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Our Times Season 2 Episode 3
In Season Two’s third episode Jennifer Gan reports on engineering students who build their own race car; Chloe Adams takes a look behind the scenes of B.U. on Broadway as they prepare their production of Something Rotten; Aaron Montgomery travels back to his hometown to tell the story of his high school’s guitar teacher; Jennifer Gan tells the story of 3 students who created their own small businesses; Yuting Li records ‘Bee’ as she showcases her passion for cosplay; and Kristian Moravec visits a Rhode Island park to video a laid-back game of soccer.
Our Times Season 2 Episode 2
In Season Two’s second episode Harrison McGlashan explores performing and mixing house music through the eyes of a young DJ; Casey Choung follows with a man who, when not conducting Duck Boat tours roams the streets looking for TV news crews; Taylor Coester tells the story of a dance teacher whose lessons go beyond movement and Taylor has created a video essay on a student dance club’s performance; and Emma Hagert visits a MFA student at BU who combines his passion for painting and animal rights.
Our Times Season 2 Episode 1
In Season Two’s first episode Emma Hagert goes behind the scenes to document the making of a B.U. student dramedy whodunit web series; Yuting Li is on the streets of Boston reporting on a street musician and his Jimi Hendrix-inspired music; Hsuan Ma’s story reveals how public spaces can become canvases for personal expression and cultural storytelling; and Julia Wiegand checks out an intentional co-living community inhabited by visionaries, creatives, musicians and artists.
Limitless
Limitless, a documentary short that follows the preseason of the women’s tackle football team, the Boston Renegades of the Women’s Football Alliance as they prepare to play for their 5th straight championship. It was produced, shot and edited by Julieann Challacombe for her Journalism grad professional project.
OUR TIMES: A Special Episode
Zoe Zekos created this special episode of Our Times that looks at the Arts. The first story gives viewers a glimpse into the artistic process of the shadow puppet show, Magic Pearl. The second segment is inspired by the “city symphony” documentary style of the 1920s and 30s and is an exploration of the varying architectural landscape in Boston. The final story features Bil Thibodeau, Artistic Director of Gateway Arts, and the professional artists he works with. Gateway Arts, located in Brookline, supports careers in art for adults with disabilities.
Zekos was the director, producer, videographer, and editor of this episode of the series.
Our Times Episode 4
In the fourth episode:
Vivi Hu reports on a South End excavation that hopes to discover relics tied to the Underground Railroad.
Benjamin Roldan visits a four-story brownstone that provides B.U. women an alternative housing choice that is more affordable and has built a sense of community.
Kevin A. Mani investigates the current worldwide protests over human rights abuses in Iran as well as the complex historical events that have given rise to this unrest.
Our Times Episode 3
Sukanya Mitra looks at the life of homeless women and a place that for forty years has been a haven for them.
Julieann Challacombe visits an artist who uses counterculture sarcasm and found objects to create mixed media art.
Adriana Cardenas-Valles interviews First-Generation students at Boston University about their experiences of being the first in their family to attend college.
Our Times Episode 2
Kaito Au observes what’s going on in Boston’s R&B music scene.
Claire Law records the beginning of a long journey for the historically polluted Neponset River, which was recently determined eligible for federal funding to test and clean its water quality.
Eliza Billingham examines what role the brain plays in the punches, kicks, takedowns, and elbow strikes of the ancient martial art of Sanda
Charles Taylor has a dispatch from Narragansett Bay where he found an old man sailing on the sea.
Our Times Episode 1
In the debut episode Laney Broussard tells the story of how a single meal swipe can feed an often-overlooked community.
Zoe Zekos gives a tour of the Museum of Bad Art, a museum that offers visitors a chance to learn about art, and challenges how we traditionally appreciate creative genius.
Kiara Smith reports on a Pom Pom Dance Class in a local senior center that is good for the heart, both literally and figuratively.
Pietro Rossini looks at the building of the first LGBTQ+ friendly senior housing facility in the U.S.
Caitlin Kelley takes her camera to a museum displaying over 15,000 pieces of living art, the Arnold Arboretum.