October 16, 2019
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG
DescriptionDescription This unique and thought-provoking documentary explores the essence of the visionary poet, pacifist, teacher, writer and activist Allen Ginsberg. Director Aronson fashions his biography in clear chronological order, each decade serving as a chapter in Ginsberg's life. His dynamic era in the forties and fifties is best known to "Beat" history buffs; when he...
October 16, 2019
KANAL
DescriptionDescription Kanal is the central film in Wajda's Resistance trilogy, receiving the 1957 Cannes Special Jury Prize. Wajda's stark depiction of a tragic moment in Polish history, the film is set inlate September, 1944, just after the Warsaw Uprising mounted in August by Polish part sans against Nazi occupation forces. "Wajda's film depicts the uprising...
October 16, 2019
LAUREL AVENUE
DescriptionDescription AFI Graduate Carl Franklin has been acknowledged as one of the hottest filmmakers in America since the international acclaim he received last year for his superb thriller One False Move, which appeared on many top-ten-of-the-year lists. His latest project, the hotly anticipated contemporary drama Laurel Avenue, was filmed in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and...
