Films
BANLIEUE 13 / DISTRICT B-13 - In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris, France are literally walled off and among the worst is District B13. Controlled by the ruthless crime lord, Taha, a young righteous punk named Leito is determined to bring him down. French Film lecture series. Admission free. 7 p.m., Monday, May 7, Stevenson 2006. 4-3159.
IM JULI \ IN JULY - Daniel is a young teacher, who in contrast to everyone else plans to stay in Hamburg for the summer. Juli, a girl at the flea-market, wants to get known to Daniel and manages to sell him a Mayan ring with a sun on it, foretelling him that he will meet a girl with a sun. Admission free. Films shown with English subtitles. 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 9, Erin Fisher Room second floor of Student Union. Michaela Grobbel, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, 4-2637.
THE END OF SUBURBIA - Through interviews with scientists and policy makers this documentary explores the premise that American suburbs, built on the easy availability of fossil fuels, may become untenable. Admission free. CCGS Movie Fest. Noon, Thursday, May 10, Erin Fisher Room, Student Union, 4-2710.
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. Admission free. Sponsored by the Office of Residential Life's Scene It Movie Series. 9 p.m., Saturday, May 12, Cooperage. 4-2804.