BETA
Frustratingly, most of the film events at each of the colleges do not make it onto the five college calendar! Worse still, most of the films are not even on the individual colleges website -- either only on the departmental website or not online at all. It's a shame because there are so many wonderful film events playing to too many empty seats, while there are so many people in the Valley who would attend if they only knew about it.
As a workaround, I have copied events from the other colleges further down on this page.
For the 5 college calendar, click on the links below for Year, Month, Week or Day.
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UMass Amherst Calendar:
- Italian Cinema: Gomorra
- Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano, Gomorra follows five separate stories through the slums and streets in the provinces near Naples.
- Film: New Year Baby
- New Year Baby is a documentary about a Cambodian woman's life during and after the Cambodian genocide.
- Spanish Cinema: Todos estamos invitados
- Spanish Cinema presents Todos estamos invitados, directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón in 2008.
- Bastards of Utopia: Experiments in Politics, Fieldwork and Documentary
- Anthropologist and filmmaker Maple Razsa will present his work-in-progress Bastards of Utopia.
- 4th Annual UMass Film Festival
- This film festival is designed to celebrate film production and, most importantly, student filmmakers.
- Three Songs About Motherland and A Taste of Freedom
- Two films by director Marina Goldovskaya will be shown: Three Songs About Motherland and A Taste of Freedom.
- Hip Hop Culture Weekend
- Hip Hop Culture Weekend features a breakdancing workshop, a free movie night, a hip hop showcase, and a record sale.
Something else:
UMass Independent Film Production Club:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=30967142179
Mount Holyoke College Film Events
| 4/6/2009 | Fourth Annual Arabic Film Festival | Cleveland Hall, L-3 | Arts & Entertainment |
| 4/7/2009 | Fourth Annual Arabic Film Festival | Cleveland Hall, L-3 | Arts & Entertainment |
| 4/7/2009 | Women and the "Heroism of Everyday Life," a Film by Ousmane Sembene | Gamble Auditorium A | On Multiple Calendars |
| 4/8/2009 | Fourth Annual Arabic Film Festival | Kendade Hall, Room 305 | Arts & Entertainment |
| 4/9/2009 | Fourth Annual Arabic Film Festival | Cleveland Hall, L-3 | Arts & Entertainment |
| 4/10/2009 | Fourth Annual Arabic Film Festival | Cleveland Hall, L-1 | Arts & Entertainment |
| 4/14/2009 | Russian and Eurasian Studies Department presents "Captive" | Skinner Hall, Room 216 | Arts & Entertainment |
| 4/14/2009 | German Filmfest Spring 2009 presents "Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum" | Ciruti Center, Room 09 | Arts & Entertainment |
Smith College
| Film Screening for SWG 323 |
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2009-AAEMKX | Apr-20-2009 07:00 PM | Study of Women and Gender |
| Film Studies Committee Meeting |
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2009-AAEMSM | Completed | Film Studies |
| Film Studies Committee Meeting |
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2009-AAENRQ | Apr-27-2009 12:10 PM | Film Studies |
| Film Screening |
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2009-AAEOHC | Apr-07-2009 07:00 PM | American Studies |
| Film Screening--AAS |
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2009-AAEOYK | Completed | Afro-American Studies |
Hampshire College, Amherst College, and Amherst Cinema present a screening of the movie Sleep Dealer (2008), written and directed by Alex Rivera 91F. A discussion with Alex about the film and immigrant rights will follow the screening.
Wednesday, April 29
7 p.m. Screening
Amherst Cinema
28 Amity Street
Sleep Dealer won the screenwriting award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival as well as the festival’s Alfred P. Sloan Prize for the best film dealing with science or technology. The film envisions a future in which would-be immigrants remain south of the border and use network-connected robots to beam in their services. Rated PG-13; 90 minutes.
Visit http://www.sleepdealer.com for more information about the film.
5- College Film Festival-- TBD 2010
