To celebrate the launch of the Global Health Council at NC State, you're invited to a FREE screening of Bending the Arc is a documentary about a team of young people—Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl—whose charitable medical work 30 years ago ignited a global health movement. Their goal was simple but daring: to…
Bad Lucky Goat, the first film ever written and produced in San Andres-Providencia creole, tells the story of an incompatible brother and sister who accidentally kill a goat with their parents’ car and their journey of reconciliation. View Trailer Runtime 76 minutes. Not rated. The film will be introduced by Dr. Tim Wallace, Associate Professor and…
This feature-length documentary reveals the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, Harvest of Empire takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played…
The incredible migration story of Emanuel, an African refugee of disputed origin, is told in two successive documentaries by Norwegian artist Thomas Østbye. View Trailer Total runtime 95 minutes. Not Rated. This screening is sponsored by the African American Cultural Center and Multicultural Student Affairs, and presented by the NCSU Libraries and the Office of Global Engagement. **Please note the change…
An award-winning film that has been called "A Must Watch" by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus and Director of The Hunger Games, Gary Ross. Living on One Dollar follows the journey of four friends as they set out to live on just $1 a day for two months in rural Guatemala. They battle hunger, parasites, and…
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. One of the first films in the Australian New Wave cinema movement, the film centers on two white schoolchildren who are left to fend for themselves in the Australian outback and who come across a teenage Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive. This screening is presented by NCSU Libraries and the Office…
Our Global Film Series is back for the Spring 2019 semester with The True Cost. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the untold story and asks us to consider,…
Winner of the Grand Prize Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival, Makala tells the story of a young Congolese farmer’s dreams of a better future for his loved ones. His only wealth lies in the strength of his arms, the bushland around him and his strong will. As he sets out on dangerous and…
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Capernaum ("Chaos") tells the story of Zain, a gutsy streetwise Lebanese boy as he flees his negligent parents, survives through his wits on the streets, takes care of Ethiopian refugees, is jailed for a crime, and sues his parents for the "crime" of giving…
Bending the Arc is a documentary about a team of young people—Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, Ophelia Dahl—whose charitable medical work 30 years ago ignited a global health movement. Their goal was simple but daring: to make high-quality health care available to everyone, even in the world’s poorest countries. Fighting entrenched diseases, political and bureaucratic…