Film: Red Like the Sky
Tuesday, October 6
Cristiano Bortone's inspirational Italian-language drama Red Like the Sky recounts the incredible true story of the early life of blind sound editor Mirco Mencacci. The victim of a freak childhood accident in 1970 that robbed him permanently of his sight, Mencacci is shipped off to a Genoan boarding school for Catholic boys, per the stipulations of the Italian government. Not one to be daunted or repressed, Mirco forges a heartwarming friendship with the daughter of the school gatekeeper; the two abscond together, via her bicycle, on a series of secret trips to the closest cinema. Meanwhile, at the school, Mirco also begins recording his own sound dramas with the school's tape recorder and the use of audio books in the institution's library. In time, the innovative young man invites other students to participate, who eagerly accept, and Mirco uses the activity to help each fellow student identify his own innate gifts and pursue his dreams. But when he leads a cadre of boys on a covert expedition to the cinema, the school administrators take swift and decisive action.
2-3:30 - Storer Auditorium
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Cecelia Condit Film Discussion
Thursday, October 8
Cecelia Condit is currently a full professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Film at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her work is highly respected and has been in competition at the SYRFILMFEST for 4 of the last 6 years, as well as widely shown in competition and invited programs throughout the world. Her work would be of special interest to classes in women's studies, documentary film, scriptwriting, creative writing, video art, and family studies. Ms. Condit's work presents prime examples of excellence in the creation of the Short Film.
11:15 - 12:15 in Storer Auditorium
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Mirco Mencacci
Wednesday, October 14
Mr. Mencacci became blind at the age of 4 (1965) due to an accident. He was then forced to move to Genoa to attend a special school for the blind, where he discovered his talent for music and especially for sound. He is now a sound editor for some of the most popular films in contemporary Italian cinema and works and lives in Lari, Italy. Mr. Mencacci's work would be of interest to students and faculty in the areas of audio communications, radio & tv, Italian studies, and the areas of health & disability studies.
11:15 - 12:15 pm in Mawhinney 245
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Film: Poetry of Resilience, Katja Esson
Monday, March 22, 11:15 am
Poetry of Resilience is a feature-length documentary by Academy Award® nominated director Katja Esson that traces the lives of six of these poets who collectively survived Hiroshima, the Holocaust, China's Cultural Revolution under Mao, Saddam's Gas Attacks on the Kurds, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Iranian Revolution. The film reveals these survivors' personal stories and examines how each one first discovered – and then used – poetry to distill his or her experiences into an image, a memory, an idea.
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