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Wednesday, September 9<\/h2>\n

Cry Freedom<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Clive Mentzel, Director of the Office of Active Citizenship and Service, and Frank Dobson, Assistant Dean and Director of the Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center.<\/p>\n

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United Kingdom (1987) Dir: Richard Attenborough.
\nSouth African Journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death of his friend and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko. Denzel Washington does a remarkable job of transforming himself into the mesmerizing black
\nnationalist leader, whose refusal to keep silent led to his death in police custody and a subsequent coverup. English. Rated PG. 157 minutes. DVD. Partial funding provided <\/em>by the Office of Active Citizenship & Service and the Black Cultural Center.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Wednesday, September 16<\/h2>\n

The Green Prince<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Orit Yeret, Senior Lecturer, Program in Jewish Studies.<\/p>\n

Germany\/USA\/UK\/Israel (2014) Dir: Nadav Schirman.
\nSet against the chaotic backdrop of recent events in the Middle East, Schirman retraces the
\ndetails of a highly unprecedented partnership that developed between sworn enemies. In the style of a tense psychological thriller, this extraordinary documentary recounts the true story of\u00a0 the son of a Hamas leader who emerged as one of Israel\u2019s prized informants, and the Shin Bet agent who risked his career to protect him.\u00a0English and Hebrew with English subtitles. Rated PG-13. 101 minutes. Blu-ray. Funding provided by the Program in Jewish Studies<\/em><\/div>\n
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Wednesday, September 23<\/h2>\n

Guten Tag, Ramon<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Center for Latin American Studies and the Max Kade\u00a0Center for European and German\u00a0Studies.<\/p>\n

Mexico\/Germany (2013) Dir: Jorge Ramirez Suarez. The heartwarming story of a young man from a small Mexican town who travels to Germany to find work to support his family and becomes stranded without shelter or money. He struggles to survive on the streets until he meets Ruth, a lonely senior citizen with whom he develops an astonishing and touching friendship that transcends borders and prejudices.\u00a0German and Spanish with English subtitles. Rated PG-13. 120 minutes. DVD.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, September 29<\/h2>\n

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night<\/strong><\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/h3>\n

Presented by: Laura Carpenter, Associate Professor of Sociology.
\nUSA (2014) Dir: Ana Lily Amirpour.<\/p>\n

In an Iranian ghost-town, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware that they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. The first Iranian Vampire Western ever made, Ana Lily Amirpour\u2019s debut basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A joyful mashup of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. Persian with English subtitles. Unrated. 101 minutes. Blu-ray. Partial Funding provided by the Department of Women & Gender Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, September 30<\/h2>\n

The Intruder\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Presented by: Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Arts and English; and Thomas McGrath, class of 2016.<\/p>\n

France (2004) Dir: Claire Denis. LouisTrebor, a man nearing 70, lives alone with dogs in the forest near the French-Swiss border. He has heart problems, seeks a transplant, and then goes in search of a son sired years before in Tahiti. Told elliptically, with few words, we see Louis as possibly heartless, ignoring a son who lives nearby who is himself an attentive father to two young children, one named for Louis. He leaves his bed one night \u2013 and his lover \u2013 to kill an intruder; he dreams, usually of violence. Will his body accept his heart? Will his son accept his offer? Inspired by a short book written by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy about his heart transplant. 129 minutes. French, English, Korean, and Russian with English subtitles. Unrated. Blu-ray. Funding provided by Cinema & Media Arts.<\/div>\n

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Wednesday, October 7<\/h2>\n

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A Tale of Two Sisters<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Haerin Shin, Assistant Professor of
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\nSouth Korea (2003) Dir: Jee-Woon Kim. Loosely based on a Korean folktale, a family is\u00a0 haunted by tragedies of deaths within the family. The atmosphere of mounting dread is\u00a0 matched by just-right performances, design and camerawork. There\u2019s a reason why Hollywood\u00a0 has been so busy in recent years remaking Asian horror movies. Scare for scare, they\u2019re\u00a0 generally better. Korean with English subtitles. Korean with English subtitles. Rated R. 115 minutes. DVD.\u00a0 Funding provided by Cinema & Media Arts and the Department of English<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monday, October 12<\/h2>\n

108<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Chris Purcell, Director of the Office of LGBTQI Life and Jamie Lee Marks, Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Latin American Studies.
\nParaguay (2010) Dir: Renate Costa. This documentary tells the story of the life and death of\u00a0 the director\u2019s uncle, Rodolfo. He was the one who never married, who lived alone, who\u00a0 wanted to be a dancer rather than a laborer, and who wore clothes his brothers thought were inappropriate. Rodolfo was included in one of 108 lists of homosexuals, arrested and tortured\u00a0 in 1980s Paraguay. Cuchillo de Palo (aka 108) takes its name from a derogatory name for\u00a0 gays still used in Paraguay, and tells the story of her uncle\u2019s life and death while also\u00a0 examining how little circumstances\u00a0 have improved for Paraguay\u2019s gay community in the 21st\u00a0 Century.\u00a0Spanish with English subtitles. Unrated. 93 minutes. DVD. Funding provided by the Office of LGBTQI Life and the Center for Latin American Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monday, October 19<\/h2>\n

Tears of the Black Tiger<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Ben Tran, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and English.
\nThailand (2000) Dir: Wisit Sasanatieng. A boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl, boy-gets-girlagain story. This Thai cult film is a parody and homage to the classic American Western and romantic tearjerker. One of the most elaborate productions ever mounted in Thailand \u2013 a\u00a0 candy-colored Western made in the high-energy style that characterizes much of contemporary Thai cinema.\u00a0Thai with English subtitles. Unrated. 110 minutes. 35mm. Partial funding provided by the\u00a0 program in Asian Studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, October 21<\/h2>\n

