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In the summer of 2009, Writers House student Scott Lazes travelled to Copenhagen to film the World Outgames. Now, he and 3 other students in our Digital Storytelling class are making films about athletes, sports and sexual identity. Inspired by Mark Schuster's class on Sports and Sexuality, these students have come to Writers House to make documentaries and video essays dealing with this powerful subject.

Writers House students describe their participation in the making of Atlantic Crossing, a Rutgers documentary produced by Dena Seidel. This film follows the historic transatlantic mission of RU27, an autonomous underwater robot designed by scientists at Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences.

Terence Wrong, award winning journalist and producer of ABC documentary television, is coming to Writers House, October 12th, 7 PM, room 302 of Murray Hall. Click here to see an interview with the guest artist as well as clips from his powerful television documentaries.

The Wishflower documents 18-year old Donna as she struggles against the opinions of parents, siblings, friends, and even her self to claim her own identity and self-expression through the art of tattoo. This film was created as a semester-long assignment for Rutgers University's Documentary Filmmaking for Writers course.

"39 Hoops" is a documentary about John Hulme, a lifelong non-professional basketball player coming to the realization that his playing days are coming to an end. Made by Stephen Beeston in Dena Seidel's 'Documentary Filmmaking for Writers' class, "39 Hoops" shows John torn between the fact that his age, injuries, and ailing body are telling him to stop playing the game, yet his heart and mind are telling him to continue— at least until he can successfully pass on his passion to his young son.

"Leading The Blind" tells the story of a man named Doug, who left behind a high-profile corporate job in search of something a bit more meaningful. He found it at Camp Happiness, a a non-profit day camp for blind citizens in Middletown, NJ.

In addition to being an entomology student at Rutgers, John Cambridge is also an artist, though his medium of choice is not typically what one finds in most artists' studios. This piece was made in the Documentary Filmmaking for Writers class, which is offered by Writers House at Rutgers University.

"The Doc on Doc", about the Documentary Filmmaking for Writers class, was made collaboratively by seven Writers House students (Amanda Bullis, Lizette Gesuden, Alex Prister, Jacob Rasor, Dave Rothstadt, Pilar Timpane and Francisco Veloz) . Designed and taught by Dena Seidel, a professional filmmaker with a background in broadcast television, this course focuses on short film story composition, the 3 Act structure, and film language. Students also learn the basic skills necessary to use Writers House video cameras and Final Cut software.

ROSS KAUFFMAN comes to Writers House to present his Academy Award winning documentary BORN INTO BROTHELS. Click to see Kauffman discussing the making of this film along with excerpts from this amazing documentary.