Help with Film Series

[Francoise Rosset]

Well, *Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors* will deal with one of 
those.

I strongly second Dr Eubanks's suggestions.
I am particularly fond of *Color of Pomegranates* and always use it in 
my film class. It does require some prep from the students on Armenian 
culture, so it isn't a "gateway" film into Caucasian culture.

There was a film set in Kazakstan called "A Wolf Cub among Humans" 
that I found memorable.

You might get in direct contact with professor Jane Knox-Voina, who 
just retired from Bowdoin College, -- if she hasn't answered you 
already. Cinema in Central Asia is one of her fields of expertise.

-FR





On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 19:41:13 +0000
  "Rouhier-Willoughby, Jeanmarie" <j.rouhier at UKY.EDU> wrote:
> Max-You are correct, hence our appeal.
> 
> Soviet-era or post-Soviet, as I mentioned. As to the other 
>characteristics: feature film preferred, classics or cult, as long of 
>decent quality and having potential to appeal to a general audience.
> 
> And I neglected to mention Ukraine or Belarus specifically in the 
>list. It was my oversight and not intended to indicate we would not 
>welcome films from those countries.
> 
> Jeanmarie
> *********************************
> Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby
> Professor of Russian, Folklore and Linguistics
> Chair, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and 
>Cultures
> Division of Russian and Eastern Studies
> 1055 Patterson Office Tower
> University of Kentucky
> Lexington, KY  40506
> (859) 257-1756
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> Skype contact name: Jeanmarie Rouhier, j.rouhier
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>[SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Max Pyziur [pyz at BRAMA.COM]
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 3:30 PM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Help with Film Series
> 
>> Colleagues-
>>
>>
>>
>> At the U. of Kentucky we have an A&S event entitled Passport to the 
>>World,
>> dedicated to a year's study of one country/region. This year is 
>>focused on
>> the exploration of Eurasia, the countries of the FSU. We would like 
>>to a
>> mount a film series as part of our programming to highlight the 
>>cultural
>> diversity of the region, from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea.
>>
>>
>>
>> Might you have suggestions of interesting, high quality films 
>>(Soviet-era
>> or post-Soviet), available with subtitles, from the regions of 
>>Central
>> Asia, the Caucasus, Baltics or Russia/Siberia? We would like to show 
>>films
>> that are accessible to the general public who have little background 
>>in
>> the region, but that demonstrate the wide array of ethnicities, 
>>religions,
>> languages and/or cross-cultural interactions in this vast territory.
> 
> This seems to be an extensive undertaking with a list that could 
>easily be
> over a hundred titles. Perhaps some definition would be necessary
> (pre-/post Soviet era; feature vs short vs documentary, classics vs 
>cult,
> as some examples).
> 
> However, besides some of the films that have been mentioned 
>(Paradjanov in
> particular), please consider some of the offerings that have been
> presented at Kinofest NYC (http://www.kinofestnyc.com/) (see the 
>sections
> labelled "Archive" and "Program") that has been hosted at The 
>Ukrainian
> Museum and the Film Anthology Archives, among other places in NYC.
> 
>>>From the 2012 schedule in particular: The Woman With Five Elephants, 
>>The
> Other Chelsea, and *Firecrosser*.
> 
>>>From 2010: Power Trip, A Lesson of Belorusian
> 
> 
> Max Pyziur
> pyz at brama.com
> 
> 
>> Please reply off list with suggestions to
>> j.rouhier at uky.edu<mailto:j.rouhier at uky.edu>
>>
>> If there is interest, I will compile the entire list and submit it 
>>to
>> SEELANGS.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *********************************
>> Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby
>> Professor of Russian, Folklore and Linguistics
>> Chair, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and
>> Cultures
>> Division of Russian and Eastern Studies
>> 1055 Patterson Office Tower
>> University of Kentucky
>> Lexington, KY  40506
>> (859) 257-1756
>> j.rouhier at uky.edu
>> www.uky.edu/~jrouhie
>> Skype contact name: Jeanmarie Rouhier, j.rouhier
>>
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