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Please join us for a community event and celebration of the Davis Humanities Institute’s (DHI) relaunch after a multiyear visioning process in the College of Letters and Science at UC Davis. Professor of Cinema and Digital Media Julie Forrest Wyman, will present her feature-length documentary “The Tallest Dwarf,” which charts her quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. This campus premiere of the film will feature a discussion with the filmmaker and a reception following.

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Venue is accessible, and film is captioned.

The Tallest Dwarf premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) in 2025, and, beginning April 6th, will be broadcast nationally and streamed on the PBS series “Independent Lens.” The film was made possible in part with funding from campus entities including the Davis Humanities Institute, the College of Letters and Science, Office of Public Engagement, and the Academic Senate.

The Davis Humanities Institute is proud to host a screening of the Tallest Dwarf as the inaugural event of its new public programming. The event embodies the DHI’s renewed mission: to support and showcase humanities research and artistic practice in dialogue across disciplinary boundaries, and in service of publicly engaged scholarship. Please join us for an evening of celebration, and to learn what’s next for the DHI!

Schedule

4:00 p.m. – Doors Open

4:30 p.m. – Film (1 hour and 32 minutes) in the Recital Hall

6:00 p.m. (est.) – Q & A following the film with the film’s director Professor Julie Forrest Wyman joined by Mark Povinelli, an actor, lead participant in the film and also the former president of Little People of America, 

Moderator Natalia Duong, assistant professor of Asian American Studies and Science and Technology Studies.

6:20 p.m. (est.) – Reception in the Grace and Grant Noda Lobby with a live music interlude from the Department of Music.