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GLOBAL LENS 2010 SCHEDULE
Second Thursday of every month at Tampa Museum of Art, 7 pm (additional film info found at GlobalFilm.org)
August 12
ORDINARY PEOPLE, dir. Vladimir Perisic, Serbia, 2009 One quiet afternoon, a busload of young soldiers is unexpectedly forced to question the morality of their profession after being enlisted to execute civilian prisoners at a remote facility in the Serbian countryside.
September 9
OCEAN OF AN OLD MAN, dir. Rajesh Shera, India, 2008 In the devastating aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an elderly British schoolteacher comes to grips with his own loss as he searches for missing students on the remote Indian islands of Andaman and Nicobar.
SHIRLEY ADAMS, dir. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa, 2009 In the depressed Cape Town neighborhood of Cape Flats, a single mother contemplates her fate and cautiously accepts the help of an overeager social worker as she struggles to care for her paraplegic and suicidal son.
MASQUERADES (MASCARADES), dir. Lyes Salem, Algeria, 2008 In a dusty Algerian village, a well-intentioned fib suddenly turns a gardener into a mogul, forcing him to choose between the happiness of his narcoleptic sister and his newfound celebrity.
GODS (DIOSES), dir. Josué Méndez, Peru, 2008 A wealthy industrialist's working-class fiancée plunges into the extravagance of her lavish new life as her future stepchildren self-destruct in a series of desperate attempts to escape their privileged upbringing.
December 9
THE SHAFT (DIXIA DE TIANKONG), dir. Zhang Chi, China, 2008 In three intertwined stories, a father, son and daughter fight to hold onto hope and family as they face the harsh realities of life in a poor western Chinese mining town.
Check back for more screenings in October and November
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