ZVS Media Posts Tagged ‘south-lamar’
Sneak Peek: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFTSHOP
Event Date(s) / Time: Mon, 10 May, 2010 7:30 AM – 9:30 PM Details: Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner
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Sneak Peek: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFTSHOP
Essential Cinema: THREE MONKEYS
Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 16 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Details: “Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, THREE MONKEYS tells a twisty, noirish tale that opens with an ambitious politician fleeing a hit-and-run accident. Afraid of hurting his election chances, he pays off his chauffeur Ey
Essential Cinema: AJAMI
Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 9 Feb, 2010 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Details: Ajami is a neighborhood in Jaffa, Israel, one in which Jews, Muslims, and Christians live and work.
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Essential Cinema: AJAMI
Essential Cinema: LAILA’S BIRTHDAY
Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 26 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Details: A Palestinian taxi driver (and former judge) in Ramallah wants to make his daughter’s 7th birthday a very special one, but first he must spend his day making money picking up passengers. But he has rules which limit the number of clients: no weapons or cigarettes, no trips to Israeli checkpoints, and mandatory use of seatbelt.
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Essential Cinema: LAILA’S BIRTHDAY
Essential Cinema: THE LAND
Event Date(s) / Time: Tue, 19 Jan, 2010 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Details: In THE LAND Chahine focuses his lens on the plight of the peasants in a small village exploited by a powerful local landowner, at a time that Britain and the corrupt Egyptian monarchy still run the country. As sympathetic as his portrayal might be of the poor, Chahine is not an idealistic dreamer, and, much like Kurosawa and Bunuel, shows there are also negative characters and selfish motives among the oppressed. THE LAND is considered by many critics to be Chahine’s finest film, certainly one which mirrors many of his views of his native country
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Essential Cinema: THE LAND
