Film Series
Spring 2013
Another great season of (in)dependent films and filmmakers starts in February 2013. The spring lineup includes four Boston Premieres. Visit us on Twitter or Facebook for the latest updates.
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Thursday, February 7, 2013 |
Thursday, February 28, 2013 |
| Moving between two extremes—the intimate verité drama of the Miss India pageant’s rigorous beauty “bootcamp” and the intense regime of a militant Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls—The World Before Her delivers a provocative portrait of India and its current cultural conflicts during a key transitional era in the country's modern history. | In 1995, director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an ‘Advocate Big Brother’ to ten years earlier. Stevie is his story. |
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 |
Thursday, March 28, 2013 |
| Lemon follows three-time felon turned poet/performer, Lemon Andersen, as he takes his street smarts to the stage with astounding success. Can he escape the street life and generations of struggle for good? | Where Heaven Meets Hell follows four of the nearly 500 sulfur miners working at Kawah Ijen, an active volcano in Indonesia. This intimate portrait chronicles their attempts to escape the endemic poverty and lack of education that haunts their community. Drawing strength from their families and their Muslim faith, the miners search for meaning in their daily struggles and triumphs. |
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Thursday, April 4, 2013 |
Thursday, April 25, 2013 |
| In China Heavyweight, Chinese Master boxing coach recruits poor rural teenagers, fills them with Olympic dreams, and turns them into amateur champions. Chinese and U.S. promoters see China as pro-boxing’s last frontier, so the boxers must choose to fight for their nation or themselves. | Before You Know It, one of the films of the 11th Annual Independent Film Festival Boston, will be screened at UMass Boston, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers and UMass Boston's Office of Diversity and Inclusion. An "End Credits" panel discussion moderated by UMass Boston Film Series Curator Chico Colvard will take place on April 28 at 1 p.m. at the Somerville Theatre. |
