Courtney Brannon Donoghue: ‘The Value Gap’

Event description

  • Academic events
  • Free
  • Open to the public
  • Professional and career development

The Film and Media Studies Program in ASU’s Department of English presents a luncheon talk by Courtney Brannon Donoghue of the University of North Texas. Brannon Donoghue is the author of “The Value Gap: Female-Driven Films from Pitch to Premiere” (University of Texas Press, 2023). In this session she will discuss how female directors, producers, and writers navigate the challenges and barriers facing female-driven projects at each stage of filmmaking in contemporary Hollywood.

All are welcome; lunch will be served. Please let us know you'll be there.

About the speaker

Cover of The Value Gap by Courtney Brannon DonoghueCourtney Brannon Donoghue is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts at University of North Texas specializing in media industry studies, global media, and cultural studies. Her research broadly utilizes critical media industry studies approach, grounded in industry interviews and international fieldwork, to explore the intersection between local media professionals working for transnational companies and broader forces of gatekeeping, access, and power. Her publications have appeared in Cinema Journal, Media, Culture & Society, Feminist Media Studies, and a variety of edited collections including “Point of Sale: Analyzing Media Retail” (edited by Daniel Herbert and Derek Johnson, Rutgers University Press, 2019) and “From Network to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels” (edited by Derek Johnson, Routledge, 2018). In addition to “The Value Gap,” she is the author of “Localizing Hollywood” (British Film Institute Press, 2017), and the co-editor of “Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines” (NYU Press, 2021).

ASU’s Humanities Institute is a co-sponsor of this presentation.

Event contact

Kevin Sandler
Kevin.Sandler@asu.edu
Date

Thursday, February 8, 2024


Time

12 p.m.1:30 p.m. (MST)

Location

Ross-Blakley Hall room 196

Cost

Free