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International Lens,<\/em><\/strong> a film series with a global perspective, uses film screenings as a forum to promote conversation among Vanderbilt\u2019s diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. International Lens strives to transcend geographic, ethnic, religious, linguistic, and political boundaries by facilitating conversation and greater cross-cultural understanding through cinema. The series is a partnership among the Office of the Dean of Students and academic departments, centers, and programs.<\/p>\n

Admission is FREE and open to the public. <\/strong>All films in Sarratt Cinema at 7 p.m.
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For additional information call 322-6400. For parking maps click here<\/a>. \/ Subscribe to the International Lens Mailing List<\/a><\/div>\n
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\"TheThe Visitor<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, September 2 <\/strong>
\nPresented by:
\nAmnesty International, Vanderbilt Chapter; facilitated by: Gregory Barz, Associate Professor of Musicology, Blair School of Music and Faculty Head of House, North Hall, The Commons
\nUSA<\/span> (2008) Dir: Thomas McCarthy.
\nA homeless Syrian musician, Tarek, and his Senegalese girlfriend take up residence in the apartment of an aging academic, Walter. The two men\u2019s friendship deepens as the young musician teaches the older man to play the African drum. The young man and his music awaken Walter to a new world, so when Tarek, an undocumented immigrant, is arrested and held for deportation, Walter finds himself compelled to help his friend. In English, French, Arabic, and Russian with English subtitles. Rated PG-13. 104 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"PlanetPlanet B-Boy<\/h1>\n

Friday, September 4<\/strong>
\nJoin us for a Hip Hop Dance Demo immediately following the screening!<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Korean Students and Scholars Association, Vanderbilt Dance Program
\nUSA<\/span> (2008) Dir: Benson Lee.
\nWelcome to the international world of \u201cb-boying,\u201d the New York street dance, also known as breakdancing, which has become a medium of expression for young people around the world. Unfolding against the vivid backdrops of Osaka, Paris, Seoul and Las Vegas are the stories of young men who struggle to realize their dreams despite the misunderstanding of society and their families. The b-boys’ lives collide in Germany where their skills are put to the ultimate test as crews from 18 nations vie to be World Champion. English. Rated PG-13. 95 minutes. Funding provided in part by Vanderbilt Student Government and the Multicultural Leadership Council<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Silence Before Bach (Die Stille vor Bach<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, September 9<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Robert Fry, Senior Lecturer, Blair School of Music
\nSpain<\/span> (2007) Dir: Pere Portabella.
\nA promenade through eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century Europe guided by the music of J.S. Bach and Felix Mendelssohn. Arising from a defined musical structure, this film looks at the profound relationship between image and music, where the latter is not merely conceived as subsidiary to the image but is a subject of narration in its own right. In Spanish, German, and Catalan with English subtitles. Not Rated. 102 minutes. Financial support provided by Mimi and Scott Manzler<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"QuantumQuantum Hoops<\/h1>\n

Dean of Students Special Event<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nThursday, September 10 <\/strong>
\nPresented by: Vandy Fanatics. Post-Screening panelists: Melanie Balcomb, Head Coach, Women\u2019s Basketball; Kevin Stallings, Head Coach, Men\u2019s Basketball; A.J. Ogilvy, A&S undergraduate member of Men\u2019s Basketball team; moderated by David Weintraub, Professor of Astronomy and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Director of the Program in the Communication of Science and Technology, and Vanderbilt Faculty Senate representative to the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics
\nUSA<\/span> (2007) Dir: Rick Greenwald.
\nThe Caltech Men\u2019s Basketball team hasn\u2019t won a conference game in 22 years, which adds up to more than 250 losses. But then its roster boasts more high school valedictorians than high school basketball starters. Nevertheless, these overachievers prove they have as much desire to win a game as they have to earn a Nobel Prize. The panel discussion will focus on how the 天美传媒官网 basketball teams strike their own balance between rigorous academic and athletic programs, and how student-athletes succeed on the court and in the classroom. English. 85 minutes. DVD. Funding provided in part by Vandy Fanatics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"MyMy Stepbrother is a Frankenstein (Moi svodnyi brat Frankenstein<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, September 16<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Irina Makoveeva, Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian, Germanic & Slavic Languages Department
\nRussia<\/span> (2004) Dir: Valerii Todorovskii.
\nFresh from the war in Chechnya, 20-year-old Pavel arrives in Moscow to be fitted for an artificial eye and to find his father, Iulik, a physicist who is now a popular science author. Iulik has a happy, middle-class family life and is unaware that an adulterous fling two decades earlier produced a son. The reactions of Iulik and his family and friends to Pavel’s arrival represent a microcosm of societal attitudes toward traumatized veterans \u2013 a contradictory mix of gratitude, aversion, admiration, and fear. In Russian with English subtitles. Not rated. 120 minutes. Funding provided in part by Germanic & Slavic Languages Department<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 17: See Southern Arts Federation films, below. <\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"TheThe Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, September 23<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Peggy Setje-Eilers, Assistant Professor of German, Germanic & Slavic Languages Department
\nWest Germany<\/span> (1979) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
\nMarried for barely a day during World War II, the widowed Maria Braun is forced to survive on her own. She becomes strong and cruel, sad and indomitable, so loyal to her husband that she kills for him, and so pitiless to her lover of many years that she drives him to death. Fassbinder\u2019s biggest international box-office success and the first part of his \u201cpostwar trilogy,\u201d The Marriage of Maria Braun<\/em> is a heartbreaking study of a woman picking herself up from the ruins of her own life as well as a pointed attack on a society determined to forget its past. In German with English subtitles. Rated R. 120 minutes. Funding provided in part by Germanic & Slavic Languages Department<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Presented as part of The Tourn\u00e9es Festival<\/em>.*<\/h2>\n

