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 DECEMBER AT THE DORIS DUKE THEATRE

CITYSCAPES: A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS ABOUT ARCHITECTURE

This series of experimental short films is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition, "Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff".

"Pleasures of Urban Decay" (18 mins.), directed by Sam Ball, is a noirish short film revealing cartoonist Ben Kachor's world by mixing city footage with the comic strip and overlaying it with bursts of jazz; "Sway" (33 mins.), directed by Richard Sandler, is a brilliant exploration of the subterranean world of the New York subway; Eric Dyer's film "Copenhagen Cycles (6 mins.), is a whimsical mixture of collage and film footage of a city scape.

Thursday, November 29, Friday, November 30, Sunday, December 2
1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

MY ARCHITECT
Director, Nathaniel Kahn
USA, 2003, 116 mins.

This film is being presented in conjunction with the exhibition, "Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff."

Louis I. Kahn, one of America's most revered architects, died in a bathroom in New York's Penn Station in 1974. He left behind a series of eminently modern buildings that emulate the monumentality and serenity of the ancient ruins that inspired him. This powerful and moving film, directed by his illegitimate son Nathan, traces Louis I Kahn's rise to fame, his secrets, and his eventual decline.

Monday, December 3, Thursday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 4, Friday, December 7, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Recently nominated for an Oscar, this epic story, narrated by Joan Allen, is about the systematic theft, deliberate destruction, and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich. In a journey through seven countries, film viewers get a glimpse of the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. But ordinary heroes fought back to safeguard, rescue and return the millions of lost and stolen treasures.

Sunday, December 9, Tuesday, December 11, Wednesday, December 12, Thursday, December 13, Friday, December 14, Saturday, December 15
1:00 p.m and 7:30 p.m.
Monday, December 10, 7:30 p.m.

GLOBAL FILM INITIATIVE PRESENTS GLOBAL LENS 2007:

ANOTHER MAN'S GARDEN
Director, Joao Luis Sol De Carvalho
Mozambique/Portugal/France, 2006, 80 mins.

A young girl who wants to study medicine in Mozambique faces obstacles far beyond the distractions of her boyfriend and her family. A moment of weakness or an error in judgement can cost her a place at the university, an irretrievable loss in a country with so few opportunities for women. Richly atmospheric and full of telling details, this film illuminates the prevailing attitude that educating women is like "watering another man's garden".

The short film "Riding with Sugar," directed by Suna Gonera (South Africa, 2005, 10 mins.), will precede the feature film.

Sunday, December 16, 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Monday, December 17, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 18, 1:00 p.m.

ENOUGH!
Director, Djamil Sahraoui
Algeria/France, 2006, 94 mins.

Set in war-torn Algeria in the 1990s, this film follows two women on the dangerous search for the younger woman's husband, a journalist whose commentaries have caused his disappearance. Sahraoui uses specific and deliberate pacing to reinforce the constant forward movement of the character's search.

Tuesday, December 18, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 19, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 20, 1:00 p.m.

DAM STREET
Director, Li Yu
China, 2005, 93 mins.

A young woman's indiscretion causes tremendous suffering for herself and her family. When, years later, she is still ostracized in the small, riverside town in China where her family lives, she resigns herself to singing with a shabby song-and-dance troupe. When she forms a friendship with a fiercely protective ten-year-old boy who lives across the dam, her prospects for the future begin to change, and she must come to terms with her unresolved past.

Thursday, December 20, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 21, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 22, 1:00 p.m.

FINE DEAD GIRLS
Director, Dalibor Matanic
Croatia, 2002, 77 mins.

A cleverly structured storyline involving the nosy, yet personally guarded tenants in an apartment building in Zagreb. Two university students move in and unknowingly act as the catalyst that peels away layers of secrecy and mistrust.

The short film "Your Dark Hair," directed by Tala Hadid (Morocco, 2005, 14 mins.), will precede the feature.

Saturday, December 22, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 23, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 26, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

KILOMETRE ZERO
Director, Hiner Saleem
Iraqi Kurdistan/France, 2005, 96 mins.

Set during the Iran/Iraq war of the 1980's, ethnic conflict between Kurds and Iraquis sets the stage for a road story. A Kurdish soldier conscripted to serve in the Iraqui army is given orders to return the body of a fallen soldier to his family. When he is paired with an Iraqui driver with a prejudice against Kurds, tensions flare.

This film will be preceded by the short film: "A Little Bit Higher," directed by Mehdi Jafari (Iran, 2005, 12 mins.).

Thursday, December 27, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 28, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

OF LOVE AND EGGS
Director, Garin Nugroho
Indonesia, 2004, 90 mins.

This film focuses on a working-class community in Jakarta during the Labaran holiday. Beneath its benign and gently comic surface, the story is about the place of Islam in the lives and minds of its believers. The narrative, involving three young children, includes eggs, a prayer rug, a mosque's cupola, and the universal desire for love and belonging.

This film will be preceded by the short film "Broad Day," directed by Rajeev Ahuja (India, 2004, 11 mins.).

Saturday, December 29, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 30, 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.