Public Relations Advising Session 2
2022-11-02 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Students studying public relations are encouraged to attend either of these sessions for spring advising. Faculty advisers will discuss required courses, electives, and PINs for internships and campaigns.

Session 1: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 6:35-7:30 p.m., Wolfson 4028
Session 2: Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2-3 p.m., Wolfson 4029

Workplace Harassment Seminar
2022-11-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Koenigsberg & Nadal Interactive Media Center, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146
Join Professors Heidi Carr, Ana François, and Betsy Mateu for a workplace harassment seminar geared toward interns and future-interns. Learn about internships for credit and what to do if you’re made to feel uncomfortable on the job. Maria Sevilla, Title IX specialist at UM, will be sharing her expertise on gender equality and handling harassment.

Homecoming Alumni Celebration
2022-11-04 16:00 - 18:00 | School of Communication Courtyard, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join us on campus to reconnect with alumni and friends, reminisce about the past, and enjoy delicious food! RSVP via the provided link.

Global Frontiers Series: "Together"
2022-11-05 17:00 - 19:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join us for a new breakthrough film series at the Cosford Cinema focusing on current world issues such as migration and social inclusion, peace and security, ageing populations, democracy, climate change and artificial intelligence.
The series is intended to bring two types of audiences together: Movie lovers and people who care about current events.
Each screening will be preceded by a wide-ranging, multi-media conversation between Bill Cosford Cinema manager, Rene Rodriguez, and a special guest.
The series launches on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. with “Together” (2021), a comedy-drama starring James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan as a married couple forced to re-evaluate their relationship while trapped inside their London apartment during the Covid-19 lockdown. The film is co-directed by Oscar-nominee Stephen Daldry (“Billy Elliot,” “The Hours,” “The Reader”).
The screening will be preceded by a 40-minute discussion between Rodriguez and Karin Wilkins, dean of the School of Communication at the University of Miami, touching on the unintended long-term social and physical distance after the Covid-19 pandemic, including the toll on human relationships and the mental and physical consequences of restriction of movement. The discussion will include clips from other movies exploring similar subject matter.
Admission is free, but advance registration is required at the link. Watch this video for more information, https://vimeo.com/765456871.

NY Mets Pre and Post-Game Live Host to Speak to SoC Students Interested in Sports Broadcasting
2022-11-07 10:10 - 11:25 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Gary Apple, host of Mets Pre and Post-Game Live for SNY, will speak to School of Communication students interested in sports broadcasting during Professor Antonio Mora’s class in Studio C, 1008C.
Visit https://sny.tv/talent to learn more about Apple.

Virtual Media Management Association Meeting
2022-11-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Zoom
On Monday, Nov. 7, 6 – 7 p.m., Heather Aucoin, sales director, NBC 6/WTVJ and Telemundo 51/WSCV, NBCUniversal, will speak virtually about the trends in TV sales.

U Chat Indigenous Heritage Month: A discussion of indigenous feminism and mental health in the community
2022-11-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Shalala Student Center, 1330 Miller Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
Audience members are invited to share their ideas, opinions, and experience in a guided discussion introduced and moderated by UM Debate and the Indigenous Heritage Committee at the University of Miami.
This event is taking place at the Shalala Student Center, Storm Surge Room.

SoC Graduate Programs Virtual Open House
2022-11-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
Would you like to know more about our many graduate studies opportunities? The University of Miami School of Communication is holding a virtual open house to provide more information about our graduate programs.
In this 60-minute online information session, you will learn more about graduate studies opportunities, meet faculty, and ask questions about each program. If you are a UM School of Communication graduating senior you are eligible to receive an application waiver and an accelerated review process. For more info about this event or to RSVP, email socgrad@miami.edu.
This open house is available via zoom, https://miami.zoom.us/s/95504742719. Passcode: [REDACTED]

