Norwich Lecture Series: My Mother, the Architect
Date: 2/13/26 1:00 PM
Location: Northfield, VT & Virtual
SoA+A 2025-2026 Lecture series:
Architecture + Well Being: How the Built Environment Impacts Health
Belonging, and Resilience
Screening of My Mother, the Architect &
conversation with the director, award-winning filmmaker Yael Melamede
The event will be in person but also live-streamed
Health Safety and Welfare (HSW) LU Justification
The film debuted in New York City in May 2025 and offers an intimate, layered portrait of Israeli architect Ada Karmi-Melamede, whose civic projects have shaped cultural and public life for decades. Directed by her daughter, the documentary explores architecture through the lenses of family, gender, authorship, ethics, and public responsibility, both deeply personal and profoundly professional. Yael Melamede is the co-founder of SALTY Features, an independent production company launched to tell stories that are thought-provoking, vital, and enhance the world.
Recent projects include Children No More – Were and Are Gone (directed by Hilla Medalia), currently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short; Death & Taxes (directed by Justin Schein), a personal and provocative look at America’s flawed tax system; Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely, an Emmy-nominated film exploring free speech through the life of First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams; and Pay or Die (directed by Scott Ruderman and Rachael Dyer), a powerful examination of the devastating insulin crisis in the U.S.
Session Date and Time:
2/13/26 1:00PM at Norwich University
Contact: Eleanor D'Aponte
Email: edapont@ norwich.edu