www.Princeton.edu … This spring Princeton students got hands-on filmmaking experience with Emily Abt, a lecturer in the University Center for Human Values, and her course, "Social Issue Filmmaking." This video feature about the course includes excerpts from three students' original work. Because Abt is an award-winning filmmaker, has her own Brooklyn-based production company called Pureland Pictures, and currently is doing projects for clients such as the Sundance Channel and PBS, she has insights and contacts that have created extraordinary access to the film industry for the students. "I think it's really interesting seeing the ins and outs of making movies -- the things you can't really learn just by reading a book," said junior Jamie Ding.

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