Hett Film Series Season Starts Sept. 27
(LEBANON, Ill., September 20, 2016) - The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts’ Film Art
Series will present several award-winning, critically acclaimed films this season.
Each will begin at 7 p.m. in the Hett auditorium on the Lebanon, Ill., campus. An
informal discussion is held afterward. Some films contain adult themes or language
and may not be appropriate for everyone. For more information, visit theHett.com, or call 618-537-6863.
The Leon and Helen Church Family Foundation sponsors the series, which is free and
open to the public. In addition to one or more Academy Award Best Picture nominees
to be announced next spring, the series will feature the following:
Sept. 27: “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) – A company of American soldiers lands at Normandy and goes behind enemy lines to find
a paratrooper. Winner of five Academy Awards, the film depicts the brutal realities
of war, along with its honor and idealism. Rated R; 2 hours, 49 min.
Nov. 21: “Macbeth” (2015) – After murdering King Duncan and seizing the throne, Macbeth becomes consumed
with guilt and paranoia in Shakespeare’s bloody tale of a Scottish tyrant. Rated R;
1 hour, 53 min.
The Hett will present three films for Black History Month in February:
Feb. 7, 2017: “Do the Right Thing” (1989) – In a predominantly black neighborhood, a pizzeria’s Italian-actor-only Wall
of Fame becomes a neighborhood flashpoint in this drama directed by Spike Lee, which
focuses on issues of urban racism. Rated R; 2 hours
Feb. 23: “Dear White People” (2014) – A campus culture war between blacks and whites at a mostly white school
comes to a head when the staff of a humor magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.
Rated R; 1 hour, 48 min.
Feb. 28: “The Birth of a Nation” (2016) – In the antebellum South, a former slave leads a liberation movement in 1831
to free African-Americans in Virginia, which results in a violent retaliation. Not
rated; 1 hour, 50 min.
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