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Film Schedule
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AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
September 7-12 at
BAXTER
Al Weiwei is
China's most famous international artist, and its most
outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict
censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai
expresses himself and organizes people through art and
social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut
down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built
studio, and held him in secret detention.
AI WEIWEI: NEVER
SORRY is the inside story
of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global
audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics.
First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented
access to Ai while working as a journalist in China. Her
detailed portrait provides a nuanced exploration of
contemporary China and one of its most compelling public
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I WISH (PG)
September 14-20 at VILLAGE 8
Twelve-year-old
Koichi lives with his mother and grandparents in a small
town by a smoking volcano. His parents' divorce has split
the family, with his younger brother Ryu and their
feckless rock musician dad living over a hundred miles
away. Koichi yearns for his family to be reunited, and
when he learns that a new bullet train line will soon
open—linking the two towns—he starts to believe that the
combined energy when two trains pass each other at top
speed could make his wish come true. With the help of
friends, Koichi organizes an expedition to the mid-point
of the train lines, with Ryu coming from the other
direction—all of them thinking about what they would most
like to wish for. A sweet ode to what we value in life,
written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Hirokazu
Kore-eda (Nobody Knows, Still Walking, After Life),
who is known for his keen depictions of the trials and
tribulations of everyday existence, the innocent minds of
children and the warmth of family life. (Fully subtitled)
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Official Web Site
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SHOWTIMES: 1:25p
4:15p 7:05p 9:45p
SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY SHOWTIMES: 1:25p 4:15p 7:05p
Running Time: 2 hrs 18 mins |
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THEY CALL IT MYANMAR (NR)
September 21-27
at VILLAGE 8
Shot clandestinely over a 2-year period by best-selling
novelist and filmmaker, Robert H. Lieberman, this film
provides a rare look at the second-most isolated country
on the planet. It lifts the curtain to expose the everyday
life in a country that has been held in the iron grip of a
brutal military regime for 48 years.
This unique feature length documentary, culled from over
120 hours of striking images, is an impressionistic
journey. Interviews and interactions with more than 100
people throughout Burma, including an interview with the
recently released Aung San Suu Kyi, are interwoven with
spectacular footage of this little seen nation and its
people.
Though Burma has tumbled from one of the most prosperous
and advanced countries in Southeast Asia to one of the
world’s poorest, “They Call It Myanmar” is a story of
beauty, courage and hope.
Myanmar Nobel Prize winner Suu Kyi to speak at University of Louisville
DAILY SHOWTIMES: 1:00p 3:05p 5:10p 7:15p 9:30p
SUNDAY THRU THURSDAY SHOWTIMES: 1:00p 3:05p 5:10p 7:15p
Running Time: 1 hr 20 mins |
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