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By JP Busche
After being guests of the University of Tampa’s Black Box Film Festival last year, Logan and Noah Miller are returning to Tampa this week. The twins will premiere their feature debut Touching Home (distributed by California Film Institute) at 7:30 ...
By JP Busche
The year was 1987. A seasoned professor, researcher and filmmaker named Timothy Kennedy decided it was time for a change and arrived at The University of Tampa, where he founded a program called “telecommunications.” As the years went by, the ...
By JP Busche
Despite temperatures in the thirties, over 300 people gathered in New York to watch the U.S. premiere of Leon Blum: For All Mankind, a documentary produced by the University of Tampa’s film professor, Tom Garrett. The director, Jean Bodon, was ...
By JP Busche
Many people probably think of the character “Chef” from South Park or the theme song from Shaft when the name Isaac Hayes is mentioned. It’s few who remember and appreciate the life that helped create some of the most memorable ...
By JP Busche
Most filmmakers do the filming, but some give the cameras to their subjects. Ross Kauffman won an Oscar for doing just that while capturing the life of the children of prostitutes in his documentary, Born Into Brothels. The Minaret and ...
By JP Busche
The singer/song writer of some of Motown’s most memorable hits, including Let’s Get It On and How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), had a life and career which reached the height of fame and achievement and ended ...
By JP Busche
Getting to the top of the weekend box office is not as glamorous as it seems, but how the money’s spent ultimately decides the success of a motion picture. Film accountant John Gaskin has been in the business for more ...
By JP Busche
On June 3, 1942, Curtis Lee Mayfield, son to Maria Washington and Kennedy Mayfield was born in our windy city. At age 5, Mayfield’s father left the family, forcing his mother to raise Curtis and his siblings by herself. Two ...
By JP Busche
“Ah, your story don’t ring true lil’ girl. Yeah, I’ve got news for you, baby.” It was Sept. 23, 1930 when Ray Charles Robinson, better known by Ray Charles, was born to Aretha Williams and Baily Robinson in Georgia. Both ...
By JP Busche
One might ask why Stevie Wonder is in a series of articles with musical jazz geniuses such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. Well, it is because he fits into the selection of what can be called “timeless ...
By JP Busche
Ever wondered what to do with a history degree? Paul Heth, of The Universtity of Tampa class of ’90, took the exposure he gained as a history major, moved to Russia and made some money by revitalizing the Russian world ...
By JP Busche
In today’s digital age, texting and e-mailing seem to be the most popular means of communication. Recently, 18 UT students did something different by participating in The University of Tampa’s campus-wide speech contest. “It is a great opportunity for students ...
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