GU Visiting Writers Series: Jeff Rutherford

For the next installment of Gonzaga’s Visiting Writers Series, one of its own is returning home. Filmmaker and writer Jeff Rutherford — class of 2014 and a former Inlander editorial intern! — returns to campus for a screening of his debut feature film, A Perfect Day for Caribou. Rutherford, also a graduate of New York University’s film school, is a screenwriter, director and producer, and has made over a dozen short films and music videos since graduating from GU. A Perfect Day for Caribou was shot in black and white and follows an estranged father and son wandering the wilds over the course of a single day. Filmed on the stark, rolling hills of Central Oregon, it was the only American film accepted into the 75th Locarno Film Festival and won “Best Narrative Feature” at the 2023 Brussels Independent Film Festival.

Gonzaga Visiting Writer Series: Jeff Rutherford • Thu, Feb. 29 at 7:30 pm • All ages • Free • Hemmingson Center Auditorium • 702 E. Desmet Ave. • gonzaga.edu