International Lens Film Series
Still Walking
Tuesday, February 17, 7:30pm, Sarratt Cinema
Presented by Yoshikuni Igarashi, Associate Professor of History.
Japan (2008) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda. A family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents unfolds over one summer day when their son and daughter return for a rare family reunion, bringing their own families with them. They have gathered to commemorate the death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident fifteen years ago. Although the house is as comforting and unchanging as the mother-s homemade feast, everyone in the family has subtly changed. Japanese with English subtitles. 35mm. 114 mins. Funding provided by Cinema & Media Arts.
The New Black
Wednesday, February 18, 7:30pm, Sarratt Cinema
Presented by: Dr. Frank Dobson, Director of the Black Cultural Center, and Petey Peterson, Program Coordinator in the Office of LGBTQI Life.
USA (2013) Dir: Yoruba Richen. A documentary that shows activists,
families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and
examines homophobia in the black community-s institutional pillar - the black
church. It reveals the Christian right-s strategy of exploiting this phenomenon
to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. English. Blu-Ray. 74 mins. Funding
provided by the Office of LGBTQI Life and the Black Cultural Center.
Contact:
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Marci Angevine
International Student & Scholar Advisor
e: marci.angevine@vanderbilt.edu