In this popular Soviet animation that Hayao Miyazaki called his favorite film, The Snow Queen depicts a lonely and powerful monarch who kidnaps a human boy, but his best friend is determined to overcome any obstacles in her way to rescue him.
Ireland, 1920: people unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face the ruthless “Black and Tan” squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland’s bid for independence. Damien abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy, in a violent fight for freedom.
“Between Two Crossings” is a documentary film that follows the journey of Nour, a Palestinian student from Gaza. Directed by Yaser Murtaja, a Gazan journalist and filmmaker, who was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper on April 6, 2018 while covering the “Great March of Return” protests.
ATOMIC BAMBOOZLE follows anti-nuclear activists, tribal leaders, scientists and attorneys as they draw lessons from the decades-long campaign to shut down the Trojan Nuclear Power plant in Oregon and extend those lessons into a new struggle to stop small modular reactors (SMRs) that are being aggressively promoted by the Department of Energy and nuclear industry in response to the climate crisis. A FILM BY JAN HAAKEN.
Called the greatest Korean film of all time, and at one point banned in South Korea because of its stark depiction of the war, Obaltan depicts life in Seoul just years after the end of the Korean War as the hardships and anxieties of the social and economic devastation are played out by a few people trying to better themselves and those just trying to get by.
Join us for a screening and analysis and screening of the Defense for Children International–Palestine v. Biden case.
The highest grossing Soviet film of all time, a piercing drama by Vasily Shukshin based on the story of the same name. Yegor Prokudin, a man of lost fortune, was imprisoned for many years. After serving his sentence, Yegor goes to a village where a blue-eyed stranger Lyuba Baikalova lives, with whom he has been corresponding. Here he expects to live for a while and catch his breath before returning to the city. However, life in the village changes Prokudin’s plans, and he decides to forget his past forever. But is it possible to break the vicious cycle of crime?
Join us Saturday, February 3 at 5PM for a viewing of “To Shoot an Elephant” followed by a discussion.
This event will feature a screening and discussion featuring people involved with the production of the film.
Join us Friday, February 9 at 6:30PM for a viewing of “Gaza” followed by a
Join us every Thursday at the Paul and Eslanda Robeson Cinema at The People’s Forum, created in the spirit of their love of art, film and revolutionary culture.
Join us every Thursday at the Paul and Eslanda Robeson Cinema at The People’s Forum, created in the spirit of their love of art, film and revolutionary culture.
