International Studies Program Events

Global Gender Film Festival

FREE!! and open to the public

	Yesterday by Darrell Roodt Thurs Oct 19, 5-7pm, Lecture Center C4 As beautiful as it is heartbreaking, the Oscar®-nominated drama Yesterday brings an intimate human perspective to the AIDS crisis in Africa. Best known for his 1995 drama Cry the Beloved Country, director Darrell James Roodt returns to his native South Africa for this latest film. This is his moving portrait of a young devoted mother named Yesterday (played by Leleti Khumalo, Hotel Rwanda) who learns that she is HIV positive and remains determined to stay alive until her young daughter Beauty (Lihle Mvelase) is old enough to go off to school. Without pounding on its point, Yesterday puts a human face on a global crisis that’s too often viewed on impersonal terms.
	Discovering Dominga by Patricia Flynn Thurs Nov 2, 5-7pm, Lecture Center C4 http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/discoveringdominga When 29-year-old Iowa housewife Denese Becker decides to return to the Guatemalan village where she was born, she begins a journey towards finding her roots filled with harrowing revelations. Born Dominga, she discovers she is her family’s sole survivor of a massacre of Indian peasants. Two years later, she was adopted by an American family where she became Denese. Denese’s journey home is a voyage of self-discovery that permanently alters her relationship to her American family as her political awakening sheds light on an act of genocide against the Mayan people.
	Sisters in Law by Kim Longinotto Tues Nov 14, 5-7pm, Lecture Center C4 Selected for Cannes 2005, festival favorite Kim Longinotto’s latest work is a totally fascinating and often hilarious look at the work of one small courthouse. In south-west Cameroon a female judge and prosecutor dispense justice with equal parts wit, wisdom and wisecracks. The victims of crime (an abused child, a woman daring to accuse a man of rape) are handled with fi erce compassion. The movie reveals African mores at a pivotal moment, when brutal traditions collide with 21st century laws, while leaving you cheering when justice is served.

Presented by: The Gender and Women’s Studies Program and The International Studies Program

Film Festival Parking: There are two visitor parking facilities across the street from BSB. Parking is $5. Visit www.uic.edu for a map of the campus.

Public Transportation: The UIC campus is accessible from the UIC-Halstead stop on the blue line and several bus routes. Visit the CTA website to help plan your trip.