Two exciting documentary screening series are starting on campus this week. It’s probably best just to list them. Tonight at 7pm in Wechsler Theater, the Center for Environmental Filmmaking kicks off its spring film series with National Geographic’s War Elephants, a new documentary about the perilous state of elephant populations in conflict-torn Africa. The film […]
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See Elf on campus TONIGHT!
The AU United Methodist-Protestant Community has always been good about holding monthly movie screenings, and this time around is no different. In the spirit of the season, the AU Methodists will by showing Elf at 9pm in the Mary Graydon Center, Room 200. Finals have yet to rear their ugly head, so enjoy the holiday-themed […]
Continue readingCelebrate Food Day with The Weight of the Nation screening TODAY
As part of a campus-wide celebration of Food Day, a day designated by a D.C. group for celebrating sustainable, healthy food, the School of Education, Teaching, and Health will screen portions of the HBO documentary series The Weight of the Nation in Ward 2 today at 2 PM. The screening will be followed by a […]
Continue readingVanishing of the Bees tomorrow at 12pm
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson’s watershed environmental book Silent Spring, the School of International Service’s Global Environmental Politics program will screen the film Vanishing of the Bees, a film that looks at the environmental ramifications and causes of the sudden disappearance of honeybees.The screening takes place at 12pm in the Abramson Family […]
Continue readingCenter for Environmental Filmmaking series begins
Tonight, American University’s Center for Environmental Filmmaking kicks off its eighth annual film series. In conjunction with Filmmakers for Conservation, the School of Communication will be screening a documentary about environmental conservation every Tuesday evening this semester. Some are even produced by current SOC students! The first in the series, Death at SeaWorld, deals with […]
Continue readingTwo weekend screenings show the Middle East on film (and a bonus)
This weekend has no shortage of interesting film screenings to attend on campus and in the DC area. For starters, today is the second day of the United Arab Emirates Film Festival sponsored by the School of Communications. Two short films will screen tonight at the Greenberg Theater, followed by a panel discussion with the […]
Continue readingFilm screenings on- and off-campus this Friday
We’re heading into the second weekend of the semester. Hopefully the workload hasn’t piled up too much, because the weather is still pleasant enough for a few movie screenings. On campus tomorrow, the AU Student Government will show The Hunger Games in the Tavern at 10 PM. The Hunger Games will kick off Artemas Ward […]
Continue readingThe Hunger Games screening TONIGHT!
We’ve gotten a number of patrons interested in watching The Hunger Games since it was released on DVD this Saturday. We hear you: it’s understandably one of the biggest movies of the year. We’re in the process of acquiring it, but our copy is still en route. Hang on! If you don’t want to wait, […]
Continue readingNoMa doomsday film series ends this month (UPDATED)
The NoMa-hosted summer film series “2012: The End of the World?” ends continues tonight with a screening of Deep Impact, one of several disaster movies from 1998 about a giant meteor on a collision course with Earth. The NoMa Business Improvement District has been screening apocalypse-themed movies all summer long, along with live music and barbecue. […]
Continue readingButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Stages of broMANce Film Series – Friday, April 13th at 6:30pm
The UC Film Series: Stages of BroMANce Continues….Here’s what they have to say about it: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Stages of broMANce Film SeriesWho serves free S’MORES and PIZZA together? WE DO. Just like they did in the Old West. And you can get in on this sweet deal this Friday, April […]
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