June 27, 2026
MUDBOUND (2017) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Dee Rees and featuring cinematography by AFI Conservatory Alum – and AFI Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal recipient – Rachel Morrison (AFI Class of 2006), MUDBOUND (2017) was the opening night gala for AFI FEST – and went to on to make Academy Award® history when Morrison became the first woman ever nominated...
June 5, 2026
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (2015) – AFI Movie Club
A biographical drama charting the rise of N.W.A., STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (2015) was directed by F. Gary Gray and shot by AFI Alum Matthew Libatique (AFI Class of 1992) – and was honored in the year of its release with an AFI AWARD, recognizing it among the most outstanding motion pictures of year. According to...
January 29, 2021
AFI Movie Club: DETROIT
In 2017, AFI Honorary Degree recipient Kathryn Bigelow brought the poignant film DETROIT to audiences, basing the film on true events of racial tensions and civil unrest that start to fracture the city of Detroit. MOVIE TRIVIA DID YOU KNOW? DETROIT is based on true events – the Detroit riots of the long, hot summer of 1967, 50 years before Kathryn...
October 10, 2017
MUDBOUND Will Open AFI FEST 2017
AFI FEST 2017 presented by Audi will open with the Netflix film MUDBOUND. Directed by Dee Rees and co-written by Virgil Williams and Rees, the historical period drama features cinematography by AFI Conservatory alumna Rachel Morrison (Class of 2006). The film stars Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Jason Clarke, Jonathan Banks,…
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