You are cordially invited to attend a movie series called "Cinema and the City" sponsored by
Dr. Evandro Santos, Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning.
The next movie will be Friday, November 4, 2016 @3:00 p.m. followed by a planning discussion. For additionl information about the movies chosen, please see the following link: profevandrosantos.wixsite.com/cinemaandthecity
The movies are free and the public is welcome to attend! Light refreshments will be served as well. Please join us at 101 W. Capitol Street (downtown JSU campus).
Listed below are the moderators, discussion topics and movie titles:
Guest Moderator-John Gomez, Associate Director, Downtown Jackson Partners
October 7th-TOPIC-Utopia: Gardens, Concrete and Flying Machines (Empire City, Decadence Ave. Elegance)
Featured Film: "Metropolis"-Fritz Lang (1927)
Guest Moderator-Melody Moody Thortis, Executive Director of Bike Walk Mississippi
October 14th-TOPIC-Urban Sprawl & Suburbia: On the Trap of Freedom (Urban Escapees and Asphalt, Suburbia & Miopia, Technoburbia, Megametros & Cement Rugs)
Featured Film: "The Truman Show"-Peter Weir (1998)
Guest Moderator-Charles Weeks, Instructor at Mississippi College
October 21st-TOPIC-The Experience of Place: Identity, Ownership & Self (Everyday Life, The Monumental, Iconic & Symbolic City History & Heritage,"Genius Loci" & Sense of Place, Social Encounters)
Featured Film: "Playtime"-Jacques Tati (1967)
Guest Moderator-Eric Jefferson, M.A., Director of Planning and Development, City of Jackson
October 28th-TOPIC-Boundaries, Transitions & Transgressions: The Geography of Exclusion (Disparities & Segregation, Border & Limits, Race, Crime & Urban Violence)
Featured Film: "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth"-Chad Freidrichs (2011)
Guest Moderator-TBD
November 4th-TOPIC-The Beauty, The Soft & The Ugly (Courage & Resilience, Water, Rivers & Tears, Concrete, Glass & Sweat)
Featured Film: "Amelie"-Jean Pierre Jeunet (2001)
Guest Moderator-Roy Decker, Principal Architect, Duval Decker
November 11th-TOPIC-Texture & Complexity, The Collage of Urban Engagement (Industry, Rails & Change, Inequalities & Globalization, Automobile as King, Pedalling Your Way)
Featured Film: "Urbanized"-Gary Hustwit (2000)
Guest Moderator-Dr. Brian Pugh, Deputy Executive Director, Department of Finance and Administration for Mississippi
November 18th-TOPIC-Terrain Vague (Dystopias & Forgotten Walls, Helmets & Rubble, Bridges to Nowhere)
Featured Film: "Blade Runners"-Ridley Scott (1982)
