[Oe List ...] Movie nights

Sat May 13 13:12:29 EDT 2006

We also found Tsotsi a very powerful movie. The preview images were so grim I was reluctant to see it, but redemption happens in the end.  In Los Angeles "The White Rose" was shown under the name "Sophie Stoll". We highly recommend it. We saw "Water", the movie about widows in India last week. The director was at the theater for questions and answers after the movie. She described the filming being shut down in India and moved to Sri Lanka because of attacks on the set by radical right wing Hindu militants. 
Maxine Butcher

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From: Priscilla Wilson <pwilson at teamtechinc.com>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <OE at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:05:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Movie nights

Two of the recent foreign films are outstanding.  
Tsotsi (2005) - takes place in Johannesburg South Africa...and is a film you can't get out of your mind for days.
and  
The White Rose - German student resistance in Munich during WWII. Very powerful. You can get it through Amazon.com...I don't know if you can get Tsotsi.
Also you might think about the four Documentary Films nominated for Oscars this year. All were very powerful.

THE MUSHROOM CLUB 
TRT 35mins
Steven Okazaki
This is the third Academy Award nomination for Steven Okazaki.
In this examination of the terrible personal toll that followed the bombing of Hiroshima sixty years ago, ten people whose lives were marked by the explosion are profiled.

GOD SLEEPS IN RWANDA 
TRT 30mins
Kimberlee Acquaro & Stacy Sherman
The genocide that devastated Rwanda in 1994 also left in its wake a population that was suddenly seventy percent female. Five courageous women struggle to rebuild their lives in a society still reeling from its bloody recent history.

A NOTE OF TRIUMPH: THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN
TRT 40 mins
Corinne Marrinan & Eric Simonson
This is the second nomination for Eric Simonson.
The exploration of the lasting impact of radio broadcasting legend Norman Corwin's work focuses on his landmark 1945 piece, "On a Note of Triumph," which aired on the evening of VE Day.

THE DEATH OF KEVIN CARTER: CASUALTY OF THE BANG BANG CLUB 
TRT 27 mins
Dan Krauss
After shooting an award-winning photograph that captured the full horror of starvation in the Sudan, South African photojournalist Kevin Carter found himself tormented by doubts about the ethical implication of his work.

Priscilla Wilson
Mission Hills, KS
pwilson at teamtechinc.com

On May 10, 2006, at 9:55 PM, Ellen and David Rebstock wrote:

We have been putting on a monthly movie at our Cohousing for members of our Church with fine conversations afterwords.  I could use some suggestions for movies that produce good conversations.   So I'm glad to list some of our more recent successes and in exchange receive any good ideas you have.

Our excellent ones recently include:

The Constant Gardener
Whale Rider
Crash  (excellent conversation)
Khandahar
Iron Jawed Angels (An HBO movie that many don't know about but excellent about the struggle to 
    obtain the women's vote)
Bonhoeffer
Luther
North Country (this week)
On the list as coming attractions:
   Transamerica
   Brokeback Mountain

Dave Rebstock
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