Film

Film Through a Trans/National Lens

Presenter: 
Film Studies Graduate Student's Organization
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 01/28/2011 - 15:00 to 20:00

Join us for a special colloquium where University of Pittsburgh graduate students will interrogate and challenge the definitions of "national" and "transnational" through an investigation of American, German, Russian, Israeli, Palestinian, Mexican, South Korean, and Japanese screen cultures. Reception to follow.

Location: 
Cathedral of Learning 352

Invisible Children of Uganda

Subtitle: 
Film Screening and Personal Stories Presentation
Presenter: 
INVISBLE CHILDREN
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 09/23/2011 - 16:00 to 19:00

The group "INVISBLE CHILDREN" will screen the documentary TONY - the film documents the life story of the young Ugandan boy. It follows his life for eight years marked by violence from from rebel groups like the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The story revolves around Africa's longest running war, where children are being kidnapped and turned into child soldiers by the LRA. The film will be followed by a presentation of personal stories and experiences from members of the frontline tour group. The Frontline Tour focuses on awareness and advocacy regarding the war.

Location: 
David Lawrence Auditorium
Cost: 
FREE
Contact Person: 
Sarah Amanfu
Contact Phone: 
412-624-8143
Contact Email: 
africast@pitt.edu

What's the Time in Vyborg?

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 02/25/2011 - 14:00 to 16:30

A public screening of a film by Liisa Roberts. Between 2000 and 2004, Finnish-American artist Liisa Roberts directed a project in Vyborg, a city located in the Russian-Finnish border. First Finnish, subsequently Soviet, and currently Russian, Vyborg is home to one of the great works of modernist architect Alvar Aalto: a municipal library built in 1933, when the city was under Finnish jurisdiction, and which was heavily damaged during World War II.

Location: 
105 David Lawrence

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