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Tues, October 30 • 1pm • AET Screening Room
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Sun, November 18 • 2pm • Free • Art 214
Monday Night Political Film Series
Join us for this exciting film series with a focus on contemporary political issues. Cohosted by SMC Political Science Professor Alan Buckley and SMC Film Studies Professor Josh Kanin, the series features provocative films on war, race, genocide, the environment, politics and the media, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and nuclear annihilation. Screenings are followed by audience discussion. Cosponsored by the SMC Communication Department, SMC English Department, and the SMC Associates. For additional information, please call (310) 434-4588 or (310) 434-4098. Seating is strictly on a first-arrival basis.
Tongue-in-cheek social satire based on a Robert A. Heinlein novel follows four friends through an interplanetary war against insect-like aliens in the 23rd-century. Year released: 1997. Director: Paul Verhoeven. Starring: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, and Jake Busey.
Mon, September 17 • 6:30pm • Free • Science 145
Award-winning documentary offers a searing examination of the Bush administration’s actions and headlong rush toward war in Iraq in the wake of the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Year released: 2004. Director: Michael Moore. Starring: Michael Moore, George W. Bush.
Mon, October 1 • 6:30pm • Free • Science 145
Politically-charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it. Year released: 2005. Director: Stephen Gaghan. Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Jeffrey Wright.
Mon, October 15 • 6:30pm • Free • Science 145
A revealing look at the controversial publisher of pornography and how he became a defender of free speech for all people. Year released: 1996. Director: Milos Forman. Starring: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, and Edward Norton.
Mon, October 29 • 6:30pm • Free • Science 145
Tale of power and corruption based on the Robert Penn Warren novel covers the rise and fall of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a fictional political creature loosely based on Louisiana’s notorious Gov. Huey Long. Year released: 2006. Director: Steven Zaillian. Starring: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, and Patricia Clarkson.
Mon, November 12 • 6:30pm • Free • Science 145
Oscar-winning tale of two soldiers—one a Bosnian, the other a Serb—who become stranded together in a trench between enemy lines during the Bosnian war. Year released: 2001. Director: Danis Tanovic. Starring: Branko Djuric and Rene Bitorajac.
Mon, November 26 • 6:30pm • Free • Science 145
Intense drama about a family torn apart by hate explores the consequences of urban racism. Year released: 1998. Director: Tony Kaye. Starring: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D’Angelo, William Russ, and Jennifer Lien.
Mon, December 10 • 6:30pm • Free • Science 145