Posted on Monday, September 7, 2009
The Jake Erhardt International Film Series will show the Mexican film Sin Nombre (Without Name) Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the 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 film won awards for director Cary Fukunaga at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Sundance Film Festival.
In the movie, Honduran teenager Sayra reunites with her father, providing her the possibility of realizing her dream of a life in the United States. Moving to Mexico is the first step in a fateful journey of unexpected events.
This is the first film in the series for this academic year. Additional films scheduled for the fall semester are Let the Right One In (Sweden, 2008) Oct. 13 and Tell No One (France, 2006) Nov. 10.
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 associate professor of English and coordinator of the film series, at (724) 946-7030 or e-mail dmitchel@westminster.edu for more information.
