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Pace University's award-winning documentary film
team, PaceDocs, premiered
The Cooper: Cra ing the
Soul of the Cask
on May 2, 2024, at the Jacob Burns
Film Center in Pleasantville.
For the first time, PaceDocs premiered its
documentary in both English and Spanish. The English
version premiered at the Jacob Burns Film Center,
while the Spanish version debuted in Montilla and
Cordoba, Spain.
The documentary was co-produced by Dyson
College Professors Maria Luskay, EdD, and Lou Guarneri,
MA, and Pace University's documentary film team. The
PaceDocs team collaborated with José Buendía Picó, a
well-known Spanish musician and composer, to provide
the music to an audiovisual story. Picó has won 14
composition awards.
The Cooper is an exploration of the a of cask
making, also known as cooperage. Its rich history can
be traced back to ancient civilizations, with evidence
of wooden containers used for storing and transpo ing
liquids found in archaeological sites dating as far back
as 2690 BCE in Egypt. The documentary was filmed in the
Andalusia region of Spain over the course of several weeks.
The documentary is the focus of the popular class,
Producing the Documentary, which is pa of Dyson
College's highly regarded film program that requires
students complete a full-length environmentally
themed documentary within 14 weeks. Students learn
teamwork, problem-solving, research, and organization,
along with technical skills such as lighting, sound,
camera work, interviewing, and other real-life lessons
necessary to complete a film.
PaceDocs Focus:
The Cra of
Barrel Making
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The PaceDocs team filming The Cooper: Cra ing the Soul of the Cask.
