Film Movement @ the Library

Join us Sunday, November 2nd @ 1:30 for a matinee screening of the moving 2011 South African film Lucky as we introduce our Glenviewings audience to the library's Film Movement subscription series.

Lucky is the story of a recently orphaned, 10-year old homeless South African boy. Over the grave of his dead mother, Lucky makes a promise to make something of himself. Leaving the security of his remote Zulu village for the big city with the hope of going to school, he arrives on the doorstep of an uncle who has no use for him. Lucky then falls in with Padma, an elderly Indian woman with an inherent fear of Africans, who takes him in as she would a stray dog. Together, unable to speak each other's language, they develop an unlikely bond. Through an odyssey marked by greed, violence, and, ultimately, belonging, Lucky shows how a child's spirit can bring out decency, humility and even love in adults struggling to survive in the new South Africa.

What is Film Movement?
Film Movement is a critically acclaimed award-winning independent distributer of foreign films. Film Movement has released films from 25 countries and six continents, including top prize winners from Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca and many other prestigious film festivals. Through partnerships with public libraries and other theatrical and online venues, Film Movement is able to get the films it distributes to the audiences they deserve.

From Film Movement’s Mission Statement:
Why did we launch Film Movement? As fans of independent and foreign cinema, we had become increasingly frustrated by the lack of access to the year's most critically acclaimed films. We kept reading about films from the major film festivals, such as Cannes and Sundance that A.O. Scott or Roger Ebert raved about, that would not be coming to a theater near you. Film choices are dictated to us by a smaller and smaller group of major studios, which decides to release films based mostly on their star quotient and "marketability." Many of the films that we want to see get squeezed out of theaters by Hollywood blockbusters and face skyrocketing marketing costs that make it daunting -- if not impossible -- to reach appreciative audiences.

We created Film Movement because the system of releasing independent, foreign and documentary films needed to be changed. We believed that the only way to change the system was to reach out to film fans directly.

At its heart, Film Movement is a grassroots direct-to-consumer company with a dedication to getting great films seen by as many people as possible, and providing intelligent, beautiful and compelling art to an ever-growing community of consumers who want more than the standard Hollywood fare.

Exploring Film Movement at Your Library
For a listing of Film Movement titles available at the Glenview Library, search the Library Catalog using the Keyword: Film Movement. New titles arrive on a montly basis. Stop by the AV Desk if you need assistance.