INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED FAULKNER DOC INAUGURATES
2025 IN NEW ORLEANS
In 1925, William Faulkner, a budding American writer, found himself in the vibrant and jazz-infused streets of New Orleans. It was a transformative period marked by exploration of new literary styles and themes. A century later, the definitive documentary on William Faulkner screens at the Modern Language Association's (MLA) Annual Convention in New Orleans. This is a new and never seen cut of the film to bring in the New Year!
"Faulkner: The Past is Never Dead" at the 2025 MLA convention signifies that the themes and ideas explored in William Faulkner's works, particularly regarding the complex and often haunting nature of the American South's history, will be a prominent topic of discussion at the Modern Language Association conference, highlighting how the past continues to influence the present and is not easily forgotten.
JOIN US AT THE MLA CONVENTION IN NEW ORLEANS
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Friday, January 10, 2025
7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Fulton (3rd Floor)
Two Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA
Share a toddy with us afterwards at PUBLIC BELT, a piano bar located in the same Hilton as the screening and panel discussion.
Writer-Director Michael Modak-Truran joins Professor Jay Watson and Professor Jerry Carlson for post-screening discussion on Faulkner.
Fun Fact: Michael's only appearance in the doc is as the wedding photographer.
SO MANY OF OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE PART OF THE FAULKNER DOCUMENTARY PROJECT ARE AT MLA. PLEASE JOIN THEM FOR THOUGHT-PROVOKING INSIGHTS INTO FAULKNER.
Thursday, January 9, 2025
5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Magazine (3rd Floor)
Seeing Faulkner in the Gulf South
This panel features, among others, REBECCA NISETICH, FREDERIQUE SPILL AND HARILAOS STECOPOULOS
Saturday, January 11, 2025
8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. (Zoom)
Faulkner's Visible Presence in Asia
This panel features our documentary scholars, including YUKO YAMAMOTO, PEI-WEN KAO AND MENGYU LI, REBECCA NISETICH
THE GLOBAL FAULKNER PERSPECTIVE
We are proud to launch the William Faulkner Virtual Series on Kinema, a monthly event with scholars, writers, readers, teachers, celebrities and fans invited to speak. More details to come here and at https://kinema.com
FAULKNER DOC TO DEBUT IN JAPAN
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We have been invited by the William Faulkner Society of Japan to premiere "Faulkner: The Past Never Dead" in Tokyo at their conference celebrating the 70th anniversary of Faulkner's visit to Japan. This amazing event takes place in June 2025. We will also be filming our second documentary called: "Faulkner's Fusion: Literature, Peace and the Atomic Bomb in Japan".
As part of our outreach campaign, the Faulkner documentary screened at selected film festivals, conference and events in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Japan, and Bulgaria.