'Until the End of the World' Director's Cut Free Screening
2022-11-27 12:00 - 17:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Moving Image Alliance, in collaboration with the Bill Cosford Cinema, presents this rare screening of the director’s cut of the sci-fi action/drama “Until the End of the World.”
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (1991) | 4K RESTORATION | DIRECTOR: Wim Wenders | RUNNING TIME: 287 minutes | RATED R for language and sensuality.
Director Wim Wenders’ decades-in-the-making science-fiction epic was conceived as the ultimate road movie. The film follows the restless Claire Tourneur (Solveig Dommartin) across continents as she pursues a mysterious stranger (William Hurt) possessing a device that can make the blind see and bring dream images to waking life.
Set at the turn of the millennium in the shadow of a world-changing catastrophe, Until The End of the World is presented at Cosford Cinema in its 287-minute director’s cut. This nearly five-hour film version is optimized for binge-watching, takes its heroes to the ends of the earth, and resonates with obvious and contemporary concerns.
Admission is FREE but registration is required at the link.
Moving Image Alliance is a Knight Foundation-invested studio project by Artist Barron Sherer. It’s a resource and service organization founded to create a climate for appreciation and production of contemporary moving image arts based on legacy (pre-digital) cinema practices and technologies. The project collaborates with and supports media artists and presenters through advocacy, instruction, and public performance.

Steve Sadicario, Partner and Agent at United Talent Agency
2022-11-30 10:10 - 11:25 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Visit Wolfson 1008C, Studio C, to learn about the news business from Steve Sadicario, one of the top agents in broadcasting who also worked as a vice president at ABC News.
Please send an email to Professor Antonio Mora at agm143@miami.edu if you’re attending.

Watching Movies with Nadege Green: FRIDAY (1995)
2022-12-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join Nadege Green and Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez for a *free* screening and discussion of the 1995 comedy “Friday.”
Nadege Green is a writer, researcher, and audio producer. She is the founder and leader of Black Miami-Dade, an emerging online digital platform that resists the erasure of Miami-Dade’s Black past. She is also the editor of the final installment in “The Miami Trilogy,” a three-book project exploring contemporary Miami. This final edition will center on community narratives around gun violence in Miami-Dade including essays, poems, photos, and illustrations by local residents. She is also a contributor to NPR/WLRN radio.
FRIDAY (1995) | DIRECTOR: F. Gary Gray. | RUNNING TIME: 1 HR 31 MIN | RATED R for pervasive language, drug use, and a brutal fight.
It is Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube, in his first comedic role) is unemployed, having been fired the previous day. This leads to trouble with Smokey’s (Chris Tucker’s) supplier, Big Worm (Faizon Love), who now wants his money, or his product back, or Smokey is a dead man. Then there’s Deebo (Tommy “Tiny” Lister, Jr.), the local bully, plus Craig’s jealous, psychotic girlfriend, Joi (Paula Jai Parker), and Debbie (Nia Long), the neighbor Craig has a crush on. A lot can happen while lounging around your house on a Friday.
“It’s just a typical summer day on a residential street: Kids are playing, lawns are being watered, there’s a lot going on but not much happening. And that’s exactly the point: co-screenwriters Ice Cube, DJ Pooh, and director F. Gary Gray find as much humor in well-observed detail as in the oddities of the film’s world.
“There are slapstick gags, bathroom humor (both figuratively and literally), a lot of jokes about hairstyles, and sight gags based on ridiculous juxtapositions, like the huge Deebo riding a little bike. All the inaction is set to a terrific, evocative soundtrack that mixes 1960s soul and Motown classics, Rose Royce’s “I Wanna Get Next to You” from CAR WASH, rap from Cypress Hill and Cube, and Dr. Dre’s hit “Keep Their Heads Ringin’.” — TV GUIDE.
Admission is free, but registration is required via this link, https://events.miami.edu/event/watching_movies_with_nadege_green_friday.

Global Frontiers Screening Series: Mariupolis (2016)
2022-12-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join us for our second installment in a new breakthrough monthly film series at the Cosford Cinema focusing on current world issues such as migration and social inclusion, peace and security, aging populations, democracy, climate change, and artificial intelligence.
The series is intended to bring two types of audiences together: Movie lovers and people who care about current events.
Each screening will be preceded by a wide-ranging, multi-media conversation between Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez and a special guest.
The series continues on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 5 p.m. with “Mariupolis” (2016), a documentary portrait of Ukrainians going about their daily lives — work, home, spending time with their families — while bombs, death and destruction encroach their city.
Lithuanian documentary filmmaker Mantas Kvedaravicius, who was killed in April 2022 while trying to leave Mariupol, shows the city’s then-500,000 residents, working for the steel factory and fishing, for leisure or food, in between shifts. The orthodox church towers above the city and its newly built bronze domes are sitting next to it, waiting to be donned. A tent nearby is sheltering a crying icon, which receives a steady flow of visitors.
The screening will be preceded by a 25-minute discussion between Rodriguez and Dina Moulioukova, lecturer at the University of Miami and co-editor of “Russia and the World in the Putin Era.” The conversation will focus on peace and war, human stories in embattled countries, and hyper-realism in cinema. The discussion will include clips from other movies exploring similar subject matter.
Watch this video for more information, https://vimeo.com/775806194.

