Atlanta Film Festival 365

Film Lovers' Dialog Group: Viva La Revolucion!

Film Lovers' Dialog Group
Viva La Revolucion! Class consciousness, the Power Elite and Revolution
Instructor: Robin Bernat

20 Sessions
Tuesdays, September 8 - January 26
7:00- 9:00 PM

Price: This is a revolutionary course. As such, you are setting the price for the course.
Suggested Contribution: $300/course; $15/session.

Cinema, since its inception, has had the power to reveal the complexities of human nature while simultaneously examining cultural, societal and historical conflicts and outcomes. Films become tools for both propaganda and social action; we see in these depictions that, sometimes, status quo is upheld; other times, filmmakers embrace the spirit of revolution: the often bloody battle of class, caste, gender and race against the burden of history but also the quiet drama of the personal revolution toward a new consciousness.

Local experimental filmmaker, Robin Bernat, whose works have been exhibited locally and nationally including the Whitney Museum of American Art, will facilitate discussions. The class will run like a book club with meetings being held at Robin's private Buckhead residence. Participants screen the films on their own, in advance and then meet up on Tuesday evenings for engaging and lively conversation about each film, its director, time-period, and thematic concerns. Evenings will include screenings of short clips from other relevant films, recommendations of reading materials and some wine and hors d'oeuvres!

Off-site Location: Private Residence of the Instructor

Payment: Please pay the instructor on-site with cash or check. If you'd like to make a donation to ATL365, pledge here.

To Register: TO OFFICIALLY REGISTER FOR THE COURSE, YOU MUST send an email to instructor, Robin Bernat at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

She will send a confirmation, and will furnish the recommended reading list, the advance film screening list, and directions to her home.

Included in the series are recommended, and not at all required, readings/excerpts from a variety of sources:

September 8

1939 The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir
2001 Gosford Park, Robert Altman

September 15

1937 Grand Illusion, Jean Renoir
1963 The Leopard, Luchino Visconti

September 22

1925 Battleship Potemkin, Eisenstein
1998 The Thin Red Line, Terrence Mallick

September 29

1965 Dr. Zhivago, David Lean
1981 Reds, Warren Beatty

October 6

1975 Barry Lyndon, Stanley Kubrick
[2006 Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola]