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James
Wall
James
Wall is Senior Contributing Editor of the Christian Century, where
was editor from 1972 to 1999, and continues to contribute articles on
religion, culture and film. He is the author of Church and Cinema
(Eerdmans, 1971), editor of Three European Directors (Eerdmans,
1972), and has lectured widely on film and theology at universities and
film festivals. Wall has served as a representative of the National Council
of Churches to the film industry and on the appeals board of the Ratings
Board of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). He is president
of North American Interfilm, an organization that conducts workshops and
seminars for church groups, and assigns members to serve on ecumenical
juries at secular film festivals in Berlin, Montreal and Cannes. Mr. Wall
was named the 2001 "Alumnus of the Year" by the University of Chicago
Divinity School.
Cornerstone Festival 2001 will feature a joint-program between
the new Flickerings Film Showcase and the Imaginarium
on the films of director John Ford. Mr. Wall will lead the seminar
"From Lincoln to Liberty Valance: The Poetic Vision of John Ford" at
Flickerings, and each night at the Imaginarium a classic Ford picture
will be screened. On Saturday, there will be a special matinee
screening of The Searchers,
with an introduction and discussion hosted by James
Wall. (See our brief sketch of the director and his work.)
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Scott Young