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Welcome to the Film and Media Studies Program

The Film and Media Studies Program at Tufts University teaches media literacy through the liberal arts. You will learn about the history, theory, production, and cultural importance of film, television and other media. And, in fulfilling the FMS major or minor, you will become a more discerning and active user of media — able to understand and employ them as powerful art forms that can change society for the better.

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Internships

Internships can be a great way to get real-world experience in the media fields, such as filmmaking, television, radio, advertising, marketing, public relations, digital media, journalism, and more.

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Course Offerings

Learn about the courses available in the Film and Media Studies program.

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Degree Programs

See what academic opportunities the Film and Media Studies program offers to students.

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Program Announcements

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FMS Spring 2023 Courses: Review the Spring 2023 course offerings online.

Khary Jones receives Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Grant:
Night Fight (U.S.A.), directed by FMS Professor of the Practice Khary Saeed Jones and produced by Jones and Kendra Taira Field has received a Sundance Documentary Fund Grant. Night Fight is a hybrid documentary—nonfiction wrapped in fiction—which charts a week in the life of a Black man attempting to step out of the long shadow cast by an act of racial violence perpetrated against him, as a nation seizes and convulses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, counts down to the most consequential election in its history, and bears witness to the police killing of George Floyd.

Tapping Into Our Past, Tapping Into our Future: Ayodele Casel Wins Film Festival Awards:
Congratulations to Professor of the Practice Jennifer Burton, Five Sisters Productions, and all the Tufts students who worked on the production team for Tapping Into Our Past, Tapping Into our Future: Ayodele Casel. The film has been included in several film festivals and has received the following awards (so far!): the Lunenberg Doc Fest, best short documentary and the Tallgrass Film Festival, audience award winner.