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Grizzly Man
(2005)
Directed by Werner Herzog
Friday - September 14 - 6:30 p.m.
See page 19 for the description. Grizzly Man is
also part of a film series on Animal Behavior. Visit
themester.indiana.edu for more information.
Director Werner Herzog is scheduled to be present.
Boys Don't Cry
(1999)
Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Monday - October 15 - 7:00 p.m.
In 1993, a transgendered 21-year-old was raped
and later murdered by acquaintances in small-town
Nebraska. Director Kimberly Peirce responded to
the sensational media coverage of the tragedy with
a nuanced and humane film that examines issues
of sexual behavior and identity. (35mm. 120 min.
Rated R.)
Project Nim
(2011)
Directed by James Marsh
Monday - October 22 - 7:00 p.m.
In 1973, a newborn chimpanzee named
Nim Chimpsky was taken from his
mother and sent to live with a human
family as part of a Columbia University
research project. If Nim could learn human
communication, it would challenge the notion
of language as a unique, hard-wired trait separating
humans from other animals. The film traces Nim's
unique journey within human society and explores the
complex relationships between Nim and his human
surrogates. (35mm. 120 min. Rated R.) Project
Nim is also part of a film series on Animal Behavior.
Visit themester.indiana.edu for more information.
Mean Girls
(2004) Directed by Mark Waters
Tuesday - October 16 - 7:00 p.m.
Screenwriter Tina Fey delivered this much-loved
film about 16-year-old Cady, who finds the animal
behavior she watched as the daughter of zoologists
in Africa replicated among the girls she encounters
when she starts high school in Illinois. Based on
the book Queen Bees and Wannabees, the film
explores the sometimes brutal dynamics of rivalry
and exclusion, as well as the power of honesty and
friendship. Hilarious and poignant, with a healthy
dose of outrageous satire, Mean Girls is a teen
flick classic. (35mm. 120 min. Rated R.)
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