The Tenth Annual Whitehead International Film Festival
January 14-17, 2011
Claremont, CA
Festival Director: Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki
Special Guest: Kenneth Turan, LA Times Film Critic
About Kenneth Turan
Special guest, Kenneth Turan, is the film critic for the Los Angeles Times and NPR's Morning Edition, as well as the director of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. He has been a staff writer for the Washington Post and TV Guide, and served as the Times' book review editor.
Kenneth Turan will be our guest speaker at the film banquet on Friday evening, January 14, 2011 and will also teach the "Faith and Film" class earlier that same day. (BANQUET IS SOLD OUT). He will be discussing "The Art of Film Criticism." The reception and banquet begins at 5:30pm and the film festival begins at 7:30pm. Priority banquet seating is given to those who purchase a full weekend Film Pass or Faith and Film Class (the class includes the full film pass). A banquet only ticket may be purchased separately. The last day to purchase a banquet only pass is Friday, January 2, 2011 as long as space is available.
Mr. Turan is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He teaches film reviewing and non-fiction writing at USC and is on the board of directors of the National Yiddish Book Center. His most recent books are the University of California Press' Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made and Never Coming To A Theater Near You, published by Public Affairs Press. He is also the co-author of Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke. ~ NPR
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