{"id":1437,"date":"2019-04-10T20:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/?page_id=1437"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:17:29","slug":"past-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liberalarts.austincc.edu\/philosophy-religion-humanities\/past-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page features archival information from select Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities Forum talks in recent years. Click the links below for information about specific events.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim Jarmusch, Dead Man<\/em> Film Screening with Discussion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fall 2025: The PRH Forum hosted a film screening and discussion in partnership with Austin Film Society<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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November 13th and 17th, 2025
\n7 pm
\nAFS Cinema<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEAD MAN<\/strong>
\nA film by Jim Jarmusch
\nUSA, 1995, 2h 0min, DCP<\/p>\n

\u201cA hypnotic and beautiful black-and-white western \u2026 This masterpiece is simultaneously a mystical, highly poetic account of dying; a well-researched appreciation of Native American cultures; a frightening portrait of modern American violence and capitalist greed that refuses to traffic in the stylistic alibis of Hollywood; a warm, hilarious depiction of cross-cultural friendship; and a hallucinatory trip across the American wilderness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014The Chicago Reader<\/p>\n

On November 13th, the screening featured a post-film discussion<\/b> with<\/b> Austin Community College<\/b> Professors Antonio Ramirez and Matt Kliewer from the Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities. The panel, moderated by Professor Jean Lauer, invited conversation about the film\u2019s themes as they pertain to existentialism, epistemology, legacies of the Western and revisionist Western, and Indigenous representation.<\/p>\n

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Werner Herzog Film Screenings with Discussion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fall 2024: The PRH Forum hosted a film screening and discussion in partnership with Austin Film Society<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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November 3, 2024
\n3 pm
\nAFS Cinema<\/strong><\/p>\n

BURDEN OF DREAMS<\/strong>
\nA film by Les Blank
\nUSA, 1982, 1h 35min, DCP<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most remarkable documentaries ever made about the making of a movie.\u201d
\n\u2014Roger Ebert<\/p>\n

\u201cA fascinating portrait of a filmmaker pushed to the outer edge of sanity.\u201d
\n\u2014All Movie Guide<\/p>\n

About the film: <\/strong>Here the great documentarian Les Blank profiles his good friend, filmmaker Werner Herzog, as the German director fights the elements (and his lead actor) to make the epic FITZCARRALDO. Featuring a post-film panel by Austin Community College. Newly restored.<\/p>\n

Featuring a post-film panel by Austin Community College with Professors Jean Anne Lauer, Aran Gharibpour, and Zach Blaesi from the Department of Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities. The panel will explore the ethical aspects of Herzog’s uncompromising pursuit of his creative dream and how it could challenge our conceptions of human excellence and well-being.<\/p>\n

Followed by a special presentation at 6pm<\/em><\/p>\n

FITZCARRALDO<\/strong>
\nA film by Werner Herzog
\nWest Germany\/Peru, 1982, 2h 37min, DCP, In German\/Spanish\/Ash\u00e1ninka with English subtitles<\/p>\n

\u201cFITZCARRALDO is one of the great visions of the cinema and one of the great follies.\u201d
\n\u2014Roger Ebert<\/p>\n

\u201cFew motion pictures have captured the frenzied power of obsession with as much veracity.\u201d
\n\u2014Deep Focus Review<\/p>\n

\u201cThe preeminent testament of Herzog\u2019s labor as a filmmaker.\u201d
\n\u2014Slant<\/p>\n

About the film: <\/strong>One of the screen\u2019s great portraits of obsession. Klaus Kinski plays Fitzcarraldo whose dream of building an opera house in the middle of the Peruvian jungle to rival Europe\u2019s best leads him to try and make one big score. One sequence in the film was so insanely difficult to achieve that the whole enterprise becomes charged with a madness akin to that of the story\u2019s protagonist. Also screening: Les Blank\u2019s BURDEN OF DREAMS featuring a post-film panel by Austin Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This page features archival information from select Philosophy, Religion, and Humanities Forum talks in recent years. Click the links below for information about specific events. Jim Jarmusch, Dead Man Film Screening with Discussion Fall 2025: The PRH Forum hosted a film screening and discussion in partnership with Austin Film Society. November 13th and 17th, 2025 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"PRH FORUM EVENTS: 2023","column_1":"

Ai Weiwei, Human Flow<\/em> Film Screening<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Spring 2023: The PRH Forum hosted a film screening and discussion in partnership with\u00a0Austin Film Society<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

HUMAN FLOW<\/strong>
\nA film by Ai Weiwei
\nGermany\/China, 2017, 145 minutes, English<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a human being, I believe any crisis or hardship that happens to another human being should be as if it is happening to us. If we don\u2019t have that kind of trust in each other, we are deeply in trouble.\u201d \u2014 Ai Wei Wei<\/p>\n

March 5, 2023
\n6 pm
\nAFS Cinema<\/p>\n

About the film:<\/strong>\u00a0Artist, activist, and director Ai Weiwei captures the global refugee crisis \u2014 the greatest human displacement since World War II \u2014 in this breathtakingly epic film journey HUMAN FLOW.<\/p>\n

More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change, and war. Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, Weiwei follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretch across the globe, including Afghanistan, France, Greece, Germany and Iraq.<\/p>\n

Discussants:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Jean Anne Lauer, professor of Humanities and Film studies at ACC, and Natalia Drelichman, attorney with\u00a0American Gateways<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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CCHA 2023:\u00a0 Post-Conference Symposium<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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