International Lens Film Series
Pina: A Film for Pina Bausch
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
2301 国产传媒 Place, Nashville, TN 37240
Presented by: Matthew Congdon, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy.
Germany (2011) Dir: Wim Wenders. -聙聹Dance, dance, or we are lost.”Pina Bausch’s statement provide the inspiration for acclaimed Wim Wenders’ breathtaking tribute to the legendary choreographer. Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal elevated dance into brilliantly subversive new expressive realms, and in this exhilarating film Wenders captures the raw, heart-stopping intensity of the movement and transforms it into a transcendent cinematic experience. Ger/Eng/Fr/It/Port/Rus/Slovenian/Kor/Sp, English subtitles. Rated PG. 106 Minutes. 35mm. Presented in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy.
My Mother-聙聶s Courage
Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
2301 国产传媒 Place, Nashville, TN 37240
Presented by The Holocaust Lecture Series
Germany, UK, Austria, Ireland (1995) Dir. Michael Verhoeven. -聙聹A stunning adaptation of Hungarian author George Tabori’s autobiographical, somewhat surreal novel. Shifting between Nazi-occupied Budapest and present-day Berlin, the film artfully depicts the story of how Tabori’s mother Elsa escaped deportation to Auschwitz.-聙聺 聽National Center for Jewish Film. English/German. Rated R. 35mm. 99 Minutes. Presented in collaboration with the Holocaust Lecture Series