OUT OF THIS WORLD

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Out of This World

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Take a step into another world and watch this block of award-winning films. Explore the cult of George Van Tassel and the perspectives of children during Communist China or present-day Pakistan, then discuss the films with the filmmakers and historian Greg Eghigian.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50″][edgtf_separator position=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_single_image image=”500″ img_size=”” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”http://centrefilm.org/calling-all-earthlings/”][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text]

Calling All Earthlings

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Jonathan Berman[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]USA; 2018, 77mins[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Calling All Earthlings explores a UFO cult led by George Van Tassel, who claimed to have combined alien guidance with the writings of Nikola Tesla.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_single_image image=”2922″ img_size=”” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://centrefilm.org/empty-skies/”][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text]

Empty Skies

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Wenting Deng Fisher & Luke Charles Fisher[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]China; 2019, 18mins[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]A boy and his new friend hunt their village’s last sparrow for a reward to save his sick Grandma during Communist China’s Great Leap Forward (1958-1961). This film was a finalist for the Student Academy Award in 2018.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_single_image image=”2921″ img_size=”” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://centrefilm.org/sitara/”][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text]

Sitara: Let Girls Dream

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Pakistan; 2019, 15mins[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Set in the old city of Lahore in the 1970s, Pari, a 14-year-old who dreams of working as a pilot, spends her days making paper planes to launch into the sky and reading her book about Amelia Earhart. Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chiney is aPakistani journalist, filmmaker, and activist who is a recipient of two Academy Awards and six Emmy Awards.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_single_image image=”3382″ img_size=”” alignment=”center” onclick=”custom_link” link=”https://centrefilm.org/division-street-fish-out-of-water/”][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text]

Division Street: Fish Out of Water

[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Traven Rice[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]USA; 2019, 7mins[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]A withdrawn young girl is sent off to live with her cantankerous Jewish grandmother on the Lower East Side. At first, it feels like punishment. But then she begins to see the neighborhood as a place of gritty wonderment. For more info[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row]