{"id":68479,"date":"2023-03-06T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=68479"},"modified":"2023-03-07T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:26:00","slug":"global-film-series-serves-up-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/global-film-series-serves-up-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Film Series serves up the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0Global Engagement and Language Learning (GELL) Center<\/strong>\u00a0provides a space for NAU students to engage in the study of global languages and cultures in order to promote student success beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n As part of that mission, the GELL Center is bringing the Global Film Series, “Food in Film,” to campus; it explores human interactions and relationships through food and examining the ways we use food to express ourselves as human beings.<\/p>\n All films will be shown in their original languages with English subtitles on various Wednesday nights throughout the semester. Each film will be introduced by a faculty member from the appropriate language department with discussion afterward.<\/p>\n Adults and teens from the campus and community are encouraged to attend these free screenings. Watching foreign language films can be a great way to practice a new language and to learn about other cultures.<\/p>\n Details about the featured films: Breaking Bread<\/em><\/strong>, the 2019 documentary that follows Arab and Jewish chefs in Haifa, Israel as they collaborate in the kitchen. Connected through a shared love of food, the chefs unite to celebrate their cultures and the food of their region free from political and religious boundaries.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Papa no obent\u00f4 wa sekaiichi<\/em><\/strong>, the touching 2017 Japanese film which portrays a recently divorced father who has never cooked as he works to prepare his daughter’s daily lunch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n D\u00e9licieux,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>the mouth-watering 2021 historical comedy that follows a French chef and his enterprising prot\u00e9g\u00e9 as they resolve to free themselves from servitude and open the first restaurant in 1700s France.<\/p>\n La Cena Perfetta<\/em><\/strong>, the 2022 Italian comedy drama\u00a0following Carmine, who runs a restaurant to launder dirty money, as he discovers a love for food and a dream of winning a Michelin star when collaborating with Consuelo, a chef in search of perfection, giving them both an opportunity for redemption.<\/p>\n Water for Chocolate<\/em><\/strong>, the celebrated 1992 magical realist drama based on the novel by Laura Esquivel that follows Tita, a Mexican woman living in the early 1900s, as she struggles with conflicts between love and family tradition, expressing her suppressed passions through her cooking.<\/p>\n Mostly Martha<\/em><\/strong>, the 2001 German romantic comedy drama about love, loss and the way we use food to communicate and connect.<\/p>\n Eat Drink Man Woman (<\/em><\/strong>\u98f2\u98df\u7537\u5973)<\/em><\/strong>, the delicious 1994 Ang Lee comedy about food, fatherhood and family ties as a widower struggles to accept his three daughters’ sudden interest in romance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 18 Meals<\/em><\/strong>, the 2010 Spanish drama that follows the conversations and meals of a group of intertwined lives over one day in the historic city of Santiago de Compostela, where the most important conversations of life are held over food.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contact:
\nAll films begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Liberal Arts building, room 136\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>March 8: Breaking Bread \u2013 English<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMarch\u00a022: <\/strong>D<\/strong>ad’s Lunch Box \u2013 Japanese<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMarch 29: D\u00e9licieux \u2013 French<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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April\u00a05: La Cena Perfetta \u2013 Italian<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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April 12: Como Agua<\/strong> Para Chocolate \u2013 Spanish<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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April 19: <\/strong>B<\/strong>ella Martha \u2013 German<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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April\u00a026: Eat Drink<\/strong> Man Woman – Mandarin<\/strong><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMay 3: 18 Comidas – Spanish<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\n<\/strong>Jessica Wood
\nJessica.Wood@nau.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"