{"id":567,"date":"2017-09-21T20:49:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T20:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/internationallens\/?page_id=567"},"modified":"2017-10-05T20:18:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T20:18:03","slug":"spring-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/internationallens\/archives\/spring-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INTERNATIONAL LENS, a film series with a global perspective, provides a forum to promote conversation among Vanderbilt\u2019s diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. International Lens endeavors to transcend geographic, ethnic, religious, linguistic, and political boundaries by encouraging conversation and greater cross-cultural understanding through cinema. The series is a collaboration among Dean of Students of offices, and, departments, centers, and programs across the University.<\/p>\n

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Hardcore Henry<\/h2>\n

Hardcore Henry<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nWednesday, January 18<\/strong>\"\"
\nPresented by Jason Strudler, Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian.<\/em><\/p>\n

Russia\/USA<\/strong>\u00a0(2015) Dir: Ilya Naishuller.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In this video-game influenced sci-fi film, which is shot entirely from a first-person perspective, Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers. English\/Russian. Rated R. 96 min. Blu-ray.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the Department of German, Russian, & East European Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Karski & the Lords of Humanity<\/h2>\n

Karski & The Lords of Humanity<\/strong>
\nThursday, January 26<\/strong>\"\"\u00a0<\/em>
\nPresented by E. Thomas Wood, journalist, historian, and Karski biographer.
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Poland\/Russia\/USA<\/strong>\u00a0(2015) Dir: Slawomir Grunberg.
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Jan Karski, as a member of the Polish underground, infiltrated the Warsaw Ghetto, a Transit Camp, then carried his eyewitness reports of the atrocities to Britain and the United States\u00a0to inform the Allied powers of Nazi crimes against the Jews of Europe in an effort to prevent the Holocaust. 72 min. DVD.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the Holocaust Lecture Series and the Tennessee Holocaust Commission.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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English Vinglish<\/h2>\n

English Vinglish<\/strong>
\nWednesday, February 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Presented by Elliott McCarter, Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

India<\/strong>\u00a0(2012) Dir: Gauri Shinde.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In her directorial debut, Shinde explores the tension between notions of traditional Indian womanhood and contemporary values through the story of Shashi,a quiet, sweet-tempered housewife who endures condescension from her well educated husband and daughter because of her inability to speak and understand English. She is resourceful and open-minded, which go unnoticed. On a trip to visit her sister in Manhattan she decides to enroll in an English Learners class and meets a host of new people who teach her to value herself beyond the narrow perspective of her family. The film was the vehicle for the triumphant return to the screen of Sridevi, one of India\u2019s most celebrated actresses. Hindi|English|French|Tamil|Telugu with English subtitles. 133 min. DVD. Presented in collaboration with the 天美传媒官网 South Asian Cultural Exchange and the Asian Studies Program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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13th<\/h2>\n

The 13th\"\"<\/strong>
\nWednesday, February 8<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>
\nPresented by Frank Dobson, Associate Dean of Students, Director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center, Faculty Head of Gillette House\u2014Martha Rivers Ingram Commons.<\/em><\/p>\n

USA<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(2016) Dir: Ava DuVernay<\/p>\n

Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, this thought-provoking documentary engages scholars, activists, and politicians to analyze both the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. The film is titled for the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which outlawed slavery (except as punishment for a crime). DuVernay\u2019s film argues that slavery is being effectively perpetuated through mass incarceration. English. TV-MA. 100 min. Streaming. Presented in collaboration with the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center.<\/p>\n

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Lupe Under the Sun<\/h2>\n

Lupe Under the Sun<\/strong>
\nWednesday, February 15\"\"<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresented by: Professor William Luis, Director of the Latino and Latina Studies Program and Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Spanish.<\/p>\n

USA (2016)<\/strong>\u00a0Dir: Rodrigo Reyes.<\/p>\n

Lupe Under the Sun is a first-of-its-kind film that uses non-actors, real farmworkers living in the heart of California, to tell a moving drama about an aging peach picker who wants to go back to his home in Mexico before he dies.\u00a0This film tackles issues of depression, homesickness, and the immigrant myth of the American Dream.\u00a0Winner of Film Independent\u2019s Canon Filmmaker Award, Reyes\u2019s film heralds the arrival of an important new voice in American cinema. English and Spanish. Spanish Subtitles.\u00a0 Blu-ray. 78 min.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the Latino and Latina Studies Program<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Half of a Yellow Sun<\/h2>\n

Half of a Yellow Sun<\/strong>
\nWednesday, February 22nd\u00a0\"\"<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Dr. Clive Mentzel, Director, Active Citizenship & Service.<\/em><\/p>\n

USA (2013)<\/strong>\u00a0Dir: Biyi Bandele.<\/p>\n

This award-winning drama, based on the novel\u00a0Half of a Yellow Sun\u00a0<\/em>by Chimamanda Adichie, is a love story based in Nigeria.\u00a0Olanna and Kainene, two sisters, return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. Civil war then unites the two sisters as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.\u00a0The sisters become caught up in the astonishing violence of the Nigerian Civil War\u00a0and deceit that threatens their home life. English. Rated R.\u00a0 Blu-ray. 111 min.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the 天美传媒官网 African Student Union.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Embrace<\/h2>\n

Embrace<\/em><\/strong>
\nWednesday, March 1\"\"<\/strong>
\nPresented by Go Figure.<\/em><\/p>\n

Australia (2016)<\/strong>\u00a0Dir: Taryn Brumfitt.<\/p>\n

First-time director Taryn Brumfitt explores the complex issue of body image. Told from the point of view of Brumfitt, who travels the world talking to a range of people\u2013experts, everyday women, and public figures\u2013the film examines what causes body dissatisfaction and considers ways that people can learn to embrace their bodies. English. 90 min. Blu-ray.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with Go Figure and the Margaret Cuninggim Women\u2019s Center<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Tabu<\/h2>\n

Tabu<\/strong>
\nWednesday, March 15\"\"<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Benjamin Legg, Senior Lecturer in the department of Spanish and Portuguese.<\/em><\/p>\n

Portugal\/Brazil\/France\/Germany (2012)\u00a0<\/strong>Dir: Miguel Gomes.<\/p>\n

An epic tribute to F.W. Murnau\u2019s 1931 film of the same name, and the most widely distributed and critically acclaimed Portuguese film released in decades,\u00a0Tabu\u00a0<\/em>tells an enchanting tale of love and loss that unsettles the audience with its portrayal of colonial nostalgia in a postcolonial world. Beautifully filmed in black and white,\u00a0Tabu\u00a0<\/em>jumps between a bleak contemporary Lisbon in the recent years of economic crisis and a fictionalized, wistful portrayal of colonial Mozambique as it recounts an ill-fated love affair that continues to resonate in the characters\u2019 worlds. \u201cOne of the most original and inventive\u2014as well as trenchantly political and painfully romantic\u2013films of recent years.\u201d Richard Brody,\u00a0New Yorker.<\/em>Portuguese with English subtitles. 118 min.\u00a0DVD.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the Department of Spanish & Portuguese.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Mistake<\/h2>\n

The Mistake<\/em>\u00a0(Die Verfehlung)<\/strong>
\nTuesday, March 21\"\"<\/strong>
\nPresented by Kaleigh Bangor and Adam Merki, graduate students in German Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Germany\u00a0<\/strong>(1991) Dir: Heiner Carow.<\/p>\n

Carow (Coming Out, The Legend of Paul and Paula)<\/em>explores the dramatic reality of romantic relationships in a divided Germany in\u00a0Die Verfehlung\u00a0<\/em>(The Mistake.\u00a0<\/em>Carow\u2019s retrospective look into East German life reveals a world of surveillance, isolation, desperation, and revenge in the German Democratic Republic.\u00a0German with English subtitles. 105 min. DVD.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the department of German, Russian, and East European Studies Department<\/em>. Film on loan from the\u00a0DEFA Film Library\u00a0<\/em>at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.<\/p>\n

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A Separation<\/h2>\n

A Separation\u00a0<\/strong>\"\"
\nWednesday March 22<\/strong>
\nPresented by Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor and Director of Cinema & Media Arts, and<\/em>\u00a0Anand Taneja, Assiatant Professor of Religious Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Iran (2011)\u00a0<\/strong>Dir: Asghar Farhadi.<\/p>\n

Set in contemporary Iran,\u00a0A Separation<\/em>\u00a0has been celebratedas one of the best films of 2011 (winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film). It concerns the dissolution of a marriage, the stress of caring for an elderly family member, and the drama of class and religious difference. Farsi with English Subtitles. 123 min. 35mm.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with Cinema & Media Arts<\/em><\/p>\n

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Memorias del Subdesarrollo<\/h2>\n

Memorias del Subdesarrollo\"\"<\/strong>
\nSunday, March 26, 1pm<\/strong>
\nPresented by Ben Chace, director of\u00a0Sin Alas, and William Luis, Director of the Latino and Latina Studies Program and Gertrude Conway Vanderbilt Professor of Spanish.
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Cuba<\/strong>\u00a0(1968) Dir. Tom\u00e1s Guti\u00e9rrez Alea.<\/p>\n

Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, decides to stay in Cuba after the revolution, even though his wife and friends flee to Miami. Sergio reflects on the changes in Cuba, from the Castro Revolution to the missile crisis, the effect of living in an underdeveloped country, and his relationships with his girlfriends, Elena and Hanna. Memories of Underdevelopment is a complex character study of alienation during the turmoil of social changes. The film is told in a highly subjective point of view through a fragmented narrative that resembles the way memories function. Spanish with English Subtitles. Digital file. 97 minutes. \u00a0Presented in collaboration with The Latino and Latina Studies Program and the Center for Latin American Studies.\u00a0Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L\u2019 Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC ). Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation and The Film Foundation\u2019s World Cinema Project.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sin Alas<\/h2>\n

Sin Alas\"\"<\/strong>
\nSunday, March 26, 3pm
\n<\/strong>Presented by Ben Chace, Director<\/p>\n

