HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE FOOD YOU BUY AT LOCAL SUPERMARKETS?

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/

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12:30 p.m.

Oscar-winning Film

“Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara”

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.

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AUTISM: THE MUSICAL AND MORE!

12:30 p.m. – Speaker and Film

with George J. Yard, M.Ed., Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emeritus – University of Missouri-St Louis

Wednesday, October 7th,  2009.

12:30 p.m. READINGS AND FILM

with Northwest College History Professor and Author, Chris Drake

This week’s program features the new biography of John Henry Faulk, a Texas native, whose courage, pluck and humor during the McCarthy era of the 1950’s won him many fans. Along with readings from the biography by author Chris Drake, there will be short excerpts from the film of Faulk’s “one-man” stage show, “Pear Orchard” in which John Henry studies the human condition and with great hilarity, immortalizes some iconic “personalities” of east Texas. We will learn about the legal battle of Faulk with the blacklisting McCarthyites and just why John Henry fought and prevailed in those treacherous times.

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Tuesday, September 29

1 – 2:30 p.m.

West Loop Auditorium – West Loop Campus

5601 West Loop South - Houston, Texas

Exit Fournace from 610 going south and make the U-turn to the feeder.

The West Loop Campus is just before your reach Home Depot.

“Charles Darwin-Live!”

by Robert Dennison – a one-man show

A lecture delivered by Charles Darwin about his life, studies and science. This is the year of his 200^th birthday.

Come celebrate with us!

Robert Dennison, Advanced Placement (AP) Science Lead Teacher for HISD, has been bringing great scientists of the past to life for his students since 1984.

Sponsored by:

HCC Northwest College Anthropology, Office of Instructional Initiatives -

Houston Community College, the REEL, & Darwin2009-Houston

The REEL is FREE & OPEN TO ALL HCC STUDENTS, FACULTY & FRIENDS.

http://www.darwin2009houston.org/links.cfm

http://anthropology.si.edu/outreach/anthnote/ANFall2008final.pdf

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Humor, Culture,  and Landscapes of Southern France

September 23rd, Wednesday 

12:30 p.m.

Film 

Jean de Florette 

Introduction/ Discussion with Professor Ana Hnat

Jean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol, the French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. The film is part of a wider trend from the 1980s of so-called ‘heritage cinema’ – period pieces and costume dramas that celebrate the history, culture and landscape of France. This story takes place in rural Provence (southern France) shortly after World War I when two greedy and devious local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited property. They are so incomprehensibly mean it’s comical. The story, scenery, and acting are superb. The movie stars three of France’s most prominent actors – Gérard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand in one of his last roles. A wonderful performance, a jewel of a viewing experience. “Guy de Maupassant would have loved this!”

In French with English Subtitles. (121 minutes)

DOUBLE-FEATURE    Film at 11 a.m.      Talk at 12:45 p.m.

BE ADVISED:   Film and Talk are for MATURE AUDIENCES!  

Explicit sex, language, and violence.

11: 00 a.m.   Film

Price of Pleasure: Pornography, Sexuality & Relationships   (56 minutes) 2008.

Introduction/ Discussion by Dr. Robert Jensen, Professor University of Texas School of Journalism

This Media Education Project film explores how pornographic messages help shape our gender and sexual identities and affect our relationships. The film moves beyond the liberal-versus-conservative debates so common in the culture to paint a myth-busting and nuanced portrait of how pleasure and pain, commerce and power, liberty and responsibility have become intertwined in the most intimate areas of our lives.

Pornography has emerged as one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries. There are now an estimated 420 million pages of pornography online, and, each year, 13,000 porn videos are released and over 900 million videos rented. While assuming an unprecedented role in the mainstream of popular culture, pornography’s content has become more extreme and harsh, more overtly sexist, racist, and violent.  

 Cited from Film Study Guide: http://www.mediaed.org/assets/products/235/studyguide_235.pdf

 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.    Talk

“Pornography and the End of Masculinity” with Professor  Robert Jensen

Robert Jensen, professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, has journeyed into uncomfortable domains to question and gauge “what it means to be human” – beyond gender, beyond race, beyond war.  In this talk, Jensen will discuss the reach and impact of pornography in US society and develop a critique of its relationship to violence and women, and what it means to be a “real man” according to the media menu the “connected” generation consumes. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html  

(Dr. Jensen’s several books will be available at program.)

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