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COMMUNITY CINEMA SERIES SCREENINGS IN
CONCORD AND PLYMOUTH

New Hampshire Public Television, Red River Theatres and Plymouth State University’s College of Graduate Studies are delighted to present a monthly series of free screenings featuring films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS. This NH collaboration is part of a nationwide program in over 65 cities.

Join us monthly between September 2011 and May 2012 at Red River Theatres in Concord for a film and active post-film discussion.

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Partner Information

Red River Theatres
Concord, NH
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH

Schedule of Films - Admission is FREE, space is limited.

STRONG!

May 15, 2012 at 6 p.m.
Red River Theatres, Concord, NH
(60 min/2010)

A formidable figure, standing at 5'8" and weighing over 300 pounds, Cheryl Haworth struggles to defend her champion status as her lifetime weightlifting career inches towards its inevitable end. STRONG! chronicles her journey and the challenges this unusual elite athlete faces, exploring popular notions of power, strength, beauty and health.

Past Films This Season

	PEACE UNVEILED September 20, 2011 at 6 p.m. Red River Theatres, Concord, NH September 28, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. UNH Manchester, University Center Auditorium (60 min/2010) When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. PEACE UNVEILED follows three women who immediately began to organize to make sure that women have a seat at the negotiating table. Convinced that the Taliban will have demands that jeopardize women’s hard-earned gains, they maneuver against formidable odds to have their voices heard in a peace jirga and high peace council. Narrated by Tilda Swinton. Directed by Gini Reticker. Produced by Claudia Rizzi. Written by Abigail E. Disney.
	DEAF JAM October 18, 2011 at 6 p.m. Red River Theatres, Concord, NH October 26, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. UNH Manchester, University Center Auditorium (60 min/2010) National poetry slams for youth have been gaining momentum but few, if any, deaf teens have ever been included in these contests. In Deaf Jam a group of New York City deaf teens reveal their passions, frustrations, and senses of humor as they discover American Sign Language poetry — eventually stepping into the world of the youth poetry slams with their hearing peers. Panel discussion to follow screening.
	WE STILL LIVE HERE (Âs Nutayuneân) November 15, 2011 at 6 p.m. Red River Theatres, Concord, NH November 30, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. UNH Manchester, University Center Auditorium (60 min/2010) The Wampanoag nation of southeastern Massachusetts ensured the survival of the first English settlers in America, and lived to regret it. AS NUTAYUNEAN - We Still Live Here tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag language, the first time a language with no Native speakers has been revived in this country. Spurred on by an indomitable linguist named Jessie Little Doe, the Wampanoag are bringing their language and their culture back.
	TROOP 1500 December 13, 2011 at 6 p.m. Red River Theatres, Concord, NH (60 min/2010) At the Gatesville Prison in Texas, a unique Girl Scout troop unites daughters with mothers who have been convicted of serious crimes. Facing steep sentences from the courts and tough questions from their children, the mothers struggle to rebuild relationships with the daughters who endure a childhood without them. Preview>>
	LIONESS December 14, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. UNH Manchester, University Center Auditorium (60 min/2010) How did five female Army support soldiers--mechanics, supply clerks and engineers--end up fighting alongside the Marines in some of the bloodiest counterinsurgency battles of the Iraq War? Directors Meg McLagan and Daria Sommers give an intimate look at war through the eyes of the first women in U.S. history sent into direct ground combat, despite a policy that bans them from doing so. Through harrowing personal stories, these women candidly share their experiences in Iraq as well as from their lives back home to form a portrait of the emotional and psychological effects of war.
	DAISY BATES: FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK January 17, 2012 at 6 p.m. Red River Theatres, Concord, NH (60 min/2010) As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. The life of Daisy Bates tells the story of her life and public support of nine black students to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, which culminated in a constitutional crisis--pitting a president against a governor and a community against itself.
	MORE THAN A MONTH February 21, 2012 at 6 p.m. Red River Theatres, Concord, NH (60 min/2010) Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African American filmmaker, is on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. Through this tongue-in-cheek journey, MORE THAN A MONTH investigates what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a "post-racial" America.
	HELL AND BACK AGAIN April 17, 2012 at 6 p.m. Red River Theatres, Concord, NH (60 min/2010) What does it mean to lead men in war? What does it mean to come home - injured physically and psychologically - and build a new life? HELL AND BACK AGAIN that asks and answers these questions with the conflict in Afghanistan as the backdrop. Two overlapping narratives intercut: the life of a Marine on the war front, and the life of the same Marine in recovery at home – creating a realistic depiction of how Marines experience this war.