Archive Film Group

Films discussed with John LeBlanc as convenor
2021 - 2022

Winter 2022 - Series Fourteen: Immigration

  • El Norte (1983)
  • Mediterranea (2015)
  • Amreeka (2009)

Fall 2021 - Series Thirteen: Systemic Racism

  • I am not your Negro
  • Double Happiness
  • Beans (2021)

Vancouver International Film Festival (October 1-11, 2021)

  • Havel (Czech Republic, 2020)
  • All My Puny Sorrows (Canada, 2021)
  • Yuni (Indonesia, 2021)
2020 - 2021

Summer 2021 - Series Twelve: Ecofeminist Warriors

  • Spoor (Pokot) (2017)
  • Woman at War (2018)
  • Women Without Men (2009)

Winter 2021 - Series Eleven: Filmed Intellectuals

  • Hannah Arendt (2012)
  • Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
  • Things to Come (L'avenir) (2016)

Fall 2020: European Union Film Festival

  • Snu (2019) (Portugal)
  • Angelo (2018) (Austria)
  • Helene (2020) (Finland)
2019 - 2020

Winter 2020 - Series Ten: Artists on Film

  • Frida (2003)
  • Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1967)
  • A Quiet Passion (2017) - cancelled due to Covid

Fall 2019 - Series Nine: Understated Scotland

  • I Know Where I'm Going (1945)
  • Housekeeping (1987)
  • Ratcatcher (1999)
2018 - 2019

Winter 2019 - Series Eight: China - Ancient and Modern

  • Assasin (2015)
  • A Simple Life (2012)
  • The World (2005)

Fall 2018 - Series Seven: Eastern Europe Before the Fall

  • Loves of a Blonde (1965)
  • Mirror (1974)
  • Europa Europa (1991)
2017 - 2018

Spring 2018: Series Six: Exotic Places/Exocticized Peoples

  • Dersu Uzala (1975)
  • The Piano (1993)
  • Quilombo (1984)

Winter 2018: Series Five: Comedy and Social Critique

  • The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
  • Xale (1974)
  • Bhaji on the Beach (1994)

Fall 2017 - Series Four: Film Noir: Beyond Genre

  • The Breaking Point (1950)
  • The Long Goodbye (1973)
  • Bastards (2013)
2016 - 2017

Spring 2017: Series Three: Films from Quebec

  • Incendies (2011)
  • Les Ordres (1974)
  • The Juniper Tree (2003)

Winter 2017: Series Two: India - From the East

  • The Music Room (1958)
  • Parama (1986)
  • Dil Se (1998)

Fall 2016: Series One: French New Wave and After

  • The 400 Blows (1959)
  • Naked Childhood (1968)
  • Bluebeard (1972)
2015 - 2016
  • Nails (1978) - First introductory meeting of Special Interest Group on Films