*apologies for cross-posting*
Dear all,
with this email I want to warn you about two further changes in this year's Louis le Prince Screening Program, Cinema&Politics.
1. The projection of "Farewell my Concubine" has been swapped with "La battalla de Chile".
2. Also, we will have experts giving introductions to some of the films.
Below the new programme. Attached a poster that can be circulated.
• Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembène - (2004) – Senegal/Burkina Faso/France/Cameroon/Morocco/Tunisia - MONDAY 13/Oct - 5.45pm
Ousmane Sembène has been crucially influential in Senegalese contemporary cinema. Mooladé is his last feature film. In a small village in Burkina Faso, Collé, a brave woman in her fifties, provides protection and accommodation to a group of young girls in order to avoid them suffering female genital cutting. In doing so she triggers a conflict that will involve the entire village.
The film will be introiduced by Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre at the Faculty of Arts (University of Leeds). Her profile: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/profile/20030/317/jane_plastow
• Nixon by Oliver Stone – (1995) – USA- MONDAY 27/Oct - 5.45pm
“Oliver Stone's "Nixon" gives us a brooding, brilliant, tortured man, sinking into the gloom of a White House under siege, haunted by the ghosts of his past” (from rogerebert.com).
The film will be introduced by Caitlin Schindler, PhD Student in Public Diplomacy and Propaganda at the School of Media and Communication (University of Leeds). Her profile:
http://media.leeds.ac.uk/people/caitlin-schindler/
• La batalla de Chile - El golpe de estado [The Battle of Chile - The Coup d'État (Ep. 2)] by Patricio Guzmán (1975) – Chile - MONDAY 10/Nov - 5.45pm
”The Battle of Chile is a historical documentary that in the 80s became popular worldwide. It is not made with archival footage though, it was shot at the same time of the events that it documents. Patricio Guzmán spent two years filming in Santiago and other cities, with the support of the French filmmaker Chris Marker.” (form labatalladechile.cl). The film narrates the last days of Salvador Allende.
The film will be introduced by Dr Katy Parry, Lecturer in Lecturer in Media and Communication at the School of Media and Communication (University of Leeds). Her profile here:
http://media.leeds.ac.uk/people/katy-parry/
• 霸王別姬 – (Farewell my Concubine) by Chen Kaige - (1992) – China - FRIDAY 21/Nov - 5.45pm
“[this] drama film directed by Chen Kaige, is one of the central works of the Fifth Generation movement that brought Chinese film directors to world attention. Similar to other Fifth Generation films […], Farewell My Concubine explores the effect of China's political turmoil during the mid-20th century on the lives of individuals, families, and groups, […]. (from Wikipedia)
The film will be introduced by Yanling Yang, Phd Student in Film Policy at the School of Media and Communication (University of Leeds).
• Le mani sulla città (Hands Over the City) by Francesco Rosi – (1962) - IT/FR - MONDAY 01/Dec - 5.45pm
“Francesco Rosi, a former lawyer and one-time assistant to Visconti and Antonioni, […] made an immediate impression with his film Salvatore Giuliano (1962). […] Hands Over the City has a harsh, documentary look, but involves the conflict between two representative figures, both fictitious: the ruthless property developer Edoardo Nottola and the outspoken communist Neapolitan senator De Vita […]. The two men go head to head during a fudged inquiry into the collapse of a building under construction […].” (Philip French from The Guardian)
• Tsar to Lenin by Herman Axelbank - (1937) - USA - MONDAY 15/Dec - 5.45pm
“First released in 1937, Tsar to Lenin ranks among the twentieth century’s greatest film documentaries. Using archive footage assembled over more than a decade, Tsar to Lenin presents an extraordinary cinematic account of the Russian Revolution […]” (cornerhopuse.org).
The film will be introduced by Dr Tracey Mollet, Visiting Lecturer at Leeds Trinity University College and Lecturer in Film and Media Theory at University of Leeds.
http://media.leeds.ac.uk/people/tracey-mollet-2/
Admission is free, but due to copyright restrictions is limited to staff and students of the University of Leeds.
Films are screened with English subtitles.
Location: University of Leeds, School of Media and Communication (SMaC)- Clothworkers Building North - Phil Taylor Cinema (room 2.31)
Thanks
Luca Antoniazzi
Phd Candidate and Teaching Assistant
School of Media and Communication
University of Leeds
Clothworkers' Building North, 1.07
Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
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