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International Lens Film Series

Posted by on Monday, January 25, 2016 in Archives, News.

Pandora-€™s Promise

 

Monday, January 25
Presented by: Steve Krahn, Professor of the Practice of Nuclear Environmental  
Engineering; with Bethany Burkhardt, Research Engineer.
USA/UK (2013) Dir: Robert Stone.

From Chernobyl to Fukushima,  Pandora-€™s Promise  provides a modern perspective on issues associated with nuclear power.Explores the journey of former antinuclear activists and weaves in illuminating footage from all over the world. Rated PG. 87 minutes. DVD. Presented in collaboration  with the Vanderbilt student chapter of the American Nuclear Society.

 

The Gleaners and I

Wednesday, January 27
Presented by: Carolyn Taratko and J-€™Nese Williams, EOS Project Fellows.
France (2000) Dir: Agnès Varda.
Pioneer of New Wave cinema,Varda creates an intimate portrait of people who gather left-over things -€“ crops left after harvest, abandoned household goods, discarded  food. Her study of gleaners, both urban andrural, is an exploration of waste, want, and changing Frenchvalues. French with English subtitles. Unrated. 82 minutes.DVD.  Presented in collaboration with the EOS project.