Provost Film Series
Past Events:
Date: 1/30/2012
Location: Pollak Theatre
Karim and Hebba are a young married and loving couple. Karim is just about to be appointed as editor-in-chief of the greatest governmental newspaper. Hebba is the hostess of much appreciated TV programs with controversial subjects that could put Karim's career in danger.
Date: 2/21/2012
Location: Pollak Theatre
Made in Pakistan, a 60-minute documentary directed by Nasir Khan and produced by Ms. Khan, follows the lives of four young, middle-class Pakistanis during Pervez Musharraf’s state of emergency in 2007.
Date: 2/21/2012
Location: Pollak Theatre
An insider's look into "The Most Dangerous Country in the World" as labeled by a cover story in Newsweek on October 29, 2007.
Date: 3/21/2012
Location: Pollak Theatre
The film digs into the life of a woman in the Sunni Muslim patriarchal culture and the day-to-day living with anxiety and fear as bands of guerrilla thugs roam the streets.
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Date: 4/5/2012 - 4/5/2012
Location: Pollak Theatre
In the wake of Israel's 2006 bombardment of Lebanon, a determined woman finds her way into the country convincing a taxi cab driver to take a risky journey around the scarred region in search of her sister and her son. Panelists: Dr. Azzam Elayan, lecturer in chemistry, Monmouth University and Dr. Saliba Sarsar, professor of political science, Monmouth University
Date: 11/12/2012
Location: Pollak Theatre
In this semi-autobiographical film by Ousmane Sembene, black soldiers help to defend France in the Algerian War, but are detained in prison camp before being repatriated home.
Free & Open to Public
Date: 1/28/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
Raoul Peck’s film portrays the true story of the rise to power and assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
Free & Open to Public
Date: 2/26/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
In this film by Abderrahmane Sissako, Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work, and the couple is on the verge of breaking up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by Africa's desire to fight for its rights.
Free & Open to Public
Date: 3/26/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
In this film by Lee Isaac Chung, an orphan of the Rwandan genocide travels from Kigali to the countryside on a quest for justice.
Free & Open to Public
Date: 4/11/2013
Location: Pollak Theatre
When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female circumcision, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart in this film by Ousmane Sembene.
Free & Open to Public
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