Film Series
Enjoy fascinating documentary and fictional films from around the world.
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Upcoming Films
I-House Film Series: San Yuan Li
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at 7:00 PM
China's rapid modernization literally traps the village of San Yuan Li within the surrounding skyscrapers of Guangzhou, a city of 12 million people. The villagers move to a different rhythm, thriving on subsistence farming and traditional crafts. They resourcefully reinvent their traditional lifestyle by tending rice paddies on empty city lots and raising chickens on makeshift rooftop coops.
I-House Film Series: Children of the Amazon
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Children of the Amazon follows Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhol as she travels a modern highway deep into the Amazon in search of the Indigenous Surui and Negarote children she photographed fifteen years ago. Part road movie, part time travel, her journey tells the story of what happened to life in the largest forest on Earth when a road was built straight through its heart. This...
I-House Film Series: Our Summer In Tehran
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Jewish American filmmaker Justine Shapiro and her 6 year-old son Mateo, spend the summer with three middle-class families in Tehran, Iran transcending overt politics in favor of subtle, human, and often humorous moments. Over the course of three months, Shapiro and her son experience the daily life of three middle class families from very different backgrounds in Tehran.
I-House Film Series: The Other Half
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Working as a secretary for a legal office, Xiaofen records the sordid aspects of clients' lives: divorce, medical malpractice, financial corruption and revenge. She begins to question her relationship with her boyfriend fresh out of prison and looking to get into trouble again. While dealing with the overwhelming social malaise around her, rumors spread of a disaster at the chemical plant,...
