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See Films from the Global Film Initiative at the Freer in November
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See free films from around the world, like "Border Cafe", at the Freer. (Image courtesy of Freer)
The Global Film Initiative knows that everyone likes a good story and that as long as film has been around, we are still captivated by the images we see on the big screen.
This is why, since 2004, they have gathered and made films from all over world available to various audiences as a way to help people from different cultures understand each other.
This month you can see some of their offerings a the Freer Gallery's Meyer Auditorium. Doors will open a half an hour prior to each show and seating is first-come, first-served.
Schedule:
Border Cafe, Sunday Nov. 1 at 2pm
A widowed Iranian woman defies tradition by continuing to run her deceased husband's rest stop cafe.
Dam Street, Friday Nov. 6 at 7pm
This 2005 Chinese films is set in the early 1980s. A pregnant and unwed teen is shunned and abandoned. She is still an outcast a decade later when she finally finds a friend and protector, only to see that relationship also get tested.
Buffalo Boy, Sunday November 8 at 2pm
This Vietnamese film was adapted from a collection of short stories. A teenage boy has to take his family's two water Buffalo away from a flood to a mountain to find food.
Freer Gallery
1050 Independence Ave. SW
202.633.1000
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