BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ackland Events - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ackland Events X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://events.ackland.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ackland Events REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231024T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230802T141836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230807T131431Z UID:10003778-1698175800-1698175800@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Eve's Bayou" (Kasi Lemmons\, 1997) DESCRIPTION:Eve’s Bayou \nDir. Kasi Lemmons\, 1997 \nIntroduced by new faculty member Prof. Daelena Tinnin-Gadson\, English & Comparative Literature \nA Southern Gothic thriller/coming-of-age drama set in 1960s Louisiana\, Kasi Lemmons’ first feature film follows a young girl (Jurnee Smollett) as she grapples with new knowledge of her charismatic father’s (Samuel L. Jackson) philandering. With its layered performances from a predominantly Black cast\, the film offers a portrait of a family unraveling internally\, within an environment marked by Creole folklore. In a decade that saw the renaissance of Black popular cinema\, Eve’s Bayou\, as an independent feature\, undertakes a subtler\, quieter exploration of African American subjectivity and memory through the eyes of a child whose sense of reality is thrown into crisis. Despite its modest budget\, the film found favor with both critics and audiences\, and was the most commercially successful independent film of 1997. Its reputation has only improved with age.  \nThis Fall’s Ackland Film Forum series\, Nineties Flashback\, is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Film Studies Program\, part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature. \nAll Ackland Film Forum screenings are part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit. \n  URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-eves-bayou-kasi-lemmons-1997/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230802T141613Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T190412Z UID:10003777-1696966200-1696966200@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Misery" (Rob Reiner\, 1990) DESCRIPTION:Misery \nDir. Rob Reiner\, 1990  \nCo-sponsored by Playmakers Repertory Company in connection with their stage production of Stephen King’s Misery\, October 11-31 (https://playmakersrep.org/show/misery/) \nIntroduced by Henry Veggian\, English & Comparative Literature \nAdapted from Stephen King’s novel\, Misery is a tongue-in-cheek psychological horror film that explores the relationship between a bestselling romance novelist (played by James Caan) and his most devoted fan (played by Kathy Bates). Not unlike The Shining\, this film imparts a vivid feeling of confinement in a single\, snowy\, remote setting that dominates the narrative. Bates’ performance earned her Best Actress at that year’s Academy Awards. This film will frighten you but will also inspire grins and laughter. King has called it one of the best adaptations of his work\, which suggests that it captures his intended tone. See the film and then be sure to catch the stage adaptation by William Goldman over at Playmakers this October!\n \nRegister for a FREE ticket below! \n— \nThis Fall’s Ackland Film Forum series\, Nineties Flashback\, is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Film Studies Program\, part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature. \nAll Ackland Film Forum screenings are part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-misery-rob-reiner-1990/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230802T141254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T190103Z UID:10003776-1696361400-1696361400@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "JFK" (Oliver Stone\, 1991) DESCRIPTION:JFK \nDir. Oliver Stone\, 1991 \nIntroduced by Prof. Michelle Robinson\, American Studies \nAs one of the most epic conspiracy thrillers ever conceived\, JFK investigates the perpetually unsolved murder of an American president. Set largely in New Orleans\, this sprawling\, kaleidoscopic film bombards us with all manner of facts and paranoid theories while Robert Richardson’s highly complex cinematography alternates between the past and present\, between archival and newly shot material\, between sumptuous 35mm images and grainy 16 or 8mm images that look like newsreel footage. Featuring many actors you will recognize (Kevin Costner\, Sissy Spacek\, Joe Pesci\, Gary Oldman\, Tommy Lee Jones\, Kevin Bacon\, Donald Sutherland\, and even John Candy!)\, this film will no doubt provoke conversation with your friends and leave you wanting to see it again\, albeit after a long rest.   \nThis Fall’s Ackland Film Forum series\, Nineties Flashback\, is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Film Studies Program\, part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature. \nAll Ackland Film Forum screenings are part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit. \n  \n  URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-jfk-oliver-stone-1991/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230926T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230926T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230802T140954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230925T135031Z UID:10003775-1695756600-1695756600@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Magnolia" (Paul Thomas Anderson\, 1999) DESCRIPTION:Magnolia\nDir. Paul Thomas Anderson\, 1999 \nIntroduced by Aspect: Journal of Film & Screen Media \nEverything uncannily intersects in Magnolia: the past\, the present\, emotional traumas\, diseases\, network television\, crimes\, false representations\, family disasters\, geography of the San Fernando Valley\, Biblical plagues\, whirling camera movements\, and more. P.T. Anderson’s operatic melodrama is one of the quirkiest and most audacious entries in 1990s American cinema\, with throwbacks to 1970s-era work by Sidney Lumet and Robert Altman. The star-studded ensemble cast includes Tom Cruise\, Philip Seymour Hoffman\, Julianne Moore\, John C. Reilly\, and other faces you will recognize. Along with Eyes Wide Shut from the same year\, Magnolia is one of the most curious and unsettling performances by Cruise\, who\, at least in 1999\, embraced vulnerability and self-critique. \nThis Fall’s Ackland Film Forum series\, Nineties Flashback\, is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Film Studies Program\, part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature. \nReserve your FREE TICKET below! \nFor UNC Students: All Ackland Film Forum screenings are part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-magnolia-paul-thomas-anderson-1999/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230802T140209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230802T184805Z UID:10003774-1694547000-1694547000@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Thelma and Louise" (Ridley Scott\, 1991) DESCRIPTION:Thelma & Louise\nDir. Ridley Scott\, 1991 \nIntroduced by Kino Corner \nThis gorgeously shot film is a rarity in Hollywood: a written-by-a-woman (Callie Khouri) action thriller/road movie with richly drawn female bonding at its center. Controversial in its day for its sensational depiction of violence\, Thelma & Louise has become a cult classic with a large fan base\, which includes members of the LGBTQ community who\, already in the 1990s\, saw in this narrative a quasi-lesbian romance that takes dead aim at patriarchy. Starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon\, this is also the film that made a young Brad Pitt famous\, despite his limited screen time. The closing shot is among the most famous and memorable of the decade. \nThis Fall’s Ackland Film Forum series\, Nineties Flashback\, is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and the UNC Film Studies Program\, part of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature. \nAll Ackland Film Forum screenings are part of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus Life Experience program. Scan the QR code at the event for CLE credit. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-thelma-and-louise-ridley-scott-1991/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T210000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230118T155755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T160952Z UID:10003692-1680031800-1680037200@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Last Forest" (Luiz Bolognesi\, Brazil\, 2021) DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series Do Something: Responding to Climate Change presented by UNC Film Studies and the Ackland Art Museum. \n“The Last Forest” (Luiz Bolognesi\, Brazil\, 2021)\nVarsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m.\nFree Tickets at the Varsity Theatre \nIntroduction by Dr. Gustavo Furtado (Duke University) \nSYNOPSIS \nIn this urgent\, intimate film we see members of the Yanomami community\, a group of approximately 35\,000 indigenous people in Brazil who have struggled to preserve their traditional way of life for centuries\, fight off gold prospectors and others who are threatening their home in the Amazon rain forest. Combining documentary footage and reenactments\, this film gives us a rare insight into what our changing climate looks like from the prospective of those who are most affected by it.  \nTICKETS \nFree tickets are available the evening of the screening at the Varsity Theatre. UNC students can receive CLE credit for this event. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nDo Something: Responding to Climate Change\nAckland Film Forum | Spring 2023 \nWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene\, a geological epoch shaped by human activity. And yet\, we\, as individuals\, and as a society\, have difficulty addressing the climate change that we helped create. In this series\, we’ll consider films in which humans respond to climate change. We’ll see people who escape floodwaters\, fight off mining companies\, care for plants\, launch protests\, and simply take a walk in the woods. Instead of proposing a single way to address climate change\, these films will offer us ways to contemplate the relationship between ourselves\, the world we live in\, and the world we want it to be. \nPresented in connection with Ghost of a Dream: Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) on view at the Ackland Art Museum through May 28\, 2023. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-lastforest/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Last-Forest.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230321T210000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230118T155410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230321T160851Z UID:10003691-1679427000-1679432400@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Old Joy" (Kelly Reichardt\, 2006) DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series Do Something: Responding to Climate Change presented by UNC Film Studies and the Ackland Art Museum. \nOld Joy (Kelly Reichardt\, 2006)\nVarsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m.\nFree Tickets at the Varsity Theatre \nIntroduction by Dr. Rick Warner (English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill) \nSYNOPSIS \nKelly Reichardt’s second film\, released more than a decade after her underseen debut River of Grass (1994)\, is a landmark film in the short-lived mumblecore (Jay Duplass\, Greta Gerwig) film movement of the early 2000s. But unlike other Mumblecore films\, which focus on urban characters and urban problems\, Old Joy takes us into the woods\, where two friends reunite for a weekend camping trip. Based on a short story by Jonathan Raymond\, Old Joy is a quiet\, if complex\, meditation on friendship\, work\, and nature.  \nTICKETS \nFree tickets are available the evening of the screening at the Varsity Theatre. UNC students can receive CLE credit for this event. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nDo Something: Responding to Climate Change\nAckland Film Forum | Spring 2023 \nWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene\, a geological epoch shaped by human activity. And yet\, we\, as individuals\, and as a society\, have difficulty addressing the climate change that we helped create. In this series\, we’ll consider films in which humans respond to climate change. We’ll see people who escape floodwaters\, fight off mining companies\, care for plants\, launch protests\, and simply take a walk in the woods. Instead of proposing a single way to address climate change\, these films will offer us ways to contemplate the relationship between ourselves\, the world we live in\, and the world we want it to be. \nPresented in connection with Ghost of a Dream: Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) on view at the Ackland Art Museum through May 28\, 2023. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-oldjoy/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OldJoy_2006_09.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230118T155017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T170016Z UID:10003690-1677007800-1677013200@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Woman at War/Kona fer í stríð" (Benedikt Erlingsson\, 2018) DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series Do Something: Responding to Climate Change presented by UNC Film Studies and the Ackland Art Museum. \nWoman at War/Kona fer í stríð (Benedikt Erlingsson\, 2018)\nVarsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m.\nFree Tickets at the Varsity Theatre \nIntroduction by Jean-Thomas Tremblay (York University\, Canada) \nSYNOPSIS \nThis Icelandic-Ukrainian comedy-drama tells the story of a conductor and eco-activist who decides to take matters into her own hands by attacking the power supply to disrupt the operations of the aluminum industry in Iceland. Soon after her successful act of eco-terrorism\, she learns that her application to adopt an Ukrainian orphan has been approved. With subtle humor\, the film deftly explores the character’s conflicting goals—do I continue the path of attempting to save the climate by myself\, or do I invest my hopes in the care of another human being? With delightful intervals of traditional Ukrainian music\, this film explores the complexity of political activism\, even when people are convinced that they are right. \nTICKETS \nFree tickets are available the evening of the screening at the Varsity Theatre. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nDo Something: Responding to Climate Change\nAckland Film Forum | Spring 2023 \nWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene\, a geological epoch shaped by human activity. And yet\, we\, as individuals\, and as a society\, have difficulty addressing the climate change that we helped create. In this series\, we’ll consider films in which humans respond to climate change. We’ll see people who escape floodwaters\, fight off mining companies\, care for plants\, launch protests\, and simply take a walk in the woods. Instead of proposing a single way to address climate change\, these films will offer us ways to contemplate the relationship between ourselves\, the world we live in\, and the world we want it to be. \nPresented in connection with Ghost of a Dream: Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) on view at the Ackland Art Museum through May 28\, 2023. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-woman/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/woman-at-war-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T174500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230118T154545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T170117Z UID:10003689-1676569500-1676575800@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Pushed Up the Mountain" (Julia Haslett\, 2020) DESCRIPTION:Join the Carolina Asia Center and the UNC Department of Communication for a screening of the feature-length documentary Pushed Up the Mountain\, directed by UNC’s own Prof. Julia Haslett. \nPushed Up the Mountain (Julia Haslett\, 2020)\nFedEx Global Education Center\, UNC-Chapel Hill | 5:45 p.m.\nFree\, no tickets required. \nDoors open at 5:30pm\, with the screening starting at 5:45pm. At 7pm\, there will be a Q&A with Prof. Julia Haslett. \nSYNOPSIS \nPushed Up the Mountain is a poetic and personal film about plants and the people who care for them. Through the tale of the migrating rhododendron\, now endangered in its native China\, the film reveals how high the stakes are for all living organisms in this time of unprecedented destruction of the natural world. Beginning in the Scottish Highlands\, the film travels between conservationists in Scotland and China who devote their lives to the rhododendron’s survival. Patiently observed footage of conservationists at work combines with centuries-old landscape paintings and the filmmaker’s speculative voice to create a thought-provoking film about human efforts to protect nature for and from ourselves. \nDoors open at 5:30pm\, with the screening starting at 5:45pm. At 7pm\, we will have a Q&A with Prof. Julia Haslett. \nMore info: https://carolinaasiacenter.unc.edu/event/pushed-up-the-mountain/  \nTICKETS \nNo tickets are required for this event. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nDo Something: Responding to Climate Change\nAckland Film Forum | Spring 2023 \nWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene\, a geological epoch shaped by human activity. And yet\, we\, as individuals\, and as a society\, have difficulty addressing the climate change that we helped create. In this series\, we’ll consider films in which humans respond to climate change. We’ll see people who escape floodwaters\, fight off mining companies\, care for plants\, launch protests\, and simply take a walk in the woods. Instead of proposing a single way to address climate change\, these films will offer us ways to contemplate the relationship between ourselves\, the world we live in\, and the world we want it to be. \nPresented in connection with Ghost of a Dream: Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) on view at the Ackland Art Museum through May 28\, 2023. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-pushed/ LOCATION:Nelson Mandela Auditorium\, FedEx Global Ed Center\, 301 Pittsboro St.