Films in April

Film Movement Film Series Tuesday, April 8, 2008 7:30pm Hodges Library Auditorium Dreams Of Dust Burkina Faso, Canada, France / d. Laurent Salgues / 86 min Mocktar, a Nigerien peasant, comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in Northeast Burkina Faso, Africa, where he hopes to forget the past that haunts him. … Continued

Films in March

Film Movement Film Series Tuesday, March 11 7:30pm Hodges Library Auditorium The Way I Spent The End Of The World Romania / d. Catalin Mitulescu / 106 min Set in Romania towards the end of the Ceausescu regime, The Way I Spent the End of the World depicts a few months in the life of … Continued

Working for Democracy in the South and Appalachia: The Highlander Research and Education Center

UT Libraries Hosts Documentary Series and Exhibit to celebrate Highlander’s 75th anniversary The University of Tennessee Libraries is hosting a documentary series and exhibit to teach the university and local communities about the Highlander Research and Education Center, as it celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. All programs in the Documentaries in the Libraries series … Continued

Conversations about the Constitution, Monday September 17

The University Libraries will show two short films about the importance of the Constitution 1-4 pm Room 129, Hodges Library These films, hosted by Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer, discuss why we need a written Constitution, separation of powers, federalism, individual rights and the role of judges who are … Continued

Film Movement films for August

See some very good films at Hodges Library for free This summer, the UT Libraries is screening four of the best Film Movement films that have been shown in the last two years. Film Movement features award-winning independent and international films that are not often shown in regular movie theaters. The UT Libraries began showing … Continued

Film Movement Summer Series Features “The Best of the Best”

See some very good films at Hodges Library for free This summer, the UT Libraries is screening four of the best Film Movement films that have been shown in the last two years. Film Movement features award-winning independent and international films that are not often shown in regular movie theaters. The UT Libraries began showing … Continued

Film Movement Summer Series Features “The Best of the Best”

See some very good films at Hodges Library for free This summer, the UT Libraries is screening four of the best Film Movement films that have been shown in the last two years. Film Movement features award-winning independent and international films that are not often shown in regular movie theaters. The UT Libraries began showing … Continued

UT Libraries Focuses on Civil Rights in East Tennessee

UT Documentaries in the Library to present film about the Clinton 12 The UT Libraries will show the film Clinton and the Law: Desegregation in Clinton, TN with remarks from a Clinton High School student who lived through the experience as part of their Documentaries in the Libraries series. The event will be held on … Continued

Documentaries in the Library: Appalachian Series

Discuss and discover how aspects of Appalachia have been explored through film and video at the University of Tennessee Libraries this spring, with its Documentaries in the Library series. Thursday March 8 The Appalachians: Culture of Survival with discussion led by Jack Neely, Metro Pulse columnist. Monday, March 19 Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Legacy … Continued