S-CAR World Cafe Film Series

S-CAR World Cafe Film Series

 

 

Girl Rising

The movie tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face arranged marriages, child slavery, and other heartbreaking injustices.

January 28th, Tuesday; 2:00 - 4:00pm
  

Bling

BLING is a feature documentary that will take a satirical, hard-hitting look at how "blinging" in the flashy world of commercial hip-hop played a role in the 10-year civil war in Sierra Leone. 

February 11th, Tuesday; 2:00-4:00pm
  

Iraq in Fragments

Iraq in Fragments illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity.

 
February 25th, Tuesday; 2:00-4:00pm
  

American Blackout

Chronicles the recurring patterns of disenfranchisement witnessed from 2000 to 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.

March 11, Tuesday; 2:00pm - 4:00pm
 

Divorce Iranian Style

Divorce Iranian Style unfolds inside an Iranian divorce court, providing a subtle and intimate look at the lives of women in a country stereotypically associated with fanaticism and oppression.

March 21, Friday; 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  

Johnny Mad Dog

Johnny Mad Dog, maybe 15, leads a band of boy soldiers in a civil war in an unnamed African country. "Don't want to die? Don't be born" is one of their shouted mottoes. 

March 25, Tuesday; 2:00pm - 4:00pm
 

5 Broken Cameras

When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision.

April 22, Tuesday 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  

XXY

When Suli welcomes her former best friend Erika that comes with her husband, the surgeon Ramiro and their teenage son Alvaro to spend a couple of days with her family, Kraken learns that his wife invited Ramiro to operate Alex. 

May 6, Tuesday; 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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