Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Archives
Cavallero to Participate in Boothbay Harbor’s 1960s Film Series
We are delighted to also report that Dr. Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies,…
PMA Films Presents “Connection and Collaboration” with Professor Charles Nero
In partnership with Charles Nero, Benjamin E. Mays ’20 Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies and Africana at…
After the Uvalde school shooting, a familiar lie
Professor Stephanie Kelley-Romano cited on conspiracy theories and school shootings in article about why people believe mass shootings are “false…
Bates Film Festival Announces 2022 Awards in Six Categories
When the final panel discussion wrapped up and the credits had rolled on the last of the more than 20 films…
Bates Film Festival Roars Back to Life
A film festival requires movies, lots of movies. In the case of the 2022 Bates Film Festival, which ran from…
Santo Pelletier (BFF 2019): A Remembrance
Two days before the start of the 2022 Bates Film Festival, we received some devastating news. Santo Pelletier, a BFF…
Remembering Santo Pelletier ’20
I first met Santo during the fall of my freshman year, in Professor Myronn Hardy’s class, “The Aesthetics of Seeing:…
Students get the credit for organizing the upcoming Bates Film Festival
Nolan Potter’s film course this semester comes with some fairly unusual requirements. He and his classmates at Bates College in…
Obituary: Victoria “Torri” Santo Pelletier
TUCSON, Ariz. – Victoria “Torri” Santo Pelletier, 23, passed away on March 17, 2022 inTucson, Ariz. Torri was raised in…
Bates remembers Santo Pelletier ’20
Two days before the start of the 2022 Bates Film Festival, we received some devastating news. Santo Pelletier, a BFF board member in 2019, had passed away at the age of 23. We dedicated the program to them, and I made mention of their loss at the first screening but neither was a sufficient way to remember Santo.