Global Lens Film Series at UIUC YMCA
Global Lens 2010 - http://www.globalfilm.org/index.html
Every person has a voice. Every voice tells a story. Every story reveals a world. The Global Film Initiative proudly presents an extrordinary series of ten feature films.
September 30: Adrift
A Film by: BUI THAC CHUYEN
A young wife, ignored by her immature spouse, is caught in a love triangle between her best friend and a handsome stranger during a languorous summer in Hanoi.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/adrift.htm
October 7: Becloud
A Film by: ALEJANDRO GERBER BICECCI
After years of separation, three boyhood friends reunite in Mexico City to overcome a tragedy that scarred their neighborhood, and childhood, years before.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/becloud.htm
October 14: Gods
A Film by: JOSUÉ MÉNDEZ
A wealthy industrialist's working-class fiancé plunges into the extravagance of her lavish new life as her future stepchildren self-destruct in a series of desperate attempts to escape their privileged upbringing.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/gods.htm
October 21: Leo’s Room
A Film by: ENRIQUE BUCHICHIO
Shaken by a recent breakup, a troubled but handsome young man dreams of the future and cautiously explores his sexuality with the encouragement of an old friend and a sympathetic therapist.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/leos_room.htm
October 28: Masquerades
A Film by: LYES SALEM
In a dusty Algerian village, a well-intentioned fib suddenly turns a gardener into a mogul, forcing him to choose between the happiness of his narcoleptic sister and his newfound celebrity.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/masquerades.htm
November 4: My Tehran For Sale
A Film by: GRANAZ MOUSSAVI
An ailing actress fighting for political asylum, and waiting to clear Australian immigration, recounts her attempts to live, work and love in Tehran's thriving yet turbulent arts subculture.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/my_tehran_for_sale.htm
November 11: Ocean of an Old Man
A Film by: RAJESH SHERA
In the devastating aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an elderly British schoolteacher comes to grips with his own loss as he searches for missing students on the remote Indian islands of Andaman and Nicobar.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/ocean_of_an_old_man.htm
November 18: Ordinary People
A Film by: VLADIMIR PERISIC
One quiet afternoon, a busload of young soldiers is unexpectedly forced to question the morality of their profession after being enlisted to execute civilian prisoners at a remote facility in the Serbian countryside.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/ordinary_people.htm
December 2: The Shaft
A Film by: ZHANG CHI
In three intertwined stories, a father, son and daughter fight to hold onto hope and family as they face the harsh realities of life in a poor western Chinese mining town.
http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/the_shaft.htm
December 9: Shirley Adams
A Film by: OLIVER HERMANUS
In the depressed Cape Town neighborhood of Cape Flats, a single mother contemplates her fate and cautiously accepts the help of an overeager social worker as she struggles to care for her paraplegic and suicidal son.
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