ARTS&CULTURE OPINIONS SPORTS Photographer: David Rurik Whitworth started the Leonard Oakland Film Festival to honor Oakland and his dedication to film studies. This year is the fourth annual festival. A film produced by President Beck Taylor will be shown the first night.
Thursday:
Friday:
7 p.m. — “Breaking Away” directed by Peter Yates, 1979. Starring Dennis Quaid. The sports film focuses on four Mid-Western high school graduates who try to figure out what they want to do with the rest of their lives through competitive bike racing.
11 p.m. — “Young Frankenstein” directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Gene Wilder. The 1974 film shot in black and white puts a comedic twist on the classic story of Frankenstein.
11 p.m. — “Bad News Bears” directed by Michael Ritchie, 1976. Starring Walter Matthau and Tatum O’Neal. The comedic film tells the story of an ex-minor league coach and the rise of an underdog baseball team in a competitive Southern California baseball league.
Saturday: 7 p.m. — Screenings of the winners of the student-made short film contest. Following the student contest winners will be an international film. 11 p.m. — “Harold & Maude” directed by Hal Ashby, 1971. The comedic film features the interactions between Harold, a young and rich man who is obsessed with death, and Maude, a lively 79-year-old woman.
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7 p.m. — “What Poor Child is This” directed by T.N. Mohan and produced by Whitworth President Beck Taylor. The documentary sheds light on how poverty in America affects children, and ideas of how to improve the future of those in poverty.
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director T.N. Mohan and two specialists from Seattle who work on the issue of poverty in America. While the films at the festival are not The fourth annual Leonard Oakland Film Festival will flash back to the 1970s well known to the general population, with films that were either shot or set the hope is that the audience will be exin the decade. The festival will be in the cited to see a “small” or a not well known movie, and that the audience will come Robinson Teaching Theatre Feb. 16-18. In past years the festival was structured into the screenings with open minds and around three films: one documentary, will leave their Hollywood expectations one international film and one American behind, Oakland said. Along with the six motion pictures, independent film. This year the structure will be different. Each night will have a 7 the festival will also showcase a studentp.m. showing and a late-night showing, made film contest. While the festival has only been acgiving the festival a total of six films rathtive for four years, the expectation is that er than three. “We wanted late-night films to be through the student-made film contest crowd-pleasing,” said Oakland, English the festival will become better known professor and festival committee mem- and will lay a foundation for future Whitber, in regard to the addition of the late- worth students to submit films, said Fred Johnson, assistant profesnight movies. An eight-person com- “I like the idea that sor of English and festival committee member. mittee decides what students of this Oakland said every films will be shown at year he is always interestthe festival. They make generation ed in seeing the different their decision through a series of discussions are creating films.” films the students submit. “I like the idea that stuthat look at how un- Leonard Oakland dents of this generation known the films are, if professor of English are creating films,” Oakthey will be enjoyed by land said. the Whitworth commuAlthough the six feanity, and if they fit the tured films will follow the theme of mission statement of Whitworth. This year the festival will open with Whitworth Heritage Month, the student“What Poor Child Is This,” a documen- made movies will follow their own set of tary produced by Whitworth President guidelines. Each movie can be from the Beck Taylor. It will serve as the film in the following categories: narrative, alternative or experimental, documentary or documentary category for the festival. The film will be introduced by Taylor news, animation, or photo essay. Furand he will lead a panel discussion fol- thermore, all of the submissions must be lowing the film. The panel will include eight minutes or less in length.
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