Upcoming Events
March 12th, 2010
Ajami
Join the San Diego World Affairs Council in Attending the Landmark Theatres Special Screening of Ajami.
An Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Ajami is a brave, apolitical look at Jews and Arabs in Jaffa's multi-ethnic Ajami neighborhood—a searing debut by Israeli and Palestinian co-directors Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani, whose balanced perspective and use of non-professional local actors lend a palpable authenticity to a complex, cross-cultural drama. Shakespearian in its scope and themes—revenge, loyalty, hope and despair—the film draws us into the lives of two brothers fearing assassination; a young Palestinian refugee working illegally to cover his mother's medical expenses; and a Jewish cop obsessed with finding his missing brother. Through its unprecedented authenticity and immediacy, Ajami forces us to look at the Middle East conflict through the commonality of the human condition—and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors.
The La Jolla Landmark Theatres is located on 8879 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037
Theatre Will Be Announcing Show Times Shortly
Costs- General Admission: $10.50, Seniors, Children and Matinee: $8.00, Student rate Monday-Thursday: $8.00
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Mi Vida Con Carlos
Join the San Diego World Affairs Council in Supporting the Latino Film Festival.
German Berger-Hertz’s second feature film (gorgeously shot on 35mm) is the journey of a son trying to learn the truth father, whowas killed in 1973 in Pinochet’s Chile. Personal, poetic, and often suspenseful, the film chronicles the events that brought Pinochet to power and the suffering that his family endured as a result. Berger-Hertz has created a powerful cinematic document that reveals not only the horrors of his country’s past but also his own.
Ultraster Mission Valley Cinemas Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92108-4521
Screening Time- 6:00 pm
Costs- General Admission: $9.50, Student and Seniors: $7.50
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Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Sons of Cuba
Join the San Diego World Affairs Council in Supporting the Latino Film Festival.
The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9 year-old boys and turns them into the best boxers in the world. “Sons of Cuba” follows the stories of three young hopefuls through eight dramatic months of training as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives: Cuba’s National Boxing Championship for Under-12’s. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill, and some of Cuba’s Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving the country at a crossroads, and the boys contemplating a changing world.
Ultraster Mission Valley Cinemas Hazard Center, 7510 Hazard Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92108-4521
Screening Time- 1:00 pm
Costs- General Admission: $9.50, Student and Seniors: $7.50
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Great Decisions Discussions
The Young Professionals Forum will be hosting a series of discussions over three months based on the PBS television series Great Decisions 2010. All are welcome.
Price of admission for the whole series is $60 for members and $65 for non-members (this includes the Great Decisions 2010 briefing book). Individual sessions cost $7.50 for members and $10 for non-members. Topics and dates of sessions are as follows:
- March 18: "Special Envoys"
- April 1: "Kenya and R2P"
- April 15: "Global Crime"
- April 29: "U.S.-China Security Relations
- May 13: "Global Financial Crisis"
- May 27: "Russia and its Neighbors"
- June 10: "The Persian Gulf"
- June 24: "Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution"
The book can be purchased on its own. All orders for the briefing book (whether by itself or through a full signup) must be submitted no later than March 7th.
Time: 6:30-8:00 pm
Location: Living Room Coffee House
2541 San Diego Ave.
San Diego, CA 92110
