Cinema Studies
YOUTH BEHIND BARS: The Iran TrilogyMiddle Eastern Studies Criminal & Law Cinema Studies Sociology Cultural Studies Family Relations Children & Young Adult Peace & Conflict 2017
A groundbreaking documentary trilogy directed by Iran's most prominent documentary filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei, Youth Behind Bars: The Iran Trilogy, with incredible humanity, captures the lives, dreams and hopes of Iran's imprisoned youth.
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STARLESS DREAMSMiddle Eastern Studies Women's Studies Criminal & Law Cinema Studies Children & Young Adult Alcohol & Drug Abuse Family Relations Psychology & Psychiatry Sociology 2017
A stark testimonial of the previously unseen and unheard, award-winning Starless Dreams plunges us into the lives of young teenage girls sharing temporary quarters at a rehabilitation and correction center on the outskirts of Tehran. An unforgettable cinematic portrayal of restored innocence and humanity Starless Dreams is the last installment of the groundbreaking documentary trilogy Youth Behind Bars: The Iran Trilogy.
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THE LAST DAYS OF WINTER2016 Criminal & Law Middle Eastern Studies Cinema Studies Psychology & Psychiatry Family Relations Anthropology Children & Young Adult Alcohol & Drug Abuse Islamic Studies
Following his harrowing documentary, It's Always Late for Freedom, director Mehrdad Oskouei continues his exploration of a male juvenile detention facility near Tehran. Last Days of Winter follows these young men in the days leading up to the Iranian New Year, as they take stock of their lives.
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HERE COME THE VIDEOFREEXCinema Studies Women's Studies 2016 Cultural Studies American Studies Media Studies American History Directed by Women
Here Come the Videofreex tells the enthralling story of a pioneering collective of video journalists known as the Videofreex who in the 60s and 70s became the forerunners of public access television and the modern internet news era as they deployed the first handheld video cameras to report and observe the world around them.
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JOURNEY TO THE WEST2015 Cinema Studies Narrative Films Religion & Spirituality
An immersive and transporting experience directed by Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-liang (Stray Dogs), Journey to the West focuses on the figure of the Walker, a character loosely based on the life of Xuanzang, a seventh-century Buddhist monk who painstakingly traversed Asia for seventeen years in search of "the void."
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FROM IRAN: A SEPARATION2015 Cinema Studies Middle Eastern Studies Media Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women
A gripping and moving story that illustrates the impact cosmopolitan recognition has on an isolated population, From Iran: A Separation details the reception of the speech Asghar Farhadi (About Elly) gave when his film A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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COUNTING2015 Cinema Studies New York City Russia Urban Studies
In fifteen linked chapters shot in locations ranging from Moscow to New York to
Istanbul, Counting merges city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay to create
a vivid portrait of contemporary life.
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PRINCESS OF FRANCE (narrative)2015 Narrative Films Cinema Studies Spanish Language
Victor returns to Buenos Aires after his father’s death and a stay in Mexico to prepare a radio
production of "Love’s Labour’s Lost." Reuniting with his repertory, he finds himself sorting out
complicated entanglements with girlfriend Paula, sometime lover Ana, and departed actress
Natalia, as well as his muddled relations with the constellation of friends involved with the
project.
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HORSE MONEY (narrative)2015 Narrative Films Cinema Studies Europe
A visionary masterwork from the renowned director of Colossal Youth, Pedro Costa’s Horse Money is a mesmerizing odyssey into the real, imagined and nightmarish memories of the elderly Ventura, a Cape Verdean immigrant living in Lisbon.
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ABOUT ELLY (narrative)2015 Narrative Films Middle Eastern Studies Cinema Studies
With the return of their friend Ahmad from Germany, a group of old college pals (two married couples and a brother and sister, along with three young kids) decide to reunite for a weekend outing by the Caspian Sea. The fun starts right away as they quickly catch on to the plan of lively Sepideh, who has brought along Elly, her daughter’s kindergarten teacher, in hopes of setting her up with recently divorced Ahmad.
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JAUJA (narrative)2015 Narrative Films Cinema Studies
Jauja is the story of a man’s desperate search for his daughter, a solitary quest that takes him to a place beyond time, where the past vanishes and the future has no meaning.
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LETTERS TO MAXPolitical Science Cinema Studies Russia Eastern Europe 2015
What is the job of a diplomat for a country that does not exist? With this question, acclaimed filmmaker Eric Baudelaire initiates a wide-ranging correspondence with his friend Maxim Gvinjia, former Minister of Foreign Affairs for Abkhazia, a country with physical borders, a government, and its own flag, but has not been recognized as a nation.
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