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Documentary Storytelling & Production with Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence, Award-winning Documentary Filmaker Rebekah Fergusson '07

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Friday, April 11, 2014
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Rebekah Fergusson '07
Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence

Registration required--select "More information" below. Part of our Fannie Mitchell Expert in Residence Program, Rebekah wants to talk with students about careers in film, entertainment and documentary work.  Take advantage of your best resource at Duke, the alumni.  Attend to take it all in and/or get answers to those burning questions. Join us in The Loop. Brought to you by The Career Center, Center for Documentary Studies, DukeArts and Duke Alumni Association.More about Rebekah: Rebekah Fergusson is a documentary filmmaker, DP, and online video producer based in San Francisco. She is currently directing the photography on Way of the Warthogs, a feature documentary in production about an inner city rugby team in East Oakland. She was a Co-Producer and behind the camera on The Case Against 8 (Sundance World Premiere 2014). She was Director, Editor, and DP on Pelada (South by Southwest World Premiere 2010). Pelada won an Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking Award from Newport Beach Film Festival and was called "an all-around inspiring doc" by Variety and "close to pitch perfect" by the New York Times. Rebekah also played a pivotal role in the independent DVD and theatrical distribution of Pelada. Her Bay Area freelance clients include the NYTimes, University of Cal Berkeley, Union Bank, and others.