Film and Media Studies
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

From the history of the Lorton Correctional Complex comes the story of “In Lorton’s Darkroom”, which changed the lives of the inmates living there. GMU Visiting Filmmakers Series conducted a short documentary screening of “In Lorton’s Darkroom” in the Johnson Center Cinema about the life-changing event.

Weds April 4 7:30pm Johnson Center Cinema: The documentary traces the story of inmates in DC's infamous Lorton Correctional Facility who transform their prison experience while participating in a photography program.

Our courses for Summer 2018 include Gender, Race & Class in Media, Intro Film (DL), Film and Video Forms (DL), Media Criticism (DL), History of World Cinema (DL), Global Horror Film, Business of Film, and The Films of Akira Kurosawa.

Our courses for Fall 2018 include Race/Gender/Class/Sports, Intro Film, Intro Documentary, Film and Video Forms, Television Studies, Global Voices: Film and Media of the Middle East, Media Criticism, History of World Cinema, Film and Colonialism, and Global Horror Film.