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Bend it Like Beckham
SHOW DATE: 3/30
SPEAKER(S): Rachel Max
Here's some information about the film:
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/benditlikebeckham/
UK, 112 min., dir. Gurinder Chadha with Paraminder
Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Anupam
Kher.
A coming of age story set in London following Jess, a
teenage girl who must make a choice between following
the tradtions of her Indian family or pursuing her
dream of becoming a professional soccer player. While
her older sister has followed the rules and married a
proper Indian boy, Jess aspired to be like her soccer
Idol, David Beckham (Mr. Posh Spice to us Yanks.)
Jess finds support, both on and off the pitch, from
her friend Jules.
About this week's speaker:
Rachel Max is best remembered by
CSC patrons as the "real woman with curves". She is
also an award-winning filmmaker and all around good
person.
Fidel
SHOW DATE: 2/23
SPEAKER(S): Frank Pratka
Here's some information about the film:
http://www.firstrunfeatures.com US, 91 min., dir.
Estela Bravo
Many who see him as a champion of the poor and
powerless, while others who say he is a ruthless
dictator. This decidedly reverent documentary portrait
of Castro takes Americans inside the world of this
charismatic, enigmatic, and controversial Cuban
leader. Featuring exclusive interviews with Castro
himself, along with such luminaries as Alice Walker,
Harry Belafonte, and Sydney Pollack, former and
current US government figures like Arthur Schlesinger,
Ramsey Clark, Wayne Smith, Congressman Charles Rangel,
and close friends including Nobel Prize-winning author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Bravo's camera captures him
swimming with bodyguards, visiting his childhood home
and school, joking with Nelson Mandela, Ted Turner and
Muhammad Ali, meeting Elian Gonzalez, and celebrating
his birthday with members of the Buena Vista Social
Club.
About this week's speaker:
Frank Pratka is the co-chair of the Baltmore-Cuba
Sister City Project
Open Hearts
SHOW DATE: 3/9
SPEAKER(S): Lee Gardner
Here's some information about the film:
2003, Denmark, 114 min. Directed by Susanne Bier.
Stars Sonja Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen,
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Another twisted Danish Dogme treat--in the spirit of
CELEBRATION and BREAKING THE WAVES--finds a young
engaged couple's lives altered when the groom-to-be is
hit by a car and paralyzed. As the doctor in the
hospital consoles the victim's fiance--they grow
closer and more involved, putting his own marriage in
joepardy. Which is ironic, since it was his wife
who caused the accident in the first place.
About this week's guest speaker: Lee Gardner is the
editor of City Paper.
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