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Penn State Fulbright professor conducts directing workshop at South African international film festival

11/14/2002—Charles Dumas, associate professor of theatre in the College of Arts and Architecture and professor of African and African American studies in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, conducted an all day workshop at the Sithengi Film Market and Festival in Cape Town, South Africa on Thursday, November 14, 2002.

The workshop demonstrated techniques to help film makers direct actors and was filled to capacity. Sithengi is the premier film market and festival in southern Africa, attended by over 1,500 delegates from Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. Dumas' participation was sponsored by the U.S. State Department and The Fulbright Association. Dumas is a Fulbright
scholar conducting research and teaching at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.