Rotch Library Film Series
Heather McCann, Allison Benedetti, Jolene de Verges
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Selections from the Rotch Library Film collection. Join us for a movie, with a discussion to follow. Feel free to bring refreshments.
Contact: Heather McCann, 7-238, (617) 253-7098, hmccann@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Brooklyn Matters (2007 - 50 min)
Heather McCann
Brooklyn Matters is an insightful documentary that reveals the fuller truth about the Atlantic Yards proposal and highlights how a few powerful men are circumventing community participation and planning principles to try to push their own interests forward.
Thu Jan 7, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Crips & Bloods: Made in America (2007 - 83 min)
Heather McCann
With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
Fri Jan 8, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Shigeru Ban: An Architect for Emergencies (2007 - 52 min)
Jolene de Verges
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (1957–) is usually referred to as an “ecological architect.” His reputation has grown steadily in recent years, not only because of the heightened concern about global ecology and the increased practice of recycling, but also because he is interested in the development of prefab, low-cost housing for the victims of natural disasters and other emergencies, of which there have been many.
Mon Jan 11, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature (2004 - 59 min)
Jolene de Verges
The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) is one of the great figures of modern architecture, ranked alongside Gropius, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. This film analyzes Aalto’s uniquely successful resolution of the demands and possibilities created by new technology and construction materials with the need to make his buildings sympathetic both to their users and to their natural surroundings.
Thu Jan 14, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
This Is What Democracy Looks Like (2005 - 68 min)
William Helman
Cut from the footage of over 100 media activists, a film that captures the 1999 WTO protests in Seattle. An intensely political and emotional account of a week that changed the world.
Fri Jan 15, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry? (2008 -71 min.)
Allison Benedetti
Viewers learn about land use planning and the water needs of cities in the Southwest, and how climate change may impact water levels on vital sources such as Lake Powell, Hoover Dam's Lake Mead, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta system, the Rio Grande and the Colorado River.
Thu Jan 21, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
A Snowmobile for George (2008 - 94 min)
Allison Benedetti
Curious about why President Bush reversed regulations to phase out the two-stroke snowmobile, the filmmaker travels to look at other acts of de-regulation: political manipulation that caused the death of Klamath River salmon, suppressed water rules resulting in a range war between Wyoming ranchers and oil companies, and suppression of environmental regulations after 9-11 with health consequences for New York workers.
Fri Jan 22, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
2 films: Walks with an architect: Shanghai & Taj Mahal: Heaven on Earth
Omar Khalidi
1. (2005 - 26 min) French architect Martin Robain conducts a tour of Shanghai, a modern city "developing apace in a 21st century architectural style."
2. (2009 - 25 min) Famous for its beauty, The Taj Mahal is also charged with historical & spiritual meaning. This program ushers viewers into its architecture while illustrating its origins and its implications for modern India.
Mon Jan 25, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
One night in Bhopal (2005 - 60 min)
Omar Khalidi
The world knows too little about what happened in the Indian city of Bhopal on December 3, 1984. This program provides a chilling reconstruction of the Union Carbide methyl isocyanate disaster and details its horrific and protracted consequences.
Thu Jan 28, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Good Food (2008 - 73 min)
William Helman
This lively tour of various Washington state farms and ranches that have adopted healthier organic methods in raising their products offers several lucid arguments in favor of smaller, more efficient farms, and purchasing locally grown crops. Still, none are as convincing as the marvelous bounty laid before our eyes in this film.
Fri Jan 29, 12-02:00pm, Rotch Library, Meet in Rotch Conference Room
Latest update: 07-Dec-2009
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