\"AzurAzur and Asmar (Azur et Asmar<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Saturday, September 26<\/strong>
\nNOTE: Screened at 2 p.m.<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Vanderbilt Employee Celebration Committee
\nFrance, Italy, Belgium, Spain<\/span> (2006) Dir: Michel Ocelot.
\nInspired by medieval illuminations and Arabic art, this animated film tells the story of two boys, the white, blue-eyed prince Azur and the dark-skinned Asmar, both of whom are raised by Asmar\u2019s mother. Separated by Azur\u2019s father, the boys meet up again several years later in an unidentified Middle Eastern country \u2014where Azur\u2019s blue eyes terrify the locals, leading him to feign blindness in order to fulfill his quest. French and Arabic with English subtitles. Rated PG. 90 minutes. DVD.<\/div>\n

\"XXY\"XXY<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, September 30<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Office of LGBTQI Life; facilitator: Monica Casper, former executive director, Intersex Society of North America<\/span>; professor of Social & Behavioral Sciences and Women\u2019s Studies, Arizona State University
\nArgentina, France, Spain (2008) Dir: Lucia Puenzo.
\nFor just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely are they as monumental as the one facing 15-year-old Alex who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore. Their 16-year-old son \u00c1lvaro comes along and Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity. And forces both families to face their worst fears. In Spanish with English subtitles. Not rated. 86 minutes. Funding provided in part by the Office of LGBTQI Life at the K. C. Potter Center<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Presented as part of The Tourn\u00e9es Festival<\/em>.*<\/h2>\n

\"DuchessDuchess of Langeais (Ne touchez pas la hache<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Thursday, October 1<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Robert Barsky, Professor of French and Comparative Literature
\nFrance, Italy<\/span> (2007) Dir: Jacques Rivette.
\nBased on Honor\u00e9 de Balzac\u2019s novella La duchesse de Langeais<\/em>, this Restoration drama portrays the tragic love affair of a Parisian coquette, Antoinette de Navarreins, and General Armand de Montriveau, a free-spirited explorer. For months, they observe the requirements of social etiquette, but Montriveau wants to love the married Duchess openly. She rejects him but, convinced that she\u2019s playing games, Montriveau ignores her and Antoinette is forced to disappear. Will Montriveau be able to find his beloved and restore their love? In French with English subtitles. Not Rated. 137 minutes. Financial support provided by Mimi and Scott Manzler<\/em>.<\/div>\n

