Film Series
Copper Country at the Silver Screen in 1918
Fisher 135 135 Fisher Hall, 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI, United StatesShoulder Arms (Charlie Chaplin, 1918, 46 min.) plus selected film shorts and newsreels September 29, 7:30pm Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts (co-sponsor), Michigan Tech Shoulder Arms is the first feature film directed by Chaplin, who plays a soldier in boot camp in the “awkward
Film screening – Frantz (2017)
Walker Arts 134 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI, United StatesFrantz (François Ozon, 2016, 1h 53m) Oct. 4, 7:00pm Walker 134, Michigan Tech Anna (Paula Beer) is a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed in the trenches of World War I. Adrien (Pierre Niney), a French veteran of the war, makes a
Film screening – Taistelu Näsilinnasta 1918 (2012)
Finnish American Heritage Center 435 Quincy St, Hancock, MI, United StatesTaistelu Näsilinnasta 1918 (The Battle of Näsilinna 1918) (Claes Olsson, 2012, 1h 10m) October 11, 2:00pm and 6:00pm Finnish-American Heritage Center, Finlandia University Olsson's movie focuses on one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of Finland, the decisive battle of Tampere during the
Film screening – Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles (2004)
Walker Arts 134 1400 Townsend Dr, Houghton, MI, United StatesUn long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2004, 2h 14m) October 18, 7:00pm Walker Arts 134, Michigan Tech A young French woman, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou), is told that her fiancé (Gaspard Ulliel) has been killed in the trenches of the
Film screening – Paths of Glory (1957)
Calumet Theater 340 6th St, Calumet, MI, United StatesPaths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957, 88 min.) October 19, 7:15pm Calumet Theatre, Calumet Buffet dinner at 6:00 pm for $18; Dinner reservation deadline 5:00 pm October 18 During World War I, commanding officer French General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his subordinate,
Film screening – The Big Parade (1925)
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton 105 Huron Street, Houghton, MI, United StatesThe Big Parade (King Vidor, 1925, 2h 31m) October 25, 6:30pm Carnegie Museum Community Room, Houghton “The blockbuster World War I silent film that brought home the traumatic impact of war . . . The Big Parade is among the first to explore the
Film screening: The Hello Girls: The Story of America’s First Female Soldiers (2018)
41 North Film Festival Rozsa Center for Performing Arts, Michigan Technological Univeristy, Houghton, MI, United StatesThe Hello Girls: The Story of America’s First Female Soldiers (Jim Theres, 2018, 55 min.) Time/Date TBA, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Tech Screening as part of the 41 North Film Festival (41northfilmfest.rg), November 1-4 In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps
Film screening: And We Were Young (2015)
41 North Film Festival Rozsa Center for Performing Arts, Michigan Technological Univeristy, Houghton, MI, United StatesAnd We Were Young (Andy Smetanka, 2016, 1 hr 15 m) Time/Date TBA, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Tech Screening as part of the 41 North Film Festival (41northfilmfest.org), November 1-4 Three years in the making, And We Were Young is a