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1970-06-17 'Education and the Cultural Revolution'

EDUCATION AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION

A Film Series for high school teachers (and others!)
who want to find out what's going on

Sponsored by the ASSOCIATION OF CAMPUS MINISTERS in cooperation with the STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER

All showings are Thurs. afternoons at 1:30 in Shambaugh Auditorium (in the Main Library), followed by a short commentary by faculty and campus ministry resource persons and general discussion.

June 17: Groupies (1970)
Admission, $1.00
A compelling hour and a half of raw, disquieting and fascinating contemporary drama. The girls in Groupies freak out on camera, use words that would offend a sailor, smoke pot, proposition musicians, expose their bodies, compare notes on the potency of the men they've slept with, make plaster casts of the [p?]rivate parts of favorite rock stars. . .The Mickey Mouse Club grows up and rapes the American Dream.

June 24: High School (1968)
Donation, 75[[cent symbol]]
Frederick Wiseman's now-famous documentary which portrays different life-styles in the setting of a lower middle-class high school in Philadelphia where rules and regulations reign. A critical commentary on the quality and direction of the American educational system and the futility, waste, and frustration it provokes in students.

THIS ONE PROGRAM WILL BE SHOWN TWICE, AT 1:30 and at 3:30, with discussion after each show.

July 8: A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Admission, 80[[cent symbol]]
This Elia Kazan film, with screenplay by Budd Schulberg, stars Andy Griffith in his first big role. It's about hucksters and image manipulation. Its caustic indictment of the American dream was weathered the years, & parallels between the 50's and the 70's are a valuable legacy. One of the first films to deal with the power and influence of the media on society & the evolution of a superstar.

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July 15: Black Panthers (1969)
and
Tales (1970)
Admission, $1.00
Both films by women directors, the first one is Agnes Varda's exploration of the goals and dynamism of the Panthers, including a rally to free leader Huey Newton from prison. Tales, directed by Cassandra Gerstein, is about sex--told by a group of more or less young New Yorkers.

July 22: FILMS BY LOCAL HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS
Free admission
A look at the minds and hearts of a few beginning filmmakers tells us a good bit about the nature of the current youth counter-culture.

July 29: Breathing Together:
Revolution of the Electric
Family (1970)
Donation, 75[[cent symbol]]
A document still a little ahead of its time; Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg. Fred Hampton, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, William Kunstler and others show up to be dazzled by the presence of the camera and to dazzle us with their strange and wonderful notions of where we're headed. 88 minutes, winner of the grand prize at the 1970 Ann Arbor Film Festival.

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EDUCATION AND THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION A Film Series for high school teachers (and others!) who want to find out what's going on Sponsored by the ASSOCIATION OF CAMPUS MINISTERS in cooperation with the STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER All showings are Thurs. afternoons at 1:30 in Shambaugh Auditorium (in the Main Library), followed by a short commentary by faculty and campus ministry resource persons and general discussion. June 17: Groupies (1970) Admission, $1.00 A compelling hour and a half of raw, disquieting and fascinating contemporary drama. The girls in Groupies freak out on camera, use words that would offend a sailor, smoke pot, proposition musicians, expose their bodies, compare notes on the potency of the men they've slept with, make plaster casts of the [p?]rivate parts of favorite rock stars. . .The Mickey Mouse Club grows up and rapes the American Dream. June 24: High School (1968) Donation, 75[[cent symbol]] Frederick Wiseman's now-famous documentary which portrays different life-styles in the setting of a lower middle-class high school in Philadelphia where rules and regulations reign. A critical commentary on the quality and direction of the American educational system and the futility, waste, and frustration it provokes in students. THIS ONE PROGRAM WILL BE SHOWN TWICE, AT 1:30 and at 3:30, with discussion after each show. July 8: A Face in the Crowd (1957) Admission, 80[[cent symbol]] This Elia Kazan film, with screenplay by Budd Schulberg, stars Andy Griffith in his first big role. It's about hucksters and image manipulation. Its caustic indictment of the American dream was weathered the years, & parallels between the 50's and the 70's are a valuable legacy. One of the first films to deal with the power and influence of the media on society & the evolution of a superstar. [[second column]] July 15: Black Panthers (1969) and Tales (1970) Admission, $1.00 Both films by women directors, the first one is Agnes Varda's exploration of the goals and dynamism of the Panthers, including a rally to free leader Huey Newton from prison. Tales, directed by Cassandra Gerstein, is about sex--told by a group of more or less young New Yorkers. July 22: FILMS BY LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Free admission A look at the minds and hearts of a few beginning filmmakers tells us a good bit about the nature of the current youth counter-culture. July 29: Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family (1970) Donation, 75[[cent symbol]] A document still a little ahead of its time; Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg. Fred Hampton, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, William Kunstler and others show up to be dazzled by the presence of the camera and to dazzle us with their strange and wonderful notions of where we're headed. 88 minutes, winner of the grand prize at the 1970 Ann Arbor Film Festival.