2006
FALL Film
Schedules @ PWPL
CineArts
Film Series
in association with THESeries
The
CineArts Film Club presents independent, foreign, classics and art films.
ALL
FILMS BEGIN AT 7:00 PM unless stated otherwise in the PWPL Community Room.
Bollywood Night - Friday February 9
Fourth annual Bollywood Night on Friday February 9 at 6:30 pm in the Peter White Public Library Community Room. The evening celebrating Indian film will feature a Bollywood musical film introduced by Jaspal Singh. Tasty South Asian snacks will be served during the film intermission. Donations appreciated.Thursday February 15: "A Simple Curve" at 7 pm
This charming drama, set in the majestic mountains of British Columbia made it onto Canada's Top Ten list for 2005. Caleb, a charming small-town entrepreneur, is determined to keep his woodworking shop afloat in spite of the relentless idealism of his business partner and father, aging hippie draft-dodger Jim.
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Check back later for a complete
2007 schedule and dates. |
Call
226.4305 for more information.
GLOBAL
ISSUES/HUMAN GEOGRAPHIES FILMS
A
Film Series About Global Resource Issues
Co-sponsored
by the Peter White Public Library and the Northern Michigan University
Geography Department, each film is introduced and followed by a discussion
of the topic.
Films
begin at 7:00 pm in the Library's Community Room.
No admission charge.
| Tuesday January 16 |
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire |
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Examines how a radical fringe of the Republican Party has used the trauma of the 9/11 terror attacks to advance a pre-existing agenda to radically transform American foreign policy while rolling back civil liberties and social programs at home. 2004. (64 minutes.) |
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| Tuesday February 20 |
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
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Provides a striking comparison of US and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how distortions in US coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the
region is reported. 2004. (80 minutes.) |
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| Tuesday March 20 |
Bhopal: The Search for Justice |
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On December 2, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India leaked poisonous gas, killing at least 15,000 people. Hundreds of thousands more were permanently maimed. Union Carbide is now owned by Dow Chemical Corporation. Twenty years later, amid charges of corruption, graft, and suppression of medical and environmental research, the victims are still not adequately compensated and cared for. Journalist Raajkumaar Keswani documents the legacy and introduces us to the leading scientists,
doctors and activists in his search for justice. 2004. (52 minutes.) |
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| Tuesday April 17 |
Scared Sacred |
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A documentary that asks the question: Can we be scared into the sacred? Can we take the trials of extreme historical situations and transform them into a force of awakening? Or will we succumb to groundlessness and fear? Takes us on a journey to the pivotal "Ground Zeros" of the world, places like Wounded Knee, Auschwitz, Hiroshima, New York City and Afghanistan, among the darkest moments of human history. The film seeks out stories of hope, transformation and
resistance. 2004. (105 minutes.) |
Call
226.4323 for information.
Public Performance Rights purchased from
Movie Licensing USA, a Division of Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.
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