The Public Commons & Access to Water
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009.
12:30 p.m. Film
FLOW: For Love of Water 2008
Introduction/Discussion by NWC Government Professor Donna Rhea
As suggested by W. B. Auden
“Thousands have lived without love; not one without water.”
Irena Salina’s documentary investigates the most important political and environmental situation of the 21st Century – the World Water Crisis. In this expose’ we travel to Bolivia, South Africa, India, and Michigan and in all these places, witness the the essential issues in the” water wars” - privatization, pollution and profit. The film shows people around the world who are being harmed by corporations which claim rights over their water.
An Award-Wining Film that profiles what Michael Klare calls “resource wars”. (93 minutes)
Link for study: http://www.flowthefilm.com/
“Fog of War”: Robert McNamara “Rethinks”
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
12:30 p.m.
Oscar-winning Film
“Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara”
“Rethink Afghanistan”: http://rethinkafghanistan.com/videos.php
The REEL is FREE & OPEN TO ALL HCC STUDENTS, FACULTY & FRIENDS.
INFORMATION: Dr. Ann Bragdon
HCC-NWC Anthropology ann.bragdon@hccs.edu 713-718-5642.
REFLECTIONS on Schizophrenia
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009.
12:30 p.m.
Film & Speaker
The Soloist (109 minutes)
with REFLECTIONS on Schizophrenia by Dr. Joanne Hsu
Department Chair for Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology at Northwest College
Music Sublime on Los Angeles Streets! ”The Soloist” (2008) is the story of the friendship of Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez and Nathaniel Ayers, an aged music prodigy who had studied music at the prestigious Juilliard School, now a homeless and genius street musician suffering from schizophrenia. The film is based on the book “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music”, authored by Steve Lopez.
Dr. Joanne Hsu will introduce and lead the discussion following the film.