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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
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221004T193000
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T193000
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T193000
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220907T193000
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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
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220303T220000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220224T211500
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220217T193000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220210T210000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211005T200000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210928T220000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T220000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T223000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T223000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
CREATED:20210331T214752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T221518Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210316T220000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
CREATED:20210304T163514Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T220000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
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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
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201216T214500
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T200000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T220000
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "In The Family" 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 filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with the filmmaker and area scholars. \nThe second film in our Queer Cinema series will be In the Family (Patrick Wang\, 2011\, 169 minutes). The Independent Spirit Award-nominated debut of acclaimed filmmaker Patrick Wang (A Bread Factory\, The Grief of Others)\, In The Family is a heartfelt story woven around child custody\, two-Dad families\, loss\, interracial relations\, the American South\, and the nature of what it means to be in a family\, all explored with ambitious and rewarding nuance. \nTuesday\, November 10\, 2020\nIn the Family Watch Party and Panel \nLinks to both the streaming film (available Nov 6-12) and panel are provided with registration. Register here. \n6 p.m.\nWatch In the Family along with filmmaker Patrick Wang and share your thoughts and questions for the filmmaker on Twitter. #AcklandFilmForum \n9 p.m.\nFollowing the watch party\, join director Patrick Wang\, Heidi Kim (English and Comparative Literature and Director of the Asian American Center\, UNC-Chapel Hill)\, and Martin Louis Johnson (English and Comparative Literature\, UNC-Chapel Hill) for a virtual post-film discussion. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Asian American Center at UNC-Chapel Hill and the UNC University Libraries.\n \nThe Ackland Film Forum series on Queer Cinema is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/in-the-family-watch-party-panel/
LOCATION:Zoom (Link Provided with Ticket)\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201013T220000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Queer Genius" Watch Party & 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 filmmaker. Watch parties will be followed by a live post-film panel discussion with the filmmaker and area scholars. \nThe first film in the series\, Queer Genius\, explores the remarkable lives of five queer female artists: Barbara Hammer\, Eileen Myles\, Black Quantum Futurism\, Moor Mother\, and Dynasty Handbag / Jibz Cameron. Queer Genius will be available to stream for Ackland Film Forum audiences October 9-15\, 2020\, with a watch party and panel on Tuesday\, October 13. \nOctober 13\, 2020 | Queer Genius Watch Party and Panel \n7 p.m.\nWatch Queer Genius along with filmmaker Chet Pancake and share your thoughts and questions for the filmmaker on Twitter. #AcklandFilmForum \n9 p.m.\nFollowing the watch party\, join Chet Pancake\, film scholars Franklin D. Cason Jr. (North Carolina State University) and Sarah Keller (University of Massachusetts Boston)\, and special guest Florrie Burke for a virtual post-film discussion. The panel will be moderated by Martin Louis Johnson (UNC-Chapel Hill). \nLinks to both the streaming film and panel are provided with registration. Register below. \n—\nAbout the Panelists: \nChet H. Pancake is an award-winning filmmaker and sound artist. Chet’s work has been presented nationally and internationally in a wide variety of venues\, including the Museum of Modern Art\, Royal Ontario Museum\, Baltimore Museum of Art\, Academy of Fine Arts Prague and Big Screen Plaza\, Herald Square NYC. Pancake’s awards include the Paul Robeson Independent Media Award\, Jack Spadaro Documentary Award\, Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award\, the Silver Chris\, and Edes Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage “No Idea Too Ridiculous” grant. Chet’s films have been broadcast in the U.S.A. and Great Britain (Sundance Channel\, PBS\, FreeSpeech TV\, CommunityChannelUK) and are distributed by Bullfrog Films and the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. Sound art releases can be found on Ehse Records and Recorded in Baltimore. Pancake completed an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in May 2012. Chet is currently a member of the Vox Populi Gallery in Philadelphia\, PA.. Pancake was recently commissioned by Goldsmiths at University of London to provide creative work for “Citizen Sense”\, a 1.5M (EUR) multi-year project directed by Dr. Jennifer Gabrys. \nDr. Franklin D. Cason Jr. is a filmmaker and film scholar\, who has taught courses in film theory\, history\, aesthetics\, criticism\, and analysis. His research interests have been primarily concerned with film\, modern visual culture\, and media studies. As such\, his writing and artistic practice reaches across the disciplines of art history\, film studies\, digital multimedia\, graphic novels\, philosophy\, sociology\, literature\, musicology\, aesthetic theory\, visual studies\, and historical poetics. His most recent essay\, “Symbiopsychotaxiplasticity: Some Takes on William Greaves\,” co-authored with Tsitsi Jaji\, was recently published in Cultural Studies (28:4\, 2014)\, in a special issue on Theorizing Production\, edited by John Jackson. Currently\, he is at work on an intellectual biographical documentary on African American Philosopher Alain Locke\, and completing a book on the institutional context of the politics and aesthetics of African American films. \nDr. Sarah Keller is Associate Professor of English and Director of Cinema Studies at University of Massachusetts Boston. She has lectured and published extensively on women and film history and aesthetics. Her book Maya Deren: Incomplete Control examines the role of unfinished work through Maya Deren oeuvre (Columbia University Press\, 2014)\, and her book Anxious Cinephilia was published in 2020 by Columbia University Press. Her current project\, Barbara Hammer: Pushing Out of the Frame\, is a study of the career of visual artist and experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer for Wayne State University Press’s Queer Screens Series\, edited by David Gerstner. \nDr. Martin L. Johnson is assistant professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His first book\, Main Street Movies: The History of Local Film in the United States\, was published by Indiana University Press in 2018. He is currently working on two projects—a history of advertising film in the U.S.\, and a history of early (pre-1923) educational cinema.\n \nAckland Film Forum is sponsored in part by the Laughing Gull Foundation.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/queer-genius-watch-party-panel/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200324T190000
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Ackland Film Forum: "Ash is Purest White" (dir. Zhangke Jia\, People's Republic of China\, 2018)
DESCRIPTION:The Ackland Art Museum has canceled this program as part of our response to the spread of coronavirus COVID-19 and based on recommendations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Any additional updates will be posted on the Museum’s website.\nAsh is Purest White  \nZhangke Jia\, People’s Republic of China\, 2018 \nIntroduced by Rick Warner\, UNC Dept. of English & Comparative Literature \n2h 16m \nFILM SYNOPSIS \nA tragicomedy initially set in the jianghu-criminal underworld-setting\, ASH IS PUREST WHITE is less a gangster movie than a melodrama. With a three-part structure\, it begins by following the quick-witted Qiao (Tao Zhao) and her mobster boyfriend Bin (Fan Liao) as they stake out their turf against rivals and upstarts in 2001 postindustrial Datong before expanding out into an epic narrative of how abstract forces shape individual lives\, and continues Zhangke Jia’s body of work as a record of 21st-century China and its warp-speed transformations. \nTICKETS \nTickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2020 series The Patterned Screen: Rhythm and Repetition in Contemporary Asian Cinema is organized by the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love (on view through April 12\, 2020). The exhibition is organized by Peter Nisbet\, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs. Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love presents the distinguished collection of James Keith Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/acklandfilmforum032420/
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200316T190000
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "The Grandmaster" (dir. Wong Kar-wai\, 2013\, South Korea)
DESCRIPTION:The Grandmaster\n \nWong Kar-wai\, Hong Kong\, 2013 \n2h 2m \nFILM SYNOPSIS \nWong Kar-Wai\, best known for his films “In the Mood for Love” and “Chungking Express\,” is has been a fixture of international art cinema for two decades. Coming to filmmaking from a background in design\, Wong’s films are richly textured\, stunningly photographed\, often driven by mood more than plot\, and edited to a contemplative pace. “The Grandmaster” finds him returning to the martial arts genre\, which he previously explored in “Ashes of Time.” This story follows the life and times of legendary kung fu master\, Ip Man (played by Tony Leung)\, a figure famous in the West for having been Bruce Lee’s teacher. The film also features Chinese star Zhang Yiyi (known for her breakout role in “Crouching Tiger\, Hidden Dragon”) in a role that bridges the genres of martial arts and melodrama. Don’t miss the rare opportunity to see this gorgeously crafted film on the big screen! \nTICKETS \nTickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2020 series The Patterned Screen: Rhythm and Repetition in Contemporary Asian Cinema is organized by the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love (on view through April 12\, 2020). The exhibition is organized by Peter Nisbet\, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs. Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love presents the distinguished collection of James Keith Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-031620/
