Documentary Media and Human Rights Course running in spring 2026 session 2
Upcoming Documentary Media and Human Rights Course
FTV 544: Documentary Production (Spring 2026 session 2)
(3 units) Lisa Molomot, MFA
Study with Peabody Award winning filmmaker Lisa Molomot in this introduction to documentary filmmaking for students with diverse academic backgrounds and research interests. The course is designed to serve students with no prior production training, as well as those with experience. Students will acquire and further strengthen camera, sound and editing skills, and learn to conceptualize, develop, shoot and edit short documentary projects geared toward their research interests. The course is structured primarily as a workshop to support the development, production and postproduction of your projects. A significant amount of time will be devoted to individual meetings to develop and workshop your work in progress. We will also have video lectures, class discussions, weekly readings, production exercises and assignments to strengthen your knowledge of documentary filmmaking.
This course is preapproved as an elective for Human Rights Practice graduate students. It can also be made available to advanced undergraduates with permission of the instructor: lmolomot@email.arizona.edu
About the Instructor
Lisa Molomot, MFA, a graduate of the American Film Institute, is an American documentary producer, director and editor whose work has aired on PBS series such as Independent Lens and has been seen at film festivals all over the U.S., including Sundance, SXSW, New Directors, New Films and DOC NYC. To read more, visit: https://humanrightspractice.arizona.edu/people/lisa-molomot. For further information about the course, please email lmolomot@email.arizona.edu
About the Human Rights Practice Program
The wholly online BA, MA, degree and graduate certificate programs in Human Rights Practice are professionally oriented programs designed to provide you with the foundational knowledge, critical perspectives, and practical skills to advance human rights around the globe. Students graduate with a portfolio of applied work, a large network of contacts, and marketable skills for the practice and application of human rights. While doing coursework, students will help produce white papers, webinars, shadow reports, and other forms of human rights work. Human Rights Practice students examine cutting-edge issues through frequent webinars and the online participation of human rights practitioners from around the globe. Our curriculum includes unique online experiences such as virtual field trips, in-depth analyses of current human rights crises with input from actors on the ground, community-engaged projects, and incorporation of students’ own current human rights work. To read more, visit: https://humanrightspractice.arizona.edu
The Graduate Certificate in Human Rights and Documentary Media The 15-unit Graduate Certificate in Human Rights and Documentary Media integrates the study of documentary media production, outreach and impact with legal, historical, journalistic and other perspectives, and provides extensive opportunities for students to interact with professionals from around the globe. We work closely with a growing network of distinguished filmmakers, media activists and human rights media organizations including Skylight, WITNESS, New Day Films and nDigiDreams. The Graduate Certificate is open to enrolled graduate students from throughout UA. To read more, visit , https://humanrightspractice.arizona.edu/human-rights-and-documentary-media-certificate