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Ben Kalina is a documentary filmmaker whose interests are situated at the juncture of science, the environment and the human experience on the front lines of climate change.  His current documentary, Shored Up, is about coastal development and rising sea levels in the U.S. in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and will be nationally broadcast on DirecTV beginning on October 24th.  He was the Associate Producer of A Sea Change, the acclaimed documentary about ocean acidification broadcast on Discovery’s Planet Green in 2009, and Two Square Miles, about a small town’s fight to prevent a coal-fired cement plant from building in their midst, broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens in 2006.  He has won awards for his films Diorama, Education on the Rosebud Reservation and Radical Notions, including grand prize awards at film festivals in the United States and Europe.  Ben has an MFA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University and a BA from Vassar College. Register here.

The School of Communication and Media Colloquium Series provides a forum for students, faculty and special guests to share their work and address current issues in news, public policy, government and society.