\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pushed-Up-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230207T210000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230118T153601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T165648Z UID:10003688-1675798200-1675803600@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Short Films by Ghost of a Dream DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series Do Something: Responding to Climate Change presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. \nShort Films by Ghost of a Dream and More\nVarsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m.\nFree Tickets at the Varsity Theatre \nJoin the artist collective known as Ghost of a Dream – Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom – as they present an evening of their own short films and select films by fellow artists\, including a collection made for the Little Sun Foundation. Ghost of a Dream will introduce their selections and hold an artist Q&A following the films.  \nTICKETS \nFree tickets are available the evening of the screening at the Varsity Theatre. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nDo Something: Responding to Climate Change\nAckland Film Forum | Spring 2023 \nWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene\, a geological epoch shaped by human activity. And yet\, we\, as individuals\, and as a society\, have difficulty addressing the climate change that we helped create. In this series\, we’ll consider films in which humans respond to climate change. We’ll see people who escape floodwaters\, fight off mining companies\, care for plants\, launch protests\, and simply take a walk in the woods. Instead of proposing a single way to address climate change\, these films will offer us ways to contemplate the relationship between ourselves\, the world we live in\, and the world we want it to be. \nPresented in connection with Ghost of a Dream: Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) on view at the Ackland Art Museum through May 28\, 2023. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-ghost/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ghost_of_a_Dream_Aligned_by_the_Sun_Through_the_Revolution_Promo_Image_Ackland.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T211500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T223000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230118T150912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T162151Z UID:10003397-1674594900-1674599400@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (late screening) DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series “Do Something: Responding to Climate Change” presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. \nBeasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin\, 2012)\nVarsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street | 9:15 p.m. (late screening)\nFREE TICKET REQUIRED (below) \nIntroduction by Dr. Martin L. Johnson (English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill) \nSYNOPSIS \nNominated for four Academy Awards\, Beasts of the Southern Wild was a breakout hit at the Sundance Film Festival and launched the career of actor Quvenzhané Wallis\, who plays the lead character\, Hushpuppy. In this film\, Hushpuppy and her father live in a close knit bayou community they call the “Bathtub\,” protected by the levees that shape the Mississippi Delta. When a storm arrives\, their lives are turned upside down\, reminding us of the fragility and importance of community. Behn Zeitlin’s directorial debut is a stunning and immersive film that captures the trauma of natural disaster\, and its connection to events that are far bigger than ourselves. \nTICKETS \nFree tickets are required\, as space is limited. Click below to get a free ticket for the 9:15 p.m. late screening. Free tickets are also available for the 7:30 p.m. early screening. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nDo Something: Responding to Climate Change\nAckland Film Forum | Spring 2023 \nWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene\, a geological epoch shaped by human activity. And yet\, we\, as individuals\, and as a society\, have difficulty addressing the climate change that we helped create. In this series\, we’ll consider films in which humans respond to climate change. We’ll see people who escape floodwaters\, fight off mining companies\, care for plants\, launch protests\, and simply take a walk in the woods. Instead of proposing a single way to address climate change\, these films will offer us ways to contemplate the relationship between ourselves\, the world we live in\, and the world we want it to be. \nPresented in connection with Ghost of a Dream: Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) on view at the Ackland Art Museum through May 28\, 2023. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-beasts-915/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Beasts-image-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230124T210000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20230118T150513Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T162106Z UID:10003395-1674588600-1674594000@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Beasts of the Southern Wild (early screening) DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first screening in the Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2023 series “Do Something: Responding to Climate Change” presented by UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. \nBeasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin\, 2012)\nVarsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street | 7:30 p.m. (early screening)\nFREE TICKET REQUIRED (below) \nIntroduction by Dr. Martin L. Johnson (English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill) \nSYNOPSIS \nNominated for four Academy Awards\, Beasts of the Southern Wild was a breakout hit at the Sundance Film Festival and launched the career of actor Quvenzhané Wallis\, who plays the lead character\, Hushpuppy. In this film\, Hushpuppy and her father live in a close knit bayou community they call the “Bathtub\,” protected by the levees that shape the Mississippi Delta. When a storm arrives\, their lives are turned upside down\, reminding us of the fragility and importance of community. Behn Zeitlin’s directorial debut is a stunning and immersive film that captures the trauma of natural disaster\, and its connection to events that are far bigger than ourselves. \nTICKETS \nFree tickets are required\, as space is limited. Click below to get a free ticket for the 7:30 p.m. early screening. Free tickets are also available for the 9:15 p.m. late screening. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nDo Something: Responding to Climate Change\nAckland Film Forum | Spring 2023 \nWe are living in the age of the Anthropocene\, a geological epoch shaped by human activity. And yet\, we\, as individuals\, and as a society\, have difficulty addressing the climate change that we helped create. In this series\, we’ll consider films in which humans respond to climate change. We’ll see people who escape floodwaters\, fight off mining companies\, care for plants\, launch protests\, and simply take a walk in the woods. Instead of proposing a single way to address climate change\, these films will offer us ways to contemplate the relationship between ourselves\, the world we live in\, and the world we want it to be. \nPresented in connection with Ghost of a Dream: Aligned by the Sun (through the revolution) on view at the Ackland Art Museum through May 28\, 2023. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-beasts-730/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Beasts-image-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220809T173603Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220810T190522Z UID:10003309-1664911800-1664911800@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Peter Strickland\, "In Fabric" (2018\, UK) DESCRIPTION:Peter Strickland\, In Fabric (2018\, UK) \nAn homage to the Italian giallo horror films of the 1970s\, In Fabric is the story of a spectacular red dress\, and the fate of those who fall under its spell. Funny\, strange\, and\, at times\, genuinely scary\, In Fabric is the kind of film that will stick with you for days afterward. Directed by Peter Strickland\, the film will have you digging through your closet\, wondering if something in your wardrobe might also be haunted. \nPart of the Ackland Film Forum Fall 2022 series “Art and Artifice” co-organized by the UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. \n— \nABOUT THE SERIES:  \nArt and Artifice \nIn movies we allow our imaginations to touch the realities of our world. The films that impact us most are often those that are not true\, but could be. Artists\, behind and in front of the camera\, give us license to dream and fear. In this series\, we explore films that engage and expand the idea of creativity. From sculptors to dressmakers\, performers to survivors\, these films all ask what it means to create art in the cinema. \nThe series is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studies\, part of the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, in connection with Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership. \n7:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill \nTuesday\, August 30: Ang Lee\, Life of Pi (2012\, US) \nWednesday\, September 7: Andre DeToth\, House Of Wax (1953\, US) \nTuesday\, September 13: Blake Edwards\, Victor/Victoria (1982\, US) \nTuesday\, September 20: Charles Allen\, Sidewalk Stories (1989\, US) \nTuesday\, October 4: Peter Strickland\, In Fabric (2018\, UK) URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-peter-strickland-in-fabric-2018-uk/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GetImage5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220810T190914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220822T200801Z UID:10003319-1663702200-1663702200@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Charles Allen\, "Sidewalk Stories" (1989\, US) DESCRIPTION:Charles Lane\, Sidewalk Stories (1989\, US)  In this nearly silent homage to Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid (1921)\, Charles Lane directs and stars in a film about a street artist who unexpectedly becomes the caregiver of a toddler. Set on the streets of lower Manhattan\, where Lane’s character is one of many unsheltered people struggling to get by\, the film effortlessly blends the gritty realism of 1980s New York with the slapstick sensibilities of films made sixty years earlier. \n Part of the Ackland Film Forum Fall 2022 series “Art and Artifice” co-organized by the UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum.  \n— \nABOUT THE SERIES:  \nArt and Artifice \nIn movies we allow our imaginations to touch the realities of our world. The films that impact us most are often those that are not true\, but could be. Artists\, behind and in front of the camera\, give us license to dream and fear. In this series\, we explore films that engage and expand the idea of creativity. From sculptors to dressmakers\, performers to survivors\, these films all ask what it means to create art in the cinema. \nThe series is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studies\, part of the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, in connection with Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership. \n7:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill \nTuesday\, August 30: Ang Lee\, Life of Pi (2012\, US) \nWednesday\, September 7: Andre DeToth\, House Of Wax (1953\, US) \nTuesday\, September 13: Blake Edwards\, Victor/Victoria (1982\, US) \nTuesday\, September 20: Charles Allen\, Sidewalk Stories (1989\, US) \nTuesday\, October 4: Peter Strickland\, In Fabric (2018\, UK) URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aff-sidewalk-stories/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Sidewalk-Stories.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220809T173940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220810T191336Z UID:10003311-1663097400-1663097400@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Blake Edwards\, "Victor/Victoria" (1982\, US) DESCRIPTION:Blake Edwards\, Victor/Victoria (1982\, US) \nOne of the first mainstream Hollywood films to frankly discuss the complexity of gender and sexuality\, Blake Edwards’s Victor/Victoria is a backstage musical that continually calls into question what it means to perform. Set in Paris in the 1930s\, Julie Andrews plays the titular role\, an actor and singer who finds her breakout role as a female impersonator. Because she’s the presumed lover of an aging\, openly gay\, theater stalwart\, Caroll “Toddy” Todd (played by Robert Preston\, best known as the star of The Music Man)\, no one suspects that she’s a woman\, even the men who are pursuing her. Based on a 1933 German film\, Victor/Victoria is a delight to watch\, with a lively script and some spectacular musical numbers. \nPart of the Ackland Film Forum Fall 2022 series “Art and Artifice” co-organized by the UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. \n— \nABOUT THE SERIES:  \nArt and Artifice \nIn movies we allow our imaginations to touch the realities of our world. The films that impact us most are often those that are not true\, but could be. Artists\, behind and in front of the camera\, give us license to dream and fear. In this series\, we explore films that engage and expand the idea of creativity. From sculptors to dressmakers\, performers to survivors\, these films all ask what it means to create art in the cinema. \nThe series is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studies\, part of the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, in connection with Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership. \n7:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill \nTuesday\, August 30: Ang Lee\, Life of Pi (2012\, US) \nWednesday\, September 7: Andre DeToth\, House Of Wax (1953\, US) \nTuesday\, September 13: Blake Edwards\, Victor/Victoria (1982\, US) \nTuesday\, September 20: Charles Allen\, Sidewalk Stories (1989\, US) \nTuesday\, October 4: Peter Strickland\, In Fabric (2018\, UK) URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-blake-edwards-victor-victoria-1982-us/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GetImage6.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220907T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220907T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220809T172840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220810T190440Z UID:10003307-1662579000-1662579000@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Andre DeToth\, "House of Wax" (1953\, US) DESCRIPTION:Andre DeToth\, House Of Wax (1953\, US) \nAlthough best known as one of the few films that successfully exploited the 3D fad of the 1950s\, Andre DeToth’s film House of Wax begins as a sensitive portrait of a sculptor struggling to keep his small\, dignified wax museum afloat. After experiencing what appears to be a career-ending tragedy\, the sculptor has to change tact\, stopping at nothing to keep his museum operating. \nPart of the Ackland Film Forum Fall 2022 series “Art and Artifice” co-organized by the UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. \n— \nABOUT THE SERIES:  \nArt and Artifice \nIn movies we allow our imaginations to touch the realities of our world. The films that impact us most are often those that are not true\, but could be. Artists\, behind and in front of the camera\, give us license to dream and fear. In this series\, we explore films that engage and expand the idea of creativity. From sculptors to dressmakers\, performers to survivors\, these films all ask what it means to create art in the cinema. \nThe series is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studies\, part of the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, in connection with Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership. \n7:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill \nTuesday\, August 30: Ang Lee\, Life of Pi (2012\, US) \nWednesday\, September 7: Andre DeToth\, House Of Wax (1953\, US) \nTuesday\, September 13: Blake Edwards\, Victor/Victoria (1982\, US) \nTuesday\, September 20: Charles Allen\, Sidewalk Stories (1989\, US) \nTuesday\, October 4: Peter Strickland\, In Fabric (2018\, UK) URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-andre-detoth-house-of-wax-1953-us/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GetImage4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220830T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220830T193000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220809T172349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220810T190355Z UID:10003305-1661887800-1661887800@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Ang Lee\, "Life of Pi" (2012\, US) DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first film in the Ackland Film Forum’s Fall 2022 series “Art and Artifice”! \nAng Lee\, Life Of Pi (2012\, US)\nWith a special introduction by Whitney Crothers Dilley\, author of The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen. \nA wild and improbable tale of a sixteen-year-old boy\, Pi Patel\, and a Bengal tiger\, who survive together on a raft in the Pacific Ocean for almost a year. Based on a novel\, early visual inspiration for the film was provided by Alexis Rockman\, whose paintings are now on display at the Ackland in Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks.  \nPart of the Ackland Film Forum Fall 2022 series “Art and Artifice” co-organized by the UNC Film Studies Program and the Ackland Art Museum. \n— \nABOUT THE SERIES:  \nArt and Artifice \nIn movies we allow our imaginations to touch the realities of our world. The films that impact us most are often those that are not true\, but could be. Artists\, behind and in front of the camera\, give us license to dream and fear. In this series\, we explore films that engage and expand the idea of creativity. From sculptors to dressmakers\, performers to survivors\, these films all ask what it means to create art in the cinema. \nThe series is presented by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studies\, part of the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, in connection with Houseguests: American Art from the Art Bridges Collection Loan Partnership. \n7:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill \nTuesday\, August 30: Ang Lee\, Life of Pi (2012\, US) \nWednesday\, September 7: Andre DeToth\, House Of Wax (1953\, US) \nTuesday\, September 13: Blake Edwards\, Victor/Victoria (1982\, US) \nTuesday\, September 20: Charles Allen\, Sidewalk Stories (1989\, US) \nTuesday\, October 4: Peter Strickland\, In Fabric (2018\, UK) \n  URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-ang-lee-life-of-pi-2012-us/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GetImage3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220303T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220303T220000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220126T161000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220126T161000Z UID:10003568-1646335800-1646344800@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Om Shanti Om" (2007) DESCRIPTION:A murder-mystery and romance combine in this Indian cult film that caps off our Global Cult Cinema series. \nOm Shanti Om\nFarah Khan\, 2007\, India\, 2h 42m \nIntroduction by Priya Shanker\, UNC-Wilmington \nFILM SYNOPSIS \nIn the 1970s\, Om\, an aspiring actor\, is murdered\, but is immediately reincarnated into the present day. He attempts to discover the mystery of his demise and find Shanti\, the love of his previous life. \nTICKETS \nFree tickets are available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill \n— \nABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES \nFrom Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski\, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards\, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series\, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics)\, including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”)\, which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss\, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s\, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking\, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking. \nThe Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series\, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs\, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester\, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-om-shanti-om-2007/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/OmShantiOm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T211500 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220126T160915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220126T160915Z UID:10003567-1645731000-1645737300@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Big Boss" (1971) DESCRIPTION:Join us at the next Global Cult Cinema screening to see the kung-fu classic that made Bruce Lee famous. \nThe Big Boss\nWei Lo\, Hong Kong\, 1971\, 1h 40m \nIntroduced by Martin Johnson\, UNC-Chapel Hill \nFILM SYNOPSIS \n\nCheng\, played by Bruce Lee\, is a city boy who moves with his cousins to work at a ice factory. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fight. However\, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory\, the resulting mystery and pressures forces him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss. —IMDB\n\n\nTICKETS \nFree tickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES \nFrom Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski\, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards\, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series\, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics)\, including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”)\, which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss\, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s\, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking\, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking. \nThe Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series\, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs\, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester\, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-022422/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screenshot-2022-01-13-at-10-49-13-The-Big-Boss-1971.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T213000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220126T160822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220126T160822Z UID:10003566-1645126200-1645133400@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Tears of the Black Tiger" (2000) DESCRIPTION:Our Global Cult Cinema series continues with this Thai cult film blending westerns and romance. \nTears of the Black Tiger\nWisit Sasanatieng\, Thailand\, 2000\, 1h 50m \nIntroduced by Martin Johnson\, UNC Dept. of English & Comparative Literature \nFILM SYNOPSIS \n“In the countryside of Thailand\, a gang of outlaws makes the region unsafe. Among them is the handsome hero Dum\, who became unwillingly involved in the bandit life. Dum made a promise to his upper-crust lover Rumpoey: despite the class difference\, they will get married. When the moment of reunion arrives\, Dum gets involved in a fire fight and cannot possibly reach Rumpoey in time. She is desperate: her father has married her off to a policeman. The taciturn Dum\, called the ‘Black Tiger’ by his co-conspirators\, does everything in his power to reach her\, but fate gets in the way: his gang leader suspects him of treachery and his blood brother turns into his greatest enemy. Will the two lovers ever meet up? This urgent question propels the melodrama forward\, supported by exciting music\, spectacular shootouts and heroic duels.” —Anonymous (IMDB) \nTICKETS \nFree tickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES \nFrom Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski\, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards\, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series\, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics)\, including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”)\, which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss\, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s\, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking\, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking. \nThe Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series\, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs\, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester\, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-021722/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tearsblacktiger.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T210000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20220126T160703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T025651Z UID:10003565-1644521400-1644526800@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Man Who Saved the World" (1982) DESCRIPTION:We kick off our Global Cult Cinema series with the sci-fi/martial arts/fantasy film known as Turkish Star Wars. \nThe Man Who Saved the World\nÇetin İnanç\, Turkey\, 1982\, 1h 31m \nFILM SYNOPSIS \nDünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saved the World) is an otherwise obscure Turkish Science Fantasy Martial Arts film from 1982 directed by Çetin İnanç and written by and starring Cüneyt Arkın\, that’s better known in certain Internet circles for being So Bad\, It’s Good. It’s more commonly known in these circles as “Turkish Star Wars“\, because it lifts much of its Stock Footage directly from Star Wars. \nTICKETS \nFree tickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE GLOBAL CULT CINEMA SERIES \nFrom Rocky Horror Picture Show to The Big Lebowski\, cult classics are movies that become objects of adulation for their most dedicated fans. While some cult classics are good movies by conventional standards\, others are famous precisely because the director was more interested in having a good time than winning awards. In this series\, we’ll show four global cult classics (or soon to-be classics)\, including Çetin İnanç’s 1982 science-fiction action film Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (“The Man Who Saved the World”)\, which infamously “borrowed” special effects sequences from Star Wars and Lo Wei’s 1972 film The Big Boss\, which made Bruce Lee an international star. Tears of the Black Tiger pays homage to Thai action films and melodramas of the 1950s\, crossing that indelible line between reverence and parody. Om Shanti Om also pays tribute to a golden era of filmmaking\, only in this case it’s concerned with recreating the over-the-top dance numbers of 1970s Bollywood filmmaking. \nThe Spring 2022 Global Cult Cinema series\, co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, is presented in connected with an installation in Ackland Upstairs\, the Museum’s second floor gallery featuring short term displays of works being used in conjunction with university classes. This semester\, visitors can find examples of posters from the Ackland’s collection on display for Research Methods in Film Studies: Histories of Moviegoing. