Supported by the Institute for Global Understanding and the Center for the Arts, the Pearson World Cinema Series is dedicated to showcasing exciting films from beyond the Anglophone world. Admission is free for all. Refreshments will be provided.
Upcoming Showings
Evil Does Not Exist
Thursday, Sept. 25, at 6:05 p.m. (Great Hall Auditorium)
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Host: David Golland, Ph.D.
Discussant: Chris DeRosa, Ph.D.
Takumi, a single father, and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi’s house, offering residents a comfortable escape to nature. The life in the village is disrupted by the real estate project, which will have consequences on their environment.
A post-screening Q&A will be hosted by Dave Golland, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, with special guest speaker Associate Professor Chris DeRosa.
Leviathan
Thursday, Oct. 23, at 6:05 p.m. (Young Auditorium, Bey Hall)
Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Host: Jason Adolf, Ph.D.
Discussant: Thomas Pearson, Ph.D.
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man’s arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
A post-screening Q&A will be hosted by Professor Jason Adolf with special guest speaker Professor Emeritus Thomas Pearson.
Between Two Worlds
Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6:05 p.m. (Pozycki Auditorium)
Directed by Emmanuel Carrere
Host: Manuel Chavez, Ph.D.
Discussant: Marina Vujnovic, Ph.D.
The movie is based on French journalist Florence Aubenas’s bestselling non-fiction work, “Le Quai de Ouistreham”, investigating rising precarity in French society through her experiences in the northern port city of Caen.
A post-screening Q&A will be hosted by Assistant Professor Manuel Chavez with special guest speaker Professor Marina Vujnovic.
Sponsored by the IGU, MCA, and the Global Understanding Convention 2025.
Chile ‘76
Thursday, February 26, at 6:05 p.m. (Pollak Theater)
Directed by Manuela Martelli
Host: Debora M. Nunez, Ph.D.
Discussant: Frank Cipriani, M.A.
Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she is used to.
A post-screening Q&A will be hosted by Assistant Professor Debora M. Nunez with special guest speaker Specialist Professor Frank Cipriani.
Green Border
Thursday, March 26, at 6:05 p.m. (Pozycki Auditorium)
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Host: Frank Fury, Ph.D.
Discussant: Bill Gorman, M.S.
A family of refugees from Syria, an English teacher from Afghanistan and a border guard all meet on the Polish-Belarusian border during the most recent humanitarian crisis in Belarus.
A post-screening Q&A will be hosted by Senior Lecturer Frank Fury with special guest speaker Lecturer Bill Gorman.
Past Showings
Saint Omer
Thursday, March 27, at 6:05 p.m. (Pollak Theatre)
Host: Marina Vujnovic
Speaker: Julius Adekunle
Rama, a literature professor and novelist, travels from Paris to Saint-Omer to observe the trial of Laurence Coly and write about the case. Coly is a student and Senegalese immigrant accused of leaving her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to be swept away by the tide in Berck.
A post-screening Q&A was hosted by Professor Marina Vujnovic with special guest speaker Professor Julius Adekunle.
The Look of Silence
Thursday, Feb. 27, at 6:05 p.m. (Pollak Theatre)
Host: Minna Yu
Speaker: Dickie Cox
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the “Communist” purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary.
A post-screening Q&A was hosted by Professor Minna Yu with special guest speaker Associate Professor Dickie Cox.
