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X-WR-CALNAME:Ackland Film Forum: "A Face in the Crowd"
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DESCRIPTION:"A Face in the Crowd" (Elia Kazan\, 1957)\n\nAbout the Film: Th
 e film debut of North Carolina’s own Andy Griffith\, Elia Kazan’s A Fa
 ce in the Crowd tells the story of Arkansas drifter Larry “Lonesome” R
 hodes\, who rises to national attention after radio journalist Marcia Jeff
 ries (Patricia Neal) gives him a stint on the air. A brutal critique of ce
 lebrity populism\, Kazan’s film portrays how the shrewd Rhodes exploits 
 a folksy persona to secure political influence and gain a foothold in pres
 idential politics. The film will be introduced by Michelle Robinson\, asso
 ciate professor of American Studies. About the Series: Join the Ackland Fi
 lm Forum every Tuesday evening in October for Politics on Film\, a timely 
 series featuring five American films that explore the rise to political fa
 me and power. The series will include A Face in the Crowd (Kazan\, 1957)\,
  Medium Cool (Wexler\, 1969)\, Being There (Ashby\, 1979)\, Election (Payn
 e\, 1999)\, and Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed (Lynch\, 2004). All 
 films will be screened at 7:30 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre (123 E. Frankli
 n Street). Tickets are free\, but must be reserved on the Ackland’s webs
 ite. UNC-Chapel Hill students can receive CLE credit for attending by scan
 ning the QR code at the event. The Fall 2024 Ackland Film Forum series Pol
 itics on Film is co-organized by the Ackland Art Museum and UNC Film Studi
 es\, housed in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of English and Comparative L
 iterature.
LOCATION:Varsity Theatre\, 123 E. Franklin Street\, Chapel Hill\, NC\, 2751
 4\, United States
SUMMARY:Ackland Film Forum: "A Face in the Crowd"
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.unc.edu/event/ackland-film-forum-a-face-in-t
 he-crowd-elia-kazan-1957
CATEGORIES:Exhibits
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