Category: Film Screening
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La Quarta Via and Aulò – Documentaries
Wednesday, September 5, 7pm – Documentary Film Viewing & Discussion Co-Sponsored by America-Italy Society Simone Brioni, writer and director and introduced by Charles Cantalupo These two documentaries written and directed by Simone Brioni, La Quarta Via and Aulò, have been presented in many European universities including at Università La Sapienza, Rome – Oxford University, UCL-London…
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Wednesday April 4, 7pm – Film & Discussion Bayard Rustin was born 100 years ago. A new film, Brother Outsider, and a new book, I Must Resist, have both come out this year to commemorate the centennial. We will screen the film and discuss Bayard Rustin’s life and its meaning today. A master strategist and…
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The Day Diplomacy Died, A Documentary by Bernie Dwyer & Roberto Ruiz Rebo
Wednesday, April 6, 7pm – Film & Discussion The Day Diplomacy Died, A Documentary by Bernie Dwyer & Roberto Ruiz Rebo (DVD, subtitles, Spanish & English, $15) In Spring of 2003 the U.S. media made hay over the jailing of 75 so-called independent journalists in Cuba. Here is the real story behind the headlines. The…
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Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution With Viva Zapata screening and discussion
Sunday, February 13, 12 noon – Discussion & Film Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution With Viva Zapata (113 minutes) directed by Elia Kazan screening at 12 noon James D. Cockcroft, author of Mexico’s Revolution Then & Now discussion at 2pm Leticia Roa Nixon, Carlos Pascual Sánchez and Laura Deutch, directors of El…
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Soul Masters: Dr. Guo & Dr. Sha
Wednesday August 18, 7pm – Film & Discussion Soul Masters: Dr. Guo & Dr. Sha In China, it is said that Dr. Guo can cure the incurable. When his representative in the West, Dr. Sha, healed filmmaker Sandy Zieg’s ailing father, she followed Sha on his return to China to visit his mentor, Dr. Guo.…
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American Faust film screening and discussion
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 6pm – FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSIONAMERICAN FAUSTis a hard-hitting documentary about Condoleezza Rice, an extraordinary but little-understood woman who rose out of segregated Alabama to become the most powerful woman in the world. Incisive and shocking, this is the first retrospective film on the Bush Administration. It overturns the popular misconception of…
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World Can’t Wait Film Screening
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 6pm – FILM SCREENING/DISCUSSIONOutside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” is a new documentary film, directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington, telling the story of Guantánamo (and including sections on extraordinary rendition and secret prisons) with a particular focus on how the Bush administration turned its…
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CITY 21
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 8pm – SCREENINGCITY21 This film production arises from a worldwide learning journey that was transmuted into cinematic composition illuminating some of the key perspectives + initiatives that are re-shaping the ethos of the 21st Century City. The underlying quest of the filmmakers is to reframe the conventional and uninspiring visions of the…
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CITY 21 – Film Screening
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 8pm – SCREENINGCITY21 This film production arises from a worldwide learning journey that was transmuted into cinematic composition illuminating some of the key perspectives + initiatives that are re-shaping the ethos of the 21st Century City. The underlying quest of the filmmakers is to reframe the conventional and uninspiring visions of the…