More about The Stoning and Beloit’s film festival
January 26th, 2009 at 01:05pm Georgette Braun
I can’t wait to see the yet-to-be-released “The Stoning of Soraya M.” next month at the Beloit International Film Festival, and I bet hundreds of women in local book clubs share my interest.
Understanding women and their lack of rights in the Middle East is a central theme for popular books area book clubs and their members have been reading, including “A Thousand Splendid Suns,” “Kabul Beauty School,” “Three Cups of Tea.”
And I think it will be intriguing listening to “Braveheart” and “The Passion of the Christ” producer Stephen McEveety talk at the festival about the making of “The Stoning of Soraya M.”
If you’ve read any of the above books or others about women in the Middle East, share your comments here.
At last week’s revealing of the 150 or so films that will be shown, Dr. Steve Fass tossed out a few of his favorites. He helped select the movies for the festival. Among his likes: “The Amatuers,” a comedy about down-on-their-luckers trying to produce an adult film; “Four Minutes,” about a German piano prodigy and murder; “The Violin,” about a peasant man who tutors and supports a guerilla movement; “El Bola,” about a young boy raised in a violent environment; “Waveriders,” about surfers in Ireland.
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1. Jen Sensible | January 27th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Most shocking thing about this post: Beloit has an international film festival?
2. Georgette Braun | January 27th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Jen: It’s in its fourth year this year. And with big-time Hollywood producer Stephen McEveety going to be on hand, organizers are hoping for greater recognition of the festival.
I went two years ago alone and saw four films on different days and found the event to be charming. You can watch movies in restaurants, at a bar, in an art gallery or in a more formal setting like a college auditorium. Wish I’d had taken a friend or two. I think we would have had a blast.
3. Georgette Braun | January 27th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Oh, and Jen: The Launch Party at ABC Supply World Headquarters on Feb. 19 will be pretty cool. Many of the filmmakers, including McEveety, will be there. I’ve been to one, and it’s kind of Hollywood-like.
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