Film Screening and Panel Discussion: 5:30-7pm, Communications 150, Studio C Reception: Communications 139, 7-8pm Marking the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s birth, the Center for Middle East and North Africa is hosting a film screening of True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital, the recent film by Algerian director Abdenour Zahzah that focuses on his time […]
This screening of Shimmering will be part of a series of films presented by CDAR as part of its fall and winter programming. The film lends itself to numerous points of discussion, depending on the audience and event presenters, so this will likely be the first of several monthly community screenings. Post-film screening discussion will include Matte Hewitt, the filmmaker, Associate Professor of Film, Selmin Kara, and Angel Riotutar, Director of the American Indian Resource Center.
This public screening and discussion of FAMILIAR TOUCH, the debut feature by filmmaker and choreographer Sarah Friedland, follows retired cook Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant) as she navigates memory loss and mistaken identities.
This is a public screening and discussion of FAMILIAR TOUCH. Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, prepares breakfast in her sunny and cozy kitchen — a dish she seems to have made many times before, although small and puzzling errors now punctuate her comfortable routine. When her son (H. Jon Benjamin) arrives to dine with […]