MAPACA

Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association

Presentations

• Your Fave is Problematic: Teaching Early Film in the Now
  Eileen White (Queensborough Community College - City University of New York)
• “Beautiful, Poetic Movies about Horrible Subjects,” Two Film Noirs by Actors Who Got One Chance to Direct: Peter Lorre’s "Die Verlorne"/"The Lost One" (1951) and Charles Laughton’s "The Night of the Hunter" (1955)
  Peter Mascuch (St. Joseph’s University NY)
• Why We Laugh: An Examination of Comedic Filmmaking Techniques
  Matthew T McKeague (Lock Haven University)