\"Ro.Go.Pa.G.\"Ro.Go.Pa.G. (Laviamoci il cervello \u2013 Rogopag<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, October 7<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Andrea Mirabile, Assistant Professor of Italian, Department of French and Italian
\nItaly, France<\/span> (1963) Dirs: Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini.
\nThis omnibus film, whose title is an abbreviation of the directors\u2019 last names, consists of four shorts: Rossellini\u2019s “Illibatezza” (\u201cChastity\u201d) tells the story of a flight attendant who rebuffs the unwanted attention of an American passenger by returning his overtures with aggressive ones of her own, which she records on a video camera to send to her fianc\u00e9 back home. Set in Paris after a nuclear holocaust, Godard\u2019s “Il Nuovo mondo” (\u201cNew World\u201d) examines the startling changes in behavior that occur in the survivors. In Pasolini\u2019s “La Ricotta,” an impoverished bit player in \u201cThe Passion of Christ\u201d struggles to feed himself and his family in the midst of an uncaring milieu. Gregoretti\u2019s “Il Pollo ruspante” (\u201cFree Range Chicken\u201d) juxtaposes the odyssey of an Italian middle class family with the lecture of a marketing executive who teaches businessmen how to stimulate consumption. In Italian with English subtitles. Not Rated. 122 minutes. 16mm. Funding provided in part by the Department of French and Italian<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Presented as part of The Tourn\u00e9es Festival<\/em>.*<\/h2>\n

\"Fear(s)Fear(s) of the Dark (Peur(s) du Noir<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Thursday, October 8<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Mark Hosford, Assistant Professor, Department of Art
\nFrance<\/span> (2007) Dirs: Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre di Sciullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McQuire, Romain Slocombe, Jerry Kramsky, Michel Pirus, Etienne Robial.
\nSix graphic artists and cartoonists turn their personal terrors into reality in this nightmarish animated anthology. Stylistically connected, the stark black-and-white imagery adds a layer of the surreal to the already disturbing subject matter. As reality crosses over into the unknown, these six interlocking stories bring to life personal demons and fears of the dark, injections, pursuit and more. In French with English subtitles. Not rated. 80 minutes.<\/div>\n

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Surreal to Reel: Paris on Film<\/h2>\n

Funding provided in part by the Film Studies Program and the Department of French and Italian. Held in conjunction with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts\u2019 exhibition Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris. <\/em>For a complete listing of the films in the series screening at the Frist Center and at the Belcourt Theartre, visit http:\/\/www.fristcenter.org\/site\/calendar\/eventdetail.aspx?cid=776<\/a> .Wednesday, October 14<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Paul Young, Associate Professor, Director of Film Studies<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Golden Age (L\u2019\u00e2ge d\u2019or<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

France<\/span> (1930) Dir: Luis Bu\u00f1uel.
\nPoetic, absurd, erotic, visionary and scandalous, L\u2019\u00e2ge d\u2019or<\/em> still provokes, baffles, and delights almost 80 years after its creation. Bu\u00f1uel and Dali created this gleeful fever dream of Freudian unease, bizarre humor and shocking imagery to be both an avant-garde tour de force and a scathing attack on society. Skewering everything from Catholic piety to sexual fetishism, the film provoked riots, was denounced by Mussolini’s ambassador, earned its backer a threat of excommunication and was banned by the French Police, all within two weeks of its release. In French with English subtitles. Not Rated. 60 minutes.<\/p>\n

\"UnderUnder the Roofs of Paris (Sous les toits de Paris<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

France<\/span> (1930) Dir: Ren\u00e9 Clair
\nIn Ren\u00e9 Clair\u2019s irrepressibly romantic portrait of the crowded tenements of Paris, a street singer and a gangster vie for the love of a beautiful young woman. This witty exploration of love and human foibles, told primarily through song, captures the flamboyant atmosphere of the city with sophisticated visuals and groundbreaking use of the then new technology of movie sound. An international sensation upon its release, Under the Roofs of Paris<\/em> is an exhilarating celebration of filmmaking and one of France\u2019s most beloved cinematic exports.
\nIn French and Romanian with English subtitles. Not Rated. 96 minutes. DVD.<\/p>\n

These films are presented as part of the exhibition Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris<\/em> organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts with guest curator Therese Lichtenstein, Ph.D. <\/strong><\/div>\n

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Presented as part of The Tourn\u00e9es Festival<\/em>.*<\/h2>\n

\"Daratt\"Daratt<\/h1>\n

Thursday, October 15<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Jay Geller, Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Culture, Vanderbilt Divinity School
\nFrance, Chad, Belgium, Austria<\/span> (2006) Dir: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun.
\nWhen the civil war in Chad ends, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission does not punish those involved in the genocide, so individuals seek justice on their own. Ordered by his grandfather to avenge his family\u2019s deaths, the orphan Atim looks for Nassara, his father\u2019s killer. Instead of finding a cold-blooded murderer, Atim meets a charitable baker and soon-to-be father who seeks redemption. Nassara hires Atim as his assistant and takes him into his home. When Nassara asks to adopt him, Atim pretends that he needs his father\u2019s approval, but instead of bringing Nassara to his village, he brings him to the desert where they meet his grandfather\u2026 In French and Arabic with English subtitles. 96 minutes.<\/div>\n