Ida<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Holocaust Lecture Series.
\nPoland\/Denmark\/France\/UK (2013) Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski.
\nAnna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she\u00a0 discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation. The weight of history is everywhere, but the scale falls within the scope of a young woman learning about\u00a0 the secrets of her own past. This intersection of the personal with momentous historic events\u00a0 makes for a powerful\u00a0 and affecting film.\u00a0Polish, Latin, and French with English subtitles. Rated PG-13. 82 minutes. Blu-ray. Funding\u00a0 provided by The Holocaust Lecture Series.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Monday, October 26<\/h2>\n

The Witches<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Andrea Mirabile, Associate Professor of Italian and Cinema & Media Arts.
\nItaly\/France (1967) Dir: Mauro Bolognini, Vittorio De Sica, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi,\u00a0 Luchino Visconti. Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A\u00a0 superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from\u00a0 men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his\u00a0 son seek a new wife and mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman\u2019s honor. A bored\u00a0 housewife tries to explain to her husband that he\u2019s not as romantic as he used to be.\u00a0Italian with English subtitles. Unrated. 105 minutes. DVD. Partial funding provided by the Department of French & Italian.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, October 28<\/h2>\n

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Lutz Koepnick, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of German and Cinema\u00a0 and Media Arts and Leslie Reed, Ph.D. candidate in German.
\nGermany (1974) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. An almost accidental romance is kindled\u00a0 between a lonely German cleaning woman in her mid-sixties and an equally lonely Moroccan\u00a0 mechanic around twenty-five years younger. They\u00a0 abruptly decide to marry,\u00a0 appalling everyone around them. Fassbinder directed, produced, scripted the film, and\u00a0 designed the sets. It won the international critic\u2019s prize at the Cannes Film Festival.\u00a0German and Arabic with English subtitles. Unrated. 94 minutes. Blu-ray. Partial Funding provided the Department of German & Slavic Languages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, November 4<\/h2>\n

The Edge of Heaven<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Lutz Koepnick, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of German and Cinema\u00a0 and Media Arts and Sophia Clark, Ph.D. Candidate in German.
\nGermany\/Turkey\/Italy (2007) Dir: Fatih Akin.
\nThis multi-layered drama follows the stories of six people \u2014 four Turks and two Germans \u2014 as\u00a0 they realize the meaning of love while facing the harsh realities of the world we live in. It\u00a0 is a beautiful, unexpectedly enrapturing story about a world in transition and both the\u00a0 closeness and unbridgeable divide between generations and cultures.\u00a0German,Turkish, and English with English subtitles. Unrated. 116 minutes. 35mm. Partial\u00a0\u00a0 funding provided by the Department of German & Slavic Languages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, November 10<\/h2>\n

Viola<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Arts and English; Nick Kline, Class of 2016.
\nArgentina\/USA (2012) Dir: Matias Pineiro. A mystery of romantic entanglements and intrigues\u00a0 among a troupe of young actors performing Shakespeare\u2019s \u201cTwelfth Night\u201d in a small theater in\u00a0 Buenos Aires. Directed by Mat\u00edas Pi\u00f1eiro, one of Argentinian cinema\u2019s most sensuous and\u00a0 daring new voices.\u00a0Spanish with English subtitles. Unrated. 65 minutes. Blu-ray. Funding provided by Cinema &\u00a0 Media Arts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Pandora\u2019s Promise<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Presented by: Bethany Burkhardt, Civil & Environmental Engineering.<\/p>\n

United States \/ United Kingdom (2013) Dir: Robert Stone.<\/p>\n

From Chernobyl to Fukushima, Pandora\u2019s Promise<\/em> provides a modern perspective on issues associated with\u00a0nuclear power.\u00a0 The film explores the journey of former antinuclear activists and weaves in illuminating\u00a0footage from all over the world.\u00a0 Interviews with prominent scientists provide a view of the potential of nuclear power.\u00a0\u00a0English.\u00a0 Rated PG.\u00a0 87 minutes.\u00a0 DVD. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Monday, November 16<\/h2>\n

Elena<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Jason Strudler, Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian.
\nRussia (2011) Dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev. Sixty-ish spouses Vladimir and Elena uneasily share a\u00a0 palatial Moscow apartment. He is a virile, wealthy businessman; she is his dowdy former nurse\u00a0 who has clearly \u201cmarried up.\u201d Estranged from his own wild-child daughter, Vladimir\u00a0 openly despises his wife\u2019s freeloading son and family. When a sudden illness and an\u00a0 unexpected reunion threaten the dutiful housewife\u2019s potential inheritance, she must hatch a\u00a0 desperate plan. Masterfully crafted cinema which features evocative, Hitchcockian music by\u00a0 Philip Glass. Elena is a subtly stylish exploration of crime, punishment and human nature.\u00a0Russian with English subtitles. Unrated. 109 minutes. DVD. Partial funding provided by the Department of German & Slavic Languages.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wednesday, December 2<\/h2>\n

Yesterday<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

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Presented by: Kristin Michelitch, Assistant Professor of Political Science.
\nSouth Africa (2004) Dir: Darrell Roodt.
\nAfter falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and\u00a0 young daughter to tend\u00a0 to, Yesterday\u2019s one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school. This film communicates critical reasons to viewers why it is not simple to live with and combat HIV in rural Africa. Set in the Zulu culture of Sub-Saharan South Africa.\u00a0Zulu with English subtitles. Rated R. 96 minutes. DVD. Partially funded by the Department of Political Science.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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