Film Studies professor at the University of Massachusetts. Cat lady with dogs. Videoessayist trained at Middlebury College. Author of books on women filmmakers. Co-editor of [in]Transition. Member of the Film Academy of Spain. From Venice.https://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3mhbid7wtec27Only 20 spots available. Open to graduate students and faculty at any rank. Deadline March 31 VIDEOGRAPHIC VENICE WORKSHOP July 31 - Aug 6. Step into Venice, one of the world’s most fragile landscapes as a videoessayist, and learn to navigate through delicate terrains: https://www.univiu.org/study/summer-schools/videographic-venice17 Mar 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbid7wtec27https://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3llvzm5ni622t03 Apr 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvzm5ni622thttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3llrue7q5ys2bPlease share with graduate students who could be interested: https://sites.google.com/view/reframing-the-argument/. Thanks to generous supporting funds, the workshop "Reframing the Argument" is offered FREE of tuition, room and board. Participants will be provided with a travel stipend! Deadline to apply is April 15.01 Apr 2025 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrue7q5ys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3lgt5j62zqk2lCALL for Video essays: Screen Stars Dictionary / Tecmerin– “Stardom and Aging: Dust or Stardust?” If you are interested in submitting a proposal, email your idea to Barbara Zecchi (bzecchi@umass.edu), Ariel Avissar (arielavissar24@gmail.com) and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega (vrortega@hum.uc3m.es)28 Jan 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgt5j62zqk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3lgt5atvgbc2lCALL for Video essays: Screen Stars Dictionary / Tecmerin– “Stardom and Aging: Dust or Stardust?” If you are interested in submitting a proposal, email your idea to Barbara Zecchi (bzecchi@umass.edu), Ariel Avissar (arielavissar24@gmail.com) and Vicente Rodríguez Ortega (vrortega@hum.uc3m.es)28 Jan 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgt5atvgbc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3ldociuvn4k24🎉 So incredibly happy and honored! my video essay "The Rhythms of Rage" is the top vote-getter in this year's Sight and Sound polls for best video essay🏆💥Thank you to everyone who watched, supported, and wrote so generously about this piece!🎥 https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/best-video-essays-2024/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHRI91leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRbQn9vWB4LRG7YBQLJ3wH8WXhkPEBRAGdhqpMaQJ2wjTITigdqBSQhkSQ_aem_teTqsXxLHUvljZc4LBu_HA19 Dec 2024 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldociuvn4k24https://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3lcxr2eibqk2hHappy to see my new video essay “Atemporalities and becomings in the age of Covid” just published in NECSUS, for @arianehudelet.bsky.social’s Coronaseries. The series gathers video essays on the creator’s personal connection to a specific tv show watched during the pandemic: vimeo.com/1017209015 https://vimeo.com/101720901510 Dec 2024 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxr2eibqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3lbsp2242622oThrilled to be participating at the #SCMS25 in Chicago at the roundtable "The video essay in pain: Confronting ethics in videographic criticism" that Alan O'Leary and I co-organized with amazing speakers: @colleenlaird.bsky.social, @jaapkooijman.bsky.social, Susan Harewood, May Santiago. #SCMS202525 Nov 2024 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbsp2242622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3lbl2zmcbme2rWe invite contributions to “𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭”, a special edition of the ScreenStarsDictionary dedicated to aging actors. Please send an email with your idea to Barbara (bzecchi@umass.edu), Ariel (arielavissar24@gmail.com) and Vicente (vrortega@hum.uc3m.es) by 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐, 202522 Nov 2024 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbl2zmcbme2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/barbarazecchi.bsky.social/post/3lbl26hq4ib2rThe Rhythms of Rage! vimeo.com/922779200 https://vimeo.com/92277920022 Nov 2024 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:4xtqqmtpfb2oy3yr26xfwkse/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbl26hq4ib2r