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SUMMARY:"What Good is Cinema?" with Timothy Palmer\, Assoc. Professor of Fi
 lm at UNCW
DESCRIPTION:Humanists &  Freethinkers of Cape Fear\n\nDON"T MISS THIS MEETI
 NG! \n\nI'll first we'll discuss some of the ways in which the arts have be
 en traditionally valued (as morally enlightened\, as a kind of calling\, as
  justification for elitism\, as spiritually and communally uplifting\, etc.
 ) and relate these to cinema\, which as a relatively recent medium is still
  typically excluded from such conversations.  Drawing examples from recent 
 French\, American\, and other world cinemas\, I'll then go on to talk about
  cases in which mainstream and arthouse tendencies\, low and high art\, hav
 e become blurred or combined\, in peculiar but often very progressive ways.
   Case studies will range from politically engaged zombie films (France)\, 
 abstract or unplaced war films (America\, France) to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.  
 Some film clips will be shown. \n\nMany times Humanists think that humanism
  is only informed by Reason and Science.  The arts and in this case cinema 
 provides us with new windows to our world and provide transformative experi
 ences to be more human. \n\nTimothy Palmer  \nAssociate Professor and Assoc
 iate Chair \nDepartment of Film Studies \nUNC Wilmington  \n\n\nJoin us for
  this important meeting with a social hour and pot luck supper buffet after
 wards. Please bring a dish to share\, soft drinks provided\, BYOB allowed. 
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 ***\n\nWilmington\, NC  28403 - USA\n\nSunday\, June 14 at 5:00 PM\n\nPhoto
 : http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/1/a/9/event_1909577.jpeg\n
 \nAttending: 33\n\nDetails: http://humanism.meetup.com/182/calendar/1038393
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