{"id":964,"date":"2019-01-18T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T19:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/internationallens\/?page_id=964"},"modified":"2020-01-19T00:41:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T00:41:43","slug":"spring-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/internationallens\/archives\/spring-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

INTERNATIONAL LENS<\/strong>, 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 coordinated by the Program in Cinema & Media Arts in collaboration with the College of Arts and Science, Dean of Students offices, and other departments, centers, and programs across the University.<\/p>\n

There is no charge for admission.<\/p>\n

Films are screened in Sarratt Cinema at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Spring 2019\u00a0Schedule of Films<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\"\"4 Little Girls<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, January 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA (1997) \u00a0Dir: Spike Lee <\/strong><\/p>\n

On September 15, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan placed bombs at the 16th Street Baptist Church, which resulted in the death of four black girls ages 11-14 years old and provoked a national outrage. This Academy award nominated documentary details the lives of these four girls and the pivotal changes that took place in the civil rights movement after their deaths. English.<\/em> 102 min.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Enter the Dragon<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, January 31<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by\u00a0 Se Young Kim, Mellon Assistant Professor of Cinema & Media Arts and Asian Studies<\/p>\n

Hong Kong\/U.S.A. (1973) Dir: Robert Clouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regretfully both the peak and the final film of Bruce Lee’s career, Enter the Dragon<\/em> is one of the most popular martial arts films ever made. Lee plays a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for his sister’s death. In a jaw-dropping display of action\/fighting skills, Lee enters a martial arts competition in an attempt to fight his way to the dealer\u2019s headquarters.\u00a0 English\/Cantonese with English subtitles<\/em>. 110 min.<\/p>\n

Post-screening discussion led by Matthew Polly<\/strong>, author of the definitive biography: Bruce Lee: A Life<\/u> (2018).<\/p>\n

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\"\"The Wailing<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, February 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Haerin Shin, Assistant Professor of English, Cinema & Media Arts, Asian Studies<\/p>\n

South Korea (2016) \u00a0Dir: Na Hong-jin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suspicion leads to hysteria when rural villagers link a series of brutal murders and a mysterious sickness to the arrival of an enigmatic stranger. A policeman, personally drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his infected daughter in this tense genre-bending horror film. Korean\/Japanese with English subtitles<\/em>. 156 min.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Finding Fela<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, February 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Keith Weghorst, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Gregory Melchor-Barz, Professor of Musicology\/Ethnomusicology, Associate Professor of Religion, and Dean of the Ingram Commons<\/p>\n

USA (2014) \u00a0Dir: Alex Gibney<\/strong><\/p>\n

This documentary details the life, music, social, and political importance of Afrobeat music pioneer, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who used this new musical movement as a forum to express his revolutionary political opinions against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s\/80s. Fela Kuti\u2019s influence helped bring a change towards democracy in Nigeria and promoted Pan Africanist politics to the world.\u00a0\u00a0English.<\/em> 120 min.<\/p>\n

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\"\"120 BPM (Beats per Minute)<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, February 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Alex Dubilet, Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and Political Science<\/p>\n

France (2017) \u00a0Dir: Robin Campillo<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the early 1990s, a group of ACT UP activists in Paris goes to battle for those stricken with HIV\/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies with bold, invasive actions. Amid rallies, protests, fierce debates and ecstatic dance parties, the newcomer Nathan falls in love with Sean, the group\u2019s radical firebrand, and their passion sparks against the shadow of mortality as the activists fight for a breakthrough.\u00a0 \u00a0French with English subtitles.<\/em> 144 min.<\/p>\n

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\"\"El Aula Vac\u00eda<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, February 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Carolyn Heinrich, Professor of Public Policy and Education, and Professor of Economics<\/p>\n

Argentina\/Brazil\/Colombia\/El Salvador\/Mexico\/Peru\/United States\/Uruguay (2015) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Winner of the UNICEF Childhood and Adolescence Award, this captivating anthology of both narrative and documentary short films brings together eleven award-winning filmmakers from seven different countries to examine the educational crisis in Latin America, and explore the underlying reasons why nearly half of all young people there never finish high school.\u00a0\u00a0Spanish with English subtitles<\/em>. 112 min.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Good Manners<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, March 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Benjamin Legg, Senior Lecturer of Portuguese, and Karen Amorim de Melo, PhD candidate in Spanish and Portuguese<\/p>\n

