For its next screening, Bozeman Film Society presents Everybody Knows from two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi (The Salesman, A Separation) and starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. The film begins at 7pm on Wednesday, April 3rd, at Downtown Bozeman’s historic Ellen Theatre.
A Spanish woman (Cruz) reconnects with her roots after living in Buenos Aires for many years. However, as she quickly discovers, many people have a long memory when it comes to her circumstances. An old flame (Bardem) may possess the key to her current crisis, which threatens her foundation and everything she thinks she knows about life. Secrets, as she discovers, are very hard to keep.
Presented in Spanish and English with subtitles, Rated R, Everybody Knows is Rated R and runs 132 minutes. Closed captioning available.
A special presentation in collaboration with the MSU College of Arts & Architecture’s Presidents Fine Art Series, BFS will host the premiere of 2018’s Rituals of Resistance on Wednesday, April 17th at the Ellen. Opened by restored film Raid Into Tibet (1966), the screenings begin at 7pm and will also feature a panel discussion with directors Tenzin Phuntsog and Joy Dietrich. Lobby social at 6pm, followed by doors at 6:30pm. This event is FREE and open to the public.
Phuntsog is a Tibetan-American filmmaker, founder of the Tibet Film Archive, and Assistant Professor at MSU School of Film and Photography. Rituals of Resistance explores modes of resistance to the Chinese occupation by speaking with activists across three generations: Tendar, a former Tibetan monk who broke his vows and became a guerilla leader in the 1960s; Dolma, the filmmaker’s own mother who followed the Dalai Lama’s Middle Path, emigrating to raise her family in America; and Lhakpa, a young Tibetan man who attempts to self-immolate in 2006.
Deftly combining stunning archival materials and compelling, sometimes edge-of-your-seat, new footage with intimate testimonies, Phuntsog and co-director Joy Dietrich (an instructor at MSU School of Film and former New York Times editor) have created a powerful documentary that sheds an unprecedented light on the way Tibetans try to cope with their exile and the situation in their country due to the occupation. Writes Phuntsog, “My intent is to expand upon the concept of “resistance” looking beyond the conventional definition, looking more closely at the philosophical, psychological and internal aspects.”
In 1964, British filmmakers Adrian Cowell, George Patterson, and Chris Menges (the Oscar-winning cinematographer of The Killing Fields) traveled with the Khampa guerrillas over a 20,000-foot pass from a remote region of Nepal into occupied Tibet and captured an ambush on a Chinese military convoy. The footage – smuggled out just one step ahead of the CIA and released to critical acclaim as Raid into Tibet – remains an important historical artifact, the only known footage of Tibetan resistance fighters in combat with the Chinese.
Not rated, Rituals of Resistance has a runtime of 63 minutes while Raid Into Tibet runs 28 minutes.
Reserved seats for Everybody Knows are $9.75 for general admission and $9.25 for seniors and students. Service fees not included. Advance tickets are available online at www.theellentheatre.org, by calling (406) 585-5885, or by visiting the box office Wednesday through Saturday from 1–3pm, as well as two hours prior to the screening. The Rituals of Resistance-fronted evening is free on a first come, first serve basis.
Bozeman Film Society seeks out and presents independent films which engage, entertain, and foster an understanding of the world community around us. Visit www.bozemanfilmsociety.org for film previews and further information – and “Keep ‘Em Flickering!” •
