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 England   Director Shane Meadow’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama takes place in 1983. An isolated 12 year old who has lost his father in the

     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 New York created

     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

     CompanerasThis film is a profile of America’s first all-female mariachi band—Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles.

 

 

**  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.