Sunday-September 23-Voorhees Hall #105-7PM $10; $9; $8
Free Food courtesy of Jimmy Johns prior to this screening!
Career (Carrière) - Guido De Craene (Brussels, Belgium)
A CEO of a multinational corporation has a ruthless way of determining how his employees can save their jobs: he thinks of himself as a Roman emperor who rules over life or death, as in an arena. 2012; 13 min.
Meherjaan - Rubaiyat Hossain (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
A deeply moving and expertly crafted feature film, Meherjaan begins during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, when a beautiful young woman named Meher falls in love with an enemy soldier. After their love affair is discovered, she is shamed and silenced by her family and society. Now, 38 years after the war, Meher reunites with Sarah, a close relation, who was given away for adoption, and has come back to Bangladesh to piece together her past. Together, these two women must re-tell history through their own stories in order to cut through stigmas and walk into the light.Although Meherjaan generated controversy in Bangladesh for its critique of war and the pitfalls of nationalism, it is a film that should be celebrated and widely seen for the resolution it offers to violence, through the transcendence of love. In Bengali, Urdu, and English, subtitled. 2011, 119 min.With an in-person appearance by director Rubaiyat Hossain!
