World Cinema
Saturday, October 13 at 5 & 9pm
Sunday, October 14 at 1pm

Milwaukee Premiere!
(Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, France, French w/ Eng. s.t., 96 min, 35mm, 2007)
Persepolis is a poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic revolution. Based on Marjane Satrapi’s book, The Complete Persepolis (in conjunction with this year’s First-Year Common Read ing Experience), this story is a vivid portrait of a life and a nation in c risis. Ms. Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s film consists essentially of a se ries of monochrome drawings, their bold black lines washed with nuances of gray. The pictures are arranged into the chronicle of a young girl’s coming of age in difficult times. A Year of the Arts event - co-sponsored b y the Division of Student Affairs

Documentary Frontiers
Saturday, October 13 at 7pm
Sunday, October 14 at 3pm

(Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin, USA, 113min, 35mm, 2011)
A stirring, finely c rafted human-interest story about underprivileged lives touched by the rewar ds of shared experience. Set in the inner city of Memphis, Undefeated chron icles the Manassas Tigers' 2009 football season, on and off the field, as they strive to win the first playoff game in the high school's 110-year hist ory. Everything changes in the spring of 2004 when Bill Courtney, a former high school football coach turned lumber salesman, volunteers to lend a han d. While Undefeated travels well-tilled inspirational ground, it's also an irresistible story of football, faith and the lust for happily-ever-after, black-and-white endings.

World Cinema
Saturday, October 13 at 5 & 9 pm
Sunday, October 14 at 1pm

Milwaukee Premiere!
(Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi, France, French w/ Eng. s.t., 96 min, 35mm, 2007) Persepolis is a poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic revolution. Based on Marjane Satrapi’s book, The Co mplete Persepolis (in conjunction with this year’s First-Year Common Reading Experience), this story is a vivid portrait of a life and a nation in cris is. Ms. Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud’s film consists essentially of a serie s of monochrome drawings, their bold black lines washed with nuances of gra y. The pictures are arranged into the chronicle of a young girl’s coming of age in difficult times.

A Year of the Arts event - co-spon sored by the Division of Student Affairs