English Professor, Scholar Restores Trailblazing NMSU Professor's Film Collection
December 13, 2024
December 13, 2024
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 13 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release:
A Southwest Border Cultures Institute (SBCI) grant last year gave a much-needed boost to support Julia Smith's efforts to restore and digitize the films of the late Orville Wanzer, a pioneering yet under-recognized filmmaker from the 60s, 70s and 80s whose influence helped shape the evolution of "the modern western" and independent avant-garde cinema in the United States, part . . .
A Southwest Border Cultures Institute (SBCI) grant last year gave a much-needed boost to support Julia Smith's efforts to restore and digitize the films of the late Orville Wanzer, a pioneering yet under-recognized filmmaker from the 60s, 70s and 80s whose influence helped shape the evolution of "the modern western" and independent avant-garde cinema in the United States, part . . .