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Our Human Flow: Stories of Global Migration series continues this week with Wednesday's screening of SOUFRA (pictured), a new documentary about Mariam Shaar, a Palestinian who has spent her entire life in a refugee camp outside Beirut, as she attempts to start a catering company. Given the current state of the world, its a minor miracle that this is an inspirational story—come check it out!
On Thursday, the Cine con Cultura Film Festival continues with a visit by Cuban filmmaker Miguel Coyula with his new film NADIE. It's an imaginative documentary about Rafael Alcides, a chronicler of the Cuban revolution who is trying to save his unpublished novels before the ink literally fades from their pages. It should prove to be a fascinating discussion!
Thursday also brings the ramen western TAMPOPO, part of our Japanese cinema series. If you haven't seen TAMPOPO, do yourself a favor and watch it—it's one steamy bowl of soup!
Rounding out the week is Christian Petzold's recent film, TRANSIT, a modern-day adaptation of Anna Seghers' 1942 novel Transit Visa, about a German refugee who assumes the identity of a dead man to escape. We're also screening the indigenous drama ÁGA, Bulgaria's Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film, about a Siberian couple's attempts to reconnect with their estranged daughter. And last but not least: TOY STORY 4! All hail Forky!
Mark your calendar now for MY FIRST FILM: A Live Cinema Presentation by filmmaker & Ithaca College alumna Zia Anger. A vital, innovative work that explores what it means to be a woman and an artist, the project explores the creation and rejection of her first film, told through real-time interactions onscreen. A limited theatrical run of the event opened at the Metrograph in New York City on September 20th and received a rave review by Richard Brody in The New Yorker.
Psst: Come kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month on Tuesday with a free screening of WARGAMES!
