Ithaca College

Overload stipends are available for faculty to teach 1 credit block II mini courses for the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival.   Mini course students explore sustainability related topics and attend FLEFF films and events. FLEFF will run from March 28 - April 3. The theme for this year’s Festival is Landscapes.

Titles of mini courses in previous years include: Environmental Issues in Film, Business Stakeholders and Sustainability, Political Habitats: Narrative Film as Activism, Understanding Documentaries: A Survey of FLEFF Films, Sustainable Development, Poverty, and Health, etc.

Students in FLEFF mini courses are required to buy Festival Passes offered at a discounted price (50%) and to attend events both on campus and downtown. Faculty receive free passes and are invited to FLEFF receptions and post screening parties. Most FLEFF mini courses start after spring break but alternative schedules to normal meeting times are possible.

Please contact Warren Schlesinger, FLEFF mini course coordinator, to discuss your interest and possible topics warren@ithaca.edu or 4-3951. While the schedule of films will not be known until late February, courses with broad themes or topics should have no difficulty finding enough interesting films for students to view.