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AADL Talks To: Jay Cassidy, Award-Winning Hollywood Film Editor and Former Photographer for the Michigan Daily

Tue, 08/13/2024 - 11:21am

In this episode, AADL Talks To Jay Cassidy. Jay is a Hollywood film editor known for his work on dozens of feature films. He has been nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Film Editing for Into The Wild, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle. He also edited An Inconvenient Truth, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Jay came to the University of Michigan in 1967 and was a photographer and editor for the University's newspaper, The Michigan Daily. He talks with us about the political and cultural events he witnessed in Ann Arbor during the late 1960s and early 1970s and how his experience at The Daily helped shape his work as a photographer and film editor. Over 5,000 of Jay's photographs taken for The Michigan Daily are available in the Jay Cassidy Photo Collection at the Bentley Historical Library.

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AADL Talks To: Ken Burns, Documentary Filmmaker

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 4:18pm

Ken Burns, 1967 and 1995 — Ken Burns. Left, September 1967, photo by Eck Stanger, Ann Arbor News. Right, March 1995, photo by Doug Elliard.

In this episode, AADL Talks To Ken Burns. Ken is a documentary filmmaker known for his critically acclaimed films exploring all facets of American culture. Ken reflects on growing up and coming of age in Ann Arbor during the 1960s, and how this period of intense political and cultural activity mixed with family tragedy charted his journey. He takes us down the streets we remember -- past restaurants and theaters that have come and gone -- and through a back alleyway during the 1969 South University Street Riot. Along the way, he highlights the people, places, and vibrant musical and cinema culture that left its mark on his work.