POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Fall 2009 Social Justice Film

							                  POVERTY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
           Fall 2009 Social Justice Film Series Schedule
                 Hodges Library 101 – Auditorium
    Sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Center for the Study of Social Justice




Title                   Day/Time                Location                Description
Panther Panchali        Friday, September 11    Library Auditorium      Drama about a poor
(1955)                  3:00-5:30 pm            Room 101                family in a Bengali
Dir.: Satyajit Ray                                                      village.
119 mins.

Cidade de Deus (aka     Friday, September 25    Library Auditorium      Drama about two
City of God) (2002)     3:00-5:30 pm            Room 101                boys growing up in a
Dir.: Fernando                                                          poor neighborhood
Meirelles and Kati                                                      in Rio de Janeiro.
Lund
130 mins.

El Norte (1983)         Friday, October 9       Library Auditorium      Drama about the
Dir.: Gregory Nava      3:00-5:30 pm            Room 101                migration of a
141 mins.                                                               brother and sister
                                                                        from Guatemala to
                                                                        the United States.
Hoop Dreams             Friday, October 30      Library Auditorium      Documentary about
(1994)                  2:30-5:30 pm            Room 101                the experiences of
Dir.: Steve James                                                       two African
170 mins.                                                               American males who
                                                                        attempt to become
                                                                        college basketball
                                                                        players.
Sicko (2007)            Friday, November 13     Library Auditorium      Documentary about
Director: Michael       3:00-5:30 pm            Room 101                poverty and the lack
Moore                                                                   of health care in the
123 mins.                                                               United States.