Jan 15, 2007 - Claremont, Calif. -

Professor of Comparative Literature and Alexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor of Humanities Isabel Balseiro will host a series of film screenings based on her Exile and Cinema class. The "Exile and Cinema" series is sponsored by the Harvey Mudd College (HMC) Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Attendance is free and open to the public. All films will be shown at 6 p.m. at the HMC campus in the Pryne Auditorium of Galileo Hall, at 301 Platt Blvd., Claremont.

For more information contact Isabel Balseiro at:

E-mail: isabel_balseiro@hmc.edu
Phone: (909) 621-8022

Spring 2007
Exile and Cinema Screenings

Jan. 24
Ousmane Sembène's "La Noire de..." (Black Girl, Senegal, 1966)

Jan. 31
Djibril Diop Mambety's "Touki-Bouki" (The Hyenas' Journey, Senegal, 1973)

Feb. 7
Djibril Diop Mambety's "Hyenas" (Senegal, 1992)

Feb. 14
David Achkar's "Allah Tantou" (France/Guinea, 1991)

Feb. 21
Raoul Peck's "Lumumba: Death of a Prophet" (Haiti, 1991)

Feb. 28
Tomás Gutiérrez Alea's "Memories of Underdevelopment" (Cuba, 1968)

Mar. 7
Fernando Solanas's "Tangos: The Exile of Gardel" (Argentina, 1985)

Mar. 21
Tran Anh Hung's "The Scent of Green Papaya" (France, 1993)

Mar. 28
Ann Hui's "Song of the Exile" (Hong Kong, 1990)

Apr. 4
Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" (Hong Kong, 2000)

Apr. 11
Abderrahmane Sissako's "La Vie sur terre" (Life on Earth, France/Mali, 1998)

Apr. 25
Nawfel Saheb-Ettaba's "The Bookstore" (Tunisia, 2002)