CineCulture announces lineup for remainder of spring semester
Arts & Humanities at Fresno StateCineCulture, Media, Communications and JournalismAfricana Studies Program, Ana Cruz Navarro, And Then They Came for Us, Angelica, Armenian Genocide, Armenian Studies Program, Bill Wisneski, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, Christy McGill, CineCulture, Classical Studies Program, College of Arts and Humanities, Consulate of Mexico in Fresno, Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, Dogs of Democracy, Don Tamaki, Ed EmanuEl, Electric Shadows, Eufrosina Cruz, Executive Order 9066, Fresnans Against Fracking, Fresno JACL, Fresno State, George Takei, Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno, Japanese American Citizens League, Jewish Studies Program, Marisol Gómez-Mouakad, Mary Husain, Mary Zournazi, Naré Mkrtchyan, Phebe McClatchy Conley Endowment, Richard Rhodes, Serenade for Haiti, Shadow of Drought: Southern California's Looming Water Crisis, Spanish program, The Other Side of Home, The Suffragettes (Las Sufragistas), Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Xiao JiangLeave a comment
CineCulture announces the lineup for the remainder of the spring semester.
Most CineCulture screenings are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays during the semester in the Peters Education Center Auditorium (5010 N. Woodrow Ave.) in the Student Recreation Center. All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.
See the full list below.
Feb. 23: "Electric Shadows" (2004)
Discussant: Dr. Ed EmanuEl
In Mandarin with English subtitles. 93 minutes.
"Electric Shadows" marks the directing debut of Xiao Jiang one of the few active female film directors in China. The film begins when a young woman mysteriously attacks a stranger and then asks him to care for her fish while she is being arrested. When he enters her apartment he discovers an apparent shrine to the iconic Chinese singer and film actress of the 1930s Zhou Zuan, nicknamed " the Golden voice," and that they share a love of the cinema and more.
March 2: "And Then They Came for Us" (2017)
Discussant: Don Tamaki, the attorney for Fred Korematsu's legal team
Sponsors: The Central California District Council of the Japanese American Citizens League, Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno
Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during WWII. Directed by Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider, "And Then They Came for Us" features Japanese-American actor George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs by the late Dorothea Lange, a photojournalist best known for her Depression-era work. This film brings history into the present, retelling this difficult story and following Japanese American activists as they speak out against the Muslim registry and travel ban. "And Then They Came for Us" is a cautionary and inspiring tale for these dark times.
March 9: "Angelica" (2016)
Discussant: Marisol Gómez-Mouakad, director
Sponsors: The Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies, the Spanish program and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
In Spanish with English subtitles, 90 minutes
Angélica dreams of a major career as a fashion designer in New York, but has not got much further than a boring sewing job. After a long absence from Puerto Rico, she returns to the island when her father, Wilfredo, suffers a heart attack. The unexpected return to the house where she grew up forces her to face herself and discover that she does not know who she is, and moreover that she does not accept herself.
March 16: "Serenade for Haiti" (2016)
Discussant: Christy McGill, producer
Sponsor: The Africana Studies Program
In Haitian Creole, French and English with English subtitles, 78 minutes
Filmed over a seven-year period in Haiti, this documentary feature film by director Owsley Brown tells the story of a small classical music school, the Sainte Trinité Music School, in the heart of troubled Port au Prince, Haiti. This modest school thrives in the shadows of decades of political turmoil and natural disasters. Its story transcends poverty and political violence and shows how music can transform the lives of the children and faculty of the school and unlock the power of their own lives and imagination.
March 23: "Shadow of Drought: Southern California's Looming Water Crisis" (2018)
Discussant: Bill Wisneski, director
Sponsor: The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Fresnans Against Fracking
While California recovers from the worst drought in state history, myriad impacts resulting from climate change threaten Southern California's imported water supply. As a shadow of drought hangs over the region, this documentary explores the dire consequences of inaction that lie ahead.
MARCH 30: No film (Campus closed for Caesar Chavez holiday)
April 6: "Dogs of Democracy" (2016)
Discussant: Mary Zournazi, writer/director
Sponsors: The Classical Studies Program, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, with support from the Phebe McClatchy Conley Endowment
"Dogs of Democracy" is a documentary film about the stray dogs of Athens, Greece, and the people who take care of them. Greek-Australian filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores life on the streets through the eyes of these dogs and their peoples' experience. Shot on location in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, the film is about how the Greeks have become the "stray dogs of Europe," and how the stray dogs in Athens have become a symbol of hope for the people and for the Greek anti-austerity political movement.
April 13: "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story" (2017)
Discussant: Richard Rhodes, author of "Hedy's Folly," the book on which the film is based
Sponsors: The Jewish Studies Program and the Jewish Studies Association
What do the most ravishingly beautiful actress of the 1930s and '40s and the inventor whose concepts were the basis of cell phone and Bluetooth technology have in common? They are both Hedy Lamarr, the glamour icon whose ravishing visage was the inspiration for Snow White and Cat Woman and a technological trailblazer who perfected a radio system to throw Nazi torpedoes off course during WWII. "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story" brings to light the story of an unusual and accomplished woman, spurned as too beautiful to be smart, but a role model to this day.
April 20: "The Other Side of Home" (2016)
Discussant: Naré Mkrtchyan, director/producer
Sponsor: The Armenian Studies Program
In English, Armenian and Turkish with English subtitles, 40 minutes
In 1915, an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turks during the Armenian Genocide. In 2015, a Turkish woman named Maya discovers that her great-grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. This documentary follows Maya as she decides to go to Armenia to take part in the 100th commemoration of the genocide. This film is a universal story of identity, denial, and how the experience of genocide creates a ripple effect for future generations on both sides.
April 27: "The Suffragists (Las Sufragistas)" (2012)
Discussant: Ana Cruz Navarro, director
Sponsors: The College of Arts and Humanities, the Consulate of Mexico in Fresno, Aeromexico, the Spanish Program, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures and the Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies
"The Suffragists" by Mexican filmmaker Ana Cruz Navarro tells the story of Eufrosina Cruz, an indigenous woman from the Zapotec community of Santa María Quiegolani in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2008, her right to vote and run as Municipal president of her community was denied on the grounds that indigenous customary laws prohibit women from participating in electoral processes. In Mexico, women won the right to full suffrage in 1953. Today, after a long battle, Eufrosina Cruz is a representative in Mexico's federal government, and the first indigenous woman to be a member of the Congress of Oaxaca. "The Suffragists" details her political struggle, as well as Mexican women's long fight for political power.
May 4: To be determined
CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State students, faculty and staff and the community. CineCulture is also offered as a three-unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department.
The CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions. Fresno State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities.
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