2008 Woodie Awards
Foreign language film series has four showings remaining
Jason Shepard
Editor-in-Chief
Issue date: 3/3/08 Section: News
Every semester for nearly a decade the University of South Alabama Department of Foreign Languages hosts its popular foreign language film series. This semester the foreign language film series features Russian, Brazilian, German, Spanish, Japanese and French produced films.
The foreign language film series was begun by Dr. Isabel Brown.
The purpose of the film series is to supplement the foreign language instruction with a culturally enriching experience through the screening of international films and to serve as an outreach to the university community as well as the wider Mobile community, making accessible international movies that may otherwise be hard to find in the area.
"We try to come up with an eclectic mix of movies:popular cinema and 'high' art, political movies and as well as films that are pure entertainment, historical dramas and also documentaries. We generallyblend movies that were popular in their home cultures with critically acclaimed cinematic works," Zoya Kahn, professor of Spanish and Latin American literature and chair of the film series committee, said.
The Russian film "Air Crew" and the Brazillian film "Almost Brothers" have already been shown.
On March 20, the film series will host a showing of the East German film "Bear Ye One Another's Burden." On March 27, the film series will host the Spanish film "Pan's Labyrinth." On April 3, the Japanese film "Paprika" will be shown. On April 10, the French film "The Moustache" will be shown.
The movie screenings are free and open to the public.
"We encourage everyone to come to view these important films, to thin about movies with a global vision, and to enjoy a good time at the movies," Kahn said.
All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles. All films will be shown in the USA Library Auditorium at 7 p.m.
The foreign language film series was begun by Dr. Isabel Brown.
The purpose of the film series is to supplement the foreign language instruction with a culturally enriching experience through the screening of international films and to serve as an outreach to the university community as well as the wider Mobile community, making accessible international movies that may otherwise be hard to find in the area.
"We try to come up with an eclectic mix of movies:popular cinema and 'high' art, political movies and as well as films that are pure entertainment, historical dramas and also documentaries. We generallyblend movies that were popular in their home cultures with critically acclaimed cinematic works," Zoya Kahn, professor of Spanish and Latin American literature and chair of the film series committee, said.
The Russian film "Air Crew" and the Brazillian film "Almost Brothers" have already been shown.
On March 20, the film series will host a showing of the East German film "Bear Ye One Another's Burden." On March 27, the film series will host the Spanish film "Pan's Labyrinth." On April 3, the Japanese film "Paprika" will be shown. On April 10, the French film "The Moustache" will be shown.
The movie screenings are free and open to the public.
"We encourage everyone to come to view these important films, to thin about movies with a global vision, and to enjoy a good time at the movies," Kahn said.
All films will be shown in their original language with English subtitles. All films will be shown in the USA Library Auditorium at 7 p.m.
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