This semester's Lightworks Festival was a great success, and the calibur of student work is again improving. Congratulations to everyone who submitted. For the list of this semester's winners, check out the PDF.
Note: This is the schedule after physical submissions received and no more title or synopsis changes allowed. Items in red are struck from the program, and do not effect the listed times. Items in blue have been modified from their original submission.
Events: April 13-19
Tuesday, 14 April 2009 14:15
1. Pick up Your FVSA T-Shirt
The FVSA's super sweet t-shirts are in, so if you already ordered one, stop by the FVSA's office hours and pick yours up. The cost of the t-shirt is $9 each. If you didn't order a t-shirt but would still like one (see the attached design), we have extras, so come by the office to buy one.
Office Hours listed below.
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2. Sneak Preview: While She Was Out Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: 8pm Location: Chemistry Building, Room 1300
Details: Sneak previews are free, but you must obtain a free ticket from the UAC office, room 4002 in the Union, to attend. Tickets are typically available a few days before the screening. For more information, go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887971/
Sponsored by M-Flicks. ----------
3. Screening: A Common Voice Date: Wednesday, April 15 Time: 6-7:30pm Location: Michigan Union Ballroom
Details: In an effort to raise awareness and spark dialogue about the impact of sexualized violence within marginalized communities on college campuses, SAPAC created a video entitled, "A Common Voice: Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence on Campus." The video explores survivor reactions to relationship violence as experienced through a multicultural lens. This event will feature opening comments by Dr. Simone Himbeault Taylor, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, followed by a screening of the film. A panel comprised of survivors, SAPAC advocates, and staff members from across the University will guide a Q&A/discussion with the audience. Student and guest performers will pay tribute to survivors of sexualized violence through various forms of visual and performance art. Light refreshments will be served following the event.
Sponsored by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center. ----------
4. Screening: The Graduate Date: Friday, April 17 Time: 8pm Location: Natural Science Auditorium
5. Guest Speaker: A Quantum of Anti-Imperialism? U.S.-Bolivian Relations in the Age of Evo Morales and James Bond Date: Friday, April 17 Time: 12pm Location: School of Social Work, Room 1644
Details: Improbably, the latest James Bond film finds 007 on the side of the Bolivian people fighting against the coup-plotting CIA and a water-privatizing capitalist predator (in environmentalist sheep?s clothing). Viewing this film as a kind of ?social-science fiction,? Dr. Jose Lucero explore both how the "Bolivia" of the film serves as a vehicle for projecting some Northern anxieties about the Global South, as well as what debates about the actual filming (in Chile, not Bolivia) say about contemporary Bolivian politics. He also uses this film as a point of departure for exploring the way in which ?coup-talk? has become part of the governing style of Evo Morales, something that can only be understood by situating U.S-Bolivian relations within the context of Bolivian regional divisions and domestic politics. Lunch will be served after the talk.
Sponsored by the School of Social Work, Latin American and Caribbean Studies.. ----------
6. Screening: Manufactured Landscapes Date: Saturday, April 18 Time: 12-1pm Location: Angell Hall Auditorium A
Details: A striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky. The film follows him through China, as he shoots the evidence and effects of that country's massive industrial revolution, allowing us to meditate on our impact on the planet. Presented in English and Chinese with English subtitles.
