International Lens Film Series
Aelita: Queen of Mars
Part 聽of 聽the 聽film 聽series 聽Revolution 聽& Realism, 聽based 聽on 聽the 聽exhibition 聽The Power of 聽Pictures: Early Soviet 聽Photography 聽and Film, on view at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts through July 4, 2016
Tuesday, March 22
Presented by: Jason Strudler, Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian.
USSR (1924) Dir: Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov.
USSR (1924) Dir: Yakov Alexandrovich Protazanov.
Described as one of the 聽first science-fiction 聽films, 聽Aelita 聽chronicles an adventurer-聙聶s journey to Mars where he leads an uprising alongside a beautiful and seductive queen. Showcases spectacular sets and costumes influenced by the Russian Constructivist movement. Silent with English meta-titles. No rating. 111 minutes.Blu-ray. 聽
Presented in collaboration with the Department of Germanic and Slavic 聽Languages, the Frist Center for Visual Arts, The Belcourt Theatre, and Third Man Record
Selma
Wednesday, March 23 Presented by: Vanessa Beasley, Dean of the Martha River Ingram Commons 聽
and Associate Professor of Communications; 聽
and Mona Frederick, Executive Director of the Robert Penn Warren 聽
Center for the Humanities. USA (2014) Dir: Ava DuVernay.
Selma 聽chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when 聽Dr. 聽Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. English. Rated PG-13. 129 minutes. Blu-ray.
Presented in collaboration with 聽the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities.