International Film Series Announces Spring Semester Schedule

The Jake Erhardt International Film Series will kick off the spring semester with The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of Westminster College's McKelvey Campus Center.

The event is free and open to the public.  A short introduction will be given prior to the showing and a discussion will follow.

The 2009 Swedish film, adapted from Steig Larsson's novel, is the third in the trilogy that includes last semester's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire.

Additional films on the schedule are the 2008 French film I've Loved You So Long on March 29 and the 2008 Dominican Republic film Sugar on April 19.  Additional information on all films is available at www.imdb.com.

The International Film Series is named in honor of its founder, Dr. Jacob Erhardt, professor of German emeritus at Westminster College.  Erhardt, who taught at Westminster from 1968 until his retirement in 2004, served as chair of his department from 1970-1986, was named the Language Educator of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Modern Languages Association, translated into English Robert Reitzel's Adventures of a Greenhorn, and was recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities as an outstanding member.

Contact Dr. Deborah Mitchell, Westminster professor of English and film studies and coordinator of the film series, at (724) 946-7030 or e-mail dmitchel@westminster.edu for more information.