Eastern Michigan University Education First Campus Life

 

Movies

Special Showings:


Movies partnered with campus events, co-sponsored by faculty, or serving a significant purpose.


Edenwood


Saturday, September 26, 2009
8 p.m.

Dallas and Thursday, the famous Fortune Brothers, are two cowboy heroes who never shrink from a challenge, even when it's WAY over their heads. What they find in the candy-colored community of Edenwood sucks them into a mystery that pits the Haves against Some Other Haves in a battle for the ideal consumerist identity. Perhaps the only film you will ever see involving henchmen with PhD's. Created by EMU faculty member Jennifer Locke.

A League of Their Own


Date, Time, and Place TBA

There's no crying in baseball! Watch one of the classics with a possible guest appearance. The first women's baseball league was extremely significant in gaining equal rights and acknowledgment for women's accomplishments. Co-sponsored by Women's Center.

Afghan Star


Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Student Center Auditorium
8 p.m.
*LBC

Afghan Pop Idol. After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, Afghan Pop Idol is sweeping the nation. But this Afghan Star is a critically acclaimed documentary on Afghanistan's version of American Idol, is more than just a TV talent show in Afghanistan you risk your life to sing. After 30 years of war and Taliban rule, pop culture has returned to Afghanistan. Millions are watching Afghan Star - a Pop Idol-style TV series in which people from across the country compete for a cash prize and record deal. 2000 people audition, including three brave women. Viewers vote for their favorite singers by mobile phone and for many this is their first encounter with democracy.

Defiance


Thursday, November 5, 2009
Student Center Auditorium
8:00 p.m.-10:30 p.m.

WWII Eastern Europe, 1941. Three Jewish brothers escape into the woods creating a small army and fighting off Nazi invaders. Co-sponsored by EMU faculty member Martin Shichtman.
And I am unsure when "The Reader" will be playing.
Move Tigers and Cedar Point to Past excursions

The Reader


Date, Time, and Place TBA

In post WWII Germany, a man finds himself choosing between the shame of revealing an affair or saving the life of his ex-Nazi lover on trial for murder. Co-sponsored by EMU faculty member Martin Shichtman. Defiance: WWII Eastern Europe, 1941. Three Jewish brothers escape into the woods creating a small army and fighting off Nazi invaders. Co-sponsored by EMU faculty member Martin Shichtman.