OSHER ONLINE: The Films of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands: Innovation in Filmmaking and Performance
| Dates: | October 10 - November 14, 2025 |
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| Meets: | F from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM |
| Location: | Online - Zoom |
| Cost: | $60.00 |
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This course examines the groundbreaking collaboration between John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands,
two pioneers of independent cinema. Cassavetes revolutionized filmmaking with raw, character-driven storytelling, while Rowlands’ deeply expressive performances set a new standard in acting. We will explore Cassavetes’ unconventional techniques, his rejection of Hollywood norms, and their lasting impact on independent film, offering participants a deeper understanding of their artistry and influence.
two pioneers of independent cinema. Cassavetes revolutionized filmmaking with raw, character-driven storytelling, while Rowlands’ deeply expressive performances set a new standard in acting. We will explore Cassavetes’ unconventional techniques, his rejection of Hollywood norms, and their lasting impact on independent film, offering participants a deeper understanding of their artistry and influence.
| Fee: | $60.00 |
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Online - Zoom
ZoomHeather Brown
Dr. Heather Brown has a PhD in English with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Maryland, College Park, a Master of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, and a Bachelor of Arts in English with a Concentration in Creative Writing from Hollins University, in Roanoke, Virginia. She's been designing and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses since 2004, including those in academic writing, English literature, language and linguistics, women's literature, feminist theory and criticism, and rhetorical theory and criticism. In 2013, Dr. Brown transitioned from teaching courses face-to-face to hybrid and online delivery. She liked it so much that she wanted to learn how to design for eLearning, so she began working as a Learning Designer primarily serving graduate and professional studies programs in not-for-profit higher education institutions and library training organizations, and most recently the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies Office of Distance Learning.Since 2013, Dr. Brown has been an Adjunct Associate Professor of Academic Writing at the University of Maryland Global Campus, one of the largest distance-learning institutions in the world, where over a third of the students are Black and African-American and the University serves more than 55,000 military-affiliated students worldwide. Prior to that, she was an Assistant Professor of English at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey from 2010-2013, where she served as the Associate Director of Academic Writing and Co-Director of the Gender Studies Program.
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