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T190000
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Mother" (dir. Bong Joon-ho\, 2009\, South Korea)
DESCRIPTION:Mother \nBong Joon-ho\, South Korea\, 2009 \nIntroduction by I Jonathan Kief\, Assistant Professor of Korean Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill\, Department of Asian Studies \n2h 9m \nFILM  SYNOPSIS \nAn early murder mystery from the director of Academy Award-winning “Parasite” (2019)\, “Mother” offers an exquisitely complex narrative and the eccentric mix of suspense and comedy for which Bong has become known. When her son is wrongly accused of a crime\, an elderly widow must take both the law\, and the streets\, into her own hands to prove him innocent. A shocking story few contemporary filmmakers would have been able to capture in such a sensitive and engaging manner. \nTICKETS \nTickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2020 series The Patterned Screen: Rhythm and Repetition in Contemporary Asian Cinema is organized by the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love (on view through April 12\, 2020). The exhibition is organized by Peter Nisbet\, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs. Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love presents the distinguished collection of James Keith Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/filmforum021820/
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200204T193000
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum Talk: "Intermedial Feeling: How Kon Satoshi Animates the Self"
DESCRIPTION:Talk by Thomas Lamarre\, Middle Eastern and Asian Studies\, Duke University \nThe animated films of Kon Satoshi are often praised for the depth of their psychological portrayals.  But how exactly is psychological depth produced in animation?   To answer this question\, I propose to consider the production of depth in animation in general\, in order to situate the distinctiveness of Kon’s style — in particular\, his use of framing techniques inspired by manga and his tendency to apply techniques of compositing to characters.  A closer look at how these procedures allow Kon to “animate the self” also opens a way to consider some of the criticisms of his films\, in particular\, the criticism they produce psychological depth only by pathologizing characters associated with excessive consumption\, such as otaku and cinephiles\, gamers and advertisers. \nPart of the Triangle Film Salon series\, presented by the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature and the Ackland Film Forum: The Patterned Screen: Rhythm and Repetition in Contemporary Asian Cinema \nLOCATION \nART& Space \nEvening Parking information \nFree and open to the public. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2020 series The Patterned Screen: Rhythm and Repetition in Contemporary Asian Cinema is organized by the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love (on view through April 12\, 2020). The exhibition is organized by Peter Nisbet\, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs. Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love presents the distinguished collection of James Keith Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-talk-intermedial-feeling-how-kon-satoshi-animates-the-self/
LOCATION:Ackland Art Museum\, 101 S. Columbia Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum,Talks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200203T210000
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "Paprika" "(Kon Satoshi\, 2006\, Japan)
DESCRIPTION:February 3\, 2020: Paprika \nKon Satoshi\, Japan\, 2006 \nIntroduced by Rick Warner\, UNC Dept. of English & Comparative Literature \n1h 30m \nA psychological thriller from one of Japan’s greatest animators\, “Paprika” is a tale that blurs the line between reality and nightmare. Dr. Atsuko Chiba works as a scientist by day and\, under the code name ‘Paprika\,’ a dream detective by night. When a device intended to help psychiatric patients falls into the wrong hands\, she must spring into action (and the minds of others) before damage is done. You will see how Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” took inspiration from the premise of this wildly entertaining film. \n***Supplemental to Paprika is a Triangle Film Salon lecture titled: “Intermedial Feeling: How Kon Satoshi Animates the Self.” Presented by Thomas Lamarre (Duke University)\, the lecture will take place the following day\, February 4th\, at 5:30 PM in the ART& space at the Ackland. \nTICKETS \n$7; Free with UNC One Card \nTickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________ \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Spring 2020 series The Patterned Screen: Rhythm and Repetition in Contemporary Asian Cinema is organized by the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love (on view through April 12\, 2020). The exhibition is organized by Peter Nisbet\, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs. Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love presents the distinguished collection of James Keith Brown ’84 and Eric Diefenbach.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-paprika/
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191119T210000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: 3000 Nights
