The Best of Soviet and Russian Cinema: Sergei Parajanov's Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 7:00 pm
Photo of man and woman wearing masks covering their eyes
In a Carpathian village, Ivan falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer. Director Sergei Parajanov re-creates the sorcery and pageantry of a village, in one of the few films in Ukrainian. 1965. Free.
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Fine Arts Building, Coppola Theatre
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Sponsor: 
School of Cinema
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School of Cinema
Phone: 
415-338-1629
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The School of Cinema opens its The Best of Soviet and Russian Cinema course to the public on Wednesday evenings this fall. The screenings showcase the most memorable works of some of the greatest Russian directors from the 1950s to the present. All films shown with English subtitles. Featured as Cinema 373, the course is taught by Professor Steven Kovacs with graduate student Pavel Koshukov.