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2017 SympOSium
“C.M. Russell and the American West:
A Conversation with the Filmmakers”
Educational Symposium
Mans eld Convention Center, Missouri Room March 18, 2017
9 a.m.–Noon
is year’s symposium takes its inspiration from the pioneering e orts of Montana PBS to create C.M. Russell and the American West, a feature-length lm that tells the sweeping story of Russell’s life and journey from wrangler to artist, which has never been fully explored in narrative lm or documentary. “C.M. Russell and the American West: A Conversation with the Filmmakers” will be a panel discussion with lmmakers and scholars who will tackle topics of Russell’s life and art that appear in the lm. Accompanied by rough cuts from the lm, this symposium will o er a rich visual context of Russell’s life and the Montana landscape that charged his imagination.
Emily Wilson, Introductions
Emily Wilson is the assistant curator at the C.M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana. She holds a master of arts degree in art history from Indiana University.
William Marcus, Moderator
William Marcus worked for forty years in Montana public radio and television before his retirement in 2015. He was the director of the Broadcast Media Center at the University of Montana and station manager of Montana Public Radio and KUFM-TV/MontanaPBS. Marcus served as Executive Producer for four regional Emmy Award-winning television documentaries and is host of the popular Montana PBS program Backroads of Montana.
Producer Gus Chambers lms CM Russell scholar and curator Rick Stewart as he uncrates CM Russell’s mural e History of the West, now in a private collection.
Credit: Paul Zalis