Welcome to the home page of the 2007-2008 Diversity Film Series. This series, funded with a grant from the Diversity Committee, is now in its 4th year of showing acclaimed films with a range of cultural themes. All of the films are either foreign-made or deal in some way with issues of diversity in culture. If you have questions about the series, please contact Mr. Montgomery or Ms. Holyer for more information.

Note: Refreshments will be served at 6:00 pm and the showings will begin promptly at 6:30 pm in the amphitheater. They are open to students, parents, faculty, staff, and friends. Popcorn and soda will be provided. For R-rated films, a permission slip must be signed by a parent or guardian. Permission slips are available online, from Ms. Holyer or Mr. Montgomery, or at the showings.

Dates of the showings are listed below. Check out www.imdb.com (The Internet Movie Database) for more information about these and other films.

2007-2008 Schedule
September 19th      Bride and Prejudice (PG-13)

             A Bollywood update of Jane Austen's classic tale, in which Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitable husbands for her four unmarried daughters. When the rich single gentlemen Balraj and Darcy come to    visit, the Bakshis have high hopes, though circumstance and boorish opinions threaten to get in the way of romance.  (107 min)

October 24th     A Patch of Blue  (not rated)

             Accidentally blinded by her mother when she was five, Selina knows very little of the world beyond the dirty walls of her grandfather's tenement apartment. She eventually meets a kind young office worker, and unaware that he is black, she falls in love with him. Her newfound happiness is threatened when her mother finds out and forbids her to have anything more to do with him. (105 min)

November 13th    A Raisin in the Sun  (PG)

            Walter Lee Younger (Sidney Poitier) is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.  (128 min)

December 20th     Miracle on 34th Street (not rated)

            When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that  he is the real thing. (96 min)

January 29th     Ran   (R)

            An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him. A masterful retelling by Akira Kurosawa of Shakespeare’s King Lear.  (160 min)

February 26th   The Mission (PG)

            Father Gabriel ascends the mountains of Brazil to bring Christianity to the natives. After committing a horrible crime, Mendoza, a slaver, comes to work at the mission, where he finds peace and becomes a priest. When the church, under pressure, cedes the land to the Portuguese (which allows slavery), Mendoza must choose as to how he will help those in the mission.  (126 min)

March 12th    The Piano Lesson  (PG)
            In 1930's Pittsburgh, a brother comes home to claim his half of the piano, a family heirloom, but his sister doesn’t want to part with it. Whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money  to buy some property and no longer have to work for someone else involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to show him. (104 min)

April 21st  Smoke Signals  (PG-13)
            First movie to be written, directed and co-produced by a Native American.  Two young men hit the road to retrieve a father’s remains. (89 min)

May 19th   The Chorus  (PG-13)
            Set in 1949, a professor of music becomes the supervisor at a repressive boarding school for the rehabilitation for minors. Through the power of song, he tries to transform the students.(96 min)