Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009
The Jake Erhardt International Film Series will show the French film Persepolis Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
The event is free and open to the public. A short introduction will be given prior to the showing and a discussion will follow.
The 2007 film is written and directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. The animated feature is based on Satrapi's novel and is the coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution.
Additional films in the series include the Israeli film The Band's Visit scheduled for March 3 and the Russian film Mongol scheduled for April 7.
The International Film Series is named in honor of its founder, Dr. Jacob Erhardt, professor of German emeritus at ¾¨Ó㴫ý. Erhardt, who taught at ¾¨Ó㴫ý from 1968 until his retirement in 2004, served as chair of his department from 1970-1986, was named the Language Educator of the Year by the Pennsylvania State Modern Languages Association, translated into English Robert Reitzel's Adventures of a Greenhorn, and was recognized by the National Endowment for the Humanities as an outstanding member.
Contact Dr. Deborah Mitchell, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of English and coordinator of the film series, at (724) 946-7030 or e-mail dmitchel@westminster.edu for more information.
