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Campus to Hold 8th Annual Film Festival

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Douglas Boultinghouse
Arts & Entertainment Editor

 

   The University of Arkansas at Monticello will host its 8th Annual Film Festival March 11-12.

   From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days, films will be shown in the Memorial Classroom Building auditorium. A total of 12 films will be shown.

   The featured film, “The Buffalo Flows,” a documentary about the Buffalo River, will be shown at 2:10 p.m., Wednesday, March 11. The filmmaker, Arkansan Larry Foley, teaches journalism at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

   “We chose ‘The Buffalo Flows’ because the subject of saving the environment is the most important issue facing mankind; everything depends upon our returning to the Earth and bonding with the Earth, it is a matter of life-and-death,” said Robert Moore, professor of English and chair of the film committee. “The Buffalo River is one of Arkansas' greatest living treasures and so it has much local and regional interest.”

   Foley agreed to speak at the festival. He will speak about the film before its screening and answer questions afterwards.

   “He is a nationally recognized documentarian and it is quite a thrill to have him come and speak about his film and answer questions,” Moore said.

   A committee of six faculty members picks films from a list of available films from the Hot Springs Film Institute, according to Moore. He said the committee tries to find films that have Arkansas themes and will appeal to all of UAM’s departments.

   “Their (Hot Springs Film Institute) Documentary Film Festival is the finest in the country and UAM is one of its main outreach programs,” Moore said.

   The list of films decrease as films are eliminated because of length. Films to be shown on Wednesday must be 50 minutes or less; Thursday films may be up to 80 minutes long.

The remaining 11 films comprise of:

  • “Is You Is: A Louis Jordan Story” – Wednesday, March 11 at 8 a.m.
  •  “La Couracion” – Wednesday, March 11 at 9:10 a.m.
  • “Bending Space” – Wednesday, March 11 at 10:10 a.m.
  • “Montana deLuz” – Wednesday, March 11 at 11:10 a.m.
  • “Charles’ Farm” – Wednesday, March 11 at 11:50 a.m.
  • “Stairway to Heaven” – Wednesday, March 11 at 1:10 p.m.
  • “I Can Tell the World” – Thursday, March 12 at 8:10 a.m.
  • “Two Worlds-One Planet” – Thursday, March 12 at 9:40 a.m.
  • “Return to Sender” – Thursday, March 12 at 11 a.m.
  • “Crawford” – Thursday, March 12 at 11:10 a.m.
  • “No End in Sight” – Thursday, March 12 at 1:40 p.m.

   In a campus-wide e-mail sent by Gregory Borse, assistant professor of English, he said the event will be open to the public and admission will be free. He also noted there would be free parking in the parking lot across from the Convoy Leslie-Cotton Bowl Stadium.

   For more information, contact Moore or the School of Arts and Humanities at (870) 460-1078.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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