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INTERCULTURAL CENTER
SPRING - 2010
MOVIES! FREE! MOVIES! FREE!
MOVIES WILL BEGIN @ NOON ON THE DAY AND DATE
INDICATED IN THE INTERCULTURAL CENTER
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FRIDAY 2/5/2010
Cadillac Records (2008) 109 min. R
Synopsis: Biopic about the formation of Chicago-based Chess Records focuses on Leonard Chess whose ambitious venture brings artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Etta James into the limelight. While their influence and popularity grow during the 1940s and '50s, the musical "family" experiences its share of hurt and heartbreak.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
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DATE: TO BE ANNOUNCED
Traces of the Trade (2008) 86 min.
Documentary: Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerful new perspective on the black/white divide. Given the myth that the South is solely responsible for slavery, viewers will be surprised to learn that Browne’s ancestors were Northerners.
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FRIDAY 3/5/2010
Persepolis (2007) 95 min. PG-13
Synopsis: Marjane Satrapi's memoir of growing up in Iran comes to the screen in this bittersweet animated film of her graphic novels. As the Islamic Revolution of 1978 brings a repressive theocracy to power, little Marjane becomes dangerously outspoken when women's liberties are targeted. Later sent to Vienna for her education, she confronts cultural prejudices and the growing pains of young adulthood.
IRANIAN
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FRIDAY 3/26/2010
La Vie En Rose (2007) 141 min. PG-13
Synopsis: French singer Edith Piaf's captivating life story is told in this acclaimed drama. First discovered during her impoverished childhood in Paris, the voice of the "Little Sparrow" brings her acclaim, but a doomed affair with boxer Marcel Cerdan and a bout with morphine addiction contribute to the suffering she endures before her tragic death in 1963.
FRENCH
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FRIDAY 4/9/2010
The Visitor (2008) 104 min. PG-13
Synopsis: Compelling drama in which a college professor Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) befriends immigrant couple Tarek and Zainab after finding they've taken up residence in his seldom-used apartment. When Tarek is arrested and scheduled to be deported, Walter attempts to have him freed—rediscovering what is important to him in the process.
IMMIGRATION
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