DESCRIPTION:Ackland Film Forum: Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers\nTuesdays\, Oct 29\, Nov 5\, Nov 12\, Nov 19 | 7 PM at the Varsity Theatre \nNovember 19\, 2019: 3000 Nights \nMai Masri\, Palestine\, 2016 \nIntroductory Remarks by Nadia Yaqub (Asian Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill) \nSYNOPSIS \nInspired by a true story and shot in a real prison\, 3000 Nights traces a young mother’s journey of hope\, resilience and survival against all odds. Accused of helping a teenage boy on the run\, newlywed Palestinian schoolteacher\, Layal finds herself incarcerated in a top security Israeli prison for Palestinian and Israeli women. After Layal discovers that she is pregnant\, the prison director pressures her to abort the baby and spy on the Palestinian inmates. Terrified but defiant\, Layal gives birth to her child in chains. \nThrough her struggle to raise her son behind bars\, Layal manages to find a sense of hope and meaning to her life. When prison conditions deteriorate and the Palestinian prisoners decide to strike\, the prison director warns her against joining the strike and threatens to take her child away. In a moment of truth\, Layal is forced to make a choice that will forever change her life. \nTICKETS \n$7; Free with UNC One Card \nTickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Fall 2019 series Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers is organized by the UNC Department of Asian Studies\, the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s current exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World (on view through December 1\, 2019). The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-nov-19/
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191112T210000
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Women Without Men
DESCRIPTION:Ackland Film Forum: Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers\nTuesdays\, Oct 29\, Nov 5\, Nov 12\, Nov 19 | 7 PM at the Varsity Theatre \nNovember 12\, 2019: Women Without Men \nDir. Shirin Neshat\, Iran\, 2009 \nIntroductory Remarks by Ehsan Sheikholharam (Religious Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill) \nSYNOPSIS \nMade in collaboration with her partner\, filmmaker Shoja Azari\, Neshat’s Women Without Men is an adaptation of the novel by Shahrnush Parsipur\, a book banned in Iran by the censors of the Islamic Republic. Both novel and film recount the journeys of four single women of varying age and social status who wind up meeting in a garden outside of Tehran during the summer of 1953–the eve of the coup d’etat that ousted Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh and restored the Shah to power. \n  \nTICKETS \n$7; Free with UNC One Card \nTickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \n  \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Fall 2019 series Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers is organized by the UNC Department of Asian Studies\, the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s current exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World (on view through December 1\, 2019). The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/24751/
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260512T030948
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SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: Mussolini's Sister
DESCRIPTION:Ackland Film Forum: Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers\nTuesdays\, Oct 29\, Nov 5\, Nov 12\, Nov 19 | 7 PM at the Varsity Theatre \nNovember 5\, 2019: Mussolini’s Sister \nDir. Juna Suleiman\, Palestine\, 2018 \nIntroductory Remarks by Yaron Shemer (Asian Studies\, UNC-Chapel Hill) \nSYNOPSIS \nIn a documentary with a dash of fiction\, we enter the mind of the elderly Hiam\, a Palestinian woman from Nazareth. We see her at the hairdresser’s\, waxing her upper lip and shuffling her way to bed. The mundanity of everyday life acquires extra layers of meaning because the filmmaker Juna Suleiman—her granddaughter—accompanies many scenes with internal monologues from Hiam. Gradually we gain a picture of her past: her marriage\, her family and her wealthy brother\, who bears the remarkable first name of Mussolini. \nHiam’s life is nearly over. Just a few threads are left to connect this lonely and embittered woman with the outside world: the telephone\, the TV\, her housekeeper and her 55-year-old son Mbadda. Like Hiam\, he’s blunt and sarcastic. The question rises as to when the present becomes history\, as fragments of TV news gradually transition into old footage of a wedding. Through the protagonist’s oppressively small world\, Mussolini’s Sister takes an original and restrained approach to large themes\, such as arranged marriage\, loneliness\, decline and racism. \nTICKETS \n$7; Free with UNC One Card \nTickets available at the Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin St. \nABOUT THE SERIES \nThe Ackland Film Forum’s Fall 2019 series Recent Films by Arab Women Filmmakers is organized by the UNC Department of Asian Studies\, the UNC Global Cinema Studies program in the Department of English and Comparative Literature\, and the Ackland Art Museum. The series is presented in connection with the Ackland’s current exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World (on view through December 1\, 2019). The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston.
URL:https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-nov-5/
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 27514\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ackland Film Forum
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