From: "Gragert, Jeremy Evan" <GRAGERJE@uwec.edu> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 00:00:45 -0600 Subject: Domestic Violence Films playing Nov. 12 & 14 - UWEC Message-ID: <DC9F505A4ACB32489179913AE656565940625844E5@CHERRYCOKE.uwec.edu>
Eau Claire Progressive Film Series
Sponsored by the Progressive Media Network
Domestic Violence - Monday, Nov. 12 – Room 103, Hibbard Humanities
Hall, UW-Eau Claire – 7:30pm – FREE – Followed by facilitated
discussion – Unrated/196min/2001 - (715) 836-4369
Shows police responding to domestic violence calls as well as the work
of The Spring, the principal shelter in Tampa, Florida for women and
children who have suffered as victims of domestic violence. Tampa
stands in here as 'Everytown, USA'. From Frederick Weissman,
America's foremost, pioneering practitioner of cinema verité, and one
of world cinema's leading living film makers. An exhaustive,
harrowing, documentary examination of common working class struggles
in attempting to deal with the consequences of domestic violence.
Maintaining the power of the best dramatic fiction while revealing the
brutal truth concerning one of the most pervasive and destructive
forms of physical, psychological, institutional, and structural
violence operating across the US today.
Domestic Violence 2 - Wednesday, Nov. 14 – Room 103, Hibbard
Humanities Hall, UW-Eau Claire – 7:30pm – FREE – Followed by
facilitated discussion – Unrated/160min/2002 - (715) 836-4369
Shows courts dealing with domestic violence cases in Tampa, Florida.
Judges and lawyers forcefully interrogate those who come before them,
eliciting riveting stories concerning couples' relationships and the
specific forms of violence that develop between partners in these
relationships. Tampa stands in here as 'Everytown, USA'. From
Frederick Weissman, America's foremost, pioneering practitioner of
cinema verité, and one of world cinema's leading living film makers.
An exhaustive, harrowing, documentary examination of common working
class struggles in attempting to deal with the consequences of
domestic violence. Maintaining the power of the best dramatic fiction
while revealing the brutal truth concerning one of the most pervasive
and destructive forms of physical, psychological, institutional, and
structural violence operating across the US today.
The Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival is expanding to include a monthly film series during UW-Eau Claire's fall and spring semesters. The Eau Clair e Progressive Film Festival & Series is sponsored by The Progressive Media Network.