Fall 2022 Commencement Reception
2022-12-16 13:00 - 16:00 | School of Communication Courtyard, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Dean Wilkins cordially invites you to join our graduates at the School of Communication Fall 2022 Commencement Reception immediately following the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony.

Cafecito with Dr. Celeste González de Bustamante
2023-01-17 10:45 - 12:00 | University of Miami School of Communication, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Please join us Tuesday, Jan. 17, for cafecito and conversation with journalism scholar and historian Celeste González de Bustamante, Professor and Centennial Chair in Communication, School of Journalism and Media, University of Texas at Austin
Cafecito and Research Talk: How Journalists Survive Violence(s): Examining Pathways of Resistance and Resilience in Mexico. Center for Communication, Culture and Change, Wolfson 1021, 10:45 am.
Abstract: At least 17 media workers were killed in Mexico in 2022, making last year the deadliest year on record for Mexico, which ranks as the most dangerous country in the world for those whose profession is to inform their communities. Since 2000, more than 165 journalists have been killed. Despite a federal law that makes it a crime to attack journalists or human rights workers, the conditions continue to be dire. Corrupt government officials collude with organize crime groups in attempts to silence journalists, and reporters who work on the country’s periphery are at most risk. For more than 10 years, Drs. Celeste González de Bustamante and Jeannine E. Relly have been examining how journalists on the country’s periphery have responded to mounting pressures and continued threats. In this talk, Dr. González de Bustamante discusses how journalists have turned to one another and to their communities to resist pressures and create their own networks of resilience. A lack of support from media owners, the government, and the public, journalists have taken it upon themselves to become their own activists.

UMTV General Body Meeting
2023-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Shoma Hall, CIB 3053, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
Learn about on-air, producing, writing, and crew positions for any of UMTV’s different shows. All majors accepted. No experience needed.

The Sight & Sound Top Ten: 'Jeanne Dielman'
2023-01-29 13:00 - 17:00 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The Cosford Cinema is proud to present a screening series of the top 10 films of the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Poll: The Greatest Films of All Time.
Launched in 1952 and conducted every 10 years since, the poll includes filmmakers, critics and journalists from around the world. The results are published in Sight & Sound, a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute.
Some screenings in the series will be followed by a panel discussion featuring local critics and scholars.
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES | YEAR: 1975 | DIRECTOR: Chantal Akerman | 2K DCP projection | RUNNING TIME: 202 minutes | UNRATED (contains adult themes, sexual situations) | IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A singular work in film history, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles meticulously details, with a sense of impending doom, the daily routine of a middle-aged widow, whose chores include making the beds, cooking dinner for her son, and turning the occasional trick.
In its enormous spareness, Akerman’s film seems simple, but it encompasses an entire world. Whether seen as an exacting character study or as one of cinema’s most hypnotic and complete depictions of space and time, Jeanne Dielman is an astonishing, compelling movie experiment, one that has been analyzed and argued over for decades.

'Knock at the Cabin' Free Screening
2023-01-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Come catch an early *free* screening of the latest thriller by writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense,” “Split”) at the Cosford Cinema at 7:30 p.m. Monday Jan. 30.
Jonathan Groff and Ben Aldridge star as a couple with an adopted daughter who get a knock at the door of their remote cabin. The four visitors (led by Dave Bautista) inform the two men and their child that one of them must die in order to save the world from extinction.
Based on the novel “The Cabin at the End of the World” by Paul Tremblay, the Universal Pictures thriller co-stars Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Abby Quinn. The movie is rated R for violence and language.
Admission is FREE but registration is required at link, https://events.miami.edu/event/knock_at_the_cabin_free_preview_screening. UM students get priority seating. Ticket does not guarantee admission so please arrive early.

