Films


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  • Film Poster Chocolat
    Chocolat
    Directed by Claire Denis
    (France/West Germany/Cameroon, 1988, 105 minutes, in French, English, and Hausa with English subtitles, 4K digital restoration)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    Celebrated filmmaker Claire Denis drew on her childhood experiences in 1960s French colonial Africa for this absorbing feature-film debut.

    Thursday, June 1, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Film Poster: A Gaza Weekend
    A Gaza Weekend
    Directed by Basil Khalil
    (UK/Palestine, 2022, 90 minutes, in Arabic, English, and Hebrew with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater, Digital

    A British journalist tries to escape Israel after the UN imposes an embargo from land, air, and sea due to the spreading of a virus. 

    Friday, June 2, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Film Poster: Mediterranean Fever
    Mediterranean Fever
    Directed by Maha Haj
    (Germany/France/Cyprus/Palestine, 2022, 108 minutes, in Arabic with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater, Digital

    Waleed is an aspiring writer suffering from chronic depression who cultivates a relationship with a petty criminal neighbor. 

    Saturday, June 3, 2023
    3 p.m.
  • Film Poster: Alam
    Alam
    Directed by Firas Khoury
    (France/Saudi Arabia/Tunisia/Qatar/Palestine, 2022, 109 minutes, in Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater, Digital

    A Palestinian-Israeli high schooler undergoes a political awakening when he falls for the outspoken new girl in his class.

    Saturday, June 3, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Film Poster: Dancing the Twist in Bamako
    Dancing the Twist in Bamako
    Directed by Robert Guédiguian
    (France/Canada/Senegal/Mali, 2021, 129 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater, Digital

    The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock ’n’ roll music (newly imported from the West) and dream of political renewal. 

    Sunday, June 4, 2023
    5 p.m.
    Sunday, June 11, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Film Poster: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
    Directed by Samuel Pollard and Ben Shapiro
    (USA, 2023, 82 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, Digital

    This new documentary is a profound and expansive portrait of legendary jazz drummer, composer, bandleader, and activist Max Roach.

    Friday, June 9, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, June 24, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Film Poster: The Cool World
    The Cool World
    Directed by Shirley Clarke
    (USA, 1965, 104 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

    This landmark independent film directed by Shirley Clarke reflects the harsh realities of Harlem street life through the story of 15-year-old Duke and his gang.

    Saturday, June 10, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Film Poster: A Man Called Adam
    A Man Called Adam
    Directed by Leo Penn
    (USA, 1966, 102 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, 35mm

    This sharp-edged allegory stars Sammy Davis Jr. as a mercurial jazz musician who struggles with racial prejudice, a troubling past, and alcoholism.

    Friday, June 16, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Film Poster: Image The Sound
    Imagine the Sound
    Directed by Ron Mann
    (USA, 1981, 90 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, Digital restoration

    This unique portrait of some of creative music’s greatest protagonists has been hailed as “the best documentary on free jazz.”

    Saturday, June 17, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Film Poster: Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story
    Texas Tenor: The Illinois Jacquet Story
    Directed by Arthur Elgort
    (USA, 1992, 81 minutes, in English)
    Brown Auditorium Theater, Digital

    Born in Louisiana and raised in Houston, saxophonist Illinois Jacquet first came to prominence when his solo on Lionel Hampton’s 1942 recording of “Flying Home” innovated the sound of jazz tenor and ushered in rhythm and blues.

    Friday, June 23, 2023
    7 p.m.

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  • Film Poster: RRR
    RRR
    Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
    (India, 2022, 181 minutes, in Telugu with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    RRR is an exhilarating, action-packed spectacular mythologizing two real-life freedom fighters who helped lead India’s fight for independence from the British

    Thursday, June 29, 2023
    6 p.m.
    Thursday, July 6, 2023
    6 p.m.
    Sunday, July 9, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Film Poster: Blind Woman Sleeping Woman
    Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
    Directed by Pierre Földes
    (France/Luxembourg/Canada/Netherlands, 2022, 110 minutes, in English)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    A giant talking frog and an elusive cat help a listless bank employee, his traumatized wife, and a lonely accountant seek meaning in their lives, and possibly save Tokyo from catastrophe.

    Friday, June 30, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, July 1, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, July 2, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Scarlet Film Poster
    Scarlet (L'Envol)
    Directed by Pietro Marcello
    (France/Italy/Germany, 2022, 103 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    An enchanting fable follows a soldier returning home to rural France from World War I, to discover that his wife has died, leaving him to raise their infant daughter, Juliette.

    Friday, July 7, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, July 8, 2023
    7 p.m.
  • Kentridge Opera: The Nose
    The Nose
    Directed by William Kentridge/Directed for live cinema by Gary Halvorson
    (USA, 2013, 121 minutes, in Russian with English subtitles © 2013 The Metropolitan Opera)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    In William Kentridge’s collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera, a man wakes to find his nose is missing, and the nose itself becomes a major character.

    Sunday, July 9, 2023
    2 p.m.
    Sunday, July 16, 2023
    2 p.m.
  • Tori and Lokita Film Poster
    Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita)
    Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
    (France, 2022, 88 minutes, in French with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    A heart-stopping thriller, the story of two young African immigrants struggling for survival on the margins of Belgian society casts an unflinching eye on the trials of the young and dispossessed.

    Friday, July 14, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, July 15, 2023
    5 p.m.
    Sunday, July 16, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Squaring The Circle Film Poster
    Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
    Directed by Anton Corbijn
    (United Kingdom, 2022, 101 minutes, in English)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    This documentary celebrating analog creativity and artistic risk reveals the influence of creative duo and Aubrey “Po” Powell and Storm Thorgerson on iconic album covers, with commentary from stars such as David Gilmour, Paul McCartney, and Robert Plant.

    Friday, July 21, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, July 22, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, July 23, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Kentridge Opera: Wozzek
    Wozzeck
    Directed by William Kentridge with Luc de Wit/Directed for live cinema by Gary Halvorson
    (USA, 2020, 111 minutes, in German with English subtitles © 2020 The Metropolitan Opera)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    This William Kentridge collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera focuses on a World War I soldier who faces tragedy involving military bureaucracy, madness, and murder.

    Sunday, July 23, 2023
    2 p.m.
    Sunday, July 30, 2023
    2 p.m.
  • Afire Film Poster
    Afire (Roter Himmel)
    Directed by Christian Petzold
    (Germany, 2023, 102 minutes, in German with English subtitles)
    Lynn Wyatt Theater

    Winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival, German auteur Christian Petzold’s latest drama finds a self-centered author struggling to finish his second novel during a seaside holiday. 

    Friday, July 28, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Saturday, July 29, 2023
    7 p.m.
    Sunday, July 30, 2023
    5 p.m.
  • Kentridge Opera: Lulu
    Lulu
    Directed by William Kentridge with Luc de Wit/Directed for live cinema by Matthew Diamond
    (USA, 2015, 202 minutes, in German with English subtitles © 2015 The Metropolitan Opera)
    Brown Auditorium Theater

    For this collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera, William Kentridge created stage designs and projections that capture the Expressionist mood of the opera about a woman’s impossible quandry.

    Sunday, August 6, 2023
    2 p.m.
    Sunday, August 13, 2023
    2 p.m.
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