Each year, films are selected to promote public discussion of current issues. We encourage community and campus groups to participate and talk about the films afterwards. See the trailers below for a preview and watch for related UFM classes and other discussion opportunities:
Sunday, August 30 — The Visitor (2008) PG-13
Coffman Commons, K-State Campus 8pm
Drama about friendship between a reclusive college professor and two undocumented workers he discovers have unwittingly rented his New York apartment.
(trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGjjx3WMmSE)
Free UFM discussion class the following Monday: The Visitor, Re-visited
Sunday, September 6 — Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) Not Rated
Douglass Community Center Park 8pm
True story of the how women brutalized by civil war in Liberia turned the tables on warlords and the president, forcing a negotiated peace settlement and elections.
(trailer http://www.praythedevilbacktohell.com/v3/ )
Thursday , September 10 — Playing for Change; Peace Through Music (2008) Not Rated
Auntie Mae's Aggieville 8pm
Mark Johnson began his project visiting street musicians around the world who share a common message, sung together through the film.
(trailers http://www.playingforchange.com/)
Sunday, September 13 — Garbage Warrior (2007) Not Rated
Coffman Commons, K-State 8pm
Portrays Michael Reynolds, an architect of sustainable, off-the-grid housing in New Mexico for 30 years, re-building for tsunami victims and challenging skeptical legislators.
(trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KYJ0dsd-x0 )
Free UFM discussion class the following Saturday: Energy Efficient Homes
Friday, Saturday , September 18 & 19 — Playing for Change; Musical Video Interludes
Triangle Park, Aggieville, various hours
Manhattan Music Coalition will include videos from Playing for Change during Aggiefest
(trailers http://www.playingforchange.com/)
Sunday, September 20 — The Tiger Next Door (2009) Not Rated
Chautauqua Amplitheater, Sunset Zoo 8pm
Experts estimate that there are more tigers in private captivity in the USA than there are roaming wild in the world. 24 of them live in Dennis H’s backyard.
(trailer http://thetigernextdoor.com/trailer-2/ )