Cuba\/USA\u00a0<\/strong>(2015)<\/p>\n

70 year-old Luis Vargas sits in front of his crumbling art deco building in downtown Havana reading the Communist newspaper. He notices an obituary for Isabela Mu\u00f1oz, a once renowned modern dancer, and attends her funeral, standing apart from the rest of the mourners. That night he can\u2019t sleep and is tormented by a fragment of the melody from her famous performance in 1967. His friend Ovilio suggests completing the melody as a way of letting go, but after a meandering search through the streets of Havana, Luis is led even deeper into a world of memory he has spent decades trying to forget. As scenes from his dramatic affair with Isabela unfold into his consciousness of daily life Luis begins to see parallels in the strained marriage of his young neighbors and the memories of his parents from his childhood in the provinces. Realizing his place in a cycle of failed intentions the old man tries to make a break. Spanish with English subtitles. Blu-ray. 90 minutes.\u00a0The first American directed and\/or produced film shot in Cuba since the revolution. The first American film invited to premiere at the Havana International Film Festival.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Black Robe<\/h2>\n

Black Robe \/\u00a0<\/em>Robe noir\"\"<\/strong>
\nWednesday, March 29<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Lynn Ramey, Associate Professor of French.<\/p>\n

Canada<\/strong>\u00a0(1991) Dir: Bruce Beresford.<\/p>\n

A Jesuit priest and his companion\u00a0come\u00a0to the New World on a mission to convert Native Americans. Confronting the inhospitable Canadian winter, the two Europeans take learn very different lessons about their relationship to the land and people they encounter. Beautifully shot but dark both visually and emotionally, the film forces the viewer to think about religion, colonization, and cultural encounter. Critically acclaimed in many quarters, the film provoked strong responses from indigenous communities in Canada. English, Latin, Cree, Mohawk, Algonquin. 101 min. DVD\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the Department of French & Italian<\/em><\/p>\n

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Timbuktu<\/h2>\n

Timbuktu
\n<\/em><\/strong>Sunday, April 2, 1pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by\u00a0Dianna Bell,\u00a0\"Timbuktu\"Mellon Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.<\/p>\n

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France\/Mauritania (2014) Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako. Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, cattle herder Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife, their daughter and their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu, their destiny changes abruptly. Arabic, French, Tamasheq, Songhay, English, and Bambara with English Subtitles. 97 minutes. Blu-ray. Presented in collaboration with the 天美传媒官网 Trans-Institutional Program: Africa at the Crossroads.<\/p>\n

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Forb{i}dden<\/h2>\n

Forbidden: Queer & Undocumented in Rural America\"\"<\/strong>
\nWednesday, April 5<\/strong>
\nPresented by Tara McKay, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society, and Assistant Professor of Health Policy.<\/p>\n

USA (2016)\u00a0<\/strong>Dir: Tiffany Rhynard.<\/p>\n

This documentary film follows the personal transformation and activism of Moises Serrano, a young, undocumented and queer immigrant living in rural North Carolina. It is anticipated that Mr. Serrano will be in attendance at the screening. English. 90 min. DVD.\u00a0Presented in collaboration with the Center for Medicine, Health, & Society<\/em>; The\u00a0Latino & Latina Studies Program, and LGBTQI Life.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ixcanul<\/h2>\n

Ixcanul\"\"<\/strong>
\nWednesday, April 12<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Avery Dickins de Gir\u00f3n, Executive Director of the Center for Latin American Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

USA<\/strong>\u00a0(2015) Dir: Jayro Bustamente.<\/p>\n

Ixcanul (which translates to \u2018volcano\u2019 in Kaqchikel Mayan) is the coming-of-age story of Maria, a 17-year-old Mayan girl reluctant to embark on an arranged marriage with the coffee plantation foreman. The film illustrates the larger social issues confronting Guatemala\u2019s indigenous people caught between rural and contemporary urban lifeways. \u00a0This brilliant directorial debut captures the contrast between the characters\u2019 rich customs and history and the exploitation they face.\u00a0 The film was Guatemala\u2019s first-ever entry into the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar (2015).\u00a0 Kaqchikel with English subtitles. 100 Minutes.\u00a0Presented in Collaboration with the Center for Latin American Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I, Daniel Blake<\/h2>\n

I, Daniel Blake\"\"<\/strong>
\nSaturday, April 15, 7:30pm<\/strong>
\nPresented by: Tara McKay, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, & Society, and Assistant Professor of Health Policy<\/em><\/p>\n

UK<\/strong>\u00a0(2016) Dir. Ken Loach.<\/p>\n

Winner of the Palme d\u2019Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, the film is a gripping, human tale about the impact one man can make. Gruff but goodhearted, Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is a man out of time: a widowed woodworker who\u2019s never owned a computer, he lives according to his own common sense moral code. But after a heart attack leaves him unable to work and the state welfare system fails him, the stubbornly self-reliant Daniel must stand up and fight for his dignity, leading a one-man crusade for compassion that will transform the lives of a struggling single mother (Hayley Squires) and her two children. Graced with humor and heart,\u00a0I, Daniel Blake\u00a0is a moving, much-needed reminder of the power of empathy. English. Rated R. 100 min. Blu-ray<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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