Headlines!February 13, 1997

Film series with historical theme

A unique series of films, each witha: -
significant historical theme, will be
presented over seven weeks at UCFV.
Presented by the History department, the
free, public History on Film series will
run on Wednesday evenings, from.
February 19 to April 2. The series
contains both classic and more recent,
controversial films, each selected by a
member of the UCFV History department.

The first film to be shown, on February
19, will be Alexander Nevsky, a classic
Soviet film from 1938, which attempted to
prepare Russia for the coming conflict -
with Hitler’s Germany, via the portrayal
of Alexander Nevsky, a 13th century
Russian prince, and his victories over the
Teutonic knights. The scene of soldiers
crossing a frozen river is one of the most
famous and dramatic in film history.

Each evening, a different member of
the History department will give a
10-minute historical introduction to the
film about to be viewed, and talk about
the significance of the film and its impact
at the time of its release. The week
following Alexander Nevsky will be How

They Saw Us: Four Short (NFB ) Films on.

Women in the 1940s and ’50s, then,
successively: The Valour and the Horror,
Open City, Breaker Morant, A Raisin i in
the Sun and The Nasty Girl.

“We thought it was an opportunity to
show the general public as well as the
UCFV community some rarely seen great
films, and to bring out the historical
significance of these films,” says History

department head Eric Davis. “We've each.

taken a film that we particularly like and
that we think will appeal to our audience.
Some of these films will have an effect on
people’s lives. I know when I first saw
Open City it really had an incredible
impact on me. It’s that kind of a dramatic
film, and some of these other films are as
well.”

Davis also hopes to provide viewers
with‘a sense of how to watch films with
an eye to historical significance, so that
they could bring that kind of awareness to
any film.”

For more information, contact Eric
Davis at local 4632.

History on Film series:

Feb. 19: Alexander Nevsky .
(Chris Leach)

Feb. 26: The Valour and the Horror ;
(Chad Reimer)

March 5: How They Saw Us: Four
(NFB) Films on Women in the
1940s &’50s (Bonnie Huskins)
March 12: Open City (Eric Davis)
March 19: Breaker Morant
March 26: A Raisin in the Sun
(Sylvie Murray)

April 2: The Nasty Girl

All presentations start at’7 p.m., in
the Abbotsford campus lecture
theatre.

please mark June 19 in your calendars!

Convocation to split into two ceremonies

The 1997 Convocation ceremony will feature a new format in a familiar setting. For
the first time, UCFV will hold two ceremonies in a day — Thursday, June 19.
Tentatively, the morning ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a reception to follow,
and the afternoon ceremony will commence at 2:30 p.m., also followed bya
reception. Still to be determined is which faculties will be graduating at which time.
The location will be the Chilliwack Alliance Church, site of the 1995 ceremony.
The annual awards ceremony is planned for the previous evening, June 18, with a
reception to follow. This event is planned for the theatre on the Chilliwack campus. ©
The Convocation committee is well into planning for the new format for this
year’s ceremony. If you have any questions or require information about
Convocation, contact coordinator Dave Stephen in the Community Relations office
in Chilliwack administration, call local 2818 or e-mail stephend. In the meantime —

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‘Relations department.
‘It has been modified slightly for the

UCFV website, as some rules of
typography cannot be adhered to
because of the current limitations of
the HTML language.

It also covers the use of people’s
names, the UCFV name, italics and
bolding, and numbers, dates, and
times, and includes use of the UCFV
logo on web-pages.

‘The style guide can be found at
www.ucfv.be.ca/erd/stylguid.html, or
just travel to the Community
Relations home-page, which also
includes recent news releases, .
information about convocation and
special events (with more to come!),

Measles alert

The need to communicate to our
students and employees quickly and
through as many media as possible ~
has spurred the creation of a special
alert feature on the UCFV website.
Look for the Measles alert on the
home-page. We anticipate using a
similar special alert feature for other
urgent matters and special events in
the future.