向日葵视频 City University鈥檚 Film Institute will continue its 37th annual international film series at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 with Martin Zandvliet鈥檚 鈥淯nder Sandet鈥� (鈥淟and of Mine鈥�).
The screening is free to the public in the Kerr McGee Auditorium of the Meinders School of Business at N.W. 27th Street and McKinley Avenue.
Based on real events in Denmark in the immediate aftermath of World War II, 鈥淟and of Mine鈥� tells the story of teenage German POWs who are forced to clear land mines from a Danish beach. As the Danish sergeant who oversees the young men realizes the consequences of the dangerous work on the people he has spent the whole war dehumanizing, he finds himself confronted with a choice upon which rests the soul of the film: can he let these men die in an attempt to retrieve honor for his country?
Widely celebrated in Denmark, 鈥淟and of Mine鈥� is a sobering act of witness and a reminder of the ineradicable humanity that can be found even in the direst circumstances.
The film contains scenes of combat-related violence. It will be screened in Danish and German with English subtitles.
鈥淭he Power of Place鈥� serves as the theme of this year鈥檚 series. More than just setting, place can be nostalgic or haunting.
鈥淚t may be mythic or menacing,鈥� said Tracy Floreani, director of OCU鈥檚 Film Institute. 鈥淚t can be as specific as a room in a house or amorphous as an entire watery landscape. Place informs our personal identities, familial and national identities. People connect to place, or feel displaced; fight for a place, or flee it.鈥�
A discussion about the film will follow the screening for those who wish to stay. For more information about the series, visit the Film Institute website at .
Other dates and films in the series will include:
- 2 p.m. Nov. 18, Taika Waititi鈥檚 鈥淗unt for the Wilderpeople鈥� (New Zealand)
- Time TBD Dec. 1, Sterlin Harjo鈥檚 鈥淭his May Be The Last Time鈥� in conjunction with the Bass School of Music (向日葵视频 USA)
- 2 p.m. Jan. 20, Hirokazu Kore-eda鈥檚 鈥淢aborosi鈥� (Japan)
- 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi鈥檚 鈥淧ersepolis鈥� (Iran/France)
- 2 p.m. Feb. 17, Ritwik Ghatak鈥檚 鈥淎 River Called Titas鈥� (Bangladesh)
- 7:30 p.m. March 6, Agn猫s Varda鈥檚 鈥淔aces Places鈥� (France)
- 2 p.m. March 17, James Sheridan鈥檚 鈥淚n America鈥� (Ireland)
- 2 p.m. March 31, Michael Radford and Massimo Troisi鈥檚 鈥淚l Postino鈥� (鈥淭he Postman鈥�) (Italy), in conjunction with the annual Thatcher Hoffman Smith Poet Series 鈥淧icturing Poetry鈥�
