TRADITIONAL INTERNATIONAL FILM SERIES TO INCLUDE A LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
JAN. 16, 2001
The University of Richmond's Twelfth Annual International Film Series, sponsored by the Department of International Education, begins spring semester showings this week.
Fourteen international films will be shown on campus on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from January 18 through March 24. Thursday and Sunday showings begin at 7:30 p.m. in Jepson Hall 118. Friday showings are at 3 p.m. in Adams Auditorium of Boatwright Memorial Library. All films are shown in the original language with English subtitles and are introduced by Richmond faculty. The series is free and open to the public.
A three-day festival of Latin American film entitled "2001-Truth in the Lens: A Symposium on Latin American Film" highlights the series March 22-24. It includes six films by noted Latin American filmmakers, all at special showtimes that differ from the normal schedule. Guest scholars Michael Chanan and David William Foster will deliver keynote addresses, and five Latin American filmmakers will show and discuss their latest work, among other festival special events.
Chanan is a British documentary filmmaker and authority on Latin American film. Foster, chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures at Arizona State University, specializes in Argentinean literature and film. Both have written extensively on Latin American cinema.
Among visiting filmmakers will be Mela Márquez Salegh of
Bolivia and Luis Figueroa
of Peru, a founding father of filmmaking in the Andean region.
The festival is sponsored by the university's Spanish program of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and is a part of Richmond Quest 2000. Originated by university President William E. Cooper, the Quest is a two-year cycle of campus-wide academic activities investigating a single topic. The topic of Quest 2000 is "Is truth in the eye of the beholder?" The student proposing the winning topic of each Quest receives a year's full scholarship (or its cash equivalent, if a senior).
Films scheduled for the regular series are: "Goya in Bordeaux," Spain/Italy, 1999, January 18, 19, 21; "Aimée and Jaguar," Germany, 1999, January 25, 26, 28; "Same Old Song," France, 1997, February 1, 2, 4; "The Color of Paradise," Iran, 1999, February 8, 9, 11; and "The Third Man," Great Britain, 1949, February 15, 16, 18.
Also, "Not One Less," China, 1999, February 22, 23, 25; "Who the Hell Is Juliette?" Mexico, 1997, March 1, 2, 4; and "Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business," USA, 1995, March 8, 9, 11.
The Latin American Film Festival includes: "The Sentimental Teaser," Chile, 1999, March 22, 25 at 7:30 p.m., Jepson Hall 118; "Between Marx and a Naked Woman," Ecuador, 1996, March 23 at 3 p.m., Adams Auditorium; and "Pizza, Beer, Smokes," Argentina, 1998, March 23 at 6 p.m., Jepson Hall 118.
Also, "Rise Up," Bolivia, 1995, March 24 at 2:15 p.m., Jepson Hall 118; "The Bull and the Condor," Peru, 1998, March 24 at 3:30 p.m., Jepson Hall 118; and "Time Out," Colombia, 1999; March 24, 4:45 p.m., Jepson Hall 118.
For additional information about either the International Film Series or the Latin American Film Festival, call the Department of International Education at 289-8836.