Film & Media Culture

In this collection of six shorts, filmmakers gaze at themselves and their world, attempting to make sense of what they see reflected back. From gripping drama to heart-warming comedy, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities features timely stories from Black artists that take us outside of the ordinary. (1 hour 22 minutes).

Following the screening, please join us on Zoom at 8pm for a Q&A with Directors Antu Yacob and Zora Bikangaga and Curator Curtis Caesar John. A Hirschfield International Film Series event. Free.

Two retired women, Nina (Barbara Sukowa) and Madeleine (Martine Chevallier), have been secretly in love for decades. Everybody, including Madeleine’s family, thinks they are simply neighbors, sharing the top floor of their building. They come and go between their two apartments, enjoying the affection and pleasures of daily life together, until an unforeseen event turns their relationship upside down and leads Madeleine’s daughter to gradually unravel the truth about them. In French with English subtitles. (1 hour 39 minutes).

Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut. Unable to share their passions either at school or at home, they embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: to see if a constant level of alcohol in their blood will help them find greater freedom and happiness. At first they each find a new-found zest, but as the gang pushes their experiment further, issues that have been simmering for years come to a head. In Danish and Swedish with English subtitles. (1 hour 57 minutes).

Available to stream Nov. 9th at 6pm through Nov. 15th at 6pm.

Please join us Nov. 14th at 8pm for a Q & A with Director Molly Stuart ‘15.

Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. (75 minutes). Free.

A Hirschfield International Film Series event. Part of the Light Up the Night Arts Fest. Free.

Available to stream Nov. 9th at 6pm through Nov. 15th at 6pm.

Please join us Nov. 14th at 8pm for a Q & A with Director Molly Stuart ‘15.

Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. (75 minutes). Free.

A Hirschfield International Film Series event. Part of the Light Up the Night Arts Fest. Free.

When four young orphans—Hikari, Ikuko, Ishi, and Takemura—first meet, their parents’ bodies are being turned into dust, like fine Parmesan atop a plate of spaghetti Bolognese, and yet none of them can shed a tear. They are like zombies; devoid of all emotion. Tragedy, comedy, music, social criticism, and teenage angst are all subsumed in this eccentric cinematic tsunami. A Hirschfield International Film Series event. (120 minutes). Free. 

In 1970 the filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin were commissioned by Fatah (with funding from the Arab League) to create a film about the Palestinian Revolution. The footage they shot eventually became the well known essay film Ici et Ailleurs. In 1971 Masao Adachi and Koji Wakamatsu visited the region to shoot footage for their film Japanese Red Army/PFLP Declaration of World War. These works have received considerable critical attention since they first appeared.

The annual Fall showcase of student work produced in Sight and Sound II. A Film and Media Culture Department Event. Free.

The annual Fall showcase of student work produced in Sight and Sound II and 3D Computer Animation. A Film and Media Culture Department event. Free.

Please join us as Film and Media Culture students read from their senior thesis screenplays.