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Contact Film Studies
Multicultural America: A Celebration on Film
(Sponsored by the Campus Multicultural Committee)
Thursdays March 13 to April 24, 3:30-6:00pm, Lecture Hall 110, Fine Arts Building
March 13: The Celluloid Closet
Professor Larry Gross of the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania discusses this documentary concerning gay representations in mainstream cinema from the beginnings of film to the present. This fascinating documentary features clips from Hollywood"s top films with commentary by Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, and Shirley MacLaine.
March 27: Get on the Bus
Spike Lee's cinematic representation of the Million Man March will be discussed by Rutgers Newark Professor Jesse Rhines, the author of the new book Black Film/ White Money published by Rutgers University Press.
April 3: The Brothers McMullen
Professor Randall Miller of St. Joseph's University will examine Ed Burns' hilarious study of an Irish American family from Long Island. A recent hit from the Sundance Festival.
April 10: Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart
Professor Peter Feng of the University of Delaware will discuss this enchanting film of Chinese American life in San Francisco. Critic Leonard Maltin found it "distinctively Chinese... with a refreshing knowing universality."
April 17: This Is My Life
Carrie Rickey, film critic for the Philadelphia Inquire will discuss women's roles in recent
Hollywood films. This Is My Life is one of the few films in recent years to be written and directed by women. It stars Julie Kavner(better known as Marge Simpson) as a mother of two girls who decides to become a standup comic.
April 24: I Am a Sorcerer
Filmmakers Ron Stanford and Ivan Drufovka present their Documentary of typical everyday life in
a subdivision near Atlantic City, where your next door neighbor happens to be a --sorcerer. An unusual and provocative visit to the world of santeria.
Spring Film Series
(Sponsored by the Student Activities Office, SCAB, Multicultural Committee, LASO, Chi Upsilon Sigma, Film Studies, The Gleaner, SGA, EGC and Office of Student Life)
The Mirror Has Two Faces
March 25
12 noon, 4pm, 8pm
CCC, Faces
Ghosts of Mississippi
March 26
12 and 7:00 pm
March 30
7:00pm
CCC, Faces
Get On The Bus
March 27
3:30pm
FA 110
Evita
April 2
12:00pm, 7:00pm
April 6
7:00pm
CCC, Faces
The Brothers McMullen
April 3
3:30pm
FA 110
Like Water for Chocolate
April 15
12:00noon, 4 and 8:00pm
CCC, Faces
Scream
April 16
12 noon, 7:00pm
CCC, Faces
April 20
7:00pm
CCC, Lounge
This Is My Life
April 17
3:30pm
FA 110
Geronimo, His Story
April 22
12 noon, 4 and 8:00pm
CCC, Faces
Jerry MacGuire
April 23
12 noon, 7:00pm
CCC, Faces
April 27
7:00pm
CCC, Lounge
The English Patient
April 30
12noon, 7:00pm
CCC, Faces
May 4
7:00pm
CCC, Lounge
The People vs. Larry Flint
May 7
12 noon, 7:00pm
CCC, Faces
May 9
7:00pm
CCC, Lounge