SALLYRUBINFILMS
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, PRESENTATIONS, & CONFERENCES
*Show & Tell, Virtual Conference on Distribution, November 2021: Invited Speaker, presented about creating documentary impact through conferences and partner organizations
*Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, February 2021: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*University Film and Video Association Conference, July 2020: Nominee, George C. Stoney Award
*Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, September 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*University of California, Los Angeles, CA, October 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, Fall 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Women and Public Policy Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Musco Center for the Arts, Orange, CA, March 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, February 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, February 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Reinhardt University, Atlanta, GA, November 2018: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Belcourt Theater, Nashville, TN, October 2018: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, April 2019: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Jessye Norman School for the Arts, Augusta, GA, September 2018: Invited Speaker, screening and discussion of Hillbilly
*Getting Real Documentary Conference, Los Angeles, CA, September 2018: Presenter, “NEH Funding: Tips from Filmmakers and the National Endowment for the Humanities”
*University Film and Video Association Conference, August 2018: Panel Moderator, "Parenting Under the Lens” presenting Mama Has a Moustache
*CILECT North America Sound & Storytelling Conference, March 2018: Panel Moderator, “Sound Design for the Documentary”
*Chautauqua Lecture Series at Eastern Kentucky University, October 2017: Guest Lecturer, “Hillbilly the Documentary: 100 Years of Appalachia in TV and Film”
*University Film and Video Association Conference, August 2017: Panel Moderator, "Films About Films” presenting Mapping Representation of Film and Television's 'Hillbilly’
*University Film and Video Association Conference, August 2017: Panelist, "Producing Race-Related Films in a Contemporary Non Post-Racial Era in America: Themes of Identity, Otherness, Privilege, and Representation” presenting “The Hillbilly in Your Living Room: Media Representation and Othering of Contemporary Rural America”
*University of California, Los Angeles, CA, February 2017: Presenter, “Producing the Documentary Film”
*Berea College, Berea, KY, October 2016: Invited Speaker, Appalachian Studies class taught by Silas House
*Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, October 2016: Speaker, Documentary Production class taught by Charles Dye, filmmaker
*Appalachian Studies Association Conference, March 2016: Panel Moderator, “Hillbilly: a documentary film in progress- discussing issues of Appalachian representation in the media”
*CILECT's DocuDay Conference, August 2015: Moderator, "Teaching Documentary Film"
*University Film and Video Association Conference, August 2015: Respondent, "Pain of Love" Documentary Screening
*University Film and Video Association Conference, August 2015: Presenter, "Teaching Diversity in the Classroom"
*Professor Tom Hansell's Appalachian Studies class at Appalachian State University: Invited Guest Speaker presenting and discussing my current work-in-progress documentary, "Hillbilly," March 2015.
*Appalachian Studies Association Conference, March 2015: Moderated and presented "Documenting Appalachia From Inside and Out: Voices From the Non-Fiction Field" with Appalachian filmmakers Herbie Smith and Tom Hansell from Appalshop
*Chapman University, February 2015: “Hillbilly: Media Representation and Cultural Stereotyping in Documentary Film,” organized and presented this Faculty Forum talk with panelists Kelli Fuery and Stephanie Takaragawa, February 2015.
*Getting Real Documentary Conference, by the International Documentary Association, Summer 2014.
*University of Southern California Screening, April 2014: Presented Life on the Line at the School of Religious Life, with immigration partners, followed by faith-based discussion about immigration.
*Chapman University Screening, April 2014: Presented Life on the Line at the interfaith center at Chapman University in conjunction with faith-based partners from main campus.
*Human Rights Watch Screening Event, January 2014: Featured speaker on social justice and student documentary film, in conjunction with screening of documentary We Are the Land
*City College of Santa Barbara, February 2014: Invited Guest Lecturer in Documentary Film
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2014: Panel Moderator, "Technological Innovation and its Narrative Impact: Putting Student Documentaries to Work"
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2014: Screening of Life on the Line (won Honorable Mention for Best Documentary).
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2014: Respondent, Robot Man Documentary Screening
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2013: Panel Moderator, "Putting Student Documentaries to Work: Partnering with Non-Profits"
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2013: Panel Presenter, "From Real to Reel: the Importance of Teaching Documentary History in Documentary Production Students"
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2013: Respondent, Alumni Band Documentary Screening
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2012: Panel Moderator, "The Merits of Cross-Cultural Exchange"
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2012: Panelist, "New Media and Documentary Distribution: Regional Connections Go Global Virtually"
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2012: Respondent, Unfinished Journey by Mark Huelsbeck
*University Film and Video Association Conference 2012: Screening of Deep Down (won Best Documentary).
*Concord Academy Davidson Lecturer and Artist-In-Residence, Spring 2011
*Mt. St. Mary’s College, Presenter, Spring 2011
*River Valley High School, Singapore, Presenter, Spring 2011
*University of Southern California, Presenter, Fall 2010
*Lipscomb University, Presenter, May 2010
*Appalachian Studies Conference Filmmaker, Spring 2010
*Stanford University, Documentary Film Colloquium, May 2009 and January 2011: Presenter
*Digital Hollywood Conference, Los Angeles, 2010: Presenter, New Media, Outreach, and Documentary Film panel
*PBS/Frontline Symposium on Visual Storytelling in the Digital Age, 2010
*PBS/CPB Producer’s Academy, 2009: Participant
*Bay Area Video Coalition Producer’s Institute, 2009: Participant
*Concord Academy Visiting Lecturer, February 2008
*Tufts University, film screening and Presenter, Spring 2005
*Harvard University, film screening and Presenter, Spring 2005
