Documentary Film Maker Eric Stange To Lecture At Muhlenberg College
Award-winning documentary film-maker Eric Stange will spend a week at Muhlenberg College beginning on Monday, October 24, as a part of the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar Program.Monday, October 17, 2005 01:59 PM
Stange, whose work focuses on historical documentary, will spend the week attending classes and meeting with students and faculty. On October 25, Stange will preview a portion of his new film, “The War that Made America” at 7 p.m. in Miller Forum, Moyer Hall. A discussion will follow the screening.
“The War That Made America” takes place on the wild frontier of Pennsylvania in 1754, when three great cultures clashed, and a young officer named George Washington learned the bitter lessons of war. This four-hour television movie is history that has been waiting to be told about a poorly understood – but vastly important – period of American history. The story of the French and Indian War has never been told on television before, and this series is expected to awaken new interest in this history, both among American audiences and around the world when the broadcast rights are sold internationally.
Stange is an Emmy award-winner and the executive producer of Spy Pond Productions. His dynamic films, including “Murder at Harvard” and “Brother Can You Spare a Billion?” are intended to awaken and explore complex yet important issues that deal with the human experience. Many of his programs have aired on PBS, The Discovery Channel and National Geographic Television.
Stange has always had a deep interest in issues connected to the presentation of history through film and television. Recently, he was a research fellow at the Charles Warren Center at Harvard University, which devoted the year to exploring the intersection of history and film.
Before becoming a filmmaker, Stange worked as a print journalist. His previous teaching experience includes adjunct appointments in journalism at Boston University and Emerson College.
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows connect a liberal education with the world beyond the campus by bringing thoughtful and successful practitioners to colleges for a week of classes and informal discussions with students and faculty.
