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  • Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell Film Poster
    Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Bên trong vo kén vàng)
    Directed by Pham Thien An
    (Vietnam, 2024, 178 minutes, in Vietnamese with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater, digital

    After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law, Thien must transport his young nephew from Saigon to their rural hometown. On the road, Thien is drawn into a search for his long-missing older brother, and the journey becomes a pilgrimage marked by visual splendor and mystical overtones.

    Thursday, February 8, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Friday, February 9, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, February 10, 2024
    2 p.m.
  • I Went To The Dance Film Poster
    I Went to the Dance (J’ai été au bal)
    Directed by Les Blank and Chris Strachwitz
    (USA, 1989, 84 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital restoration

    Get in the Mardi Gras spirit with the definitive film on the history of the toe-tapping, foot-stomping music of French Southwest Louisiana. I Went to the Dance features Cajun and Zydeco greats including Michael Doucet & BeauSoleil, Clifton Chenier, and D.L. Menard.

    Saturday, February 10, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, February 11, 2024
    5 p.m.
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    2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation
    (2023, 120 minutes)
    Brown Auditorium Theater and Lynn Wyatt Theater

    View the nominated short films in the Animation category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 10!

    Friday, February 16, 2024
    4 p.m. 7 p.m.
    Saturday, February 17, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Thursday, February 22, 2024
    2 p.m. 7 p.m.
    Sunday, February 25, 2024
    5 p.m.
    Sunday, March 10, 2024
    2 p.m.
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    2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
    (2023, 120 minutes)
    Brown Auditorium Theater and Lynn Wyatt Theater

    View the nominated short films in the Documentary category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 10!

    Saturday, February 17, 2024
    2 p.m.
    Saturday, February 24, 2024
    2 p.m.
    Sunday, March 3, 2024
    2 p.m.
    Saturday, March 9, 2024
    5 p.m.
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    2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action
    (2023, 120 minutes)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    View the nominated short films in the Live Action category from this year’s Academy Awards, and see if your favorite wins when the Oscars are presented on March 10!

    Sunday, February 18, 2024
    5 p.m.
    Saturday, February 24, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Friday, March 1, 2024
    7 p.m.
    Friday, March 8, 2024
    7 p.m.
  • Fanny The Other Mendelssohn Film Poster
    Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn
    Directed by Sheila Hayman
    (UK, 2023, 101 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

    This fascinating documentary illuminates the life and talent of a remarkable composer—Fanny Mendelssohn. Born in 1800s Berlin, her accomplishments were little known until feminist scholars discovered her.

    Friday, February 23, 2024
    7 p.m.
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