The Lifetime Learning Center presents Explorations: The International Film Series!

Craven Community College - Orringer Auditorium
Two screenings: Fridays at 2:30 & 7:30 p.m.

Admission is free - Your donations support the series

Due to the variety of languages and accents represented, as well as accommodation for the hearing impaired, all films are shown with English subtitles.

Black-and-white still of little boy running with a toy wooden sword and trash-can lid shield from the film Belfast

Belfast

Friday, March 1, 2024
2021 - United Kingdom/English
Biography/Drama - PG-13
98 minutes
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It is 1969, and nine-year-old Buddy finds his peaceful life disturbed as a national conflict is starting to brew in Northern Ireland: unionists and loyalists want the country to remain within the United Kingdom, while nationalists and republicans are campaigning for the country to join a united Ireland. As the tension between these two opposing forces escalates, Buddy's family must decide whether to stay or move somewhere safe. Kenneth Branaugh directs this semi-autobiographical film with an all-star cast including Judi Dench, Ciarian Hinds, and Caitriona Balfe. Belfast is infused with Branaugh's love of film and film history. With expressive black-and-white camera work, he circles the edges of social realism while keeping one foot firmly planted in the world of movies.

Artistic depiction of a man and woman with coffee mugs inside a mid-twentieth-century diner

BONUS EVENT (Rescheduled)
Exhibition on Screen - An Art Documentary
Hopper: An American Love Story

Seventh Art Productions
Friday, Friday, March 22, 2024
Free – 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Orringer Auditorium
Biography/Documentary - NR
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Still of a pregnant woman from the film My Wonderful Wanda

My Wonderful Wanda

Friday, April 5, 2024
2020 - Switzerland and Germany/German
Comedy/Drama - NR
129 minutes
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My Wonderful Wanda is a delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda, a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef, the stroke-ridden patriarch of the very wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept at navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown (if still childish) offspring and the elegant (if controlling) matriarch Elsa, along with the sporadic intervention of animals - stuffed or alive. An unexpected turn of events turns everything upside down in this very human comedy

Film Selection Committee

Each year, members of the LLC International Film Selection Committee watch over 25 movies. They take notes, share their impressions, and rate each of the films. They bring great ideas to the process and create one of the most creative and diverse film series in the region. We wish to recognize and thank our very hard-working film selection committee:

Penny Belanger
Cindy Burrows
Sherry Clark
Norman Durocher
Mary Jo Fox
Jim Gruenebaum
Terri Jones
Lucy Laurens
Judi Lloyd
Fred Ohsol
Mary Anne Ohsol
Betty Orsega
George Orsega

Contact Information

Lifetime Learning Center
Brock Administration Building
New Bern Campus
252-633-2618

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