Selected documentaries will also include films on contemporary issues

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The University Cinema at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will present the “Seven Amazing Documentaries” film series beginning Wednesday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Bay Hall, Room 104.
Films will be shown Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. through April 30 and are free and open to the public. No films will be shown March 12 and 19.

The documentaries, which cover a wide array of subjects and documentary-making styles, were selected by Dr. Bill Huie, professor of communications and TV-film. Before each film, Huie will briefly discuss the film and the style employed in its making.

“These films represent a wide spectrum of approaches, often innovative and daring, ranging from the portrait documentary to investigative reports to the personal essay,” Huie said. “I also wanted to find films based on contemporary issues that illustrate the documentary-making approaches that I wanted students to understand.”
The films in the series are:

March 5: “Islands” (1986, 57 min.) In this film by Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, Christo and Jeanne-Claude fight for permission to surround 11 islands in Miami’s Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of bright pink fabric.

March 26: “The Uprising of ‘34” (1995, 87 min.) A 1934 strike by several hundred thousand Southern cotton mill workers is examined through interviews that unlock long-suppressed memories in this film by George Stoney, Judith Helfand and Susanne Rostock.

April 2: “Nobody’s Business” (1996, 60 min.) The persistence of filmmaker Alan Berliner creating a documentary portrait of his father, a cranky and reluctant subject, leads to humorous and surprising results. “Nobody’s Business” has won awards at the Berlin International Film Festival and the San Francisco International Film Festival.

April 9: “Eyes on the Prize, Part 6: Bridge to Freedom” (1980, 55 min.) The film by Callie Crossley and James DeVinney covers major events of the mid-1960s and is part of the award-winning PBS series on the Civil Rights movement.

April 16: “Everything’s Cool” (2007, 89 min.) This film by Judith Helfand and Daniel Gold is an often-humorous examination of the global warming debate over the past 20 years.

April 23: “Meeting Resistance” (2007, 84 min.) Two journalists in Baghdad interview eight insurgents, who reveal startling explanations for the attacks on American troops, in this film by Molly Bingham and Steve Connors.

April 30: “In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01” (2002, 60 min.) This film by Brad Grey and Sheila Nevins is a compilation of images and sounds taken by multiple witnesses to the events of Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. The documentary won an Emmy Award in 2002 for “Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming.”
For more information, call 361.825.2316.