DocUquarium Series – every Wednesday September 5-December 5“Dive deep” into the newest independent documentaries this fall as filmmaker/professor Brad Lichtenstein opens up his film 301 class to the public. Nine premieres, guests every month and deep exploration guaranteed. A few highlights include Banished, King Korn, Miss Navajo, and Revolution 67. Check the complete schedule at http://www4.uwm.edu/docuwm/ and the blog at http://docuquarium.groups.vox.com/This Week’s DocUquarium:UWM Union Theater7h30pm *FREE*A Dream in Doubt (Tami Yeager, USA, 56 min., 2007)
There’s no question that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 damaged the American psyche. For Rana Sodhi, that fateful day would shatter his long-held image of the United States. A DREAM IN DOUBT documents the murder of Rana’s brother Balbir Singh Sodhi; on September 15, 2001, while working at his gas station in Mesa, Arizona, Sodhi was fatally shot by a man who mistook him for an Arab Muslim because of his turban. A DREAM IN DOUBT follows Rana Sodhi as he seeks to reconcile his brother’s death with the success that the family has enjoyed since immigrating to the United States. The post-9/11 climate of intolerance and revenge is jarringly juxtaposed with the archival photos of the family’s journey from their native India to the U.S., a story of universal hope and perseverance. Through Rana’s questions, anger, and loss, the film distills the essence of the “American Dream” and the resilience of the human spirit, and communicates the spectrum of human strength and weakness that were unleashed on two fateful days.—Sapana Sakya
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Basement CinemaMitchell Hall - Room B91Basement Cinema is a student-run series of B and unusual commercial movies.More information at http://basementcinema.wordpress.com
This week: Women Under The Influence of Terror8pm FREELemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural
(Richard Blackburn, 113 minutes, 1975)
10pm FREELet’s Scare Jessica To Death
(John D. Hancock, 89 minutes, 1971)
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NEWLY ADDED!
Presentation by filmmaker and author Heather Rogers
4pm ACL 120
Heather Rogers is a Brooklyn-based writer, journalist, and filmmaker. Her documentary film "Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage" (2002) screened in festivals around the globe. Her book, under the same title, was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times Book Review and a nonfiction choice by The Guardian.
"Gone Tomorrow" takes us on an oddly fascinating tour through the underworld of garbage and brings meaning to all that gets discarded. "Gone Tomorrow" also explores controversial topics like the politics of recycling and the export of trash to developing countries. Part exposé, part social commentary, "Gone Tomorrow" traces the connection between modern industrial production, consumer culture, and our disposable lifestyle. Read it and you’ll never think of garbage the same way again.
