A little piece of Hollywood is coming to downtown Hamilton this summer thanks to the efforts of Grant Slater '91 and his two brothers, Wade and Todd. They are the sons of the late Colgate men's hockey coach Terry Slater, and founders of Slater Brothers Entertainment (SBE).

SBE will hold its first-ever Hamilton Film Festival and Awareness Walk from Aug. 7-8.

Artists and film professionals and enthusiasts from around the globe discussed a wide range of documentaries at the recent Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, hosted for the second year in a row at Colgate University.

For the second year in a row Colgate University will host the prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The seminar, now in its 55th year, will run June 20-26.

"We are thrilled to once again be holding the Flaherty at Colgate," said the seminar's executive director, Mary Kerr.

Independent filmmaker Alan Berliner, who is not afraid to point the camera at himself for his experimental documentaries, will spend a week on campus teaching, showing his films, and discussing an exhibition of two of his installations.

The film screenings, lecture, and exhibition are all free and open to the general public during Berliner's visit, which runs from March 30 to April 3.

Berliner garnered widespread attention for his personal documentaries The Sweetest Sound and Nobody's Business, which he followed with Wide Awake, a uniquely personal tour through his lifelong obsession with insomnia.