documentary

Documentary shown at WSU Tri-Cities

Richland, Wash. — The documentary “Free Trade: A Closer Look at Bhopal” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, at Washington State University Tri-Cities. Filmmaker Pavithra Narayanan will present and discuss the documentary in the Consolidated Information Center room 216, at 2710 University Drive, Richland. Admission is free. The event is sponsored by […]

WSU to host award-winning documentary screening

PULLMAN – The Washington State University departments of crop and soil sciences and community and rural sociology will host a screening of the award-winning documentary “Argentina, Hope in Hard Times” at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 4, in Johnson Hall 204. In 2001, the Argentine economy collapsed, unemployment reached 40 percent, and the political establishment was […]

Film to provide intimate peek at countryside, culture

Mike Shiley, filmmaker, adventurer and world traveler, will present his latest travel documentary on Thailand at Beasley Coliseum Theater Sunday, Nov. 13 at 7:00pm.  The film, to be shown on a 30 foot screen, was professionally produced in digital video format and is filled with vibrant colors, modern music, crisp narration and natural audio.Amazing Thailand […]

Wood lab simulates natural disaster on 32-foot-long wall

Dan Dolan, a WSU professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Scott Lewis, research associate at the Wood Materials and Engineering Lab, are working with other wood lab associates to construct a 32-foot-long wall, which will be knocked down at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 7 during a test simulating natural disasters’ effects on buildings.A filmmaking […]

Documentary filmmakers visit wood materials lab

Documentary filmmakers are visiting WSU’s Wood Materials and Engineering Lab today as part of a film project titled “Disaster Resistant Homes.”Dr. Dan Dolan, a WSU professor of civil and environmental engineering and an expert in low-rise building design, is the star of WSU’s portion of the film. For the film, Dolan will simulate how homes […]

Filmmaker to present documentary Nov. 7

Washington State University’s Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum will present Mike Shiley, producer and director of Shidog Films, as he hosts a Nov. 7 showing of his documentary “Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories.”The 80-minute film will be shown at 7 p.m. in Beasley Coliseum. Tickets are $5 each and are available through all TicketsWest outlets, by […]