TCC presents the inaugural Tacoma Community College Diversity Film Festival at The Grand Our purpose is . . . to entertain and inspire, to explore and celebrate individual and cultural differences through film Underwritten by the TCC Foundation and with support from The Grand Cinema, the Spar and The Hub, we have selected six marvelous films, five of which open a window onto an aspect of this diverse American life, and the sixth, a Peruvian/Colombian film, was such a wonderful story & film we couldn't pass it by: Reel Injun - Wednesday, April 6 @ 1:55 and Thursday, April 7 @ 6:15 A documentary written & produced by Canadian First Nations filmmakers, Reel Injun traces how the images of Native American people in cinema have influenced the understanding and misunderstanding of their culture and history. Miracle at St. Anna - Wednesday, April 6 @ 8:00 and Thursday, April 7 @ 1:55 Spike Lee's most recent film begins as a murder mystery to be unraveled in flashbacks from World War II. On one level the drama celebrates the largely forgotten exploits of the African American infantrymen known as Buffalo Soldiers and explores the complex dynamics of fighting for freedom in what was essentially a segregated Army. On deeper levels the multiple intertwined stories of black American soldiers and die-hard rural Italian partisans explore duty, trust, vengeance, friendship and honor. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? - Sunday, April 10 @ 2:30 1967, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy & Sidney Poitier, Oscars for Best Actress and screenplay, directed by Stanley Kramer - what else needs be said? Trouble the Water - Wednesday, April 13 @ 2:00 and Thursday, April 14 @ 6:30 Beginning with home-shot video of the floodwaters filling the Lower Ninth Ward and ending with professional documentary footage, this powerful film is cinema verite at its best. These self-described street hustlers become heroes, surviving the storm and seizing a chance for a new beginning. 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury prize for Best Documentary La Misma Luna - Wednesday, April 13 @ 6:30 and Thursday, April 14 @ 2:00 A road story, a child's journey with coyotes across the border to find his mother, this immigrant tale is also about movements of people and information, inequality and exploitation, and isolation and estrangement in the global economy. 2007 Sundance Film Festival - 2008 Latino Imagen Awards for best film, actor, actress, supporting actor and director Undertow - Sunday, April 17 @ 2:30 Undertow takes an old idea - the loving, lingering ghost - and places it in a tiny, traditional seaside fishing village in remote Peru. The very creative story exists on multiple levels, including the love story of a married fisherman struggling to reconcile his devotion to his male lover. The cinematography is gorgeous, and the music soundtrack is evocative of a culture far removed from city life. 2011 Sundance Film Festival There will be a facilitated discussion in The Grand's meeting space after each film. [cid:image001.jpg@01CBF378.C3E4ADC0] Alan Waugh | Professional Development Coordinator | Tacoma Community College | 253.566.5015 TCC creates meaningful & relevant learning, inspires greater equity, and celebrates success in our lives and our communities