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Monday, 17 November 2008 18:40 |
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1. Screenplay Reading: Drumadoom
Date: Tuesday, November 18
Time: 7pm-8:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery Room 100
Details: Written by SAC graduate Marc Zakalik, "Drumadoom" is the story of "Disco" Dave
Drummond, a single father in Scotland, who is forced to make a choice between protecting
his young son, Dougie, or pursuing his dream of once again playing professional football
for Celtic in Glasgow. Zakalik developed Drumadoom while he was in SAC 427, advanced
screenwriting course. A question and answer session will follow the reading.
Sponsored by the Screen Arts and Cultures Department
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 2. Screening: Jarhead
Date: Tuesday, November 18
Time: 7pm
Location: Michigan Theater
Cost: FREE
Details: Based on Anthony Swofford's memoir about his experiences as a Marine Sniper in
Gulf War I, "Jarhead" is a war movie in which the waiting is a far greater factor upon
the characters than the war itself, and the build up to combat is more drama than what
combat is depicted. The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Jamie Foxx.
Sponsored by the Semper Fi Film Series
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 3. Screening: En El Fuego
Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: 5pm-7pm
Location: School of Social Work Educational Conference Center
Details: Transphobia is an everyday problem around the world and in a religious and
conservative city like Lima, Peru where transgender citizens are not protected by any
law, it can be downright dangerous. Transgender people from Lima, Peru open their lives
and hearts and tell their stories about fear, hate, discrimination, abuse, hopes and
dreams in a society that has openly turned its back to them.
Sponsored by the Spectrum Center
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4. Double Feature:   Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels/Snatch
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 7pm-11pm
Location: Natural Science Auditorium
Details: The double feature follows a pair of heist films directed by Guy Ritchie. For
more information, go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120735/ and
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/
Sponsored by M-Flicks
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 5. Screening: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 7pm-9pm
Location: Lorch Hall Auditorium
Details: Based on the novel written by the director (Mamoru Oshii), this
documentary-style film uses the process of "Superlivemation" which involves animating
paper puppet- like characters and locations from photographs. The story explores the
Japanese concept of "stand and eat" food starting from the post WWII era through the end
of the 1980s. Presented with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies
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6. Screening: Dance with Farm Workers
Date: Saturday, November 22
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: Angell Hall Auditorium A
Details: Initiated and organized by choreographer Wen Hui (the director's wife), ten
actors and dancers are brought together with thirty farm workers who came from poor
regions of Sichuan Province to work on construction sites in Beijing. Drawn to this dance
project by the promise of 30 yuan a day for their efforts, the laborers later discover
that even they have an opportunity to stand center stage and make a statement. Presented
with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies
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FVSA T-Shirt Design Winner Selected |
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Monday, 17 November 2008 06:46 |
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Since we only received one valid T-Shirt design  , there is no need for voting. So here you go FVSA, you're awesome 2008 T-Shirt design by Jason Emmendorfer:
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Lightworks Electronic Submissions Open! |
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Monday, 10 November 2008 18:37 |
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 LIGHTWORKS ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION IS NOW OPEN!!! You must first register before you will be able to submit to Lightworks. If you are not registered, you can do so by following the link under the login area to the left. After you have registered, login and a Lightworks submission link will appear on the left. If you have any difficulties please email:
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Date: Friday, November 14 (Ends on Friday, November 30th)
Time: 12:01am
Location: www.um-fvsa.org
Details: For those of you unfamiliar with the Lightworks process, Lightworks accepts only
projects that were made for Screen Arts and Cultures Production classes during the
current semester.
First students submit the information about their project electronically via the new FVSA
website (www.um-fvsa.org). This allows us to schedule the Festival. Your project does not
need to be complete to submit electronically, and if you do not submit electronically,
your project will not be included in the Festival, period. It is better to submit
information and then have it deleted from the program if your project is not complete in
time for Lightworks.
The FVSA board will be coming around to Production classes next week to help you submit
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Monday, 10 November 2008 18:31 |
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 1. Screening: Promises
Date: Wednesday, November 12
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Location: Michigan League Kalamazoo Room
Details: A dialogue will follow the film where students will share their insights gained
by the film about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. For more information, go to
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282864/
Sponsored by the University Unions Arts and Programs
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 2. Screening: Girl, Interrupted
Date: Thursday, November 13
Time: 7pm-9pm
Location: Michigan League Vandenberg Room
Details: The "Girl Interrupted" showing will help raise awareness about mental health
issues, and ultimately help reduce stigma surrounding them. Hopefully, this will make
people more willing to seek help or guide others to seek help if they are dealing with
mental health issues. For more information, go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/
Sponsored by the University Unions Arts and Programs
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 3. Screening: Tropic Thunder
Date: Friday, November 14
Time: 8pm-11pm
Location: Natural Science Auditorium
Details: For more information, go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/
Sponsored by M-Flicks
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 4. Screening: Summer Days with Coo
Date: Friday, November 14
Time: 7pm-9pm
Location: Lorch Hall Auditorium
Details: An adventure/comedy/drama, this film features a lonely Kappa (river spirit) that
is discovered after 200 years by a young boy. "Coo" goes to live with the boy's family,
only to discover that life is much different than it was. Presented with English
subtitles.
Sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies
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 5. Screening: Shanghai Bride
Date: Saturday, November 15
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: Angell Hall Auditorium A
Details: How does the average man find a wife in materialistic Shanghai? There are two
single males to every single female and the women are increasingly picky and
middle-class. The effects of the one-child policy combined with a rapid revolution in
China's values and lifestyles, have created increasingly selective middle- class Shanghai
women. The film offers a rare portrait of ordinary people in an extraordinary social
predicament, a window to the cut-throat nature of Shanghai's marriage market. Presented
with English subtitles.
Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies |
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