Read about the Burchfield Penney's Crisis! Film Series in this week's Artvoice.
http://artvoice.com/issues/v11n4/see_you_there
See you there!
Crisis! Film Series
A new film series devoted to engaging the community in discussion about the current global economic crisis will begin Tuesday (Jan 31) evening in the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Auditorium at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Event moderators include Buffalo State faculty members Dr. Ted Schmidt, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance; Dr. Albert Michaels, Professor in the Department of History; and Bruce Fisher, Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Studies. This week’s film is the 1941 Orson Welles classic Citizen Kane. The enigmatic masterpiece—loosely based on the life of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst—caused a sensation at the time due in part to the vain lengths Hearst went to to prevent its theatrical release. Join in lively discussion about what can happen to the economy when manipulators control information. Each week, guest panelists will be on hand. Yours truly will be sitting in this week, dusting off his Media Study degree from the University at Buffalo, and railing against the hogwash pounded into our heads by mainstream media. The series runs every other Tuesday until April 17, and will feature seven films including Roll Over, Bonfire of the Vanities, Client #9, Inside Job, Capitalism: A Love Story, and Wall Street. Free movies and public debate! What a great night out for us 99-percenters. —buck quigley
7pm. Burchfield Penney Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave. (878-6011 / burchfieldpenney.org) Free.