Crossing Boundaries: Helen Whitney

Documentary Film Maker

ARTIST LECTURE

February,3rd 7:00 PM

Performance Hall

Helen Whitney has worked as a producer, director and writer for documentaries and feature films since 1971. Her documentary work has appeared on ABC’s “Closeup” and PBS’s “American Masters,” as well as on “Frontline.” Her documentaries have ranged over a wide variety of subjects, among them: youth gangs, presidential candidates, homosexuals, the mentally ill, a Trappist Monastery, Pope John Paul II, the class structure of Great Britain and the photographer Richard Avedon. She has received an Emmy, a Peabody Award, and an Oscar nomination, the Humanitas Award and the prestigious duPont-Columbia Journalism Award. Her latest documentary, “The Mormons,” aired nationally on PBS on April 30 and May 1, 2007.

On Tuesday, February 2nd, Ms. Whitney will be screening her film “American Masters-Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light” at 1:00 in room FAV 113. After the screening there will be a question-and-answer session.

On Wednesday, February 3rd, Helen will be interviewed for the radio program “Access Utah” on Utah Public Radio station FM 89.5 or FM 91.5 from 9:00 until 10:00 a.m. At 7 p.m., she will be lecturing on her films and life as a film maker, followed by a question-and-answer session. This event is free and open to the public at the Performing Arts Hall.

On Thursday, February 4th, Ms. Whitney will be screening some of her other films in the Department of Art. For more information on the times and location, please contact the Art Department at (435) 797-3460.