Strong Women in Cinema: 2/21/19

*******************Strong Women in Cinema Series ***********************

Friday, January 18 National Velvet|Elizabeth Taylor (USA, 1944)

Thursday, January 24 Two Women|Sophia Loren (Italy, 1960)

Friday, February 1 Charade|Audrey Hepburn (USA, 1963)

Friday, February 8 Persona|Liv Ullmann (Sweden, 1966)

Friday, February 15 Julia|Jane Fonda (USA, 1977)

Thursday, February 21 Girl, Interrupted|Angelina Jolie (USA, 1999)

Friday, March 1 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon|Michelle Yeoh (2000)

Friday, March 15 Ruby in Paradise|Ashley Judd (1993)

Thursday, March 21 Winter’s Bone|Jennifer Lawrence (2010)

Friday, March 22 Hidden Figures|Taraji P. Henson (2016)

Friday, March 29 Silkwood|Meryl Streep (1983)

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Films will run in the Undergraduate Library Askwith Media Library Shapiro Screening Room, Room 2160.

Viewing four films will earn one Honors engagement point. Viewing eight films will earn two Honors engagement points.

The activity will consist of one film per week with a one hour discussion afterward. Students must participate in both the screening and the discussion to earn credit towards the engagement point.

Seating will be restricted to 35 participants. Food and drink will not be allowed during the activity.

Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted

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February 21, 2019 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Askwith Media Library, Shapiro Screening Room, Room 2160

Angelina Jolie (American; 1975-): Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical films George Wallace (1997) and Gia (1998), and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted (1999).

Girl, Interrupted (1999) is a psychological drama based on Susanna Kaysen’s 1993 memoir of the same name. It chronicles Kaysen’s 18-month stay at a mental institution in the 1960s. After 18-year-old Kaysen (Wynona Ryder) has a nervous breakdown and overdoses, she is checked into a psychiatric hospital, Claymoore. On the ward, she befriends Polly (Elisabeth Moss) , a childlike schizophrenic; Georgina (Clea DuVall), a pathological liar; and Daisy( Brittany Murphy), who self-harms and has obsessive–compulsive disorder. She is also drawn to sociopath Lisa (Angelina Jolie), who is rebellious, but charismatic and who encourages Susanna to stop taking her medication and resist therapy.

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