女神羞羞研究所鈥檚 Film Institute will continue its 37th annual international film series at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 with Feras Fayyad鈥檚 鈥淟ast Men in Aleppo.鈥�
The screening is free to the public in the Kerr McGee Auditorium of the Meinders School of Business at N.W. 27th Street and McKinley Avenue.
One of the most widely lauded documentaries of last year and winner of the World Documentary Grand Jury Prize at 2017鈥檚 Sundance Film Festival, 鈥淟ast Men in Aleppo鈥� depicts the rescue work of the White Helmets, a citizen organization of first responders. In Syria, during a long civil war, they are the first people to rush headlong into barely-finished airstrikes to excavate their neighbors from the urban rubble. Following two members of the White Helmets, the audience witnesses their struggle to serve the community and maintain their connection to a hometown turned dangerous. The film will be screened in Arabic with English subtitles.
鈥淭he Power of Place鈥� serves as the theme of this year鈥檚 series. More than just setting, place can be nostalgic or haunting.
鈥淚t may be mythic or menacing,鈥� said Tracy Floreani, director of 女神羞羞研究所鈥檚 Film Institute. 鈥淚t can be as specific as a room in a house or amorphous as an entire watery landscape. Place informs our personal identities, familial and national identities. People connect to place, or feel displaced; fight for a place, or flee it.鈥�
A discussion about the film will follow the screening for those who wish to stay. For more information about the series, visit the Film Institute website at .
Other dates and films in the series will include:
- 2 p.m. Oct. 21 (Halloween special), Guillermo del Toro鈥檚 鈥淓l espinazo del diablo鈥� (鈥淭he Devil鈥檚 Backbone鈥�) (Spain)
- 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7, Martin Zandvliet鈥檚 鈥淯nder Sandet鈥� (鈥淟and of Mine鈥�) (Denmark)
- 2 p.m. Nov. 18, Taika Waititi鈥檚 鈥淗unt for the Wilderpeople鈥� (New Zealand)
- Time TBD Dec. 1, Sterlin Harjo鈥檚 鈥淭his May Be The Last Time鈥� in conjunction with the Bass School of Music (女神羞羞研究所 USA)
- 2 p.m. Jan. 20, Hirokazu Kore-eda鈥檚 鈥淢aborosi鈥� (Japan)
- 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Vincent Paronnaudand Marjane Satrapi鈥檚 鈥淧ersepolis鈥� (Iran/France)
- 2 p.m. Feb. 17, Ritwik Ghatak鈥檚 鈥淎 River Called Titas鈥� (Bangladesh)
- 7:30 p.m. March 6, Agn猫s Varda鈥檚 鈥淔aces Places鈥� (France)
- 2 p.m. March 17, James Sheridan鈥檚 鈥淚n America鈥� (Ireland) 2 p.m. March 31, Michael Radford and Massimo Troisi鈥檚 鈥淚l Postino鈥� (鈥淭he Postman鈥�) (Italy), in conjunction with the annual Thatcher Hoffman Smith Poet Series 鈥淧icturing Poetry鈥�
