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Pathway to Education: Breaking Ground in Ghana

By Universe Contributor
May 02, 2024 12:00 AM
Explore the impact of the BYU–Pathway Worldwide education program in Ghana in this 13 minute documentary. Experience intimate interviews and stunning visuals, and listen to Ghanaians share how education has changed their lives. This is a story of hope, innovation and personal transformation created by four BYUjournalism students.
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Documentary

Rising from the ashes: Journalism students document Maui wildfire aftermath

By Sydni Merrill
December 08, 2023 12:00 AM
Four students and two faculty members in the BYU School of Communications journalism sequence traveled to Lahaina, Maui in October to document rebuilding efforts following the August Maui wildfires.
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Metro

Archiving Auschwitz: journalism students document Holocaust preservation efforts

By Emma Everett
October 24, 2023 12:00 AM
Students in BYU’s journalism sequence visited Auschwitz and other Holocaust sites in May to document the school’s involvement with current preservation efforts. They created a mini-documentary, which they premiered at the School of Communications on June 14.
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Campus News

Student documentaries reflect on Holocaust, highlight current preservation efforts

By Emma Everett
June 23, 2023 12:00 AM
https://youtu.be/nzByi1k-aF8
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Movies & Television

10 Movies and TV shows that give you a glimpse into the lives of interns

By Arianna Davidson
September 13, 2019 12:00 AM
The Carrie Diaries
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Campus

BYU journalists release documentary short on Rosie Tapia cold case

By Josh Carter
May 16, 2019 12:00 AM
Journalists from BYU's School of Communications recently released a documentary short on the cold case of Rosie Tapia, a six-year-old who was abducted and murdered in August of 1995 in Salt Lake City. The film examines issues related to Rosie's abduction and murder, her family's thoughts and struggles over the years and the ethics of the growing popularity of true crime as TV entertainment.
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Religion

BYU advertising professor's documentary airing before General Conference

By Rachel Halversen
April 05, 2019 12:00 AM
From left, lead editor KC Sosa, President M. Russell Ballard, vision sequence director Barrett Burgin, associate producer Amy Wilson, producer and director Kevin Kelly, editor and cameraman Matthew Taggart, are the production team for 'I Saw the Hosts of the Dead'. (Kevin Kelly)
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Campus Events

How to pursue an entertainment career while maintaining faith

By Brittany Salinas
November 06, 2018 12:00 AM
Singer, actress, and model Marj Desius said she would say no to a collaboration with Beyoncé if it meant she would have to compromise her own standards as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Healthy Living

LDS filmmaker aims to raise mental health, obesity awareness

By Danielle Jardine
March 09, 2017 12:00 AM
LDS filmmaker Tucker Dansie represents his documentary, 'Recommended Daily Amount,' by wearing a shirt about being overweight. He hopes to create awareness about obesity after experiencing health issues in his own life. (Tucker Dansie)
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Campus News

Students document life in assisted living

By Maurissa Ashby
February 14, 2017 12:00 AM
Edna White and Esther Raty sit together to get acquainted. Edna is the oldest resident at BeeHive Homes of Park City and known as 'Mom' by the residents and staff due to her caring personality. (David Snell)
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Campus Events

PRSSA offers free showing of 'The Abolitionists'

By Anne Taylor
November 17, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is working with Operation Underground Railroad to offer a free on-campus showing of 'The Abolitionists,' a documentary about the fight against child sex trafficking.
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Healthy Living

Student longboards to overcome physical challenges

By Emily Ashmead
October 20, 2016 12:00 AM
From left: Keoki Yuen, Taylor Lewis, and Jackson Harley talk at Lewis's longboarding event in Provo Canyon. Lewis has a rare disease that causes frequent muscle fatigue so he uses his electric longboard as an alternative form of transportation. (Screenshot by Taylor Lewis)
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Campus Events

Peery Film Festival aims to inspire social change

By Anne Taylor
October 17, 2016 12:00 AM
Community members gather to watch documentaries at last year's Peery Film Festival. The film festival is free, but attendees are required to register due to limited seating. (BYU Ballard Center)
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Movies & Television

Forgotten photos inspire documentary decades later

By Sebastian Meyer
March 20, 2016 12:00 AM
Andy Goddard and James Bennett collected unclaimed photos left in photo booths around Paris when they were LDS missionaries in the city in the '90s. The missionaries began collecting the photos a few months into their missions and compiled them in an album. The resulting collection captured Parisians of the '90s.
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Movies & Television

LDS Film Festival's 15th anniversary highlights diversity in LDS cinema

By Sebastian Meyer
March 01, 2016 12:00 AM
The 15th annual LDS Film Festival will run from March 2 to March 5. (LDS Film Festival)
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Movies & Television

Ski film 'Paradise Waits' to premiere in Salt Lake City on Monday

By Alexander Balkman
September 11, 2015 12:00 AM
Teton Gravity Research will premiere its ski film 'Paradise Waits' at the Red Butte Garden Amphitheater in Salt Lake City on Sept. 14.
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Movies & Television

BYU team scores top honors at SXSW for documentary film 'Peace Officer'

By Kara Mason
March 23, 2015 12:00 AM
Directors Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson film the subject of the film, 'Dub' Lawrence, in 'Peace Officer.' (Photo courtesy of Brad Barber)
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Local

YouTuber Flula Borg films with Provo locals for Sundance

By Alayna Pehrson
January 23, 2015 12:00 AM
Cheers rang out asFlula Borg, a comedic German YouTuber, arrived today at Kiwanis park in Provo, for the filming of his original Sundance film 'Johnny Fist.' The atmosphere buzzed as about a hundred people waited to be featured in his film.
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