The Alan Lutkus
International Film Series
Presented by the Office of the Provost, and the
Departments of English, Communicative Disorders and Science, and History,
the Latin American Studies Program,
and the IFS Committee

Spring 2007 Program:
CELEBRATING THE STRENGTH OF WOMEN
The IFS committee is pleased to join SUNY Geneseo´s year-long celebration marking
the centennial of Susan B. Anthony's death

All film screenings are free and open to the general public

The Magdalene Sisters Searchers (UK/Ireland, 2002; 119 min.)
Thursday, February 15, 2007– 7:00 p.m. – Newton Hall 204

The story of the strength of three Dublin women in 1964 who were placed in the Magdalene Sisters Asylum for committing moral transgressions considered dangerous to themselves and society. Based on survivor accounts of the dehumanizing abuse to which young women were subjected in Magdalene institutions until 1996.
Discussant: Dr. Robert Dogget (English Department)

Raise the Red Lantern (China, 1991; 125 min.)
Thursday, March 1, 2007 – 7:00 p.m. – Newton Hall 204

Enthralling, beautifully filmed story about Songlian, the fourth wife of a rich landowner, who was married against her will. Censured by the Chinese government, this film presents a parable of the corruption of Chinese society and the plight of women in modern China.
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Discussant: Dr. Bob Owens (Communicative Disorders and Sciences)

Ballad of a Soldier (Soviet Union, 1959; 89 min.)
Thursday, March 29, 2007 – 7:00 p.m. – Newton Hall 204

Powerful and poetic examination of the Russian WWII experience from the point of view of Alyosha, a soldier fighting his way to get home, and the women who encounter him along the way. In Russian with English subtitles.
Discussant: Dr. Margaret Stolee (History)