Romanian Film Series: Installment III
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
University of Michigan Museum of Art

Free and open to the public

3:00 p.m.
CHILDREN OF THE DECREE
(2004, 68 min, narrated in English)
Florin Iepan
A fascinating documentary, taking a trip through twenty-five years of Ceausescu’s rule in Romania during which he tried to increase his country’s population by banning all contraceptives and outlawing abortion.

4:30 p.m.
ARCHITECTURE AND POWER
(1994, 52 min narrated in English)
Nicolae Margineanu
Political power always betrays its intentions through architecture. This is a history of Bucharest seen through the eyes of totalitarian architecture.

Possible discussions between movies to be facilitated by U of M Film Department faculty or students.

Sponsors: ARF Inc., UMMA, CES-EUC, CREES, Ager Film

Sponsor Acronym Key
ARF Inc. – American Romanian Festival Inc.
CES-EUC – Center for European Studies-European Union Center
CREES – Center for Russian and East European Studies
WCED – Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
WCEE – Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia