JSU Global is celebrating International Education Week with a three day film festival. The International Film Festival is scheduled for November 18 -20, 2019. International Education Week (November 18-22, 2019) is a national week of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education that celebrates the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.
Schedule of Movies
Monday, November 18, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Student Center Movie Theater
If 18-year old Sonita had a say in things, Michael Jackson would be her father and Rihanna her mother. She captures her dream of being a famous rapper in her scrapbook. For the time being, her only fans are the other teenage girls in a Tehran shelter. There, Sonita, a refugee from Afghanistan, gets counseling for the traumas she has suffered and guidance in shaping her future. Her family has a very different future planned for her: as a bride she’s worth $9,000. What’s more, women aren’t allowed to sing in Iran. How can Sonita still succeed in making her dreams come true?
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Student Center Movie Theater
The political climate in Mississippi is very unstable. Stanley Wesley a local activist and community organizer is the founder and president of an organization called Respect Our Black Dollars. Respect Our Black Dollars was created to uplift the black community through economic ventures. While also promoting black owned businesses; they also protest businesses that mistreat African Americans within the community. Stanley Wesley soon finds himself the victim of a vicious hate crime after returning home to find racial slurs spray-painted on his front door. Upon arriving to his home were the letters “KKK” are boldly sprayed upon his front door he learns that someone attempted to burn down his home but was unsuccessful in the process. This documentary follows Stanley Wesley as he organizes, promotes and fights opposition within modern day Jackson Mississippi.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Student Center Movie Theater
¡BOZA! follows the lives of three young sub-Saharan African immigrants who left home in their teens to embark on their years-long journey to Spain. Crossing the Sahara Desert by foot, spending months to years living in the forests of Morocco, and finally making the dangerous crossing to the Spanish mainland or territories by land or sea, these three distinct immigration stories have one thing in common: their incredible optimism in the face of inconceivable adversity. The dynamic structure jumps between present day observational footage of life in Spain and reconstructing their migration story using animation and archival footage. Through parallel storytelling, the film compares these three inspiring stories of success to the hopes of a group of migrants living in the slums of Tangier, Morocco.