Part of the Romanian Film Festival
From the neighborhoods of Havana and New York the camera portrays, with a participatory vision, the reflections that the musicians of both cities have elaborated in relation to their roots, the evolution of the drum and to the soul of Hip Hop.
Refreshments at 6:30 pm.
Screening starts at 7:00 p.m.
Calling themselves 'El Cartel', a trio of underground rappers in Cuba struggle to get their music heard while bypassing the official government-sanctioned music industry. Growing by word of mouth thanks to their electrifying performances, they put all of their energy into creating a music festival, even as government officials and Hurricane Charley close in.
A film showing of Raga Unveiled, a documentary that celebrates the artistry and origins of North Indian classical music. Discussion with Producer/Director Gita Desai to follow.
In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and sent from Korea to her new home in California. There the memory of her birth family was nearly obliterated, until recurring dreams led her to investigate her own past, and she discovered that her Korean mother was very much alive. Bravely uniting her biological and adoptive families, Borshay Liem embarks on a heartfelt journey in this acclaimed film. FIRST PERSON PLURAL is a poignant essay on family, loss and the reconciling of two identities.
When his father dies, a Cuban man who was raised in the United States, learns that he was not abandoned by his mother but illegally taken out of Cuba. He goes back to the island and is helped in his search by a cousin and a taxi driver.
Celebrate Gandhi's birthday! Winner of 9 Academy Awards & starring Ben Kingsley & Josh Gielgud, Dir by Richard Attenborough
During Holy Week at the end of the eighteenth century, a count visits his Havana sugar mill on a day a slave has run away. The count tells his cruel overseer, Don Manuel, to pick 12 slaves who will be guests at the count's table. Don Manuel objects, but to no avail. The twelfth guest is the recaptured runaway. During the dinner, using religious analogies, the count lectures his guests on the perfect happiness possible in slavery. They in turn tell stories and make requests.
A scientist invents a potion that allows vampires to be able to live under the rays of the sun. When the word gets out to the vampires of the world, they fly to Cuba to gain control of the potion. It becomes a battle between the American and the East European vampires. The scientist's trumpet-playing nephew holds the formula for the elixir...
A screening of new documentary 'Can't Go Native?' featuring the work of Japan anthropologist Dr. Keith Brown, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Anthropology. Film will be followed by a Q&A and discussion with Dr. Brown and the film's producer/director, Dr. David Plath of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A reception will follow.
