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May 14, Wednesday
ADMISSION:
$8.50 General Admission
$7.00 Students
$6.50 Seniors
$6.00 Members
$5.50 Children
Matinee
$6.50 General Admission
$5.50 Seniors
$5.00 Members
$5.50 Children
Children are 12 and under, Seniors are 65 and older
We accept cash, check, NCard, Visa, and Mastercard
Box Office Opens 30 Minutes Before Showtimes
LOCATION:
313 N. 13 STREET
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
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On Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, throughout the Fall and Spring Semesters, the small
auditorium is reserved for screenings of films for the UNL Film Studies Program classes.
These evening screenings are open and free to the public. Schedules are available at the
MRRMAC ticket counter.
Show times are subject to change. Some of our films are not rated. Discretion is advised. Please feel free to contact us for more information.
The Nebraska Arts Council, a state agency, has supported the programs of this organization through its matching grants program funded by the Nebraska Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Visit www.nebraskaartscouncil.org for information on how the Nebraska Arts Council can assist your organization, or how you can support the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
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STILL LIFE
Fri, May 9 - Thu, May 15
Directed By: Jia Zhang Ke
Runtime: 1 hour, 48 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Country: China
Distributor: New Yorker Films
Release Date: 2008
Mandarin with English Subtitles
Showtimes
| 5/09 |
Fri |
4:40, 7:00, & 9:20 p.m. |
| 5/10 |
Sat |
7:00, & 9:20 p.m. |
| 5/11 |
Sun |
2:20, 4:40, 7:00, & 9:20 p.m. |
| 5/12 |
Mon |
4:40 & 7:00 p.m. |
| 5/13 |
Tue |
4:40 & 7:00 p.m. |
| 5/14 |
Wed |
7:15 p.m. |
| 5/15 |
Thu |
4:40, 7:00, & 9:20 p.m. |
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Synopsis
A modern master of postmodern discontent, Jia Zhang-ke is among the most strikingly gifted filmmakers working today whom you have probably never heard of. During the past decade he has made some half-dozen documentary-inflected fictions and several documentaries that weigh the human cost of China’s ...
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THE VIOLIN
Fri, May 9 - Thu, May 15
Directed By: Francisco Vargas
Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Country: Mexico
Distributor: Film Movement
Release Date: December 5, 2007
Spanish with English Subtitles
Showtimes
| 5/09 |
Fri |
5:05, 7:15, & 9:25 p.m. |
| 5/10 |
Sat |
2:55, 5:05, 7:15, & 9:25 p.m. |
| 5/11 |
Sun |
2:55, 5:05, 7:15, & 9:25 p.m. |
| 5/12 |
Mon |
5:05 & 7:15 p.m. |
| 5/13 |
Tue |
5:05 & 7:15 p.m. |
| 5/14 |
Wed |
5:05 p.m. |
| 5/15 |
Thu |
5:05, 7:15, & 9:25 p.m. |
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Synopsis
Writer-director Fran¬cisco Vargas’ first feature, an evocation of the 1970s Guerrero peasant revolt, is a solemn, suspenseful, extremely well-shot political drama. The movie opens on the army torturing captive insurgents in a back-country hut that’s lit like a cathedral. The protagonist is a wizened...
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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THE ROSS PASSPORT
May 9 - 22, 2008
The Ross is offering our audiences a trip around the world in May.
During the month of May, the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center is showing four films from four corners of the world: STILL LIFE from China, CARAMEL from Lebanon, THE VIOLIN from Mexico, and BODY OF WAR from the United States.
All four of these films have received considerable accolades and honors. They represent a diversity of cultures, an array of filmmaking styles, and offer four extremely compelling stories.
We are offering a special Passport price of $15 ($10 for Students and Members of the Friends of the Ross) that will admit our patrons to any screenings of all four films. Passports will be on sale at our ticket counter beginning May 1.
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A SKIN, A NIGHT BY VINCENT MOON & ROOK BY SHEARWATER
Thursday, May 22 - 7:00 p.m.
Admission Free
The National are a band of New Yorkers transplanted from Cincinnati, Ohio: Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf.
“More than two years after The National began working on their moody, meticulous fourth album, The Boxer, a 60-minute film has emerged to offer an arty, microscopic view into the recording efforts and personal dramas behind the quintet’s benchmark record.
“A visual masterwork in itself, French filmmaker Vincent Moon's A SKIN, A NIGHT utilizes insightful, voyeuristic methods while capturing arty and poignant images and insightful yet anxious in-the-studio shots. And to top it off, the film's linear editing is as smooth and transcendental as the album itself.”—William, Goodman, Spin
Also being featured is a new CD by Shearwater titled ROOK. This year's much-anticipated Rook takes the band into realms both richer and stranger. Though a similarly haunted, elegiac mood - punctuated by flashes of dread and menace - pervades the album, Rook is its own animal, at once more accessible (the near-title track, "Rooks", anchored by Thor Harris' thunderous kick drum, a booming organ, and a stately trumpet line, could almost be mistaken for radio-friendly) and more accomplished than its predecessor, with a depth and grandeur that seem improbably packed into the album's tidy 35 minutes. Videos of Shearwater’s recent visit to the Falklands will be screened while the audience gets to listen to their new CD.
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TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL - STUDENT COMPETITION JUDGING
May - July, 2008
Student filmmakers from around the world are vying for slots in one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals - the Telluride Film Festival - and you can help them get there.
(For more information on the Telluride Film Festival go to www.telluridefilmfestival.com)
We’ve successfully completed the judging for the Student Academy Awards and now it’s time for the Telluride Film Festival. We receive over 500 entries each year, all of which need to be judged. You can check them out and take them home for viewing and/or come to special screening sessions that will be scheduled during the next few months (more details to come).
And, unlike the Student Academy Awards, students are allowed to participate in judging for the Telluride Film Festival.
It is easy, entertaining, and rewarding!
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Come by our office (313 N. 13th St. Suite 128).
- Select as many films as you can comfortably view in a couple days.
- Take them home, watch them, and fill out the judging forms.
- Bring them back to our office and pick up more.
For your efforts you will receive free passes to the Ross Media Arts Center.
Please stop by our offices or call 472-9100 for more information.
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LOST NATION: THE IOWAY
Tuesday, June 3 - 7:00 p.m.
A special Nebraska Humanities Council FREE SCREENING EVENT!
A Q&A will follow the screening, featuring Award-Winning film producers Kelly & Tammy Rundle along with other film participants.
Lost Nation: The Ioway
In the twilight of a Native American dominion, two Ioway brothers travel to Washington, D. C. in 1824 to meet with Superintendent of Indian Affairs, William Clark. Both sign a treaty ceding a large portion of tribal land for settlement. White Cloud sees cooperation as the only way for his people to survive, while Great Walker regrets the loss of land where his ancestors are buried. More territory is lost, and the Ioway people are divided, with some regarding one brother as a traitor, and the other as a patriot. After the tribe is removed, the 36 million acres they once called home is named “Iowa”. Then, they are forgotten.
“Lost Nation: The Ioway” tells the dramatic true tale of two brothers’ struggle to save their people from inevitable American conquest, and the Ioway’s current fight to reclaim and maintain their unique history and culture.
The documentary combines commentary from historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, Ioway Elders, along with new footage of historic sites, historical photographs and documents, art from national museums, music, legends, dances, and powwows.
Winner: Best Documentary -- Iowa Independent Film Festival & Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.
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