”

Award-winning filmmaker Su Friedrich has produced and directed eighteen 16mm films. Her work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, among many others.

Her films have won numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the Melbourne Film Festival and Outstanding Documentary at Outcast.  In addition, Friedrich has received fellowships from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations as well as numerous grants, and in 1995 she received
the Cal Arts/Alpert Award.  Friedrich is the writer, cinematographer, director, and editor of all but one of her films.   Her work is screened and distributed widely throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
She teaches film and video production at Princeton University, and this is her first public presentation at the College of Charleston.

More information about Su Friedrich: www.sufriedrich.com.

This event sponsored by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program, the Film Studies Program, and the Office for the Academic Experience.