# Event Details - **Event Name**: Bodies of Work: Documentary Media MFA Showcase (Night One) - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: A showcase of the cinematic explorations of Doc Media's 2026 MFA Cohort: Maya Castronovo, Alan Medina, Victor Ramos, and Fan Wang - Night 1About this EventNIGHT ONE: Bodies of WorkBodies of Work presents eight short films made by the Northwestern Documentary Media MFA cohort. Each film, created over 10 weeks within the course of the two-year program, proposes an array of approaches to nonfiction image-making. From the day shift of a contractor and his roofers, to the nighttime gig economy of a Chinese Uber driver, these films consider material sites of labor and their subjective resonances across bodies and memory.Following the screening, Professor Edgar Jorge Baralt will join the filmmakers for a conversation and Q&A with the audience.Films:While They Work (Victor Ramos, 2026, 7 min, Digital)A roofing crew works under the commentary of their foreman, whose voice reveals a system embedded in the undocumented labor he relies on.Rutacero (Alan Medina 2025, 3 min, Digital)Inspired by Bruce Baillie's All My Life, RUTACERO is a meditation on movement, longing, and omission. Softly translating the lyrics of a street musician, the film traverses a controlled burn along a Michoacán highway.Flash Memories (Alan Medina, 2025, 4 min, 16mm-to-digital)What's the price of a memory?Girl Falling Down (Maya Castronovo, 2026, 3 min, 16mm-to-digital)A silent performance piece about the forces that impel us towards the ground.Once Upon A Time in Chicago (Fan Wang, 2025, 9 min, 16mm-to-digital)Through the windshield of his car, a Chinese Uber driver moves through Chicago's days and nights. Beneath the shadows of the city's skyscrapers, poems take shape in his mind—a refuge in motion.Shaggy’s Big Break (Maya Castronovo, 2026, 8 min, Digital)When Shaggy asks his boss for a few weeks off, the line between reality and script becomes very blurry.To Summon A Seer (Alan Medina, 2025, 8 min, 16mm-to-digital)Apertured voyages, orbs of light, and memories of migration summon a clairvoyant into the big city, confounding a sense of place through blurred and distant recollection.The Lake Listens (Fan Wang, 2026, 3 min, 16mm and digital)When silence becomes the voice, what stirs beneath the surface of Lake Michigan?Co-presented by Northwestern’s School of Communication, The Department of Radio-TV-Film, Jane Steiner Hoffman and Michael Hoffman, and The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/c9b0c690-515d-11f1-8215-97d343b7cc5a-rimg-w572-h740-dcf6d104-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/bodies-of-work-documentary-media-mfa-showcase-night-one/100001989420524342 - **Event Categories**: Entertainment, Music, Art, Workshops, health-wellness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Evanston - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University - **lat**: 42.0523696 - **long**: -87.67271040000003 - **full address**: Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Bodies of Work: Documentary Media MFA Showcase (Night One) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/0b551addc34539876d5e46d5bbfa93bc716aeefdb9519117140129e9a05c5c7d-rimg-w1200-h1553-dcf5d203-gmir.jpg?v=1778959877 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Bodies of Work: Documentary Media MFA Showcase (Night One) being held? - **A:** Bodies of Work: Documentary Media MFA Showcase (Night One) takes place on Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 09:00 pm at Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Bodies of Work: Documentary Media MFA Showcase (Night One)? - **A:** Bodies of Work: Documentary Media MFA Showcase (Night One) is organized by The Block Museum of Art. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at The Block Museum of Art's events? - **A:** Attendees have given The Block Museum of Art a rating of 4/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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