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IN OUR DAY2024 Aging / Gerontology Asian Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Family Relations Films of Hong Sangsoo Narrative Films Performing Arts With his 30th feature film, Hong demonstrates a new level of mastery of his art, using long, deceptively elaborate shots to articulate the simplest of pleasures: an inter-species encounter, the discovery of a new drink, a game of rock paper scissors. Kim and Ki lead an outstanding cast of the most natural of performers. In Our Day is a film to drink of deeply, to share with friends, and afterward, to reflect on what matters most. |
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THE TUBA THIEVES
What is the role of sound and what does it mean to listen? Hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel uses a series of tuba thefts in Los Angeles high schools as a jumping-off point to explore these questions. Through several d/Deaf people telling stories in a unique game of telephone, the central mystery of The Tuba Thieves isn’t about theft of instruments; it’s about the nature of sound itself.
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EAT BITTER2024 African Studies Asian Studies Business Economics Environmental Studies Family Relations Political Science Urban Studies Sociology An eye-opening documentary filmed in the Central African Republic follows a native sand diver and a Chinese national developing the land. As we follow the hardships and struggle, the film raises the question of what are we prepared to sacrifice for a better tomorrow, without a promise that it will ever arrive. |
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THREE MONKEYS [narrative]2024 Cinema Studies Narrative Films Psychology & Psychiatry Family Relations
Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Three Monkeys is a moving, visually unforgettable triumph from the Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Thear Tree)
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DAUGHTERS OF FIRE2024 African Studies Cinema Studies Cultural Studies
A new short from acclaimed direcctor Pedro Costa (Horse Money). Three young sisters are set apart by the eruption of Fogo.
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HERE (narrative)2024 Cinema Studies Family Relations Narrative Films Environmental Studies Science
Director Bas Devos offers another Brussels city symphony. With a quiet grace that’s becoming a trademark, he and his team capture both the longing of contemporary urban life and the potential for enchantment that still exists in spaces shared by strangers from different worlds.
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BELLADance American Studies American History Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women Performing Arts 2024
Bella, is about the life, influence and impact of California-based artist and activist Bella Lewitzky. Designated one of America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition Lewitzky’s life demonstrates how a “uniquely Californian” artist with vision and tenacity can change the lives of her fellow citizens.
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LAST THINGSAnthropology Archeology Cinema Studies Directed by Women Environmental Studies Photography Physical Science Science 2024
Last Things looks at evolution and extinction from the perspective of the rocks and minerals that came before humanity and will outlast us. With scientists and thinkers like Lynn Margulis and Marcia Bjørnerud as guides, the film seeks a picture of evolution without humans at the center.
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RICHLANDA U.S. nuclear company town stakes its identity on its little-known atomic origin story in this timely examination of the habits of thought that normalize the extraordinary violence of the past. |
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A VERY FRAGILE THINGAfrican Studies Peace & Conflict Political Science World History Short Films 2024 What happens when we choose to define ourselves according to our differences? "A Very Fragile Thing" offers a cautionary tale for any society wracked with distrust and division via a first-person journey into the origins of a civil war that has claimed the lives of half a million Ethiopians since 2020. |