LSC Event Descriptions

September 20 & 21, 2003

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Rated R
141 minutes

Nowhere in Africa (2001)
September 20, 2003 at 7:00 and 10:00pm in 26-100 and
September 21, 2003 at 10:00pm in 26-100.

"We feel as if we have lived it."
      -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. Read this review.

"An emotionally complex scenario laced with poignancy and conflict, urgency and compassion."
      -- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times. Read this review.

Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Language Film!

Walter, a Jewish attorney from Germany during the Holocaust, and his family leave their home for Africa, expecting to stay temporarily in Kenya. However, their stay extends nearly a decade, in which they must grapple with pioneer life and an unfamiliar culture. Husband and wife clash repeatedly, and the interplay between them is a microcosm of their fight to survive in a foreign and inhospitable climate. The story is told from the point of view of their daughter, as she grows from a child into a young woman.

In German and Swahili with English subtitles.

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