Fresno State’s CineCulture and Fresno Filmworks present a screening of Academy Award-nominated “Tangerines” at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, at the Tower Theatre.
After the first showing of the 87-minute film, Dr. Michelle DenBeste, interim dean of the College of Social Sciences at Fresno State, will lead a discussion. DenBeste holds a bachelor’s degree in Russian and East European studies from the University of Washington, and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in history from Southern Illinois University.
“Tangerines” is the second Academy Award-nominated film for Best Foreign Language to be shown this summer in Fresno, following the screening of “Wild Tales” on June 12.
The film takes place in the Caucasus Mountains in Eastern Europe and highlights the 1992 conflict between former Soviet countries Georgia and Abkhazia. Two Estonian immigrant farmers make plans to stay in Georgia during the war long enough to harvest their tangerine crop.
Two wounded soldiers from opposite sides — one a Christian Georgian, the other a Muslim Chechen supporting the separatists — find themselves living under the roof of one of the farmers after opening fire on each other. The farmer forces the soldiers to strike a truce, and in effect, the ethnic divides slowly diminish.
This month’s screening sponsor is the Fresno Branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this fall.
Tickets are $10 for general public and $8 for students and seniors and are available in advance at the Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Ave.) or online at Fresno Filmworks.
For more information, contact Dr. Mary Husain, instructor and club adviser, at mhusain@csufresno.edu, or club president Tom Boroujeni at farrokh@mail.fresnostate.edu.
(Copy by Erika Denise Castañon, University Communications news assistant.)
