Phi Theta Kappa
presents
International Film Series, Spring 2018
All films in TH 101 at 7pm
Note: This is a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society-sponsored film series designed to support the current Honors Study Topic, which is Transformations: Acknowledging, Assessing and Achieving Change.
Presiding Faculty: Our thanks go to our film guide, Dr. Mary Donnelly of the English Department.
Questions should be sent to Professor I.J. Byrnes of the Philosophy Program and Faculty Adviser to Phi Theta Kappa at: byrnesij@sunybroome.edu
The scholarly goal of the film series is to increase global understanding and appreciation for other cultures. It is also designed to enhance the global competencies of the attendees and to further an understanding of Phi Theta Kappa’s honors study topic. This particular series examines women’s issues from a global perspective.
Finally, in an increasingly global job market, it will no doubt prove helpful to have an international-experience-at-home as scholars at Cornell University have described it.
Scholarly Certification: Those who attend the majority of the film series and participate in discussions will be awarded a certificate at the last scheduled screening.
The Film Festival will be held Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Titchener Hall, Room 101, on the dates noted below.
Wednesday, February 20
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080, Bruxelles
(Belgium, 1975)
Directed by Chantal Ackerman.
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. However, something happens that challenges her safe routine.
Wednesday, March 7
A Question of Silence
(1982, Netherlands)
Directed by Marleen Gorris
Three women, strangers to each other, meet in a dress boutique and beat the shop proprietor to death. Other female shoppers ignore the whole situation and leave when the crime is complete. The court-appointed female psychiatrist who examine the women comes up with a unique defense.
Wedn
esday April 11
Fire
(1996, India)
Directed by Deepa Mehta
Fire portrays a forbidden love between two women in India. The film was highly controversial at the time of its release as it touches on homosexuality and the freedom of women to act on their desires.
Wednesday April 25
The Magdalene Sisters
(2002, Ireland)
Directed by Peter Mullan
Three young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene asylum, a home for sinful women.
Wednesday May 9
Persepolis
(2007, Iran)
Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud
The poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power.
