The Southern Appalachian International Film Festival (SOAPIFF) is many mini festivals in conjunction with lectures, seminars, and exhibits. It is one of our prime goals to educate and enlighten the Southern Appalachian region about issues, cultures, and stories that surround them locally and in our ever-shrinking world. Any organization in Southern Appalachia that would like to educate an audience with the latest in time-based media may choose from all or just one of our genres screens and SOAPIFF will bring them to you with a curator who is capable of generating intelligent discussion.  We supply educators with a list of films in August that can be integrated into their curriculum maximizing the educational experience with contemporary takes on a variety of issues for both secondary and higher education levels.  By exposing educators to films we hope that they will encourage their institutions to purchase these films for their collections from the distributor or production company, benefiting both the institution and the independent filmmaker. If you would like to enlighten, educate, or just plainly entertain your organization, contact us at educate@soapiff.com.  Our Director of Education will contact you and send you a package with various options to fit your budget. 

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Education 2009

Andy Warhol Exhibit
SOAPIFF 2009 in conjunction with the Department of Art & Design, Slocumb Galleries, and The Department of Appalachian Studies is proud to present a retrospective of the films of Andy Warhol along with an exhibit of his Polaroid’s.  You don’t want to miss this!

Films Presented on 10/29 and 10/30

"Dolly Parton" by Andy Warhol Polaroid, Selected from the ETSU, Art and Design, Slocumb Galleries Collection.
Lance Weiler
American film-maker and writer

Tuesday, November 3rd
5:30 reception Goins Rotunda,

followed by
Talk and Q&A
Pellissippi State's
Goins Auditorium

Roman James
Actors' Innovative Resource
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Ted Hatfield
Regal Entertainment Group

Mary Jane Colman Awards
Johnson City
Knoxville