Shenandoah Conservatory muscic, theatre, dance
Screening Schedule
Below is a screening schedule for Global Lens 2009 at Shenandoah University. All shows begin at 7 p.m.
Monday, September 21, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, September 22, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
On the streets of Casablanca, a prostitute’s best friend – a tough traffic cop – falls in love with her best customer, a contract killer.
Monday, September 28, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, September 29, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
A darkly comic feud is ignited when a Russian man suspects that his son is the result of an affair between his wife and a Kazakh neighbor.
Monday, October 5, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, October 6, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
Burdened by his parents’ unhappy marriage and father’s abuse, a young boy in rural Brazil grapples with his disintegrating family and uncertainties of the adult world. (Includes visit by Director Sandra Kogut)
Monday, October 19, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, October 20, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
A day from completing their military training, three conscripts abandon a dismal army life and head off for freedom through the frozen wilderness of Northern Iran.
Mozambique
Monday, October 26, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, October 27, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
In war-torn Mozambique, a young boy searches the desolate countryside for his family with the aid of an affectionate yet hard-hearted elderly guide.
Monday, November 2, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, November 3, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
Set in the quaint but scarred town of Veles, three sisters put self-interest above family as they take desperate steps to escape their dying community.
Monday, November 9, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, November 10, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
In Ecuador’s capital city, a coroner’s fragile emotional life is threatened when he develops a personal interest in his cases.
Monday, November 16, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, Novembr 17, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
A woman searching for her missing husband in remote Patagonia encounters a man who appears to be her spouse, but has another name, another wife and another life.
Monday, November 23, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, November 24, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
A prostitute struggling to support her family forms a bond with the reclusive portrait photographer from whom she rents a room.
Monday, November 30, Stimpson Auditorium of Halpin-Harrison Hall
Tuesday, December 1, Hester Auditorium in Henkel Hall
In a show of loyalty, an aging construction worker carries the body of his fallen friend hundreds of miles to a burial site in China’s Three Gorges region.
The Global Film Initiative is a U.S.-based, not-for-profit organization specializing in the support of independent film from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Founded in 2002 to promote cross-cultural understanding through the language of cinema, the initiative awards numerous grants to deserving filmmakers from around the world each year, and supports a touring film series entitled Global Lens. For more information about the Global Lens film series and Global Film Initiative programs, visit http://www.globalfilm.org/.