SCC faculty and staff host free showings of feature films. Hosts preface films with an introduction on the social implications and importance of the film, and optional discussions follow. Films are sponsored by the SCC Student Activities Office and the Global Education Committee.
All films are shown in the SSB Auditorium.
6-6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17
Pre-Film Lecture: Two Weeks in Modern Morocco
Presenter: Will Griffin, SCC associate professor
Professor Griffin visited Morocco in June 2009 as part of a Title VI-A Grant. His presentation will reveal the modern face of this ancient country.
7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17
Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue (2000)
(Arabic and French with English subtitles)
Host: Will Griffin, SCC associate professor
In this award-winning film the story of Ali Zaoua, a glue-sniffing street kid, unfolds against the background of modern Casablanca, Morocco.
6-6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18
Pre-Film Lecture: An Inside Look at the Cannes Film Festival
Presenter: Denise McCracken, SCC professor
Professor McCracken was in Cannes, France in 2006 and attended the International Film Festival.
7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18
Entre les murs, "The Class" (2008)
(French with English subtitles)
Host: Denise McCracken, SCC professor
Winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, this “docu-drama” depicts the classroom of a French teacher in an ethnically diverse neighborhood in Paris.
6-6:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19
Pre-Film Lecture: An Historian’s Trip to Cuba
Presenter: Dan Rezny, SCC assistant professor
Professor Rezny visited Cuba last summer and will share stories and photos of his visit in an informative PowerPoint presentation.
7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19
Che (2008)
(Spanish, Aymara, and Quechua with English subtitles)
Host: Cal Chandler, SCC professor
This film follows Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an energetic Argentine medical student turned social activist, during his involvement with the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s.
7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24
Osama (2003)
(Pashtu and Dari with English subtitles)
Host: Virginia Guneyli, SCC assistant professor
7 p.m. Thursday, March 4
Outsourced (2006)
(English and Hindi with English subtitles)
Host: Paul Roesler, SCC professor
