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  • The Second Mother

    Monmouth University Global Education Office presents World Cinema Series 2019-2020 – “Women: Power and Identity”. A global cinematic survey of women as leaders of change in patriarchal cultures through their engagement in community, national politics, and film.

    When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.(Director: Anna Muylaert, 2015)

    This event is part of Hispanic American Heritage Month

    Rated R
    1 hour 52 minutes

  • Lemon Tree

    Monmouth University Global Education Office presents World Cinema Series 2019-2020 – “Women: Power and Identity”. A global cinematic survey of women as leaders of change in patriarchal cultures through their engagement in community, national politics, and film.

    The story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemon tree field when a new Israeli Defense Minister moves next to her and threatens to have her lemon grove torn down. (Director: Eran Riklis, 2008)

    Not rated
    1 hour 46 minutes

  • The Eagle Huntress

    Monmouth University Global Education Office presents World Cinema Series 2019-2020 – “Women: Power and Identity”. A global cinematic survey of women as leaders of change in patriarchal cultures through their engagement in community, national politics, and film.

    Thirteen-year-old Aisholpan trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her nomad family to become an eagle huntress. (Director: Otto Bell, 2016)

    Rated: G
    1 hour 27 minutes

  • CANCELLED – Mustang

    Monmouth University Global Education Office presents World Cinema Series 2019-2020 – “Women: Power and Identity”. A global cinematic survey of women as leaders of change in patriarchal cultures through their engagement in community, national politics, and film.

    When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged. (Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015)

    Rated: PG-13
    1 hour 37 minutes

  • CANCELLED – Persepolis

    Monmouth University Global Education Office presents World Cinema Series 2019-2020 – “Women: Power and Identity”. A global cinematic survey of women as leaders of change in patriarchal cultures through their engagement in community, national politics, and film.

    A precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution. (Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, 2007)

    Rated: PG-13
    1 hour 36 minutes

  • Provost Film Series: Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story

    SCHEHERAZADE: TELL ME A STORY (Not Rated)

    Karim and Hebba are a young married and loving couple. Both have
    great careers. 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 about female victims, e.g., daughters who are
    buried alive because of improper behavior, people drowning when
    attempting illegal immigration to Europe. Karim is told that he will
    only be appointed if his wife avoids political topics. He does persuade
    her to make programs on ordinary people instead. But her “non-political”
    programs will become even more repugnant to the authorities.

    Panelist: Dr. Maysa Hayward, dean of E-Learning, Ocean County College

  • Caravanserai: Made in Pakistan

    Made in Pakistan (Not Rated)

     An insider’s look into “The Most Dangerous Country in the World” as labeled by a cover story in Newsweek on
    October 29, 2007. The documentary follows the lives of four Pakistani
    individuals who defy this prevailing stereotype of the country by the
    very choices they have made in their lives. They are working
    professionals—two women entrepreneurs, a politician, and a lawyer. These
    four individuals represent a multifaceted Pakistan—a country where
    politics, religion, debate, tradition, and fashion intermingle—where one
    definition of an Islamic State no longer holds true.

    Panelists: Nasir Khan, film director and Mohammed Sheikh, graduate student, Monmouth University

  • Provost Film Series: Rachida

    RACHIDA (Not Rated)

    A look at terrorism in Algeria in the 1990s through the eyes of Rachida,
    a teacher in one of the school districts. 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. Panelists: Dr. Nancy Mezey, director, Institute for Global
    Understanding and Dr. Saliba Sarsar, professor of political science,
    Monmouth University

  • Provost Film Series: Under the Bombs

    Under the Bombs (Not Rated)

    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

  • Provost Film Series: Camp de Thiaroye

    Camp de Thiaroye

    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.