Campus Film Classics @ U.W.I St. Augustine

The FILM Programme of U.W.I St. Augustine invites you to their Campus Film Classics on Thursday at the Film Studio, #12 Carmody Street, St. Augustine.

Admission is FREE and open to the public. All films will be introduced by film experts including staff from the UWI Film Programme. 

*** Please be advised that some titles may not be suitable for persons under the age of 18.  If you have questions about the content of the films or any other aspect of the series, please contact Dr. Christopher Meir : christopher.meir@sta.uwi.edu

[tw-divider]Thursday 13th November 2014[/tw-divider]

Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kenchiche, 2013, France)

Adele’s life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.

[tw-divider]Thursday 20th November 2014[/tw-divider]

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Chia Ling-Liu, 1978, Hong Kong)

The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge. In a short period of time he masters the deadly use of his fists, feet and palms, along with such weapons as swords, sticks, and lances. With his learning complete, he takes on the Manchus.

[tw-divider]Thursday 27th November 2014[/tw-divider]

Sankofa (Haile Gerima, 1993, US/Ethiopia)

A self-absorbed Black American fashion model on a photo shoot in Africa is spiritually transported back to a plantation in the West Indies where she experiences first-hand the physical and psychic horrors of chattel slavery, and eventually the redemptive power of community and rebellion as she becomes a member of a freedom-seeking Maroon colony.

[tw-divider]Thursday 04th December 2014[/tw-divider]

Ugetsu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953, Japan)

A fantastic tale of war, love, family and ambition set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

 

[tw-divider]Thursday 11th December 2014[/tw-divider]

Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985, UK)

A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.

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Dr. Christopher Meir: christopher.meir@sta.uwi.edu

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