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International Film Series spans four continents
3:42 p.m., Sept. 14, 2006--The University of Delaware's fall International Film Series begins Sept. 24 with screenings at 7:30 p.m. Sundays in the Trabant University Center Theatre. Foreign language films are shown with subtitles, and all films are free and open to the public. Scheduled screenings include:
Duck Season, Oct. 1, a 2006 comedy from Mexico focusing on two bored teens who plan a day of unsupervised fun and end up with their plans gone awry. Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Oct. 8, a 2005 American film by Tommy Lee Jones that takes place on the border between West Texas and Mexico, a hot spot for illegal crossings. Jones reverses the wish to cross in the opposite direction--from the United States to Mexico--and uses the switch to great dramatic effect. Fateless, Oct. 15, a 2006 Hungarian film based on Nobel Prize-winner Imre Kertesz's novel about the life of a Jewish boy during and after Nazi occupation of Hungary.
After Innocence, Oct. 29, a 2005 American documentary that follows wrongfully convicted men freed by DNA evidence struggling to readjust to freedom after decades in prison. Iron Island, Nov. 5, a 2006 Iranian film that gives viewers a contemporary social allegory as it weaves the story of homeless families who find shelter and community in a rusting tanker off the Iranian coast. Tsotsi, Nov. 12, a 2006 South African Academy Award-winning film that portrays life in the ghettos outside present-day Johannesburg. This film is a special presentation by UD's Center for International Studies.
Heading South, Dec. 3, a 2006 French film that examines a part of Haitian culture in the 1970s during which wealthy women from the east headed to the islands for casual affairs with younger men. UD's International Film series is cosponsored by the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events, the Office of the Provost, the English department's Film Program and other campus units. For more information on the series and the fall 2006 lineup, go to [www.english.udel.edu/ifs].
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