Global Studies Center

Synonyms: 
GSC
Global Studies

Madame Presidenta: Why not U.S.? -Vamos Meninas! (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 04/02/2014 - 19:00

Madame Presidenta: Why not U.S.? -Vamos Meninas!, Directed by Heather Arnet

Event Includes: Post-screening Q&A with Director Heather Arnet

"Together we hope to capture stories of transformation that provide Americans insight into this emerging world economic leader, and inspiration to continue our own pursuit towards gender equity." —Director Heather Arnet

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/madame.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Grigris (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 03/29/2014 - 18:00

Grigris, Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Chad's 2014 Oscar Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Award

Event Includes: Special dance performance from Nego Gato, Afro-Brazilian Music and Dance Ensemble, and a reception

"GriGris is a socially conscious morality play...stretching back through the Dardennes and Ken Loach to the Italian neorealist movement." —The Hollywood Reporter

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/grigris.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
Jola@cmu.edu

Open City of Amereida (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 03/28/2014 - 21:00

Open City of Amereida, Directed by Andres Tapia-Urzua

Event Includes: Post-screening Q&A with Director Andres Tapia-Urzua and reception featuring Chilean wine!

"This attempt to create poetry in times when everything is pragmatism, marketing, and success... It's a great gift to the world." —Alejandro Soto, Painter, Graduate from the School of Architecture in the Valparaiso School.

Location: 
Melwood Screening Room, 477 Melwood Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/amereida.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
Jola@cmu.edu

Sofia's Last Ambulance, Poslednata Lineika Na Sofia (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/27/2014 - 19:15

Sofia's Last Ambulance, Poslednata Lineika Na Sofia, Directed by Ilian Metev

Event Includes: Screening of Dr. Paul Goodman's short "Nurse"

"Faces convey all that auds need to know." —Variety

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/sofia.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
Jola@cmu.edu

Master of the Universe (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Thu, 03/27/2014 - 17:00

Master of the Universe, Directed by Marc Bauder

"The practicalities, worries and woes of working in the financial markets is under examination in Marc Bauder's beautifully shot and elegantly absorbing documentary." —ScreenDaily

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/master.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Eat Sleep Die (ÄTA SOVA DÖ)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Wed, 03/26/2014 - 19:15

Eat Sleep Die (ÄTA SOVA DÖ), Directed by Gabriela Pichler
Sweden's 2014 Oscar Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Award

Event Includes: Screening of Dr. Paul Goodman's short "Plant Closing"
Presented in Conjunction with: Humanities Scholars Program at Carnegie Mellon University.

"Gripping Swedish film captures the challenges for young workers in a troubled economy." —The Hollywood Reporter

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/eatsleepdie.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

The Cleaner, El Limpiador (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Tue, 03/25/2014 - 19:30

The Cleaner (El Limpiador), Directed by Adrián Saba
Peru's 2014 Oscar Entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Award

Event Includes: Post-screening Q&A with Director Adrián Saba at both screenings, and a reception at the CMU screening

"A controlled, stripped-down approach pays off in an affecting two-hander that's set during what feels like the end of the world." —The Hollywood Reporter

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/cleaner.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Web Junkie (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 03/22/2014 - 19:15

Web Junkie, Directed by Shosh Shlam & Hilla Medalia

Event Includes: Post-screening Q&A with Director Shosh Shlam

"I think that our identity as human beings is damaged in a way. What is your identity? If you are all the time connected to somebody, who are you?" —Director Shosh Shlam

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/webjunkie.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

The Square (CMUIFF)

Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Sat, 03/22/2014 - 16:30

The Square, Directed by Jehane Noujaim

Panel discussion with Mohammed Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, and Amani Attia, Professor of Arabic at the University of Pittsburgh. Moderated by Roger Rouse, Global Studies professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Plus a reception featuring an assortment of hummus, cheeses, bread, and pastries will be generously provided by Allegro Hearth Bakery

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/thesquare.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

Shipbreakers (Film, CMUIFF)

Subtitle: 
CMU Opening Night of the Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival: Faces of Work
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Date: 
Fri, 03/21/2014 - 19:15

Event Includes: A panel discussion featuring Director Ralph Vituccio, Pittsburgh Post- Gazette Assistant Managing Editor Mark Roth, and University of Pittsburgh Political Science Professor Michael Goodhart will be moderated by Roger Rouse, professor of Global Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. Plus CMU Opening Night Reception featuring delicious food from Pittsburgh's best Indian restaurant, Coriander India Grill!

Location: 
McConomy Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave.
Cost: 
$5 seniors and students | $8 workers
Event Web Site: 
http://www.cmu.edu/faces/films/shipbreakers.html
Contact Person: 
Jolanta Lion
Contact Phone: 
4124456292
Contact Email: 
jola@cmu.edu

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