Miss Kiet's Children
Kiet Engels is the kind of teacher one wishes every schoolchild could have. She is strict but never harsh. She is loving but never soft. Her patience in endless.
Kiet Engels is the kind of teacher one wishes every schoolchild could have. She is strict but never harsh. She is loving but never soft. Her patience in endless.
The 11th International Women and Minorities in Media Festival (WAMMfest) is presented by Towson University’s Department of Electronic Media and Film. WAMMFest's mission is to promote and celebrate inclusive films, media, and filmmakers from all categories of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and age.
Maryland Premiere!
This documentary film explores the extraordinary lives of Hans and Margret Rey, the authors of the beloved Curious George children’s books. Following the screening, join us for a live (via Skype) Q and A with documentary-maker Ema Ryan Yamazaki.
Free with museum admission
A 2003 ANIMATED FILM from Sylvain Chomet. An elderly grandmother must rescue her grandson in a complicated tale told mainly through music and pantomime. Mme. Souza is helped by the Triplets, who were once music hall singers in the style of Django Reinhardt and Josephine Baker! Stylish and unique. (Subtitled)
HEAVYWEIGHTPAINT is a feature length documentary film about four figurative painters: Jerome Lagarrigue, Joseph Adolphe, Tim Okamura, and Taha Clayton. They are at different points in their careers, but share the struggle to survive the difficult, often grueling, challenges of the art world. Each artist faces unique obstacles, but the painters' uncommon friendship provides the moral support to spur them onward.
Enjoy a silent film classic – the 1920 film "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," starring John Barrymore, – in the sanctuary at Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church. An original organ score by Brown Memorial's Minister of Music, Michael Britt, will accompany the film. Admission is by suggested donation at the door - $15 for adults and $25 for families. All proceeds benefit Brown Memorial’s Capital Campaign that is raising funds for the church's Fellowship Building renovations.
Brought back by popular demand! Stuart Hudgins, the film scholar who enthralled an opening week audience last August at the Cultural Center at the Opera House with his presentation of Cab Calloway on the screen, returns with a new program entitled “Cartoons That Swing.” Tracing the parallel development of art in two media – animated films and jazz – Hudgins presents an insightful and entertaining history of both.
Prize-winning Tennessee marksman Alvin York (Gary Cooper), a recent convert to Christianity, finds himself torn between his non-violent beliefs and his desire to serve his country when recruited to fight in World War I.
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck) arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman), a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
A 1931 SILENT FILM CLASSIC from Charlie Chaplin. This film lovingly portrays the misadventures of Chaplin’s ‘tramp’ as he meets a blind flower girl on a city street and falls head over heels. Considered one of our greatest films, and perhaps Chaplin’s greatest achievement, City Lights has all the pathos and humanity you expect to find in a Chaplin film.
An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her in her quest to become a master way-finder. Together they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds.
“To eat good food is to be close to God,” asserts one of the main characters in this sumptuous classic—perhaps the greatest food film of all time— about two Italian-American brothers (Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub) struggling to save their failing restaurant in the face of culture clash, stiff competition, brotherly love and uncompromising standards. Selected and hosted by: Aubergine director Vincent M. Lancisi.
*Post-screening panel discussion with panelists TBD
McDaniel’s Global Initiatives hosts a screening of “Here and There” (“Aquí y Allá”). This 2012 drama is about a Mexican immigrant who returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico, after years of working in the United States and struggles to rebuild his family and follow his dreams of starting a band. In Spanish, with English subtitles. (2013, 110 minutes, not rated) Call 410-857-2461 for more information.
Fifteen years after 9/11, American Muslims still face an uphill battle in the national imagination. The current political climate spurred on by constant fear mongering during this election cycle, as well as the saturation of negative stereotypes that flood the news and media continue to make Muslims the target of suspicion and hostility.