The CPCC Libraries, in collaboration with Student Life, Community Cinema and Mobilize.org, will be presenting another season of PBS film previews. Please note the preview dates, and come with your friends and classmates. Snacks and drinks will be provided at the showings, and the Central Library will be displaying material relating to the film’s subject each month. See you at the show!
| Fall 2010 | Film Title | Date/Location | Description |
| Oct | Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian, by Neil Diamond | Wed, 10/2710:30 am
Tate Hall Central Campus |
An entertaining trip through the evolution of North American Native people (“The Indians”) as portrayed in famous Hollywood movies, from the silent era to today.http://films.nfb.ca/reel-injun/ |
| Nov | Deep Down, by Jen Gilomen and Sally Rubin | Tue, 11/16 11:00 am Pease Hall Central Campus |
Deep in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, Beverly May and Terry Ratliff find themselves at the center of a contentious community battle over a proposed mountain top removal coal mine.http://www.deepdownfilm.org/ |
| Dec | The Calling, by Daniel Alpert | Wed, 12/110:30 am
Tate Hall Central Campus |
A look at young Americans — Christian, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim — preparing to become the nation’s next generation of religious leaders, The Calling explores the forces that are drawing young people to serve their communities and their faith.http://www.thecalling.tv/hartford/default.asp |
| Spring 2011 | Film Title | Date/Location | Description |
| Mar | Pushing the Elephant, by Beth Davenport and Elizabeth Mandel | Tue, 3/2211:00 am
Pease Hall Central Campus |
Pushing the Elephant captures one of the most important stories of our age, in which genocidal violence is challenged by the moral fortitude and grace of one woman’s mission for peace.http://www.artsengine.net/pushing_the_elephant/ |
| Apr | Bhutto, by Duane Baughman | Wed, 4/2711:00 am
Tate Hall Central Campus |
An intimate look at one of the most fascinating and important world leaders of our time, Benazir Bhutto. As the first woman to lead an Islamic nation, the former Pakistani Prime Minister’s life story unfolds like a tale of Shakespearean dimensions.http://www.bhuttothefilm.com/ |