Films

SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR - Winner of the Cannes Special Jury Prize in 2000, the film is composed of only forty-six scenes, unspooled before a still camera like paintings come to life. Here Sweden's sanitized world first appears normal, yet as the camera rolls, the repressed returns: nightmares, terrors, the dead or the misshapen, and "little" social errors like racism and downsizing, each played out like a silent comedy. Sonoma Film Institute. 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 10, Darwin 103, and 7 p.m., Friday, May 11, Warren Auditorium, 4-2606.

STOMP THE YARD - After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. Scene It Movie Series. 9 p.m., Saturday, May 12. Cooperage. 4-2804.

FAST FOOD NATION - An ensemble piece derived from Eric Schlosser's book of the same name examines the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well. This film includes interwoven characters living in Colorado all dealing with the fast food industry in various ways. Mexicans coming over the border, are stuck in meat-packing jobs with unreasonable bosses, a few local American kids are upset at the system and don’t like the way cows are treated and Greg Kinnear, as an executive from a very popular fast-food chain, is sent to this part of Americana to check up on their meat ingredients. Scene It Movie Series. 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 16, Cooperage. 4-2804.