KSUTC, Lemon Grove to screen film series

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The Kent State University at Trumbull Office of Student Activities will present select films from The Global Film Initiative’s “Global Lens 2010” film series during November and December.

The film series – a set of 10 award-winning narrative feature films from Algeria, China, India, Iran, Mexico, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, Uruguay and Vietnam – will screen selected features on the Kent State Trumbull campus, with the entire series being shown at The Lemon Grove Caf , 122 W. Federal Street, Youngstown.

All screenings are free and open to the public at both locations.

“We’re very excited about the 2010 series,” says Susan Weeks Coulter, Board Chair of the Global Film Initiative. “This year’s films are some of our boldest, most visually striking, unique visions to date — each filmmaker is reimagining our world from an entirely fresh viewpoint.”

Global Lens 2010 features critical favorites “Ordinary People,” which received Best Film at the Sarajevo Film Festival, “The Shaft” (New Directors/New Films) and the South African film “Shirley Adams” (Best Actress, Durban International Film Festival).

In addition, Global Lens 2010 will present the U.S. premiere of Granaz Moussavi’s Iranian independent, “My Tehran for Sale (Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival) and the North American premiere of “Ocean of an Old Man” (New Currents, Pusan International Film Festival) — the first film to be shot on India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands.

The films will be shown with English subtitles. For more information, contact Kent State Trumbull’s Jacob Roope at 330-675-8858.

Many of the films in this series contain mature images or themes not appropriate for children; viewer discretion is advised.

Global Lens, now in its seventh year, is an annual, touring film series launched by the Global Film Initiative to support the distribution of critically acclaimed cinematic works from around the world.

Since its founding, the series has provided a platform for exceptional storytelling and opened a window into the diverse world in which we live.