Hargrove by Eliane Henri
2023-02-01 19:00 - 21:30 | Gusman Concert Hall, 1314 Miller Dr, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
This film chronicles the journey of trumpet legend Roy Hargrove’s last year as he embarks on his final European summer tour while reflecting on his life and the wisdom he wants to impart on young musicians. Screening is followed by panel discussion with filmmaker Eliane Henri.

Basic Blackboard
2023-02-02 11:00 - 12:30 | Zoom
This Blackboard for Beginners class will help new faculty, adjuncts, or anyone who hasn’t used Blackboard previously. It will cover how to set up your gradebook, how to take attendance, how to upload your syllabus, assignments, and other coursework. Depending on how comfortable the group is, we’ll move on include setting up tests/quizzes on Blackboard, how to calculate a grade dropping the lowest grade(s), how to create a portal for students to submit their work via Blackboard, etc.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://miami.zoom.us/j/92316586399?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 923 1658 6399
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Media Management Association Meeting
2023-02-02 18:30 - 19:30 | Shoma Hall, CIB 3053, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
Anthony Santana, chief marketing officer at Hardcore Advertising, will share his professional insights into the evolution of social media marketing.

Global Frontiers Screening Series: 'A Life On Our Planet'
2023-02-04 14:00 - 16:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join us for our third installment in a new breakthrough monthly film series at the Cosford Cinema focusing on current world issues such as migration and social inclusion, peace and security, aging populations, democracy, climate change, and artificial intelligence.
Each screening will be preceded by a wide-ranging, multi-media conversation between Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez and a special guest.
The series continues on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m., with “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” (2020), a visually stunning but terrifying documentary about the crises that threaten the survival of Earth: deforestation, global warming, pollution, and other issues plaguing our planet.
The 97-year-old Sir David Frederick Attenborough, brother of the Oscar-winning director Richard Attenborough, has devoted much of his adult life exploring the natural wonders of our planet and advocating for ecological causes such as reducing meat consumption and switching to renewable energy.
He has earned 32 honorary degrees from British universities. At least 20 species of plants and arthropods are named after him. In 2022, he was recognized as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Program.
The screening will be preceded by a 20-minute discussion between Rodriguez and Jennifer Jacquet, visiting professor of global climate change at the University of Miami. The conversation will focus on anthropogenic climate change, its accompanying psychological barriers and the need for social approval in generating cooperation. The discussion will include clips from other movies exploring similar subject matter.
Admission is free but registration is required at link.

The Sight & Sound Top Ten: 'Vertigo' (1958)
2023-02-05 13:00 - 15:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The Cosford Cinema is proud to present a screening series of the top 10 films of the 2022 Sight & Sound Top 100 Poll: The Greatest Films of All Time.
Launched in 1952 and conducted every 10 years since, the poll includes filmmakers, critics and journalists from around the world. The results are published in Sight & Sound, a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute.
VERTIGO | YEAR: 1958 | DIRECTOR: Alfred Hitchcock | 4K Digital projection | RUNNING TIME: 128 minutes | RATED: PG (for adult themes)
An ex-police officer (James Stewart) who suffers from an intense fear of heights is hired to prevent an old friend’s wife (Kim Novak) from committing suicide, but all is not as it seems. Hitchcock’s haunting, compelling masterpiece is uniquely revelatory about the director’s own predilections and hang-ups and is widely considered to be one of his masterworks.
“Vertigo” took the number two spot in the Sight & Sound poll. Admission is $5 per film or $40 for a series pass. Students with Cane card use code UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission. Tickets available at link.
“One of the two or three best films Hitchcock ever made, ‘Vertigo’ is the most confessional, dealing directly with the themes that controlled his art. It is *about* how Hitchcock used, feared and tried to control women. He is represented by Scottie (James Stewart), a man with physical and mental weaknesses (back problems, fear of heights), who falls obsessively in love with the image of a woman–and not any woman, but the quintessential Hitchcock woman.
“When he cannot have her, he finds another woman and tries to mold her, dress her, train her, change her makeup and her hair, until she looks like the woman he desires. He cares nothing about the clay he is shaping; he will gladly sacrifice her on the altar of his dreams.” – Roger Ebert

Computational Methods in Public Relations: Doctoral Student Research Lecture Series
2023-02-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Wolfson Building, 1021
Dr. Xinyan (Eva) Zhao makes an in-person guest visit from UNC Chapel Hill.

