2023/24
Fall Schedule
Fall Schedule
October 15, 2023
Grapes of Wrath. John Ford's Grapes of Wrath starsHenry Fonda. As I'm sure you know, the film is based on a Steinbeck novel about the effects of the Great Depression on a family of Oklahoma sharecroppers. Our speaker will be a distinguished UNC Professor, Erik Gellman, who teaches about working-class and urban life, visual culture, and comparative social movements in modern American history.
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The rest of the Fall schedule for 2023/24
October, November, and December. We're going to start off the classical film season with three John Ford films..
The Searchers. On November 12 we'll show Ford's The Searchers, starring John Wayne, a western that marks a turning point for Ford and for westerns generally. The speaker will be Francesca Talenti, a former UNC Professor and a director and designer who has exhibited her work from The Folger and The Guthrie to Sundance and PBS National by way of Mumbai, Göteborg, Casablanca and many others.
The Quiet Man. On December 10 we'll see The Quiet Man, also starring John Wayne, a romantic comedy set in the Ireland of Ford's parents. We have two speakers who will share the floor on this, Mick and Kate Carroll, the owners of Radius in town, and they are uniquely situated to throw light on the context here. Mick, after all, was born in Ireland and learned the culinary arts there; in fact, he worked in the kitchen of the restuarant of Ashford Castle, a luxury hotel in Cong, County Mayo, where the movie was filmed
The programs will be held, unless otherwise noted, at the Passmore Center Auditorium/Great Hall (next to Orange County SportsPlex) at 2PM on the Sundays listed above.
There will be a speaker before and a discussion after.
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Film Notes: Background Information
We are partnering with the Passmore Center this year. We are indebted to their staff for their gracious and professional help.
