2008 Film Society programme begins
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Film Societies resumed screenings in March at venues around the country.
The highlight of this year's programme is a retrospective of films by the African-American filmmaker Charles Burnett, who was a Film Festival guest last year with the restored version of his 1977 debut Killer of Sheep. Film Societies resumed screenings in March at venues around the country.
The highlight of this year's programme is a retrospective of films by the African-American filmmaker Charles Burnett, who was a Film Festival guest last year with the restored version of his 1977 debut Killer of Sheep.This will be returning along with several other feature and short films by this under-appreciated director.
Also on the cards for 2008, the enchanting films of Jacques Demy - including his musical masterpiece The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - two enigmatic films from the late Michelangelo Antonioni, the first-person documentaries of Ross McElwee and selections showcasing new films from Germany and Korea.
For more information, see the film society website.
Still: Catherine Deneuve in The Young Girls of Rochefort, 1967
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