The Lander Film Festival will be celebrating its 15th anniversary and will be kicking off the week with a host of events. Dr. Misty Jameson, professor of English, will be discussing Monster Culture and the film director Roger Corman, who she talked a great deal about in her English 403 course: The Horror Film. This event will take place on Thursday, March 20 at 5:30 p.m. in Barratt Hall 126. The event is free and open to the public.

“Roger Corman, while working with low budgets and fast shooting schedules, became a legend in Hollywood for his influence on young filmmakers and his ability to make a profit,” says Jameson. “I’m hoping that festival attendees will enjoy taking this trip with me through the early days of his career, before all the accolades, when he was helping shape the monster culture of American drive-in cinema.”

Jameson noted that the presentation was originally written for the 2024 PCAS/ACAS Conference (Popular Culture/American Culture Association in the South), partly as a result of teaching her English 403 course. The original version of the presentation was only about 20 minutes long. Jameson plans to expand the original ideas and will change a few things to cater her discussion to the festival audience.

About the Lander Film Festival:
Founded in 2010, the Lander University Film Festival provides outstanding film-related opportunities to Lander students, and the arts and film communities in South Carolina and beyond. Collaborations with academics and professionals in the film industry have led to exciting and unique opportunities for filmmakers of all skill levels to learn new techniques, develop their filmmaking skills and showcase their work. The 15th Annual Lander Film Festival will be held March 18-22, 2025, with special events held throughout the week. For more information, visit www.landerfilmfestival.com.

About South Carolina Humanities:
Support for the 15th Annual Lander University Film Festival comes from a grant from South Carolina Humanities. The mission of South Carolina Humanities is to enrich the cultural and intellectual lives of all South Carolinians. This not-for-profit organization presents and/or supports literary initiatives, lectures, exhibits, festivals, publications, oral history projects, videos and other humanities-based experiences that reach more than 250,000 citizens annually. For more information, please visit www.schumanities.org.