COMING EVENTS
I have included events on campus and in the community and TV programs that you may find interesting. The ones that will qualify for the cross-cultural report for Anth 161 have red stars.
** Thursday-Sunday,
March 27-30 Davies
Theater 6 & 8:30 pm $1
This is
Falklands War seems
unable to fit in with the world around him. A chance meeting with the local
skinhead gang offers him both friendship and the possibility
of
finding the father figure he has been seeking.
101 minutes
**
Monday, March 31 PBS 8:00-9:00 pm
(repeated 4/1 at 10:00 pm)
“Minik, The Lost Eskimo” In 1897, the embryonic science of anthropology regarded
the Eskimos as a rare species and their arrival in
a
sensation.
** Thursday-Sunday,
April 3-6 Davies
Theater 6 & 8:30 pm $1
The Virgin Spring Oscar
winning film by the famous Swedish director Ingmar Bergman. The film grimly
depicts a father’s vengeance for the rape and
murder
of his daughter. The austere cinematography evokes an imaginative medieval
world, suggesting the battle of Christianity and paganism.
89 minutes black and
white subtitled
**
Friday, April 4 PBS 9:30-10:30 pm
“Companeras” This film is a profile of
**
Tuesday, April 8 Zorn Arena 7:30 pm Forum Series
$4
African
Children’s Choir The choir is
made up of African children, ages 7-11, many of whom have lost one or both
parents through the devastation of war,
famine
and disease. The children melt the hearts of audiences with charming smiles and
well-loved children’s songs, hand clapping, traditional spirituals
and
contemporary tunes.
**
Tuesday, April 8 PBS 7:00-8:00 pm
“Maya Code” With
magnificent footage of Mayan temples and art, the documentary culminates in the
fascinating account of this once magnificent ancient
civilization’s ingenious
method of communication.