University of Southern Indiana’s College of Liberal Arts presents

 Friday Night in the Forum

a free public film series

Friday nights at  7:30pm in  Forum 1  (FA1)

with theatrical DLP widescreen projection, original formats and languages (with sub-titles), and
informally-guided discussions following each film for any who wish to stay

March  22^nd     Earth   (2007) 

co-sponsored by the Biology Department in the Pott College of Science, Engineering, & Education
7:30pm                               Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield (90 min)  

   An epic story of adventure starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive and filmed with spectacular clarity and beauty,  Earth is a majestic documentary that captures rare and intimate footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals as they journey across our planet.    Discussion led by Dr. Katie Winsett, USI  Biology Dept.

March  29^th     The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and her Lover  (1989)

7:30pm                               Written/ Directed by Peter Greenaway     (124 min)   (scope)    (England)
Cast:  Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Tim Roth

   There is seemingly no end to the ideas and reactions stirred up by this disturbing and beautiful film which was threatened with an X rating in America while creating a furor in Great Britain more because of its political content:  intellectual exercise, disturbing and “pornographic,” a savage attack on Thatcher, or all of that combined?  Come argue with us.

April 5^th                  (Note: there will be no film this Friday.)

April 12^th        The Decameron  (1971)    (Italy) 

7:30pm                               Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini     (112 min)   

   Boccaccio’s 14^th-century collection of stories created a lively human portrait of Italy from hundreds of years ago, and Pasolini’s respectful yet playful adaptation is a wonderfully liberated portrait of filmmaking from yet another bygone time.
Discussion led by Dr. Betsy Passmore, Medieval Studies at USI.

 April 19^th        The Well-digger’s Daughter  (2011)   (France)
7:30pm                               Starring/Directed by Daniel Auteil   (107 min)           

    A remake in keeping with the romantic spirit of the classic 1940 film by Marcel Pagnol, this lush, class-conscious love story features Daniel Auteil’s directorial debut as he stars as a poor widower raising six daughters in pre-War southern France.

April 26^th       Footnote  (2011)   (Israel)
7:30pm                               Written/Directed by Joseph Cedar   (103 min)     (scope)     

      A biting look at rivalry and competition within the family and academia, a father and son--both eccentric professors in the Talmudic studies department of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem--go up for the same prestigious national award.

May 3^rd           Where Do We Go Now?  (2011)     (Lebanon)
7:30pm                               Directed by Nadine Labaki      (110 min)     (scope)      

   In a tiny isolated village in the Middle East, Christians and Muslims have co-existed until the recent intrusion of TV news that inflames the men along now “enemy” religious lines.  This sly Lebanese comedy suggests that perhaps peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were more governed by women.