Film Matters is an exciting film magazine, celebrating the work of undergraduate film scholars. It is published three times a year, by students and for students, and each issue contains feature articles, as well as a healthy reviews section. In addition, with an undergraduate audience in mind, Film Matters will include occasional service-oriented pieces, such as profiles of film studies departments, articles that engage the undergraduate film studies community and prepare students for graduate study in this field, and resources and opportunities that undergraduate scholars can pursue. In an effort to give undergraduate scholars real-world, applied-learning experiences, all Film Matters feature submissions will undergo a peer review process (typically managed by undergraduate film and media students).
We strive for inclusivity in all areas of our operations. Broadly speaking, we seek to empower undergraduates from diverse backgrounds (race, ethnicity, gender/gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, and economic status are our primary concerns), engaging our mentors/editors from varied experiences of academia (community colleges, private colleges, public universities, tenure track, non-tenure track, adjunct, graduate student, etc.). If you want to write or edit for us, we want to work with you. We feel, however, during these changemaking times, that it is particularly important to state that Black Lives Matter. And trans rights are human rights.
The views and opinions of all posts, including reviews and interviews, are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect those of the editors, the editorial board, or the advisory board.
Film Matters is published by Intellect with support from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Editors-in-Chief
- Liza Palmer, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
- Tim Palmer, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Assistant Editors
- Sohrab Mirab, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
- Clayton Sapp, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
- Brittany Utley, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Community College Editor
Michael Benton, Bluegrass Community & Technical College, USA
Online Editor
Kristi McKim, Hendrix College, USA
Special Issues Editor
Kelli Fuery, Chapman University, USA
Citation Ethics Editor
M. Sellers Johnson, Independent Scholar, USA
Copyeditor
- Saifey Maynor, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
- K. A. Vale, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
OER Editor
Sohrab Mirab, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Proofreader
Vacant
Videographic Essay Editor
Vacant
Interns
- Holland Elana, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
- Alexis S. Johnson, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
Advisory Board
- Christine Becker, University of Notre Dame, USA
- Vincent Bohlinger, Rhode Island College, USA
- Colin Burnett, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
- Fabrizio Cilento, Messiah College, USA
- Kelley Conway, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Margaret C. Flinn, The Ohio State University, USA
- Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, Independent Scholar, USA
- Charlie Michael, Georgia Gwinnett College, USA
- Jennifer O’Meara, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- Alastair Phillips, University of Warwick, UK
- Ryan Prout, Cardiff University, UK
- Mina Radović, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
- Christopher Sieving, University of Georgia, USA
- Katherine Spring, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
- Frank P. Tomasulo, Independent Scholar, USA
- Alison Taylor, Bond University, Australia
- Tom Ue, Cape Breton University, Canada
- Jonathan Walley, Denison University, USA
- Guy Westwell, Queen Mary University of London, UK
- Scott Wilson, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Editorial Board, Spring 2024 (UNCW)
- Sam Bannasch
- Narena Brooks
- J. Burgart
- Hattie Creech
- Rae Goergen
- Nicky Hawkins
- Jakob Lambert
- Savannah Moriarty
- Maggie Norwine
- Austin Rambo
- Cate Richards
- Hannah Robinson
- Mari Smith
- Stella Sosa
- Curran Swindell
- Amaru Ulloa
Editorial Board, Spring 2023 (Chapman)
- Amber Power, Chapman University, Assistant Editor
- Katie Albright
- Nick Brajevich
- Jessie Carroll
- Courtney Hoile
- Alison Kreul
- Hunter Rouse
- Chase Shealey
- Cameron Steiner
- Yue Tian
- Maxx Wolff
Online Editorial Board (Hendrix College)
- Sydney Boone
- JaZmyn Shambley
- Sophia Stolkey