Monday, October 19: See Southern Arts Federation films, below. <\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\"Bloodlines\"Bloodlines<\/h1>\n

Tuesday, October 20<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Vanderbilt Holocaust Lecture Series; facilitator: Sara Figal, Assistant Professor, Germanic & Slavic Languages Department
\nAustralia<\/span> (2008) Dir: Cynthia Connop.
\nBettina Goering, grandniece of Hermann Goering, has long tried to bury the dark legacy of her family history. Ruth Rich, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, cannot resolve her deep-rooted anger over the suffering of her parents. Bettina seeks out Ruth in an attempt to confront her fear that the capacity for evil is in her blood. When the women meet, their hidden guilt and rage clash in a series of intimate and extraordinary meetings. This film provides relevant and timely insight into the difficult process of reconciliation and forgiveness, and the long-term consequences of hatred. 52 minutes. DVD. Funding provided in part by the 天美传媒官网 Holocaust Lecture Series.<\/p>\n

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Presented as part of Curtains for the Curtain: A Film Series Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and its Aftermath<\/em>.<\/h2>\n

Funding provided by \u201cGetting to Know Europe,\u201d a grant from the European Union with additional financial support provided by the Max Kade Center for European & German Studies.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Fall of the Berlin Wall<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, October 28<\/strong>
\nNOTE: screened at 7 p.m. in The Commons Multipurpose Room 237.<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Helmut Smith, Professor, History Department and Director of The Max Kade Center for European & German Studies
\nUSA<\/span> (2007) Produced by: ABC News Classics
\nOn November 9, 1989, after nearly three decades of separation, East and West Berliners breeched the wall that forced them apart. As East Germany’s Communist leadership opened the gates, crowds clambered atop the wall, tearing chunks away from this iconic image of the Iron Curtain. Join Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson for coverage from the day it happened, which includes a live interview with President Reagan. 38 minutes. DVD.<\/p>\n

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Ode to Joy and Freedom<\/h1>\n

Germany, West Germany<\/span> (1990) Dir: Beate Schubert.
\nThis documentary film chronicles the Berlin Wall from its construction in August 1961 through its demolition in November 1989 with footage of the Leipzig demonstrations and other events foretelling the demise of the Communist government. 54 minutes. DVD.
\nImmediately following the screening everyone is invited to attend a dessert reception hosted by The Commons at the Dean\u2019s Residence. <\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Presented as part of The Tourn\u00e9es Festival<\/em>.*<\/h2>\n

\"TheThe Romance of Astrea and Celadon (Les amours d\u2019Astr\u00e9e et de C\u00e9ladon<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Thursday, October 29
\nPresented by: Lynn Ramey, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of French and Italian
\nFrance<\/span> (2006) Dir: Eric Rohmer.
\nLegendary auteur<\/em> Eric Rohmer\u2019s newest film is a star-crossed romance set among the shepherds and shepherdesses (and the nymphs, fairies, and druids that dwell among them) of 5th-century Gaul. Celadon\u2019s parents frown on his love for Astr\u00e9a so he feigns a public affair with another woman. When Astr\u00e9a rejects him, believing he has betrayed her, Celadon throws himself into the river. Yet all is not completely lost for these young lovers. In French with English subtitles. Not Rated. 106 minutes. Financial support provided by Mimi and Scott Manzler.<\/div>\n

Join us for this MONSTER MASH in COSTUME!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Nosferatu\"Nosferatu (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Saturday, October 31<\/strong>
\nAn original musical score will be performed LIVE by the Rats and People Motion Picture Orchestra<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Paul Young, Associate Professor, Director of Film Studies
\nGermany<\/span> (1922) Dir: F. W. Murnau.
\nAn unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula<\/em>, Nosferatu<\/em> is the quintessential vampire film, crafted by legendary German director F. W. Murnau. Rather than depicting Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau’s Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature of bulbous head and taloned claws, perhaps the most disturbing incarnation of vampirism ever. English intertitles. Silent. Not Rated. 94 minutes. Funding provided in part by the Film Studies Program.<\/p>\n

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Presented as part of Curtains for the Curtain: A Film Series Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and its Aftermath.<\/em><\/h2>\n

