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…
The Global Film Series is back and we're kicking off the semester with KIFARU, a documentary directed by NC State alumnus David Hambridge. Directed by NC State alumnus David Hambridge, KIFARU is a feature-length documentary that follows the lives of two young Kenyan recruits who join Ol Pejeta Conservancy's rhino caretaker unit - a small…
The Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center, NC State University Libraries, and Gregg Museum of Art & Design will host a full-day symposium to discuss the Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology exhibition (go.ncsu.edu/artswork). The symposium will bring together an international group of artists, humanists, and social/natural scientists, using the exhibition as a departure…
Join us for Dinner & a Movie: Turkish Edition! We invite you to join us at Fountain Dining Hall to experience the flavors and cuisine of Turkey. After dinner, it's a short walk to the Witherspoon Cinema for the screening of the Turkish Film Ayla: The Daughter of War, shown as part of the Global…
During the month of November, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every day, we will be showcasing a variety of international education initiatives from across campus on the iPearl Immersion Theater on the second floor of the Hunt Library. Initiatives include: 2018 Global Change Fellow Student Videos Global Temperature Change Video Chocolate in Peril Exhibit Saul Flores Photography Exhibit Greenhouse Effect Research…
Using Google Earth technology and historic photographs displayed on Hunt Library’s large-scale Game Lab screen, NC State’s Dr. Timothy Hinton will provide a historical framework for issues Trevor Noah tackles in his book Born a Crime, this year’s Common Reading selection. Virtually traveling throughout South Africa, we will see images of places and spaces mentioned…
This Finnish documentary tells the story of two different sets of entrepreneurs:: one is a family-run business that goes from one village to another running a carnival and selling meat from a small truck. The other is a pair of two well-educated women from the capital area who have invented a vegetable protein product called…
Adil Hussain (Life of Pi) stars as Rajiv, an overworked businessman, who agrees to honor the final wish of his father, Daya, by accompanying him to the holy city of Varanasi. There, they check in to the Hotel Salvation, where residents are given just two weeks to live out their final days or return home.…
In 1721, Philippe d’Orléans, Regent of France, develops a brilliant but unorthodox idea – to propose to Spain’s Philippe V, a marriage between the 11-year old Louis XV and 4-year old child princess, Anna Maria Victoria. The Spanish bride would not even be able to conceive for another decade! D’Orléans also proposes that his own…
Thank you for your interest in the Global Film Series. Our upcoming showings of 'Shoplifters' and 'Grazing the Amazon', scheduled for March 17th and April 7th, have been POSTPONED. We are planning on showing these films as part of our Fall 2020 Global Film Series lineup. More information on when it will be shown will be…
Thank you for your interest in the Global Film Series. Our upcoming showings of 'Shoplifters' and 'Grazing the Amazon', scheduled for March 17th and April 7th, have been POSTPONED. We are planning on showing these films as part of our Fall 2020 Global Film Series lineup. More information on when it will be shown will be…
This event has been canceled per university guidelines. For more information, visit: https://www.ncsu.edu/coronavirus/ Please join us for an event featuring a documentary screening and a performance. The documentary UPAJ: Improvise features two very different artists share an uncommon bond through dance in this warm, fascinating account of the unlikely collaboration between 64-year-old Indian Kathak master…