Current & Upcoming Film Programs

at the Princeton Public Library

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Fall 2009 Films at the Princeton Public Library

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October 9 , 4:00 p.m.

Anime Film Series -- film to be announced

 

October 10, 2:00 p.m.

Osama

The first Afghan film to be made since the end of the Taliban regime, this feature tells the compelling story of a 12-year-old girl and her mother who must fend for themselves when the hospital where they work is closed and the girl must disguise herself as a boy named Osama.

 

 

 

October 11, 4:00 p.m.

Afghan Star

The X-factor comes to Kabul in this documentary about the TV talent show that challenges gender, tribal and religious boundaries, transfixing the nation’s people and antagonizing religious scholars.

 

 

 

October 18, 1:30 p.m.

Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think
This documentary based on a Gallup poll study takes viewers inside Islam to find out the real views of Muslims on a variety of topics. The poll was the most extensive study ever done of this group.

Executive producer Michael Wolfe will lead a post-screening discussion.

 

October 19, 7:00 p.m.

Alice Paul on Film and In Words: Iron Jawed Angels
The famous New Jersey-born women’s rights activist Alice Paul is the subject of a screening of the HBO movie “Iron Jawed Angels”, followed a week later with commentary and moderated discussion by scholar Jean Baker. Hilary Swank stars in the film as Paul, who broke away from the mainstream women’s rights movement to help create a more radical wing. Paul was the master strategist for the final push to get women the vote in 1920. 

Baker, the Bennett-Howard Professor of History at Goucher College, is the author of several books including ”Sisters: Lives of America’s Suffragists” (2005) which has a chapter ”Endgame: Alice Paul and Woodrow Wilson.”  

Lecture and discussion Oct. 26, 7 p.m.

Co-sponsored by the library and the Princeton Friends Meeting

 

 

October 20, 7:00 p.m.

The Afghan Women You Don’t Know

This examination of Afghan women entrepreneurs and how they are helping to build their country’s economy begins with a screening of the documentary “Thread.” The film tells of the work of BPeace, an international organization assisting women in countries emerging from war to develop the skills to start their own businesses.

The Afghan women involved with BPeace and another program, Thunderbird School of Global Management’s Project Artemis, have created about 1,400 jobs that support more than 12,000 people.

A panel discussion with Toni Malloy of BPeace and Suzanne Dennemeyer of Project Artemis will follow the film.

 

 

October 23, 4:00 p.m.

Ghostbusters

Unemployed parapsychologists become “ghostbusters” to rid New York of monstrous apparitions threatening the city in this popular ‘80s comedy. Dan Ackroyd, Bill Murray and Sigourney Weaver star. The screening is in conjunction with Teen Read Week’s “Beyond Reality” theme.

 

 

 

October 24, 2:00 p.m.

Burning the Future: Coal in America

In Burning the Future: Coal in America, writer/director David Novack examines the explosive forces that have set in motion a groundswell of conflict between the coal industry and residents of West Virginia. Confronted by an emerging coal-based U.S. energy policy, local activists watch the nation praise coal without regard to the devastation caused by its extraction.

Faced with toxic ground water, the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of mountains, and a government that appeases industry, the film's heroes demonstrate a strength of purpose and character in their improbable fight to arouse the nation's help in protecting their mountains, saving their families, and preserving their way of life.

Reprise screening from the 2009 Princeton Environmental Film Festival.

More info on the film.

 

October 28, 7:00 p.m.

Who Does She Think She Is?

A woman still has to choose between what she loves and who she loves. What if she didn't? Pamela Tanner Boll explores the lives of five women artists who are also mothers. They prusue their calling but pay the price with financial hardship, institutional disinterest and lack of support. Art has the power to transform their lives, so they persist.

The film was produced by Mystic Artists in collaboration with the Wellesley Center for Women. 

Co-sponsored by the library and the Princeton Artists Alliance.

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Free admission.

All films are screened in the library's Community Room on the first floor.

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ

For more info about these films and screenings please contact Susan Conlon at sconlon@princetonlibrary.org.

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