\"TheThe Fall of Communism<\/h1>\n

Tuesday, November 3<\/strong>
\nNOTE: screened at 6:45 p.m. in The Commons Multipurpose Room 237.<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Frank Wcislo, Dean of The Commons and Associate Professor of History; Konstantin Kustanovich, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, Germanic & Slavic Languages Department
\nUSA<\/span> (1990) Host: Pierre Salinger.
\nAn in-depth look at the rise and fall of Communism, this film gives an historical overview along with its examinations of the crumbling of the Berlin Wall and the independence movements in Poland, Lithuania, and Russia. 80 minutes. DVD.<\/div>\n

\"CorridorCorridor #8<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, November 4<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Gregg Horowitz, Associate Professor, Philosophy Department
\nBulgaria<\/span> (2008) Dir: Boris Despodov.
\nTake one fragmentary road, three suspicious national neighbors, and one mischievous filmmaker and you have the ingredients for an absurdly funny and engaging look at the new \u201cunified\u201d Europe. In 1997, the EU commissioned Corridor #8, an ambitious rail and road system designed to join Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania but 10 years and millions of euros later, progress is scarcely visible \u2013 on the project and on relieving the deep suspicions that persist among these nations and their people. In Albanian, Bulgarian, English, and Macedonian with English subtitles. Not Rated. 74 minutes. Funding provided in part by the Philosophy Department.<\/p>\n

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Presented as part of Curtains for the Curtain: A Film Series Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and its Aftermath.<\/em><\/h2>\n

\"InIn July (Im Juli<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Wednesday, November 11
\nNOTE: screened at 7 p.m. in The Commons Multipurpose Room 237.<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Assistant Professor, Political Science and European Studies; John McCarthy, Professor of German and Comparative Literature
\nGermany<\/span> (2000) Dir: Fatih Akin.
\nIn this whimsical romantic comedy, a student teacher, Daniel, buys an enchanted ring from Juli, a young woman who has a crush on him. Later that day, he meets Melek, who returns to Istanbul in the evening. Daniel decides to follow Melek and, on the way, picks up a hitchhiker \u2013 Juli. This starry-eyed romp, filled with miscalculations, coincidences, and accidents dispenses with linear narration and uses political and cultural divisions as occasions for comedy. In German, English, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. 99 minutes. DVD.<\/div>\n

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Bollywood\u2019s India<\/h2>\n

\"Bollywood\"Two film screenings<\/em> and a public talk<\/em> by Professor Rachel Dwyer, SOAS, University of London
\nSponsors:<\/strong> Asian Studies Program, Department of History, Film Studies Program & International Lens Film Series<\/p>\n

Naya Daur (New Era)<\/h1>\n

Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7 pm in Sarratt Cinema in the Sarratt Student Center<\/strong>
\nIndia<\/span>, 1957 Dir. B.R. Chopra
\nProduced ten years after India\u2019s independence, this melodrama cautions about the perils of progress. The villain introduces modern technology into an isolated village riven by caste and religious divisions, a theme that runs through the romantic rivalry for the affections of the heroine, played by Vyjayantimala. The hero (played by Dilip Kumar) fights for collectivization in the face of new technology, echoing debates in newly independent India about labor and the legacy of Gandhi. O.P. Nayyar\u2019s score includes classic numbers by Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi and Shamshad Begum. In Hindi with English subtitles. 173 minutes<\/p>\n

Bollywood\u2019s India<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Friday, Nov. 13 at 4:10 pm in Buttrick Hall room 101<\/strong>
\nProfessor Rachel Dwyer<\/span> (Professor of Indian Cultures and Cinema at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), speaks on \u201cBollywood\u2019s India\u201d. Professor Dwyer\u2019s talk will be followed by a reception in the atrium.<\/p>\n

Lage Raho Munnabhai (Carry On, Munnabhai)<\/h1>\n

Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 pm in Sarratt Cinema in the Sarratt Student Center<\/strong>
\nIndia<\/span>, 2006 Dir. Rajkumar Hirani
\nSanjay Dutt plays a gangster who sees visions of Mahatma Gandhi and turns reluctantly into the neighborhood problem-solver. An uproarious musical comedy, this film popularized the term \u2018Gandhigiri\u2019 or \u2018Gandhi-ness\u2019, and was a surprise hit among young people. Vidya Balan and Arshad Warsi co-star. In Hindi with English subtitles. 144 minutes<\/p>\n

All these events are free and open to the public. Free parking for the film screenings is available on campus close to Sarratt Student Center in Zone 2 Lot 2 off West End Ave at 23rd Ave South.<\/h2>\n