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-021022/ LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Turkish-Star-Wars_web-1038x576-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211005T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211005T200000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20210813T165223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T203752Z UID:10003434-1633460400-1633464000@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Ackland Film Forum Panel | Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins DESCRIPTION:Unfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, this event has been cancelled. \n— \nAcross his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy\, Moonlight\, and If Beale Street Could Talk)\, Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and hypnotic soundscapes\, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present injustices that bear on the lives of marginalized characters. His 2021 miniseries\, The Underground Railroad is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. A haunting\, atmospheric account of two runaway slaves in the Antebellum South\, the series is Jenkins’ most daring directorial work yet. \nThe Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature will host two virtual screenings (Tuesdays\, September 21 and September 28\, 8 p.m.) in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See below for full details. \nCANCELLED: Virtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nOur virtual roundtable will feature two of Jenkins’ longtime collaborators: Joi McMillon (editor\, and the first Black woman to be nominated in the Best Editing category of the Academy Awards) and Onnalee Blank (re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor). Join us for a conversation with these artists about how they work together to make such intensely affecting sounds and images\, saturated with emotion and keyed to social consciousness. \nThe roundtable will be moderated by Rick Warner (Director of Film Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and Associate Professor\, English and Comparative Literature). This virtual roundtable discussion will be held on Zoom. \nUnfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, this event has been cancelled. \n— \nFull Ackland Film Forum Fall Line-Up \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nRegister here for first screening and watch party link  \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nRegister here for second screening and watch party link \nCANCELLED: Virtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nUnfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, the panel discussion has been cancelled. \nThese virtual screenings and the roundtable are co-sponsored by the Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See https://ecl225.unc.edu for further details. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-100521/ LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MV5BMTZlYWNlZmYtN2MxYS00ZmQxLWI1ODYtZDRiOGE4Yjg1ZmMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T220000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20210813T165747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T203932Z UID:10003436-1632859200-1632866400@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Underground Railroad" Second Virtual Screening DESCRIPTION:Across his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy\, Moonlight\, and If Beale Street Could Talk)\, Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and hypnotic soundscapes\, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present injustices that bear on the lives of marginalized characters. His 2021 miniseries\, The Underground Railroad is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. A haunting\, atmospheric account of two runaway slaves in the Antebellum South\, the series is Jenkins’ most daring directorial work yet. \nThe Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature will host two virtual screenings (Tuesdays\, September 21 and September 28\, 8 p.m.) in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See below for full details. \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nTonight’s Second Virtual Screening features two episodes towards the end of The Underground Railroad series: “Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn” and “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter.” We invite you to watch along with us and chat with series organizers within the streaming platform. This virtual event will be held as an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party and viewers must have access to their own Amazon Prime account to join the Watch Party. The Watch Party link will be sent via email to registered participants on the day of the program (Tuesday\, September 28\, before 8 p.m.). Viewers must access the Watch Party on desktop browsers (except Apple Safari and Internet Explorer) or on FireTV devices in the Prime Video app. For full Amazon Prime Watch Party FAQs\, click here: https://www.amazon.com/adlp/watchparty. \nRegister below for free tickets to the Watch Party and the link to join. \n— \nAbout “Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\nRoyal brings Cora to Valentine Farm\, a thriving Black community and vineyard on the bountiful Indiana frontier. Carrying the scars of her journey\, Cora struggles to find peace in this new home. 1 h 6 min\, 13 + — Amazon Prime Video \nAbout “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter”\nCora’s presence as a fugitive ignites tensions amongst the Valentine community. Just as she was beginning to make this her home\, chaos reigns. 1 h 17 min\, 18 + — Amazon Prime Video \nContent advisory for The Underground Railroad: Smoking\, alcohol use\, substance use\, sexual violence\, portrayals of suicide\, nudity\, violence\, foul language. \n— \nFull Ackland Film Forum Fall Line-Up \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nRegister here for first screening and watch party link \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nRegister below for second screening and watch party link \nCANCELLED: Virtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nUnfortunately\, due to unforeseen circumstances owing to the artists’ schedules\, the roundtable event has been cancelled. \nThese virtual screenings and the roundtable are co-sponsored by the Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See https://ecl225.unc.edu for further details.\n  URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-092821/ LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MV5BMTZlYWNlZmYtN2MxYS00ZmQxLWI1ODYtZDRiOGE4Yjg1ZmMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T220000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20210813T163404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210915T162442Z UID:10003432-1632254400-1632261600@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Underground Railroad" First Virtual Screening DESCRIPTION:Across his three feature films to date (Medicine for Melancholy\, Moonlight\, and If Beale Street Could Talk)\, Barry Jenkins has devised a new cinematic vocabulary for the portrayal of Black experience in the United States. With sumptuous imagery and hypnotic soundscapes\, Jenkins has embraced aesthetic beauty as a strategy for addressing the past and present injustices that bear on the lives of marginalized characters. His 2021 miniseries\, The Underground Railroad is adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. A haunting\, atmospheric account of two runaway slaves in the Antebellum South\, the series is Jenkins’ most daring directorial work yet. \nThe Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature will host two virtual screenings (Tuesdays\, September 21 and September 28\, 8 p.m.) and a virtual roundtable discussion (Tuesday\, October 5\, 7 p.m.) in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See below for full details. \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, \, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nTonight’s First Virtual Screening features the first two episodes of The Underground Railroad series: “Chapter 1: Georgia” and “Chapter 2: South Carolina.” We invite you to watch along with us and chat with series organizers within the streaming platform. This virtual event will be held as an Amazon Prime Video Watch Party and viewers must have access to their own Amazon Prime account to join the Watch Party. The Watch Party link will be sent via email to registered participants on the day of the program (Tuesday\, September 21\, before 8 p.m.). Viewers must access the Watch Party on desktop browsers (except Apple Safari and Internet Explorer) or on FireTV devices in the Prime Video app. For full Amazon Prime Watch Party FAQs\, click here: https://www.amazon.com/adlp/watchparty. \nRegister below for free tickets to the Watch Party and the link to join. \n— \nAbout “Chapter 1: Georgia”\nWhen Caesar convinces Cora to escape form the Randall plantation in Georgia their lives are irrevocably changed. They discover the impossible in an underground railroad which takes them on an unexpected journey and reveals the true face of America. 