Snapshots & Donuts
2023-02-10 14:00 - 15:00 | Wolfson Building, 1021
Student mixer where Ph.D. students can mingle and share photos of their time in the program, which will be projected. Donuts and coffee will be served.

Ribeiro Lecture Series: Stephanie Barish, CEO of IndieCade
2023-02-16 14:00 - 15:15 | Wolfson, 2040, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Guest lecture on the Climate Jam and founding IndieCade, by Stephanie Barish, CEO. IndieCade supports independent game development and organizes a series of international events showcasing the future of independent games. It encourages, publicizes, and cultivates innovation and artistry in all forms of interactive media, helping to create a public perception of games as rich, diverse, artistic, and culturally significant.
IndieCade’s events and initiatives are designed to bring visibility to emerging work and inspire and connect this global community of innovators.
IndieCade is organized by an expansive team of dedicated individuals who truly believe that we can make an impact on the industry and ultimately the way the world plays, understands, and is impacted by games. To this end, IndieCade supports independent game development as the future of games.
This event is funded by the Ribeiro Innovation Fund from the Department of Interactive Media and Cafecito and Conversation, a global engagement task force initative. Stephanie Barish will be visiting the university as part of the IndieCade Horizons festival on February 17th, an event free to the University of Miami community.
Visit http://www.indiecade.com/horizons/ for more information.

The Human Renascence in the Era of Robots: Alberto Levy
2023-02-16 15:30 - 16:45 | Otto G. Richter Library, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
As we watch incredible advances in artificial intelligence and robotics, machines get smarter and stronger every day.
Some say robots will take everyone’s jobs and we are doomed to live under harsh circumstances, but the reality is that humans are needed more than ever, and this is an opportunity for a “Human Renascence.”
Why not allow machines to do what they do better and further develop our human skills? Critical thinking, creativity, negotiation, emotional intelligence, and love cannot be developed by machines as humans do, yet those skills are fundamental in the construction of our future and in the design of robots.
In this lecture, Alberto Levy Macedo will talk about how we are educated to be robots, and will discuss about jobs, ethics in AI, and how to combine technology and humanity for a better future.
This event takes place at the Richter Library – 102B Learning Commons Flexible Program Space.

Debate Team UChat: Censorship
2023-02-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Shalala Student Center, 1330 Miller Dr., Coral Gables, 33146, United States
A discussion on the politics and morals of censorship including the banning of DEI and AP African American Studies. All UM Community members are welcome to participate!
Join us in the Iron Arrow Room at the Shalala Student Center.

IndieCade Horizons
2023-02-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Koenigsberg & Nadal Interactive Media Center, 5100 Brunson Dr., Coral Gables, FL, 33146
A full day conference with Keynotes, Panels, and AMA sessions on everything from portfolios, community building, studio culture, going solo, fundraising, preparing for a career in the industry, internships, and more.
Sessions include….
Welcome/ Introduction
Gameshow / LIVE FROM MIAMI
Announcing: Hidden Heroes Game Jam
Preparing for April Horizons Playtesting
Preparing for Horizons peer-to-peer portfolio review
Keynote Speakers
Preparing Your Portfolio: Perspectives from a Pro
Fostering Diversity in the Game Industry
Preparing for a career in the industry
Funding your game, Panel Perspectives
Effective Networking in Games & Beyond
Interning with Indies
Closing Address
Plus learn more about the Hidden Heroes game jam, prizes, and getting your game play tested and play testing games from all the schools, AMAs, a special Keynote session, and more.
Attend in-person or virtually. Contact Vivian Orellana at vxo46@miami.edu for access to the live stream.

