The New Jersey Film Festival, Fall 2011 will be featuring two movies this evening beginning at 7:00pm. These films will be show in Voorhees Hall #105, 71 Hamilton Street/College Avenue Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick. This evenings featured films are:
After the Fire - Guido Verweyen (Glendale, California) Shawn Simons' and Alvaro Llanos' lives were changed forever in 2000, when flames engulfed their freshman dorm at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, and both were severely burned. The story of how they escaped the fire (which killed three students and injured 58), and how they recovered, is told in this moving documentary. 2011; 36 min.
In God We Teach - Vic Losick (New York, New York) “Jesus did everything in his power to make sure that you could go to heaven… and he’s saying, ‘Please, accept me, believe.’ If you reject that, you belong in hell.” In God We Teach is the story of Matthew LaClair, a public high-school student in Kearny, New Jersey who secretly recorded this statement (and others) made in class by David Paszkiewicz, his history teacher. After approaching the local school board for redress and receiving none, LaClair took his secret recordings to the media. When the recordings were made public, the story exploded, not just through Kearny, but across America. Paszkiewicz has remained largely silent until his appearance here, in this engrossing, feature-length documentary. In today’s polarized world, discourse can be strident and discussion difficult. In God We Teach, however, endeavors to be even-handed in its tone and consideration of issues of religious freedom, freedom of speech, and the teaching of evolution in America’s high schools. 2011; 62 min. With an in-person appearance by director Vic Losick!
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Admission is $10 General, $9 Students/Seniors, $8 Rutgers Film Co-op/NJMAC Friends. All films are subject to change. Call our information number 732-932-8482 the day of show to confirm titles.
Tickets are available on a “first-come-first-served” basis only and can be purchased at the door beginning a half-hour before the start time. Advance Tickets are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information, call (732) 932-8482, email NJMAC12@gmail.com, or visit www.njfilmfest.com. All are welcome.
NOTE: Our primary screening location at Voorhees Hall #105 features new comfortable seats, stadium seating, a state-of-the-art hi-definition projection and sound systems!
