International Education Center

Georgia College & State University

Calendar of Events

First Friday Foreign Film Series: 2008-2009

Friday, September 5, 2008, 7 p.m.

Kukusha (The Cuckoo)

Finnish film exposing the relationship between a Finnish sniper and a Soviet army captain who escaped to find shelter with a Lapp woman named Anni during World War II.

Introduction by Dr. Dwight Call

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Friday, October 3, 2008, 7 p.m.

Mandabi

Senegalese film about a family man whose life is thrown out of order when he that receives a money order from relatives in Paris.

Introduction by Dr. Eustace Palmer

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Friday, November 7, 2008, 7 p.m.

Persepolis

French film based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir, this animated film is a chronicle of a young girl’s coming of age in a difficult time—the Iranian revolution.

Introduction by Dr. Mary Magoulick

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Friday, December 5, 2008, 7 p.m.

The Lives of Others

German film described as both “horrifying” and “unintentionally funny” which tells the story of East German celebrities who become observed by their country’s secret service when they are thought to be disloyal to the state.

Introduction by Dr. J.J. Arias

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Friday, February 6, 2009, 7 p.m.

Curse of the Golden Flower

Chinese work described as a “martial arts epic masterpiece,” this film tells the tale of a royal family divided against itself. It builds to a mythic climax as lines are crossed, trust is betrayed, and family blood is spilled in the quest for redemption and revenge.

Introduction by Dr. Sunita Manian

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Friday, March 9, 2009, 7 p.m.

Les Choristes

French film set in the mid-1900s which tells the story of a teacher who comes to work at a school for “difficult boys.” As he realizes that the discipline approach the school had used was ineffective he tries to reach the boys and build trust and true order through music.

Introduction by Dr. Jennifer Flory

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Friday, April 3, 2009, 7 p.m.

Cecilia

Cuban film which is loosely based on the classic novel, Cecilia Valdéz, the movie is a reflection of Cuban nationality symbolized by a mestizo woman who struggles to become a part of the world of the white aristocracy.

Introduction by Dr. Beauty Bragg

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium

Friday, May 1, 2009,  7 p.m.

Blood Diamond

U.S. film set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in the Sierra Leone of the 1990s. This movie tells the story of two completely different African men who become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. The film also exposes the brutal and unjust diamond industry in the region.

Introduction by Dr. Doug Oetter

Free Admission

Arts & Sciences Auditorium