Media Mondays #2

As the premiere date approaches for a documentary about Lander University's founder, the filmmakers are offering a behind-the-scenes look at what it took to put the documentary together, from research to filming to editing.

This look at the making of the "S. Lander: His Life and Legacy" with writer/producers Paul Crutcher and Dr. Robert Stevenson will be offered on Monday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m. in the Dawson Room of dining hall. It is hosted by Lander's Department of Mass Communication and Theatre as part of the department's new Media Mondays series.

The 55-minute historical documentary paints a portrait of the university's founder and his determination to build an institution known for quality education.  Crutcher is co-producing the film with Stevenson, chair of the Department of Mass Communication and Theatre. For the past year, the two have interviewed historians and members of t he Lander family to gain insight into the man who in 1872 founded Williamston Female College, the institution that would become Lander upon its move to Greenwood in 1904.

The completed film will premiere at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, in the auditorium of the university's Josephine B. Abney Cultural Center, with a reception to follow.  As part of the celebration, a collection of Lander family and Williamston Female College artifacts and documents will be on display in the Monsanto Gallery, including original Lander diaries and letters from 1850-72, historic photographs and a rocking chair handcrafted by Samuel Lander.


Tickets to the premiere are available online at www.landermovie.com or by calling 864-388-8528. Media Monday events are free and open to the public. For further information contact Laura Hester, assistant professor of mass communication, at 864-388-8390. The final fall semester Media Monday event will be a Media Career Panel, Monday, Nov. 2, 5:30 p.m., Dawson Room of dining hall.