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An event every week that begins at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, repeating until October 29, 2024
About the Series:
Join the Ackland Film Forum every Tuesday evening in October for Politics on Film, a timely series featuring five American films that explore the rise to political fame and power. The series will include A Face in the Crowd (Kazan, 1957), Medium Cool (Wexler, 1969), Being There (Ashby, 1979), Election (Payne, 1999), and Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed (Lynch, 2004). As we all look toward Election Day on November 5, the series will also kick off with a voter registration drive at the first two screenings on October 1 and 8.
All films will be screened at 7:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre (123 E. Franklin Street). Tickets are free, but must be reserved on the Ackland’s website. UNC-Chapel Hill students can receive CLE credit for attending by scanning the QR code at the event.
The Fall 2024 Ackland Film Forum series Politics on Film is co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studies, housed in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative Literature.
List of Ackland Film Forum Showings:
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 7:30pm
Ackland Film Forum: “A Face in the Crowd” (Elia Kazan, 1957)
reserve tickets here: https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-a-face-in-the-crowd-elia-kazan-1957/
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 7:30pm
Ackland Film Forum: “Medium Cool” (Haskell Wexler, 1969)
reserve tickets here: https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-medium-cool-haskell-wexler-1969/
Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 7:30pm
Ackland Film Forum: “Being There” (Hal Ashby, 1979)
reserve tickets here: https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-being-there-hal-ashby-1979/
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 7:30pm
Ackland Film Forum: “Election” (Alexander Payne, 1999)
Reserve tickets here: https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-election-alexander-payne-1999/
Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 7:30pm
Ackland Film Forum: “Chilshold ’72: Unbought and Unbossed” (Shola Lynch, 2004)
Reserve tickets here: https://events.ackland.org/event/ackland-film-forum-chilshold-72-unbought-and-unbossed-shola-lynch-2004/
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