Published: April 2008
Adrienne Leslie ’08 (center) won three golden eagle statuettes (“Baldwins”) at the fourth Annual Baldwin Awards program on March 28 in the Heights Room. During the evening—which celebrates student filmmaking at Boston College, and is modeled on Hollywood’s Oscar presentations, complete with red carpet, faculty celebrity skits, popcorn, and sentimental acceptance speeches—films were recognized in 14 categories by a panel of judges from the communication department and the film studies program. Leslie, flanked by John Deng Nyuon ’08 and Joy Dixon ’08, took several prizes. Her Eat Drink Talk Think: Perspectives from Behind the Counter, a montage of interviews with students who work in the University’s dining facilities, won Baldwins in the categories of Best Documentary (where it tied with Indian Healthcare: Right or Privilege? by Amanda Abel ’07 and Daniella Morello ’07), and Best Picture. Leslie’s film also won the Viewer’s Choice Award, decided by some 600 students who voted online. To view all of this year’s Baldwin-nominated films, go to the Baldwin website.