Past Screenings

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The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan

2004

"In March 2001 the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's foremost tourist attraction, the Buddhas of Bamiyan."

A Boy’s Life

2004

A heartbreaking and dramatic portrait of the troubling forces that have shaped the life of a seven-year-old boy from an impoverished region of Mississippi.

The Last Peasants: A Good Wife

2004

Angus Macqueen's three-part series follows the human stories of three Romanian families torn apart by the realities of migration.

Film as a Subversive Art: Amos Vogel and Cinema 16

2004

"In 1947, Amos Vogel established a film club in New York called Cinema 16. He was determined to show there were alternatives to Hollywood.…

Darwin’s Nightmare

2005

"Sometime in the 1960's, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a scientific experiment. "

Liberia: An Uncivil War

2005

"2003 and the power struggle between LURD, the Liberian rebel movement, and president Charles Taylor reaches its climax. "

Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

2005

"The extraordinary tale of the kidnap of teenage newspaper heiress, Patty Hearst, by the notorious terrorist group, the Symbionese Liberation Army."

Someday My Prince Will Come

2005

"A fairytale of love lost and found, this is the story of 11-year-old Laura Anne who lives in the depressed Cumbrian town of Siddick.…

Hearts and Minds

2004

A searing and incisive thesis that carefully balances both the American and the Vietnamese experiences of the war.