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Events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Please contact Dona DeLorenzo for more information.
Upcoming Events
Monday, April 29, 2013
7:00.p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
No press coverage allowed.
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund, and the Department of History.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
7:00.p.m.., Wasserman Cinematheque
The quirky coming-of-age film that took the Sundance Film Festival by storm is coming to Brandeis! (View the trailer here.)
This is a free but ticketed event. Contact Dona DeLorenzo to reserve a seat. No press coverage allowed.
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund, and the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts.e Sceeni
Thursday, April 18, 2013
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
A multimedia discussion followed by a book signing with Eric Goldman, Yeshiva University and The Jewish Theological Seminary.
Sponsored by the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund, the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, and the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
7:30 p.m. Wasserman Cinematheque
The East Coast premiere of the Sundance-supported film ANITA: Speaking Truth to Power is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Program in Film, Television and Interactive Media. Directed by Academy Award Winner Frieda Mock.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Filmmakers Looch Gelfand, Rob Robbins and Ethan Stein '15 will take questions after the film.
The Convenient Job is about three wannabe film students who plan on making a movie about students robbing a convenience store.When they can't raise adequate funds for their movie, they decide to actually rob a convenience store themselves and catch it all on tape... Let's just say: chaos ensues!
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Meet filmmaker Dr. Alan Marcus (King's College, University of Aberdeen) for a special screening, followed by a Q&A.
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund.
Thursday,February 14, 2013
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Meet filmmaker Hamilton Morris for a special screening, followed by a Q&A.
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Followed by a Q&A with the film's producer, David D'Arcy.
Nazi Art Loot in Film and Fact. Journalist and critic David D’Arcy will speak about the myths that have arisen around many still unsolved Nazi art crimes. D’Arcy will also discuss the new documentary that he produced, Portrait of Wally, an investigation into a 1912 painting by Egon Schiele. Schiele’s portrait of his model and mistress, which a Nazi seized from a Jewish art dealer in 1939, turned up on loan at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
For more information about Portrait of Wally and to view a trailer, visit the film's website.
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund.
Monday, November 12, 2012
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz.
The Law In These Parts follows the military lawyers and judges charged with developing and administering a legal system created ad hoc and from scratch in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip following Israel's victory in the 1967 war. Named best documentary at the 2011 Jerusalem Film Festival and awarded the World Cinema Jury Prize in the documentary category at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, writer-director Ra'anan Alexandrowicz's film raises provocative and timely questions about the fate of democracy and the rule of law under the conditions of long-term military occupation and rule. (More information on the film's website...)
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.Presented in collaboration with the Boston Jewish Film Festival.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Alison Klayman.
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to Ai while working as a journalist in China. Her detailed portrait provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary China and one of its most compelling public figures. (More information on the film's website.)
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund, the Department of Fine Arts, the Department of Politics, the International and Global Studies Program, and the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
6:30 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
From acclaimed filmmakers Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Andy Wachowski comes the powerful and inspiring epic “Cloud Atlas,” based on the best-selling novel by David Mitchell. Drama, mystery, action and enduring love thread through a single story that unfolds in multiple timelines over the span of 500 years. Characters meet and reunite from one life to the next. Born and reborn. As the consequences of their actions and choices impact one another through the past, the present and the distant future, one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution. Everything is connected. (More information...)
Please note: Since this screening takes place before the official release of the film on October 26, no recording devices of any kind will be permitted in the theater. Bags may be searched and night-vision surveillance during the screening may be conducted to prevent illicit recording.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Abby Ginzberg.
Learn about a federal judge who is changing prisons throughout California and began his career as the first Black attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. (More information on the film's website...)
Sponsored by the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice and the Film, Television, and Interactive Media Program.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Bernadette Wegenstein.
See You Soon Again is not a Holocaust film. It is a documentary film about how hard it is to tell a story of unspeakable suffering, and how impossible it is not to: At a prickly ninety years old, Leo Bretholz has a choice. He can continue to tell his story in the Baltimore schools, as he has over two thousand five hundred times since escaping a train bound for Auschwitz, or he can give in to his Holocaust fatigue. (More information on the film's website...)
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund, the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, and the Boston Jewish Film Festival.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
7:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque
Followed by a Q&A with the film's director, Josh Aronson.
Orchestra of Exiles tells the story of Bronislaw Huberman, a Polish Jewish violinist, who fled Nazi Europe and brought together some of the most talented musicians from that war-torn continent to form an unlikely orchestra in the middle of the desert of Palestine—an orchestra that would ultimately become the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. (For more information, go to the director's website...)
Sponsored by the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program, the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, and the Department of Music.