1 h 8 min\, 18 + — Amazon Prime Video \nAbout “Chapter 2: South Carolina”\nGriffin\, South Carolina — a seeming paradise of progress and racial harmony that hides dark secrets\, especially secrets of “Bessie” and “Christian.” Meanwhile\, bounty hunter Arnold Ridgeway begins his pursuit of Cora. 1 h 6 min\, 18 + — Amazon Prime Video \nContent advisory for The Underground Railroad: Smoking\, alcohol use\, substance use\, sexual violence\, portrayals of suicide\, nudity\, violence\, foul language. \n— \nFull Ackland Film Forum Fall Line-Up \nFirst Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 21\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 1: Georgia”\n“Chapter 2: South Carolina” \nRegister below for first screening and watch party link \nSecond Virtual Screening\nTuesday\, September 28\, 8-10 p.m.\n“Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn”\n“Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” \nRegister here for second screening and watch party link \nVirtual Roundtable Discussion\nTuesday\, October 5\, 7-8 p.m.\n“Spellbinding: The Cinematic Virtuosity of Barry Jenkins” \nOur virtual roundtable will feature two of Jenkins’ longtime collaborators: Joi McMillon (editor\, and the first Black woman to be nominated in the Best Editing category of the Academy Awards) and Onnalee Blank (re-recording mixer/supervising sound editor). Join us for a conversation with these artists about how they work together to make such intensely affecting sounds and images\, saturated with emotion and keyed to social consciousness. \nRegister here for roundtable \nThese virtual screenings and the roundtable are co-sponsored by the Ackland Film Forum and the Department of English and Comparative Literature in celebration of the department’s 225th anniversary. See https://ecl225.unc.edu for further details.  URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-092121/ LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/MV5BMTZlYWNlZmYtN2MxYS00ZmQxLWI1ODYtZDRiOGE4Yjg1ZmMxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEyMjM2NDc2._V1_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T223000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20210331T220540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210423T145959Z UID:10003384-1619551800-1619562600@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum Watch Party & Panel for "A Fantastic Woman" DESCRIPTION:Join us for the final film in the Ackland Film Forum’s Global Queer Cinema Series\, A Fantastic Woman (Sebastian Lelio\, 2017\, Chile). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill\, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection with the Ackland’s Close Looks digital initiative. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with scholars from around the globe. \nA Fantastic Woman will be available to stream April 23-29\, 2021 with a virtual watch party on Tuesday\, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. followed by a live panel discussion at 9:30 p.m. We are excited to welcome Dr. Javier García Léon (UNC-Charlotte) for our post-film panel\, who will be in conversation with Martin L. Johnson (UNC-Chapel Hill). Register for free tickets below to receive a link to stream the film and a link to attend the panel via Zoom on April 27. \nAbout A Fantastic Woman: \nMarina and Orlando are in love and planning for the future. Marina is a young waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her\, and owns a printing company. After celebrating Marina’s birthday one evening\, Orlando falls seriously ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room\, but he passes away just after arriving at the hospital. Instead of being able to mourn her lover\, suddenly Marina is treated with suspicion. The doctors and Orlando’s family don’t trust her. A woman detective investigates Marina to see if she was involved in his death. Orlando’s ex-wife forbids her from attending the funeral. And to make matters worse\, Orlando’s son threatens to throw Marina out of the flat she shared with Orlando. Marina is a trans woman and for most of Orlando’s family\, her sexual identity is an aberration\, a perversion. So Marina struggles for the right to be herself. She battles the very same forces that she has spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now – a complex\, strong\, forthright and fantastic woman. \nThis event is supported in part by Laughing Gull Foundation. \nA Fantastic Woman Watch Party | Tweet along with Ackland and UNC Film Studies using #AcklandFilmForum \n7:30 p.m. Watch Party \n*Please note there is a space between the letters and numbers in your Username* \n9:30 p.m. Panel \nLink to the panel is provided with registration. Streaming links will be sent at a later date. Registration is open! URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aff0427721/ LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AFantasticWomanstill.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T223000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20210331T214752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T221518Z UID:10003382-1618342200-1618353000@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Fire" Watch Party and Panel DESCRIPTION:Join us for the third film in the Ackland Film Forum’s Global Queer Cinema Series\, Deepa Mehta’s Fire (1996\, Canada/India). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill\, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection with the Ackland’s Close Looks digital initiative. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with scholars from around the globe. \nFire will be available to stream April 9-15\, 2021 with a virtual watch party on Tuesday\, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. followed by a live panel discussion at 9:30 p.m. We are excited to welcome Dr. Gayatri Gopinath (New York University) for our post-film panel\, who will be in conversation with Martin L. Johnson (UNC-Chapel Hill). Register for free tickets below to receive a link to stream the film and a link to attend the panel via Zoom on April 13. \nAbout Fire: \nRadha (Shabana Azmi) is unwavering in her devotion to her husband Ashok (Kulbushan Kharbanda)\, despite their sexless arranged marriage. For 15 years Radha has been the consummate Indian wife while Ashok\, under the guidance of a spiritual leader\, is attempting to rid himself completely of any form of desire. Meanwhile\, Ashok’s brother Jatin (Jaaved Jaaferi) has brought home his new wife Sita (Nandita Das)\, but is unwilling to give up his relationship with his Chinese girlfriend. Added to the mix are Biji (Kushal Rekhi)\, Ashok and Jatin’s infirm mother\, who keeps a watchful eye over the family\, and Mundu (Ranjit Chowdhry)\, who works in the family’s restaurant and video store under their small apartment. Slowly\, Sita’s presence causes the threads that held the family together to unravel. Each member tries to hang on to a semblance of allegiance to the deeply rooted traditions of Indian family life\, while at the same time seeking expression for their own personal needs and desires. Unable to woo her new husband\, the young and feisty Sita is the first to question the order of things. Her doubts are contagious\, and soon Radha’s devotion begins to waver too. Deprived of their husbands’ affections\, the two women draw closer together in ways neither imagined. \nDirector-writer Deepa Mehta has captured the shifting landscape of the entire Indian subcontinent\, where both men and women are caught in the immense tension between the continuity of the extended family and the desire for greater freedom and independence. Lusciously photographed and passionately told\, FIRE ignites the senses as well as the emotions. \nThis event is supported in part by Laughing Gull Foundation. \nFire Watch Parties | Tweet along with Ackland and UNC Film Studies using #AcklandFilmForum \n7:30 p.m. Watch Party \n9:30 p.m. Panel \nLink to the panel is provided with registration. Streaming links will be sent at a later date. Registration is open! URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aff-041321/ LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Fire-still.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T220000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20210304T163514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210304T180651Z UID:10003365-1615923000-1615932000@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Happy Together" Watch Party and Panel DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second film in the Ackland Film Forum’s spring series on Global Queer Cinema: Happy Together (Wong Kar Wai\, 1997). The series is a collaboration with the Film Studies Program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill\, and features a selection of four international films presented in connection with the Ackland’s Close Looks digital initiative. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with scholars from around the globe. \nHappy Together will be available to stream March 12-18\, 2021 with a virtual watch party on Tuesday\, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. followed by a live panel discussion at 9:15 p.m. We are excited to welcome Dr. Stephen Teo (Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore) for our post-film panel\, who will be in conversation with Rick Warner (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Martin L. Johnson (UNC-Chapel Hill). Register for free tickets below to receive a link to stream the film and a link to attend the panel via Zoom on March 16. \nAbout Happy Together \nOne of the most searing romances of the 1990s\, Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw\, lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown casts Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung as a couple traveling through Argentina and locked in a turbulent cycle of infatuation and destructive jealousy as they break up\, make up\, and fall apart again and again. Setting out to depict the dynamics of a queer relationship with empathy and complexity on the cusp of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong — when the country’s LGBT community suddenly faced an uncertain future — Wong crafts a feverish look at the life cycle of a love affair that’s by turns devastating and deliriously romantic. Shot by ace cinematographer Christopher Doyle in both luminous monochrome and luscious saturated color\, Happy Together is an intoxicating exploration of displacement and desire that swoons with the ache and exhilaration of love at its heart-tearing extremes. —Janus Films  \nTuesday\, March 16\, 2021\nHappy Together Watch Parties | Tweet along with Ackland and UNC Film Studies using #AcklandFilmForum \n7:30 p.m. Watch Party \n9:15 p.m. Panel \nLink to the panel is provided with registration. Streaming links will be sent at a later date. Registration is open! \nThe Ackland Film Forum is supported in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/aff-031621/ LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/HappyTogetherstilldetail.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T220000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20210115T164007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T195027Z UID:10003318-1612294200-1612303200@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Filibus" Watch Party and Panel DESCRIPTION:This spring\, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill\, the Ackland Film Forum continues its all virtual series on Queer Cinema\, now expanding to a selection of four international films for a look at Global Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with scholars from around the globe. \nThe first film in the Global Queer Cinema series will be Filibus (Mario Roncoroni\, 1915\, Italy). The film will be available to stream January 29-February 4\, 2021 with a watch party on Tuesday\, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. followed by a live panel discussion at 9 p.m. Register below to receive a link to stream the film and a link to attend the panel via Zoom on February 2. \nThis program is sponsored by UNC University Libraries. The series is supported in part by Laughing Gull Foundation. \nAbout Filibus \nDirected by Mario Roncoroni and scripted by future science fiction author Giovanni Bertinetti\, Filibus is the most exciting\, witty\, feminist\, steampunk\, cross-dressing aviatrix thriller you will ever see! Previously seen in a badly subtitled\, imperfect version\, Filibus was recently remastered by the Eye Filmmuseum\, restoring the film’s marvelous range of Desmet tinting and toning in the original nitrate material. To bring the film back to its flavor of the period — when the characters Fantomas and Arsène Lupin were worldwide sensations — Milestone hired young poet Austin Renna to write new intertitles based on an improved translation by Eye’s archivist Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi. To go with this fantastical film\, the famed Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra AND Donald Sosin have created two new stunning scores! –Milestone Films \n  \nTuesday\, February 2\, 2021\nFilibus Watch Parties | Tweet along with Ackland and UNC Film Studies using #AcklandFilmForum \n7:30 p.m. Watch Party \n9:00 p.m. Panel \nLink to the panel is provided with registration. Streaming links will be sent at a later date. Registration is open! URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-filibus/ LOCATION:101 South Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Filibus.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T214500 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20201209T190311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201210T222652Z UID:10003279-1608147000-1608155100@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "But I'm a Cheerleader" Watch Party and Panel DESCRIPTION:This fall\, in collaboration with the Film Studies Programs in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at UNC-Chapel Hill\, the Ackland Film Forum presents an all virtual series on Queer Cinema. View the selected films on your own or join us for a watch party with the panelists. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion. \nThe third film in our Queer Cinema series will be But I’m a Cheerleader (Jamie Babbitt\, 1999\, 92 minutes). This whimsically edgy comedy follows teenager Megan (Natasha Lyonne)\, whose suburban existence filled with friends\, cheerleading\, and all-American fun is upended when her straight-laced parents suspect she may be a lesbian. In a panic\, they send her to True Directions\, a “rehabilitation” camp run by the strict and prudish Mary (Cathy Moriarty)\, to mount an intervention led by counselor Mike (RuPaul Charles). Megan dutifully follows the program — until she develops feelings for another camper in this timeless\, satirical romantic-comedy about self-acceptance and love\, costarring Michelle Williams\, Clea DuVall\, and Julie Delpy. (Lionsgate Entertainment) \nRegister Here!\n7:30 p.m.\nBut I’m a Cheerleader along with us and share your thoughts and questions for the panelist on Twitter. #AcklandFilmForum \n9 p.m.\nFollowing the watch party\, join Jacob Lau (Women’s and Gender Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill)\, Michelle Robinson (American Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill) and Martin Louis Johnson (English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill) for a virtual post-film discussion. \nLinks to both the streaming film and panel are provided with registration. Please note that you will be able to stream the film from December 11th to December 17th. Viewers will need to enter their phone number for 2-factor verification on Lionsgate’s streaming site. \nBut I’m a Cheerleader courtesy of Lionsgate Entertainment. To rent or purchase the film on 4K Digital UHD for future views\, please visit https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/but-im-a-cheerleader. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-but-im-a-cheerleader/ LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/butimacheerleader-movies-he-poster-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T200000 DTSTAMP:20260512T015205 CREATED:20201120T194437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201120T194437Z UID:10003278-1606759200-1606766400@events.ackland.org SUMMARY:Day With(out) Art 2020: TRANSMISSIONS DESCRIPTION:Ackland Art Museum is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2020 by presenting TRANSMISSIONS\, a program of six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States. The video program brings together artists working across the world: Jorge Bordello (Mexico)\, Gevi Dimitrakopoulou (Greece)\, Las Indetectables (Chile)\, George Stanley Nsamba (Uganda)\, Lucía Egaña Rojas (Chile/Spain)\, and Charan Singh (India/UK). \nThe program does not intend to give a comprehensive account of the global AIDS epidemic\, but provides a platform for a diversity of voices from beyond the United States\, offering insight into the divergent and overlapping experiences of people living with HIV around the world today. The six commissioned videos cover a broad range of subjects\, such as the erasure of women living with HIV in South America\, ineffective Western public health campaigns in India\, and the realities of stigma and disclosure for young people in Uganda. \nAs the world continues to adapt to living with a new virus\, COVID-19\, these videos offer an opportunity to reflect on the resonances and differences between the two epidemics and their uneven distribution across geography\, race\, and gender. \nTRANSMISSIONS will premiere on November 30 at 6 p.m. EST as part of a special online screening event hosted by Visual AIDS and supported by Ackland Art Museum. A live Q&A with the commissioned artists will follow the screening. Please RSVP here to receive updates about this event. \nBeginning December 1\, the video program will be available to view online at visualaids.org/transmissions. \nVisual AIDS is a New York-based non-profit that utilizes art to fight AIDS by provoking dialogue\, supporting HIV+ artists\, and preserving a legacy\, because AIDS is not over. URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/day-without-art-2020-transmissions/ LOCATION:101 South Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Special Programs,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.ackland.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DWA2020_black-sq-e1605819916608.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR