CineCulture announces the lineup for the remainder of the spring semester.
Most CineCulture screenings are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays during the semester in the Peters Education Center Auditorium (5010 N. Woodrow Ave.) in the Student Recreation Center. All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.
See the full list below.
Feb. 23: “Electric Shadows” (2004)
- Discussant: Dr. Ed EmanuEl
- In Mandarin with English subtitles, 93 minutes
“Electric Shadows” marks the directing debut of Xiao Jiang, one of the few active female film directors in China. The film begins when a young woman mysteriously attacks a stranger and then asks him to care for her fish while she is being arrested. When he enters her apartment, he discovers an apparent shrine to the iconic Chinese singer and film actress of the 1930s, Zhou Zuan, nicknamed “the Golden voice,” and that they share a love of the cinema and more.
March 2: “And Then They Came for Us” (2017)
- Discussant: Don Tamaki, the attorney for Fred Korematsu’s legal team
- Sponsors: The Central California District Council of the Japanese American Citizens League, Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno
- 40 minutes
March 9: “Angelica” (2016)
- Discussant: Marisol Gómez-Mouakad, director
- Sponsors: The Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies, the Spanish program and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
- In Spanish with English subtitles, 90 minutes
March 16: “Serenade for Haiti” (2016)
- Discussant: Christy McGill, producer
- Sponsor: The Africana Studies Program
- In Haitian Creole, French and English with English subtitles, 78 minutes
March 23: “Shadow of Drought: Southern California’s Looming Water Crisis” (2018)
- Discussant: Bill Wisneski, director
- Sponsor: The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and Fresnans Against Fracking
- 42 minutes
MARCH 30: No film (Campus closed for Caesar Chavez holiday)
April 6: “Dogs of Democracy“ (2016)
- Discussant: Mary Zournazi, writer/director
- Sponsors: The Classical Studies Program and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, with support from the Phebe McClatchy Conley Endowment
- 58 minutes
April 13: “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story“ (2017)
- Discussant: Richard Rhodes, author of “Hedy’s Folly,” the book on which the film is based
- Sponsors: The Jewish Studies Program and the Jewish Studies Association
- 88 minutes
April 20: “The Other Side of Home“ (2016)
- Discussant: Naré Mkrtchyan, director/producer
- Sponsor: The Armenian Studies Program
- In English, Armenian and Turkish with English subtitles, 40 minutes
April 27: “The Suffragists (Las Sufragistas)“ (2012)
- Discussant: Ana Cruz Navarro, director
- Sponsors: The College of Arts and Humanities, the Consulate of Mexico in Fresno, Aeromexico, the Spanish Program, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures and the Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies
- In Spanish with English subtitles, 78 minutes
May 4: To be determined
CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State students, faculty and staff and the community. CineCulture is also offered as a three-unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department.
The CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions. Fresno State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities.
Additional information about the individual films is available on the Arts and Humanities blog. For more information, contact Dr. Mary Husain, professor and club adviser, at mhusain@csufresno.edu, or visit the CineCulture website.