REDISCOVERING WORLD CINEMA – ORSON WELLES We are proud to present this film tribute to the legendary Orson Welles even as Eastman House premieres a lost Welles film made in 1937. Citizen Kane (1941) (119min) After an aged publishing tycoon dies, reporters rush to uncover…
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Eli Wright shredding his combat uniform. Still from the film Iraq, Paper Scissors Right now, 18 veterans commit suicide every day. This important film exposes the unparalleled pain of PTSD and offering the hope release through art. In 2007, in an old Vermont papermaking mill,…
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Part of the mission of “Wartorn: 1861-2010,” an HBO documentary about post-traumatic stress disorder, is to see that its subject is taken seriously. It also has its share of quietly devastating, haunting scenes, echoes of the nightmares that veterans are bringing home with them from…
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From Oscar®-and Emmy®-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick comes The Invisible War, a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture of the extent of the problem—today, a…
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The Suffering Grasses: When Elephants Fight, It Is the Grass That Suffers Directed by Iara Lee (In English and Arabic with subtitles) (2012) (52min) A screening and Skype Discussion with the filmmaker! Presented by the Syracuse Peace Council. When elephants go to war, it is…