2017
CLAIRE'S CAMERA2017 Asian Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Europe Narrative Films Performing Arts Photography Films of Hong Sangsoo
A refreshingly sunny performance from Isabelle Huppert (The Piano Teacher, Elle) is at the center of this comic charmer from South Korean Master Hong Sangsoo. Intricately plotted with wit and charm to spare, CLAIRE'S CAMERA explores the power of images to transform us.
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THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV
Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV - magisterially interpreted by New Wave icon and honorary Palme d’Or recipient (Jean-Pierre Léaud) - feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France.
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4 DAYS IN FRANCE2017 LGBTQ Narrative Films Cinema Studies
On a seemingly ordinary night in Paris, Pierre takes one last look his lover Paul’s sleeping body, then steals away into the early morning light. Where he’s headed, neither of them know. Pierre’s only guide is his Grindr app, which leads him on a series of encounters with an indelible cast of characters across the French countryside. Paul sets out after him, using his own phone to track Pierre’s movements in a strange and wonderful game of Grindr cat-and-mouse.
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BEYOND WISEGUYS: italian americans & the movies2017 American Studies Cinema Studies Media Studies Pacific Street Films
Executive-produced by award-winning actor/filmmaker John Turturro, BEYOND WISEGUYS is a feature-length documentary that uses extraordinary interviews with prominent Italian American film artists such as John Turturro, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sarandon, Martin Scorsese, Ben Gazzara, Marisa Tomei, and many others to explore the personal experiences that brought them all to the movies.
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WITH THIS RINGDirected by Women Women's Studies Asian-American Studies Family Relations 2017 Asian Studies
Filmed for six years, With this Ring follows India’s famed female boxing team and provides an inside look at the challenges they face – gender discrimination, pressure to conform to traditional gender roles, and lack of recognition by the public despite dominating the international boxing scene
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GHOSTS OF OUR FORESTAfrican Studies Music Anthropology Indigenous Studies 2017 Dance Environmental Studies Performing Arts Loud Roar Productions
Forcefully removed from their ancestral home by the Ugandan government to protect the endangered gorilla population, the indigenous Batwa people start a music club in hopes to preserve their culture through song and story.
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SURVIVORS ROWE2017 Indigenous Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Religion & Spirituality Loud Roar Productions
Survivors Rowe documents the tragic stories of three men who were victims of Ralph Rowe, an Anglican priest who molested over 500 children, and the courageous journey they undertake to arrive at a place of healing and forgiveness.
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BASHIR'S VISIONCultural Studies African Studies Disabilities Loud Roar Productions 2017 Short Films
Bashir Ramathan worked as a laborer until losing his sight. Destitute and depressed, boxing saved Bashir, now an advocate for the rights of people living with disabilities around Uganda. This uplifting short documentary will remind audiences that if theres something you want to achieve in life, nothing should stop you.
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RESOLUTE2017 Cultural Studies Environmental Studies Family Relations Indigenous Studies Loud Roar Productions Political Science World History Short Films
Zipporah was a girl when her family was among the eighty Inuit to be sent to the high arctic by the Canadian government.
Through haunting interviews, archival footage and experimental animation, Resolute tells a story familiar to thousands of indigenous families in Canada and beyond.
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KIDS OF THE ROCKET SIREN2017 Children & Young Adult Jewish Studies Loud Roar Productions Middle Eastern Studies Peace & Conflict Short Films
Reality for the kids who live in Sderot, an Israeli town that neighbors the Gaza strip, is a constant reminder that they are in the midst of a deadly conflict. Kids of the Rocket Siren melds verite, interviews and archival to document the kids who have grown up with rocket shelters, sirens and deadly blasts.
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NEVER FAR FROM HOME2017 American Studies Anthropology Children & Young Adult Loud Roar Productions Short Films
This simple vérité film takes viewers on a journey to the backwoods of Southern Georgia. The kids are never far from home and live, like their grandfathers before them, out in the sticks with traditions routed in nature the forefront of their existences.
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CONVERSATIONS WITH A DEAD PRIME MINISTERWorld History Religion & Spirituality Political Science Loud Roar Productions 2017 Short Films
An engaging cinematic portrait of one of Canada’s most eccentric prime ministers, Mackenzie King, who led a secret life conducting séances and speaking with the dead.
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