SEELANGS Digest - 13 Jan 2013 (#2013-26)

[Susan Welsh]

*Subject:* [SEELANGS] Russian Films Appropriate for High School Showing

If you aren't looking for new films (I see some older ones have been 
suggested here by others), I think Mikhalkov's "12" is a knockout. It's 
the same basic plot line as the 1950s Lumet film "Twelve Angry Men."


Susan Welsh
http://www.ssw-translation.com
Translator and editor, German-English and Russian-English
Leesburg, Virginia USA
Phone: 1-703-777-8927


On 1/14/2013 1:00 AM, SEELANGS automatic digest system wrote:
> *From:* SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [
> SEELANGS at listserv.ua.edu] on behalf of Mary Harrah [mharrah at SUSD.ORG]
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 13, 2013 4:29 PM
> *To:* SEELANGS at listserv.ua.edu
> *Subject:* [SEELANGS] Russian Films Appropriate for High School Showing
>
> Hello,
>
>
> I am a high school Russian instructor in Arizona.  One of the schools I
> teach at is fortunate enough to have a foreign film festival every spring,
> and I have already been asked for a Russian film to show at the festival.
> I am feeling a little stuck as most of the films I’ve seen can’t be shown
> in a public high school setting, yet I want the film to engage the
> students.  Any suggestions of titles would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
>
> *Mary Harrah, DMA, MM, BA*
> **
> *Instructor of Russian, Scottsdale Unified School District*
> *Director of Orchestras, Chaparral High School*
> **
> *Saguaro High School (Russian)*
> *480-484-5124*
> **
> *Chaparral High School (Russian, Orchestra)*
> *480-484-6575                *

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