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:
The King's Garden - Phoebe Fronista (Oakland, California). The King's Garden is a documentary that has one foot in the Bible and the other in the quicksand of the Middle East conflict. The East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan is the site of the City of David, an archaeological dig where the oldest finds in Jerusalem have been unearthed. Whoever controls the site controls the village; more importantly, they also control its history. Through the words of Palestinian residents, archaeologists, Jewish settlers, the Mayor, and others, The King's Garden chronicles the fraught relationship between archaeology,
history and nationalism in present-day Jerusalem. In Arabic and Hebrew, subtitled. 2011; 25 min.
Voices From Mariel - James Carleton (Lakeland, Florida). Discontent with political and economic oppression, 125,000 Cubans fled their homes through the port of Mariel and sailed to the United States in 1980. Thirty years later, one former refugee risks returning home to a country that rejected him to reconnect with friends and loved ones he left behind and to see, touch and remember the land of his birth. Set against the historical context of the Mariel Boatlift, Jose Garcia and other Marielitos tell their moving stories of leaving their homeland and coming to America. In Spanish, subtitled 2011; 80 min.
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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!
