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IC co-directors Marc Yamada and Doug Weatherford as well as IC assistant director Marie-Laure Oscarson discuss the Winter 2021 Semester lineup and the first week of films.
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IC co-directors Marc Yamada and Doug Weatherford as well as IC assistant director Marie-Laure Oscarson discuss the Fall 2020 semester, it’s challenges, it’s films, and the upcoming semester.
Show Notes:
0:39 Fall 2020 challenges
4:43 Semester highlights
18:08 Upcoming films we are excited for
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IC co-directors Marc Yamada and Doug Weatherford discuss The Eternal Feminine (2017, dir. Natalia Beristáin), a fictionalized biopic of Rosario Castellanos, one of Mexico’s most significant writers and one of its first feminists.
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0:00 The Eternal Feminine
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This week, IC Directors Marie-Laure Oscarson and Doug Weatherford are joined by Professor Valerie Hegstrom (Spanish & Portuguese) to discuss this week’s films, which focus on the experiences of different women during times of war.
Show Notes:
1:16 The Cave
Other films discussed:
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This week, former IC Director Chip Oscarson is joined by Professors Quinn Mecham (Political Science) and Seth Jeppesen (Classics) to discuss this week’s films Capital in the Twenty-First Century and Iphigenia.
In this episode they talk about the intersection of democracy and art. What do ancient dramatist and contemporary filmmakers understand about art and maintaining a healthy democracy?
Show Notes:
2:10 Capital in the Twenty-First Century
8:38 Iphigenia
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This week, Prof. Marc Olivier (French and Italian) speaks with IC co-directors Doug Weatherford and Marc Yamada about The Eye (2002, dir. Pang Brothers). Additionally, the trio discuss horror as a genre and offer viewing recommendations for other great horror films from around the world.
Show Notes:
00:49 The Eye
25:41 International Horror Recommendations
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This week we have two podcast episodes! In this episode, IC Directors discuss the film Becoming Astrid.
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00:26 Becoming Astrid
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This week we have two podcast episodes! In this episode, IC Directors discuss the film Santiago, Italia.
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00:39 Santiago Italia
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This week IC Directors Marie-Laure Oscarson and Doug Weatherford are joined by Comparative Arts and Letters professor Marlene Hansen Esplin to discuss the films Our Mothers and The Milk of Sorrow.
Show Notes:
2:29 Our Mothers
19:57 The Milk of Sorrow
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IC Director Marc Yamada and Julie Allen, Professor of Comparative Literature at BYU, discuss The Painter and the Thief and the penal system in Norway.
1:12 The Painter and the Thief
