FILMS & VIDEOS
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Lighting the Path
Video for the top-ranked MIT Department of Economics
This 4 minute video, Lighting the Path, was an effective element of our campaign to develop more support for the MIT Department of Economics. Often ranked the top economics program in the world, the department uses economic science to address the world’s most pressing challenges: informing policy for health and healthcare; good jobs; poverty alleviation; education; energy; the environment; trade; and the work of the future.
Campaign Video Team: Anne-Marie Michel, Emily Hiestand, Megan Hinkley,
Lillie Paquette, David Degner; in collaboration with the Economics faculty
Leadership: Dean Melissa Nobles (now Chancellor Nobles)
MIT and the Legacy of Slavery
Video for a new, ongoing MIT research project
This 5-minute video was a key element in MIT’s communications about new research and classes to understand the Institute’s role in the post-Civil War legacy of slavery. The project is guided by Craig Steven Wilder, Weller Professor of History at MIT and renowned author of Ebony and Ivy. Professor Wilder writes, “MIT is part of a larger exploration of the ties between American universities and slavery, but we are not just participating, we are also leading a part of it. We are leading the research about the relationship of technology and science to the institution of slavery.”
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Project Team
Video: produced by Joe McMasters, Jean Dunoyer, Emily Hiestand
Feature Stories: by Emily Hiestand and Meg Murphy
The larger team for developing the MIT & Slavery project and announcing the early findings included: President Rafael Reif; Professor of History Craig Steven Wilder; Nora Murphy, former head of the MIT Special Collections; Dean (now Chancellor) Melissa Nobles; Provost Kurt Kolenbrander; Martha Eddison, Aaron Weinberger, President’s Office Communications; Emily Hiestand, SHASS Communications; and members of the MIT News staff.
Common Threads
This 3-minute clip from the exciting "Common Threads" video, produced for MIT’s 150th anniversary celebration, traces the rise of the sciences, humanities, arts, and social sciences at MIT. Winston Churchill, who advocated for MIT to include a robust humanities education, makes an appearance.
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