Global Cinema Classics: The Exploding American Underground
Co-sponsored by Van Every/Smith Galleries and the departments of English and Film, Media, and Digital Studies.

Monday, Feb. 2, 5 p.m.: Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground (2021)
Acclaimed documentary about how the NYC underground film, visual art, and poetry scenes birthed rock’s most radical band.

Monday, March 2, 5 p.m.:  David Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977)
A cult classic of surreal horror whose uncanny visuals and immersive soundscape demand to be experienced on a big screen.

Monday, March 16, 5 p.m.: Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets (1973)
A gritty portrait of sin and redemption set in Little Italy in the 1970s, filled with electrifying action and swooning pop songs.

Location: Semans Lecture Hall, Rm 117, Belk Visual Arts Center

Refreshments provided.