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A man rides a tractor at sunset in silhouette in a still from David Lynch's The Straight Story

Screen/Society--"The Straight Story" (David Lynch, 1999) | 35mm Screening

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Thursday, March 20, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Introduced by Prof. Rick Warner (Director of Film Studies, Dept. of English & Comparative Literature, UNC Chapel Hill)
A black woman in a green jacket takes a phone call in a still from Hard Truths

Screen/Society--"Hard Truths" (Mike Leigh, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Thursday, March 27, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Two women look into an orange bucket in a still from All We Imagine As Light

Screen/Society--"All We Imagine as Light" (Payal Kapadia, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Friday, March 28, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
A black and white image of Coney Island at night.

Screen/Society--"Still:Moving"

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Saturday, March 29, 2025
4:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Tom Whiteside
Abortion in the holy land

Israeli Documentary Series presents: “Abortion in the Holy Land”

Sponsor(s): Center for Jewish Studies and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Tuesday, April 01, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Thesis Film Premieres

Thesis Film Premieres

Sponsor(s): Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts (MFAEDA)
Wednesday, April 02, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
jacir

{Postponed} Emily Jacir: Artist Talk & Screening [To be rescheduled Fall '25]

**CANCELED**
Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), and Social Practice Lab
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
6:30 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Emily Jacir
FACES

Screen/Society--"Faces of Seoul" (Gina Kim, 2009) + virtual Q&A w/ filmmaker

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian American and Diaspora Studies, and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, April 10, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Gina Kim
rouse

Screen/Society--Jean-Claude Rousseau | Duke Experimental Film Society

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
HAT

Screen/Society--"Hatari!" (Howard Hawks, 1962) | 35mm Screening

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Thursday, April 17, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
A white woman with blonde hair wearing an apron sits cross-legged in a dark stable in a still from Izzy Dudlyke's short film, Éliphas

Screen/Society--2025 Cinematic Arts Capstone Screening

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Friday, April 18, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
DIFF logo

Screen/Society--2025 Duke Independent Film Festival

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Duke Independent Film Festival (DIFF)
Saturday, April 19, 2025
4:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
A man examines a stolen artifact in a still from DAHOMEY (2024)

Screen/Society--" Dahomey" (2024) w/ dir. Mati Diop in person

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Africa Initiative, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Black Archival Imagination Lab, Center for French and Francophone Studies, Duke Arts, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, Humanities Labs@FHI, Literature, and Romance Studies
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Discussion to follow with the film's director, Mati Diop, in conversation with Prof. Felwine Sarr (Romance Studies) and Prof. Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Romance Studies)
Still from RAN (Akira Kurosawa, 1985)

Screen/Society--"Ran" (Akira Kurosawa, 1985) | 40th Anniversary screening

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Thursday, September 04, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from CLOUD (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)

Screen/Society--"Cloud" (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI)
Friday, September 05, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS (1976)

Screen/Society--"Heartworn Highways (James Szalapski, 1976)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Center for Documentary Studies (CDS)
Thursday, September 11, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from THE LOVER ON THE BRIDGE (Leos Carax, 1991)

Screen/Society--"The Lovers on the Bridge" (Leos Carax, 1991) | New 4K Restoration

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Center for French and Francophone Studies
Friday, September 12, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Introduced by Prof. Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Romance Studies/Cinematic Arts)
Still from UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Matthew Rankin, 2024)

Screen/Society--"Universal Language" (Matthew Rankin, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Saturday, September 13, 2025
4:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Mama dancers

AADS Movie Screening of MAMA DANCERS

Sponsor(s): Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Cinematic Arts, and Dance Program
Thursday, September 18, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Dr. Jingqiu Guan
photo of art installation by Emily Jacir

Emily Jacir: Artist Talk & Screening

Sponsor(s): Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Cinematic Arts, Provost's Office, and Social Practice Lab
Friday, September 19, 2025
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still images of lead actress Chieko Baisho, in a scene from PLAN 75

Screen/Society--"Plan 75" (Chie Hayakawa, 2022)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute (DHRC@FHI)
Thursday, September 25, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Discussion to follow with Robin Kirk, former director of the Duke Human Rights Center @FHI, and Anne Allison, Cultural Anthropologist and author of 'Being Dead Otherwise' (Duke Univ. Press, 2023) about new death practices in Japan.
A person standing in front of a wall or screen onto which a film is being projected

Screen/Society--“New Moon Chapter One” (Li Xinyue, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Cinematic Arts, and David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Friday, September 26, 2025
7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Guo-Juin Hong (AMES); Xinyue Li (director)
Henry Fonda as Presidential hopeful William Russell in 1964's THE BEST MAN

Screen/Society--"Henry Fonda for President" (Alexander Horwath, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Center for Documentary Studies (CDS)
Thursday, October 02, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Introduced by Prof. Graham Culbertson (English & Comparative Literature, UNC-CH)
Still from THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (Sydney Pollack, 1975)

Screen/Society--"Three Days of the Condor" (1975) | Tribute to Robert Redford (1936-2025)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Friday, October 03, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Poster exceprt for BILA BURBA (Duiren Wagua, 2023)

Screen/Society--DukeEngage Colombia (Shorts Program) + 'Bila Burba' (Duiren Wagua, 2023)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS), and DukeEngage
Thursday, October 09, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Films will be introduced by members of DukeEngage Colombia
Still from The Death of Baijiashan

Screen/Society--“The Death of Baijiashan" (Liu Xiaoqian, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Friday, October 17, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Virtual Q&A to follow w/ filmmaker Liu Xiaoqian
Still from The Hellstrom Chronicle

Screen/Society--"The Hellstrom Chronicle" (Ed Spiegel & Walon Green, 1971)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Center for Documentary Studies (CDS)
Saturday, October 18, 2025
4:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Introduced by Prof. Josh Gibson (Cinematic Arts)
Still image from ALTIPLANO

Screen/Society--'Shadows on the Globe' (shorts program)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Experimental Film Lab, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from TENEBRE (Dario Argento, 1982)

Screen/Society--“Tenebre" (Dario Argento, 1982)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Thursday, October 23, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from THE CONFORMIST (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Screen/Society--“The Conformist" (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Friday, October 24, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Sidney Lumet, 1975)

Screen/Society--"Dog Day Afternoon" (Sidney Lumet, 1975)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Thursday, October 30, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from DIVA (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981)

Screen/Society--"Diva" (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Saturday, November 01, 2025
4:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Cosmic Rays film festival logo

Screen/Society--Cosmic Rays Touring Program 2025: "You Don't Know Me"

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Experimental Film Lab, and Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Still from Luo Luo's Future

Screen/Society--"Luo Luo’s Future" (Luo Luo, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Thursday, November 13, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Virtual Q&A to follow w/ filmmaker Luo Luo
MFA|EDA Salon: Baby Geniuses

MFA|EDA Salon #1 Baby Geniuses

Sponsor(s): Master of Fine Arts in Experimental & Documentary Arts (MFAEDA) and Cinematic Arts
Friday, November 14, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
film poster for “Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health”; background: a collage of stills from the documentary; descriptive text: event date, time, location, sponsorsv

Film Screening: “Silent War: Asian American Reckonings with Mental Health” (Changfu Chang, 2025)

Sponsor(s): Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI) and Asian American and Diaspora Studies
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Eileen Chow; Yan Li; Lily Chen; Ling Jin; Pooja Mehta
Now it's a strange house

Film Screening: Now It’s a Strange House

Sponsor(s): Center for Jewish Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Cinematic Arts, and German Studies
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Cate Knothe (T'24) and Ethan Grossman
Still from Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020

Screen/Society--"Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020"

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Asian Pacific Studies Institute (APSI), David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Libraries
Thursday, November 20, 2025
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Virtual Q&A to follow w/ filmmaker Mengqi Zhang
Still from Selman Nacar's HESITATION WOUND (2023)

Screen/Society--"Hesitation Wound" (2023) + Q&A w/ dir. Selman Nacar

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES), Duke University Middle East Studies Center, and Provost's Office
Friday, November 21, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
Q&A to follow with filmmaker Selman Nacar, moderated by Prof. Didem Havlioğlu (AMES / Coordinator, Duke Turkish Program)
Still image from BY THE STREAM (2024)

Screen/Society--"By the Stream"(Hong Sangsoo, 2024)

Sponsor(s): Cinematic Arts
Thursday, January 15, 2026
7:00 pm
Rubenstein Arts Center, Film Theater
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