Treeless Mountain (Namueopneun San) (Kim, South Korea, 2008)
Date and Time: Saturday, April 23, 1 p.m.
Location: Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Avenue SE, Mercer Island, Washington
Two sisters aged six and three, must fend for themselves when their mother leaves them with a neglectful aunt.
University of Washington film historian Lance Rhoades will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.
This screening is sponsored by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library.
Munnabhai Meets Mahatma Gandhi (Lage Raho Munna Bhai) (Hirani, India, 2006)
Date and Time: Saturday, April 9th, 1 p.m.
Location: Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Avenue SE, Mercer Island, Washington
A crime boss learns the ways of Mahatma Gandhi in order to win the heart of a radio talk show host. An entertaining Bollywood musical romantic-comedy.
University of Washington film historian Lance Rhoades will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.
This screening is sponsored by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library.
Smoke Signals (Eyre, USA, 1998)
Date and Time: Saturday, March 12, 1 p.m.
Location: Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Avenue SE, Mercer Island, Washington
Cost: Free
Victor, an ill-tempered jock, and Thomas, a storytelling nerd learn how much they really have in common while traveling from their Coeur d’Alene Reservation home to Arizona. An odd couple road movie based on Sherman Alexie‘s short story “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.”
University of Washington film historian Lance Rhoades will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.
This screening is sponsored by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library.
The Gods Must Be Crazy, Part II (Uys, Botswana, 1989)
Date and Time: Saturday, February 26, 1 p.m.
Location: Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Avenue SE, Mercer Island, Washington
Cost: Free
Kalahari bushman Xi once again encounters an array of eccentric characters in bizarre situations as he attempts to rescue his children accidentally taken away by elephant poachers.
University of Washington film historian Lance Rhoades will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.
This screening is sponsored by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library.
The Cranes Are Flying (Letyat zhuravli) (Kalatozov, USSR, 1957)
Date and Time: Saturday, February 12, 1 p.m.
Location: Mercer Island Library, 4400 88th Avenue SE, Mercer Island, Washington
Cost: Free
The Friends of the Mercer Island Library are proud to sponsor the free screening of “The Cranes Are Flying,” a stunning visual poem set in Moscow during World War II about a woman clinging to the idea of love after her boyfriend does away to fight.
University of Washington film historian Lance Rhoades will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterward.