There won't be a Cambridge IndyMedia film screening this Sunday but you should be able to satisfy your hunger for excellent radical film viewing with some of the offerings from the One World Week people...
One World Week 2004: FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
A series of four films from all corners of the world illustrating tales of
politics, war and above all, the resilience of human spirit. (Admission
Free)
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PRISONER OF THE MOUNTAINS
Director Sergei Bodrov
6pm Monday 9th February, Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Cannes Film Festival Audience Award & Best Foreign Film Oscar Nomination
1996.
Russian film seen from both sides of the Chechen conflict, set against a
breathtaking mountain landscape. This Powerfully bears witness to the
humanity of man and the inhumanity of war. (90 MINS)
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CHILDREN OF HEAVEN
Director Majid Majidi.
6pm Friday 13th February, Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Best Foreign Film Oscar Nomination 1996.
Heart rending, cross-cultural gem that emotively reveals the universality
of familial love, childhood spirit and the yawning chasm between rich and
poor, lending the Iranian people a humanity so frequently denied by the
media. (90 MINS)
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JENIN JENIN
Director Mohammad Bakri
1pm Sunday 15th February, Bateman Auditorium, Caius College
Best Film at Carthage International Film Festival 2002
Award winning documentary citing testimonies from residents of the refugee
camp of Jenin after Israel's Defensive Wall Operation. The sad question
forces itself on the spectator: what will become of a country, a people,
when its children are confronted with war and violence from a very early
age? (54 MINS)
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DIVINE INTERVENTION
Director Elia Suleiman
6pm Sunday 15th February, Bateman Auditorium, Caius College
GRAND JURY PRIZE AND FIPRESCI PRIZE AT CANNES 2002
A darkly comic chronicle of love and pain, insightfully utilizes
irreverence, wit and mysticism to craft an intense, hallucinogenic and
extremely adept exploration of the dreams and nightmares of Palestinians
and Israelis living in uncertain times. The couple’s relationship and the
absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of larger
cultural problems, resulting in palpable, bottled personal and political
rage. (92 MINS)