OPERATION FILMMAKER opens on June 4th at the IFC Center in NYC!
Nina Davenport's award winning film, OPERATION FILMMAKER is opening on Wednesday, June 4th at the IFC Center in New York. It will play for two weeks only so don't miss out on your chance to see this thought provoking documentary.
For showtimes and tickets, please visit the IFC Center website or call 212-924-7771.Labels: new york, operation filmmaker, screening, theatrical
I FOR INDIA is now playing in Los Angeles
Sandhya Suri's film, I FOR INDIA, is currently playing at the Laemmle Grande 4-Plex in downtown LA until Thursday May 15th.
Don't miss your chance to see this film, for showtimes and tickets visit the Grande's webpage or call 310-478-1041.
I FOR INDIA is a chronicle of immigration in Britain, from the Sixties to the present day, as seen through the eyes of one Asian family and their movie camera.
Labels: Immigration, India, Los Angeles, theatrical, UK
New prize for THE PRIZE OF THE POLE!
Staffan Julén's film, THE PRIZE OF THE POLE, received the Best Expedition Film Award at the 2008 Explorers Club Film Festival. The film will be screened on Saturday June 14th at 1:30pm at the Explorers Club in New York City.
This documentary combines biography and history as it accompanies the Inuit hunter Hivshu, a.k.a. Robert E. Peary II, on a quest to trace the story of his great grandfather and his other ancestors, including the Eskimo family the famous Arctic explorer brought back with him to New York as part of an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in 1897.
Labels: anthropology, Arctic, awards, exploration, film festival, Inuits
FRIF films presented at the National Women's Studies Association conference
The annual NWSA conference will take place from June 19th to 22nd in Cincinnati. 4 films from our catalog will be presented. JUDITH BUTLER, MAMA AWETHU! and DREAMING LHASA will be part of the Film Series screenings on Friday June 20th and OUR HOUSE will be available for individual screenings.Labels: academic conferences, Africa, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, Tibet, women's studies