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Catching each step of a false story

Catching each step of a false story

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter January 31, 2023

Each. Step. Each. Path. Each. Movement. Like a mosquito flying around you on a hot, stressful day. Just imagine yourself being constantly captured like you were prey. You try to preserve your integrity...

The mural inside Memorial Hall was created by Anne Rice OHanlon in 1934. Photo by Joel Repoley | Staff File Photo

Documentary on controversial mural shown in Memorial Hall

Natalie Parks February 13, 2020

In the lobby of Memorial Hall, a white sheet covered Ann Rice O’Hanlon’s controversial fresco.In the auditorium of Memorial Hall, images of the fresco panned across a screen, accompanied by audio from...

Ron Osgood (right) pictured with Brandon Jones (left), a veteran from film class he spoke to. 

Veteran, filmmaker tells Vietnam War story in Emmy winning documentary

Isabella Chirico April 2, 2019

“It’s a story about humanizing the enemy.”This is how guest speaker Ron Osgood, Vietnam War veteran, professor emeritus from Indiana University and film director, introduced his Emmy winning documentary...

Paul Wagner, Paul Karen, Nate Northington, Mel Page, and Wilbur Hackett (left to right) participate in a panel Q&A after a viewing of the documentary Black in Blue at the Worsham Cinema in the Gatton Student Center on Feb. 21, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

‘Never give up,’ football players who broke color barrier say

Natalie Parks February 22, 2019

Thursday night’s showing of the documentary “Black in Blue” brought more than entertainment to Worsham Cinema.The film, produced by UK alums Paul Wagner and Paul Karem, tells the story of the four...

UK alumna Ashley York won the Documentary Award at the LA Film Festival in September, qualifing the documentary hillbilly for the Oscars.

Former Kernel editor receives awards for Appalachia documentary

October 26, 2018

A former Kernel editor has been collecting honors and awards for her documentary delving into the stereotype of the "hillbilly."Ashley York, a 2002 UK journalism grad, won the Documentary Award at the...

Shamed as a teenager, documentarian wants to take value from the word that terrorized her

Hayley Burris March 3, 2018

When Emily Lindin was a kid, she was labeled a slut at school because her boyfriend had spread rumors about her sleeping with him and others.  On March 2, Lindin, an acclaimed activist and filmmaker,...

UK head coach John Calipari speaks with forward Sacha Killeya-Jones during the game against Louisville on Friday, December 29, 2017 in Lexington, Ky. Kentucky won the game 90-61. Photo by Hunter Mitchell.

Docu-series following UK basketball will release this weekend

Kernel Sports Staff February 14, 2018

UK has announced that Facebook Watch will be airing a 10-episode docu-series that will feature the Kentucky men’s basketball eam during the 2017-2018 season.The first episode of the docu-series, which...

Brittany Wagner has recently gained stardom from the Netflix Original Series Last Chance U she took time to meet with Emily Cole and Addison Coffey on Saturday, September 3, 2016 in Lexington, Ky. photo by Addison Coffey | Staff

Last chance to live the dream

By Emily Cole September 8, 2016

One year ago academic adviser Brittany Wagner didn’t even have internet. Today she is a household name because of her huge role in the breakthrough Netflix documentary “Last Chance U.” The advisor...

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