For questions call 322-6400.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

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Thursday, November 12: See Southern Arts Federation films, below. <\/a><\/h1>\n

\"GateGate of Flesh (Nikutai no mon<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Presented as part of The New Age of the New Wave
\nTuesday, November 17<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Todd Hughes, Director, Language Center
\nJapan<\/span> (1964) Dir: Seijun Suzuki.
\nSet immediately after WWII, this film explores the desperate lengths a devastated community must go to in order to survive. A group of prostitutes live and work in the basement of a bombed-out building in Tokyo, governing themselves with a strict code of conduct. The women\u2019s solidarity breaks down when they shelter a wounded man as each woman claims him for herself. Originally intended as a gritty erotic tale, Suzuki uses his wartime experiences to depict the depths to which post-war urban centers fell. In Japanese with English subtitles. 90 minutes. DVD. Funded in part by the Language Center. Held in conjunction with International Education Week.<\/p>\n

\"TokyoTokyo Drifter (T\u00f4ky\u00f4 nagaremono<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Thursday, November 19<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Todd Hughes, Director, Language Center
\nJapan<\/span> (1966) Dir: Seijun Suzuki.
\nIn this free-jazz gangster film, reformed killer \u201cPhoenix\u201d Tetsu drifts around Japan, awaiting his own execution, until he\u2019s called back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang by his boss, who is trying to give up his life of crime. But both men have a hard time sticking to a virtuous path when associates are blackmailed, loves threatened, and deceit and treachery abound. The film\u2019s aestheticized violence, visual gags, and mind-warping color effects got Suzuki in trouble with his studio heads, who had ordered him to \u201cplay it straight this time.\u201d In Japanese with English subtitles. 90 minutes. DVD. Funded in part by the Language Center. Held in conjunction with International Education Week.<\/p>\n

\"SilentSilent Light (Stellet licht<\/span>)<\/h1>\n

Thursday, December 3<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Helena Simonett, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature and History, Blair School of Music
\nMexico, France, Netherlands, Germany<\/span> (2007) Dir: Carlos Reygadas.
\nThis deeply affecting drama, performed by a cast of mostly nonprofessional actors, reveals the everyday raptures of an isolated Mennonite community in northern Mexico. Johan, a farmer with seven towheaded children and a devoted wife, Esther, has fallen in love with a neighbor, Marianne. Though tormented by the affair, Johan feels Marianne is his truer match, and he, with unintended cruelty, does not hide his struggle from Esther, whom he also loves. While Esther waits on the sidelines, tending the children, keeping the house, and driving the family tractor, Johan explores the limits of his faith and his faithfulness. This gorgeous film was included on numerous top ten lists for 2008. Plautdietsch and Spanish with English subtitles. Not Rated. 145 minutes.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Southern Arts Federation Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers<\/h2>\n

International Lens is proud to be a 2009-10 recipient of a SAF Southern Circuit grant that supports the nation\u2019s only regional tour of independent filmmakers, providing communities with an interactive way of experiencing independent film. The tour connects audience members with independent filmmakers and encourages dialogue about the films. Southern Circuit transforms watching independent films from a solitary experience into a communal one. The film directors will lead post-screening discussions and there will be a reception for the filmmakers immediately following each screening.The Fall Semester Tour includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"LetLet Them Know: the Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records<\/h1>\n

Dir: Jeff Alulis.
\nThursday, September 17
\nBy the time the second wave of Los Angeles punk rock began to crest in the early 1980s, most historians had already closed the book. But things were just starting to get interesting. The music got harder and faster. Politics became integral to the scene. Police-on-punk violence and massive riots were de rigueur. The concept of ‘D.I.Y.’ transformed from a necessity to a battle cry and the Better Youth Organization was born. DVD.<\/p>\n

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\"TheThe Way We Get By<\/h1>\n

Dir: Aron Gaudet. Producer: Gita Pullapilly.
\nMonday, October 19
\nBeginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop greeters, a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing to and returning from Iraq, the film quickly turns into a moving, unsettling, and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war, and mortality. DVD.<\/p>\n

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Dir: Joshua Z. Weinstein.
\nThursday, November 12
\nWheelchair bound, without a larynx, and diagnosed with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm, Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet now lives only so he can travel to India to perform free operations in marathon-like surgery sessions where up to 700 children receive treatment for their cleft lips and other deformities. DVD. 52 minutes.Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and local partner organizations. Special support for Southern Circuit was provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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