Category: film
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Happy 450th Birthday William Shakespeare!
William Shakespeare was born (baptized April 26, 1564) and died (April 23, 1616) in the month of April. Do you need books that analyze and interpret Shakespeare’s work? Looking for copy of one (or all) of his plays or sonnets? Have a hankering to watch a film adaptation of one of the bard’s classics? The…
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All Things Oscars!
The Academy Awards are coming up so we put together some resources available in the Library to meet all your Oscar needs. Take a look at our pinterest boards for books about the Oscars and all of the Best Picture winners since 1927 available in the Library! The Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of…
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The Big Read Screening TONIGHT: Tropico de Sangre
The Big Read Screenings conclude with Tropico de Sangre, starring Michelle Rodriguez in the role of Minerva Mirabal. The film, directed by Juan Delancer, focuses on Minerva Mirabal and tells the true story of how she and her sisters came to represent the greatest threat to dictator Rafael Trujillo and his regime. She, along with…
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Big Read Film Screenings
As part of The Big Read, Columbia College Chicago will be sponsoring several film screenings related to the In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. In the Time of the Butterflies transports us to the Dominican Republic in the mid-twentieth century when the country struggled under the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.…
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Call for Entries – Chicago Underground Film Festival
Columbia College Chicago Filmmakers: Chicago Underground Film Festival Call for Entries – Open Now! Early Deadline: March 1, 2010 ($30 entry fee)Final Deadline: March 15, 2010 ($40 entry fee)“The Chicago Underground Film Festival exists to showcase the defiantly independent filmmaker. Our mission is to promote films and videos that dissent radically in form, technique, or…
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Film Screenings – Oct 21
A film series presenting a selection of works from nearly 1,000 16mm films and DVDs dontated to the collection from the Consulate General of The People’s Republic of China in Chicago. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009, 6-9:30 PM, 623 S. Wabash, 1st Floor, HOKIN Lecture/Hall Auditorium Room 109. Tuya de hun shi (Tuya’s Marriage), 2005, 96…
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Film Screening – Oct 7
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009, 6-9:30 PM, 623 S. Wabash, 1st Floor, HOKIN Lecture Hall/Auditorium Room 109. The library will be screening selections of works from nearly 1,000 16mm films and DVDs dontated to the collection from the Consulate General of The People’s Republic of China in Chicago. Wo men liang (You and Me), 2005, 85…