Lucian Georgescu, PhD is a Romanian director, screenwriter, film critic, professor, and novelist. Dr. Georgescu is Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting at the Romanian Theatre and Film University in Bucharest. As a filmmaker and critic, he has been active in the celebrated Romanian New Wave cinema movement, which has earned accolades around the world. His research is focused on the road movie genre in its American and European iterations, and Dr. Georgescu is the author of a book on director Jim Jarmusch. The Phantom Father (2011) Directed by Lucian Georgescu Tuesday - February 19 - 7:00 p.m. An American professor embarks on an adventurous and amusing journey through Bucovina to find Sami the projectionist, the only person alive who can tell him anything about his Romanian Jewish descent. His symbolic journey is filled with danger, the unknown and the surreal, but finally rewarded with a double love; one romantic in nature, and the other for old cinema. Director Lucian Georgescu is scheduled to be present. (HD Cam. 95 min. Not Rated.) These events are sponsored by the Russian and East European Institute, Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, Romanian Studies Organization, Global Village, Foster International Living and Learning Center and IU Cinema. Special thanks to Padraic Kenney. Jorgensen Lecture with Lucian Georgescu Tuesday February 19 3:00 p.m. Baseball in the Time of Cholera (2011) Directed by Bryn Mooser & David Darg Sun City Picture House (2010) Directed by David Darg Thursday - February 28 - 7:00 p.m. Baseball in the Time of Cholera is the story of a young Haitian boy who plays on Haiti’s first little league baseball team and the Haitian Lawyer seeking justice against the United Nations. As a Cholera epidemic rages in Haiti, the UN denies that it is responsible for introducing the disease despite glaring evidence. As the epidemic spreads, the two stories intersect in the struggle for survival and justice. Sun City Picture House is the story of Raphael Louigene, a young Haitian man who loves movies. Raphael works at a children’s hospital in Port Au Prince and every Thursday he helps bury the dead with a Catholic Priest named Father Rick Frechette. Despite their situation, the two have a hope and vision for Haiti’s future. Raphael recruits his two aid-worker friends, Bryn and David, to help him achieve his dream of building the first movie theater since the devastating earthquake of 2010. Directors Bryn Mooser and David Darg are scheduled to be present. (HD Cam. 70 min. Not Rated.) Jorgensen Lecture with Bryn Mooser & David Darg Friday - March 1 - 3:00 p.m. 51 cinema.indiana.edu Other Films with 855-1103 51 Tickets: (812) Guests