FILMTALKS!

The Shemanski Trust FILMTalks! Program is American Jewish Committee Seattle's groundbreaking cultural-diversity, anti-prejudice media literacy and tolerance-training program free annually to 250 students from over 20 regional public and private high schools. FILMTalks uses the magical medium of film as a launching point for fostering respect and understanding among high school students from various backgrounds, races, cultures and religions. FILMTalks promotes dialogue and action on the crucial issues of respecting diversity and reducing prejudice. Breakout sessions are led by trained facilitators. Films in year's past include: Divided We Fall, Hotel Rwanda, No Man's Land, Power of One and Rabbit-Proof Fence, and Tsosti.

Thanks to our 2010 Foundation Sponsors: SHEMANSKI TRUST & THE NORCLIFFE FOUNDATION

Shemanski Trust FILMTalks! Program 2010

DATE:

Thursday, March 18th

LOCATION:

Cinerama Theatre - 2100 4th Avenue, Seattle

INFO or RSVPs:

If you are a teacher, school counselor or official and you would like to learn more about FILMTalks or RSVP for the 2010 program, please contact us American Jewish Committee: email or 206.622.6315 ext 5

FILM:

NASTY GIRL Click for Film Synopsis

SPECIAL GUEST:

Academy-Award Nominated writer/director Michael Verhoeven Click for Biography

FILMTalks HOST & MODERATOR

Cultural Conversationalist and Film Critic, Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report Click for Biography


The 11th annual Shemanski Trust FILMTalks! Program, will screen NASTY GIRL and host Academy-Award nominated writer/director Michael Verhoeven. Students will engage one of Europe's most acclaimed filmmakers at this not-to-be-missed program -- featuring an unforgettable and illuminating discussion about media literacy and the transformative power of film. Educators will be provided with curriculum material to prepare students prior to FILMTalks and support classroom discussion long after it ends. Please Note: We will provide a light breakfast to attendees - RSVP as soon as possible so that we can accommodate you! We look forward to seeing you at FILMTalks on March 18 at the Cinerama!

FILM SYNOPSIS

PG-13

NASTY GIRL (Das Schreckliche Madchen; Michael Verhoeven, Germany 1990) An irresistibly spirited dark comedy about a small town German schoolgirl who absolutely refuses to stop challenging authority. Researching a paper about her town's history during the Third Reich, she stumbles across the fact that resistance to the Nazis was largely a myth, almost nil. But nothing can stop her, not even when her family is threatened, her house is nearly bombed, and the town library tries to keep her out of its most sensitive files. Full of gallows humor, some parts are realistic, others straight slapstick, while others are stylized in a manner that invites the audience to participate. 1991 Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film. PG-13/Warning: mild nudity and language.

FILMTalks! Chair

Marilyn Meyer

Foundation Sponsors

AJC/SJFF thanks The Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust and The Norcliffe Foundation for their generous and continued support of FILMTalks!

Co-sponsors

Anti-Defamation League Pacific Northwest Region and SIFF Futurewave.


Thanks to "Essential Baking Company": http://www.essentialbaking.com/ for providing light breakfast for students only.