Brazil\/France\/Germany (2017)\u00a0 Dir: Juliana Rojas & Marco Dutra <\/strong><\/p>\n

The enigmatic and wealthy Ana hires a lonely nurse named Clara from the outskirts of S\u00e3o Paulo as a nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop an unlikely bond, but Ana\u2019s odd nocturnal behaviors put pressure on both of them \u2013 until the fateful night when Ana finally gives birth, and Clara makes it her mission to care for and protect the child from others.\u00a0\u00a0Portuguese with English subtitles<\/em>. 135 min.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Middle of Nowhere<\/del>\u00a0\u00a0CANCELED! (replacement film below)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, March 21<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

USA (2012) \u00a0Dir: Ava DuVernay<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Ruby, a promising medical school student, puts a halt on her career in order to focus on her husband’s well-being after he is sentenced to eight years in prison. However, through a chance encounter and a stunning betrayal that shakes her to the core, she is soon propelled in new and shocking directions of self-discovery \u2013 caught between two worlds and two men in the search for herself. \u00a0English.<\/em> 99 min.<\/del><\/p>\n

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\"\"Medicine for Melancholy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, March 21<\/strong><\/p>\n

USA (2008) Dir: Barry Jenkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waking from a one-night stand that neither remembers, Micah and Joanne find themselves wandering the streets of San Francisco sharing coffee and conversation, while searching for a deeper\u00a0connection. This debut feature film from Academy Award winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) is both political and fun, touching upon themes of race, class, and gentrification.<\/p>\n

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\"\"95 And 6 To Go<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, March 28<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Jonathan Rattner, Assistant Professor of Cinema & Media Arts and Art<\/p>\n

USA (2016) \u00a0Dir: Kimi Takesue<\/strong><\/p>\n

A hard-working Japanese-American in Hawai’i discovers his filmmaking aspirations in his nineties, as he unexpectedly collaborates with his granddaughter on her stalled romantic screenplay, inspiring him to reflect on his life of love, loss, and perseverance. Humorous and poignant, this intimate meditation on absence and family expands the vernacular of the \u201chome movie\u201d to consider how history is accumulated in the everyday and how sparks of humor and creativity can animate an ordinary life. \u00a0English.<\/em> 86 mins<\/p>\n

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\"\"In the Fade<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, April 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by Kate Schaller and Abigail Trozenski, PhD candidates in German Studies<\/p>\n

Germany\/France (2016) \u00a0Dir: Fatih Akin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katja’s life falls apart when neo-Nazis kill her husband and 6-year-old son in a bomb attack. After a period of mourning, her mind-numbing search for reasons for the attack and the quest for justice soon pushes her to the edge, as the two suspects stand trial for murder. There is simply no alternative for her: she wants justice and seeks the ultimate revenge.\u00a0\u00a0German with English subtitles<\/em>. 106 min.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Rang De Basanti<\/del>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0CANCELED!!<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

(No Replacement film)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday, April 11<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Presented by Heeryoon Shin, Mellon Assistant Professor of Asian Art<\/del><\/p>\n

India (2006) \u00a0Dir: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

A British filmmaker comes to Delhi to shoot a film about Indian freedom fighters under British rule & casts a group of five friends to play the revolutionaries. Although the friends are largely apolitical & indifferent to the past, their perceptions change after the tragic death of another friend & Indian Air Force pilot is attributed to local government corruption, suddenly awakening their patriotism. Hindi\/Punjabi\/English with English subtitles<\/em>. 157 min.<\/del><\/p>\n

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\"\"19th Annual Animation Show of Shows<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thursday, April 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

Belgium\/Canada\/France\/Germany\/Sweden\/Switzerland\/UK\/USA\u00a0 (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n

At a time of increasing social instability and global anxiety about a range of issues, the works in the 19th Annual Show have a special resonance, presenting compelling ideas about our place in society and how we fit into the world. Funny, engaging, inspiring, and thought-provoking, these 16 animated short films from eight different countries are a remarkable and insightful microcosm of our world.\u00a0 93 min.<\/p>\n

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Films are screened in Sarratt Cinema at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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