Screening of THE BAADER-MEINHOF KOMPLEX on 04/28/10 at the Five Points Theater

In the wake of the national debate on domestic terrorism Florida State College invites the residents of the First Coast to attend a screeningof

The Baader-Meinhof Komplex,

a 2008 Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated docudrama based on the true story of the Red Army Faction.

Germany in the 1970s. The radicalized children of the Nazi generation have grown up. They vowed Nazism would never rule again. They declare war on what they see as a new face of fascism: the U.S. policy in Vietnam, the Middle East and the Third World and the German Government. In their revolutionary fight they lost themselves in the cause and inflict a wave of terror on Germany. Directed by Uli Edel (LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN). Produced by Bernd Eichinger (LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN and DOWNFALL).

Professor Melanie Engel and Dr. Dirk Wendtorf of the German Studies Program

at Florida State College will provide a short introduction on the political context to be followed by a screening of the film. The event “The Baader-Meinhof Komplex” will be held on

Wednesday,04/28/10 from6-­9 p.m.

at

Five PointTheater,

1028 Park Street

Jacksonville, FL 32204-­3908

The event is free and open to the public.

Parental Advisory: The film “The Baader-Meinhof Komplex” has been rated R for strong bloody violence, disturbing images, sexual content, graphic nudity and language

by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

GER 1121: Preparation for Test 2

Dear course members:

Right after spring break you will have the fabulous opportunity to excel on a German test on 04/13/10.......

The format of test 2 will be as follows:

Oral Segment (40%): Based on a set of pictures, you will required to create sentences using subordinate clauses and make statements in the present perfect.

Listening Comprehension (10%): Based on the readings in chapter 3 and 4 I will read a short story and ask some questions. You will have to provide the answers (needless to say....).

Grammar (30%): Based on the grammatical concepts of chapters 3 and 4, you will be requested to write sentences describing a situation, answering questions, and combine statements by means of subordinate conjuctions (cf. sessions on 03/30 and 04/01)

The focus will be: the dative (dative objects and prepositions), subordinate clauses, and the present perfect

Culture (20%): The culture segment will be based on the cultural readings (Vorschau und Focus)for chapter 3 and 4 and the films we have screened in class.

Screening of Eran Riklis's "The Lemon Tree" on 04/08/10 from 07:30-09:30PM

The Jacksonville Jewish Community Alliance

presents a film screening of
Eran Riklis’s compelling drama

Etz Limon (The Lemon Tree) (2008)

The Lemon tree is an allegorical story about a lemon grove and its Palestinian woman who has lived on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank for decades. She tends a lemon grove lemon tree which becomes under threat when an Israeli government minister moves in next door.

The film has not been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)


April 8, 2010
7:30-09:30 PM
Jacksonville Jewish Community Alliance
8505 San Jose Blvd
Jacksonville, FL

RSVP is kindly requested to Ms. Thelma Nied
at thelma.nied@jcajax.org/ (904)-730-2100 x227
The event is free of admission and open to the public.
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.


This program is strongly endorsed by the German Studies Program of Florida State College and the German-Israeli Film and Speaker Series