Thurs, Feb. 4, 8:00-10:00pm (FA 101, Coppola Theater)

As an experimental documentary filmmaker, Jenni Olson’s stunning urban landscape films have been shown at film festivals around the world, and have earned critical and popular acclaim for their unique storytelling style. Jenni’s most recent feature-length essay film, The Royal Road premiered at Sundance in 2015 and won the jury award for Best LGBTQ Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. A longtime champion of LGBT cinema, Jenni is a former co-director of Frameline (the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival) as well as being an advisor and production consultant to dozens of filmmakers. http://www.villagevoice.com/film/jenni-olson-navigates-the-history-and-cinema-of-california-s-royal-road-7823326