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 explor ation guaranteed. 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*Iron Ladies of Liberia(Siatta Scott Johnson and Daniel Junge, USA, 77 min, 2007)
An intimate documentary that goes behind-the-scenes with Africa's first freely elected female head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, president of Liberia. The film explores the challenges facing President Sirleaf and the extraordinary women surrounding her as they develop and implement policy to rebuild their ravaged country and prevent a descent back into civil war. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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: Boys Behind Bars. Back in September we had a women in prison night. So, it’s only fair of us to have a men in prison night. While not as sexploitative, boys behind bars are just as mean and nasty as these two films prove.8pm *FREE*Bad Boys(Rick Rosenthal, 1983, 120 minutes)
Please do not confuse this with the horrible comedy/action film starring Martin Lawerence and the Fresh Prince. No, this film is actually good. This Bad Boys, has Sean Penn as a juvenile delinquent sent to prison for the murder of a gang member’s kid brother. After raping Penn’s girlfriend that same gang member is sent to prison, thus setting up a revenge fueled show down between these two bad boys! 10pm *FREE*Scum(Alan Clarke, 1979, 98 minutes)
Ray Winstone stars as Carlin, a rough punk who rules over the other boys at a London Borstal. These detention centers for juvenile delinquents did little to reform the boys who wandered in and out of their walls. More often than not they were cruel hellholes where massive power struggles between inmates turned to violent outbursts. British director Alan Clarke pulls no punches in his candid depiction of a broken system that grinds down men or turns them into animals.