Echoing Josephine Baker: 'Touki Bouki' by Djibril Diop Mambéty
2023-02-18 12:00 - 15:00 | Coral Gables Art Cinema, 260 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL, 33134, United States
FILM + CONVERSATION EVENT
With a stunning mix of the surreal and the naturalistic, Djibril Diop Mambéty paints a vivid, fractured portrait of Senegal in the early 1970s. In this French New Wave–influenced fantasy-drama, two young lovers long to leave Dakar for the glamour and comforts of France, but their escape plan is beset by complications both concrete and mystical. Characterized by dazzling imagery and music, the alternately manic and meditative “Touki Bouki” is widely considered one of the most important African films ever made. Introduction by Dr. Patoimbasba Nikiema, assistant professor of French and Francophone Studies / Global Black and Afropean Studies.

Watching Movies with Mitch Kaplan: 'Days Of Heaven' (1978)
2023-02-18 14:00 - 16:30 | Bill Cosford Cinema, 5030 Brunson Drive, Dooly Memorial 225, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
Join Books & Books founder Mitchell Kaplan and Bill Cosford Cinema manager Rene Rodriguez for a screening and Q&A discussion of Terrence Malick’s Oscar-winning 1978 drama “Days of Heaven.”
Miami Beach native, Mitchell Kaplan, opened the first Books & Books in 1982 in Coral Gables, Florida. Now with five South Florida locations, Books & Books hosts over 400 events per year. In addition, two of the stores are home to well-established cafes and there are Books & Books affiliated stores at the Miami International Airport, and in Key West, where he collaborates with the noted author Judy Blume and her husband, George.
Among his honors, Kaplan served as president of the American Booksellers Association and he received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation. Books & Books was also Publishers Weekly’s bookstore of the year. He recently accepted an appointment to serve on the Board of the National Coalition Against Censorship.
As co-founder of the Miami Book Fair in 1985, Kaplan has served as the chairperson of its Board of Directors and continues to guide the programming team at the Fair which takes place on the campus of Miami-Dade College in the heart of downtown Miami. Each year, the Fair presents close to 500 authors over one week in November, along with a street festival, where bookstalls line the streets adjacent to the campus. Programs take place in Creole, Spanish, and English, reflecting the diversity of Miami.
Kaplan, with his partner Paula Mazur, established The Mazur Kaplan Company to bring books to the screen, both film and television. His most recent release is “Let Him Go” starring Diane Lane and Kevin Costner. Kaplan also hosts the podcast “The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan,” broadcast from Miami, where he lives with his wife, Rachelle. They have three children, Anya, Daniel, and Jonah.
DAYS OF HEAVEN | DIRECTED BY: Terrence Malick | USA | 1978 | 1H 34M | RATED PG | STARRING: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, andLinda Manz | 4K digital projection
One-of-a-kind filmmaker-philosopher Terrence Malick has created some of the most visually arresting films of the 20th century, and his glorious period tragedy “Days of Heaven,” featuring Oscar-winning cinematography by Nestor Almendros, stands out among them.
In 1910, a Chicago steelworker (Richard Gere) accidentally kills his supervisor, and he, his girlfriend (Brooke Adams), and his little sister (Linda Manz) flee to the Texas panhandle, where they find work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer (Sam Shepard).
A love triangle, a swarm of locusts, a hellish fire—Malick captures it all with dreamlike authenticity, creating a timeless American idyll that is also a gritty evocation of turn-of-the-century labor.
Admission is FREE, but registration required at link, https://events.miami.edu/event/watching_movies_with_mitch_kaplan_days_of_heaven_1978.
“‘Days of Heaven’ is above all one of the most beautiful films ever made. Malick’s purpose is not to tell a story of melodrama, but one of loss. His tone is elegiac. He evokes the loneliness and beauty of the limitless Texas prairie. In the first hour of the film there is scarcely a scene set indoors. The farm workers camp under the stars and work in the fields, and even the farmer is so besotted by the weather that he tinkers with wind instruments on the roof of his Gothic mansion.
[The movie] has been criticized for its muted emotions: Although passions erupt in a deadly love triangle, all the feelings are somehow held at arm’s length. This observation is true enough, if you think only about the actions of the adults in the story. But watching this film again recently, I was struck more than ever with the conviction that this is the story of a teenage girl, told by her, and its subject is the way that hope and cheer have been beaten down in her heart.
We do not feel the full passion of the adults because it is not her passion: It is seen at a distance, as a phenomenon, like the weather, or the plague of grasshoppers that signals the beginning of the end.” — Roger Ebert
