iLens: Beto Brant Film Festival

Posted by on Monday, March 12, 2012 in Archives, News.

Wednesday, March 14

Of Time and the City 

Presented by: Dr. Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor of  Film Studies and English

UK (2008) Dir: Terence Davies. British director  and writer Terrence Davies recalls his life growing up in Liverpool in the   1950s and 1960s, using newsreel and documentary footage supplemented by his own commentary voiceover and  contemporaneous and classical music sound  tracks. English. Not rated. 74 mins. Funding provided by Nashville Premieres.

Thursday, March 15

 

Beyond the Bricks 

Presented by: Dr. Sandra Barnes, Professor of  Sociology of Religion and Human and Organizational  Development

USA (2009) Dir: Derek Koen.  This documentary  promotes solutions to one of America-€™s critical problems in education: the con- sistently low performance of African American boys in the public school system. The film follows two boys as they struggle to stay on track in the Newark, New Jersey school system. English. Not rated. 31 mins. DVD.

Beto Brant Film Festival

Monday, March 12 Note: screened at 7 p.m.

I’d Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips

Presented by: Department of Spanish and Portuguese.  Director Beto Brant in attendance for post-screening Q & A.

Brazil (2012, original title:  Eu receberia as piores notícias dos seus lindos lábios) Beto Brant-€™s latest movie takes place in the Amazon Region in a little city where the local population faces the cruel consequences of exploitative deforestation. The movie depicts a torrid love triangle involving a socially conscious pastor, his sensual wife and an outside photographer. Portuguese with English subtitles. Rated R. 100 min.

Tuesday, March 13 Note: screened in Buttrick 103 at 4:10 p.m.

Friendly Fire


Presented by: Dr. Emanuelle Oliveira, Associate Professor of Luso-Brazilian and Afro-Brazilian Literature. Post-screening  Q & A with director Beto Brant.

Brazil (1998, original title:  Ação entre amigos) The film revisits one of the most traumatic periods in Brazilian recent history, the military dictatorship. In 1971, four friends are brutally tortured by the military regime in Brazil. Twenty-five years later they reencounter one of their torturers and decide to seek vengeance. Portuguese with English subtitles. Not Rated. 76 min.

Wednesday, March 14 Note: screened in Buttrick 103 at 4:10 p.m.

The Trespasser

Presented by Dr. Marcio Bahia, Assistant Professor of Portuguese. Post-screening  Q & A with director Beto Brant.

Brazil (2002, original title:  O Invasor) Dealing with themes such as greed and social inequalities, the movie tells the story of two upper class businessmen who hire a killer to eliminate their business partner. After receiving rave reviews worldwide,  The Trespasser won the Sundance Film Festival as Best Latin American Picture in 2002. Portuguese with English subtitles. Not Rated. 97 min.