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UR international film series includes African Film Weekend

9/9/2016, 6:49 p.m.
The University of Richmond is hosting its 28th Annual International Film Series, beginning Friday, Sept. 9 through Nov. 20.

The University of Richmond is hosting its

28th Annual International Film Series, beginning

Friday, Sept. 9 through Nov. 20.

The film series is free and open to the public,

and will offer on-campus screenings of 13 contemporary

and classic foreign films by leading

international filmmakers.

Five of the 13 films will be shown during the

12th Annual African Film Weekend on Friday,

Sept.16, and Saturday, Sept. 17. Films from South

Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia will be featured.

Screenings will take place in the Robins

School of Business, Queally Hall and Ukrop

Auditorium on campus.

The films will be shown in their original

language with English subtitles.

Friday afternoon screenings will feature faculty-

led introductions and post-film discussion.

The series is co-sponsored by the Office

of International Education and the Boatwright

Memorial Library Media Resource Center.

For more information, including trailers, the

screening schedule and parking details: www.

richmond.edu/ifs.