Event Type: Film and Media Screenings
Film Screening and Panel: Voices of the New Belarus
Film and Media Studies Program and European Studies Council will host the premiere of the art-documentary film Voices of the New Belarus, directed by Andrei Kureichik, on December 12 at 5:00 PM followed by a panel discussion. Also, please join us for a reception preceding the screening, which will take place at 4:00 PM in HQ lower level lobby. This art documentary addresses the challenges of Belarusians’ resistance to the autocratic regime of Alexander Lukashenko and the dire situation of political detainees in post-Soviet Belarus. The Yale University is a birthplace for the film. The inaugural presentation of the art-documentary “Voices of the New Belarus” occurred amid widespread acclaim at…
More InformationLon Marum: People of the Volcano
The film “Lon Marum” is a documentary that examines the interconnectedness of language, culture, place, and tradition on the active volcano of Ambrym in Vanuatu. It critically addresses the limitations of scientific perspectives, particularly in the context of climate-related disasters, by highlighting the often-overlooked indigenous knowledge systems. Co-directed with local scholars, the film provides an anthropological lens on how these communities understand and navigate their environment, offering a nuanced view of resilience and adaptation grounded in centuries of lived experience. About the filmmaker Soraya Hosni is a 2024 Yale World Fellow, anthropologist, cultural activist, and entrepreneur. In this project, she combines her expertise in research, storytelling, video, and photography to…
More InformationFilm Screening: Navalny
The World Fellows program will host a screening of the Oscar-winning film “Navalny,” which details the 2020 assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader and former World Fellow Alexei Navalny. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with Christo Grozev, an investigative journalist with Bellingcat; Leonid Volkov, 2018 World Fellow and Navalny’s chief of staff; and Anna Biriukova, 2024 World Fellow and a pollster at the Anti-Corruption Foundation. This event is open to the public, but registration is requested.
More InformationLon Marum People of the Volcano (Film screening and conversation)
2024 World Fellow Soraya Hosni will be joined by 2019 World Fellow Alex Munoz for the screening of her film “Lon Marum: People of the Volcano.” The film will be followed by discussion with the audience.
More InformationFilm + Q&A: Canoeros: Living Memory, A National Geographic Documentary
You are invited to join 2019 World Fellow Alex Muñoz for a special film screening followed by a Q & A. Canoeros: Living Memory shares an epic journey of the Kawésqar communities and National Geographic Pristine Seas across the Chilean Patagonian ocean to defend an indigenous territory from the salmon industry. Open to the Yale community. Refreshments will be provided. Please register in advance: https://cglink.me/2dA/r2269472
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Vietnam: Fast Forward
The Yale community is invited to a film screening of “Vietnam: Fast Forward” followed by a Q & A with 2022 WF Huong Dang, social entrepreneur and founder of HopeBox. Come and learn about social entrepreneurship in Vietnam, one of the fastest-growing economies in the world!
More InformationNotturno – Virtual Movie Screening, Talk, and Q&A
Movie screening available on demand from Saturday October 2nd until Tuesday October 5th, 2021 (inclusive) to be followed by Panel and Q&A session on Wednesday, October 6th, 2021. Filmed over three years on the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon, Notturno captures the everyday life that lies behind the continuing tragedy of civil wars, ferocious dictatorships, foreign invasions and the murderous apocalypse of ISIS. Oscar® nominated and multiple award winner Gianfranco Rosi (SACRO GRA, FIRE AT SEA) constructs a sublime cinematic journey through the region finding peace and light within the chaos and despair in the aftermath of war. A mosaic of intimate moments and luminous images, Notturno is…
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