APSU students’ documentary selected for Nashville Film Festival
September 19, 2019
Clarksville, TN – A guitar thrums at the start of “Listen Hear” – an Austin Peay State University (APSU) student-produced documentary that explores the Clarksville music scene. Iconic Clarksville images – a downtown mural, a Strawberry Alley street sign, a theater marquee – flash across the screen.
Austin Peay State University Department of Communication celebrates 10 years of service learning
February 13, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University Department of Communication celebrated 10 years of incorporating service learning with a formal presentation for the Tennessee Conference on Volunteerism and Service Learning in Franklin, Tennessee, on Monday, February 11th, 2019.
APSU professors’ documentary “Clarksville 1937” wins at Nashville Film Festival
June 1, 2018
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN – A short documentary highlighting Clarksville in the 1930s took home one of the top honors at the 49th Annual Nashville Film Festival earlier this month. “Clarksville 1937,” directed by Austin Peay State University communication professors Karen Bullis and Kathy Lee Heuston, won the Tennessee First Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Short during the May event.
Austin Peay State University professors to present documentary, “Clarksville 1937,” at Nashville Film Festival
April 19, 2018
Clarksville, TN – When Charles Crow started filming everyday life in downtown Clarksville, there was no such thing as YouTube or iPhones or even the Internet.
The year was 1937, and Crow, a young editor with The Leaf-Chronicle, had just purchased a 16-millimeter Keystone Camera—one of the first affordable film cameras sold in the U.S. It only captured images in black and white and without sound.
APSU communication students’ films recognized during TCA annual conference
November 5, 2016
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University Department of Communication students were recently honored for their work at the 2016 Tennessee Communication Association Student Film Showcase, held during the TCA’s annual conference in Dickson, in September.