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2011 Friday Film Fest series presents

"Vision - From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen"

June 10, 2011 at 6:30pm

The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal world around her. The monks and nuns at the convent become a kind of family, offering both confidants and enemies. For example Jutta, struggling with her jealousy of Hildegard's success, and the young Richardis who worships Hildegard both as an intellectual role model and a mother figure.
Written by Goeteborg International Film Festival


View the trailer of the movie

This film will be shown in German with English subtitles.
The Details:
The Film Fest Series aims to provide access and insight to all things German while in the midst of some great food.  
We hope to provide a good balance of the old and the new, the light and the serious.

The movie is shown on a projection screen in our historic building.

Your admission includes our famous Suppenküche (a light meal), coffee, cake, and also a discussion after the film.

Donations: $12 for members, $15 for non-members, $10 for students
Schedule of Upcoming Films

Please check back in late summer for our schedule of 2011/12 films.
Archived Programs:

We have archived all of the Friday Film Fest programs from 2001 to the present.  They are available to read in pdf form here.  Each movie is listed by its German title (with its English title to the right).

These commentaries are an interesting and informative resource to learn more about German film and to entice friends, family, and colleagues to join the Society for the Friday Film Fest series.


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