Wednesday, March 31 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall / Free
A double bill of films about one of the world’s most admired women. My Life with Chimpanzees (Judith Dawn Hallet, 1990, 48 min.) looks at Goodall’s decades-long study of chimps in the Gombe. Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey (Emily Goldberg, 1999, 60 min.), is a biography focusing on Goodall’s career and motivations.
With actor George Corraface
Thursday, April 1 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Packs a historical and emotional punch —Guardian Unlimited
This delightful film is the winner of 8 Greek Film Awards and Greece’s nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. A bittersweet epic about the travails of Istanbul’s embattled Greek minority, leavened by joie de vivre, A Touch of Spice is the most popular Greek film of all-time. (Tassos Boulmetis, 2003, 108 minutes)Co-presented by the James and Sarah Argyropoulos Endowment in Hellenic Studies and the UCSB Center for Film, Television and New Media
General public $8 / UCSB students $6
With director Yüksel Yavuz
Thursday, April 8 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Involving, gritty, lively and affecting —Variety
A chronicle of the complex friendship of immigrant teens—one Kurdish, the other African—in Hamburg, Germany. Yavuz is a Regents’ Lecturer in the UCSB Department of Germanic, Slavic and Semitic Studies. (2003, 98 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
El Automóvil Gris (The Grey Automobile)
Thursday, April 15 / 8 pm / Campbell Hall
Enormous fun and a real mind-blower —New York Post
This extraordinary evening features El Automóvil Gris, Enrique Rosas’ great 1919 silent film about an actual bandit gang that flourished during the Mexican Revolution. Sound is provided by three actors and a piano player from Mexico City’s Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes.Presented as part of the Inaugural Santa Barbara Latino CineMedia Festival
General public $15 / UCSB students $10
Meredith Monk’s Book of Days
Monday, May 3 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Mary Anthony is an homage to the pioneering dancer and teacher. It will be followed by a Q&A with director Tonia Shimin and co-editor Wendy Popadynetz. (2003, 65 minutes) Meredith Monk’s modern classic Book of Days is a consideration of AIDs, the plague, anti-Semitism and miracles of the imagination. (1988, 75 min.)
Co-presented with the UCSB Dance Division
General public $8 / UCSB students $6
Friday, May 21 / 7:30 & 9:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Comic, touching and a visual knockout —Rolling Stone
French animation of an antic and highly unusual sort, as a grandmother trains her grandson for the Tour de France, only to have him kidnapped. This indescribable delight was nominated for two Oscars: Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song. (Sylvain Chomet, 2003, 91 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students free (show valid ID at door)
Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz
Sunday, May 23 / 2 & 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Join in a magical, musical experience, as one of the most beloved Hollywood classics is projected in 35-mm on its crowd-pleasing national tour. Come in costume, play with a special Perform-A-Long Fun Pack (with bubbles and a kazoo), bark with Toto, boo the Wicked Witch and belt out your favorite songs. (Victor Fleming, 1939, 101 minutes)
All tickets $10
Wednesday, May 26 / 7:30 pm / Campbell Hall
Almost ridiculously relevant —Village Voice
Director Errol Morris’ (The Thin Blue Line) fascinating documentary, 2004 winner of the Best Documentary Oscar, focuses on former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, often considered the architect of the Vietnam War. The Chicago Tribune calls the film a “priceless inside look at how wars are fought, why and how military decisions are made and who makes them.” (2003, 106 minutes)General public $6 / UCSB students $5
All films in original languages with English subtitles if necessary.
General public $6, UCSB students $5 unless noted otherwise.
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