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| May 16 7:00 PM
| STRONG | HOUSTON COMMUNITY CINEMA & HOUSTON PBS | Julie Wyman |
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| Description: | Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted. This film is Free and Open to the public. | | Additional Information: | http://www.itvs.org/films/strong |
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| May 18 7:00 PM
| Sixth Annual Houston Palestine Film Festival | Houston Palestine Film Festival | various |
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| Description: | Rice Cinema and the Houston Palestine Film Festival presents: HUDUD by 12 Dheishe Palestinian Filmmakers screened with FIVE BROKEN CAMERAS by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi. For more information, such as HPFF screenings at the MFAH on May 12 & 13, please visit http://www.hpff.org Ticket prices are $10. | | Additional Information: | Reception to follow the films featuring Oud music by Adnan Hamdan and MY COUNTRY'S SAND, a photography exhibition by Khalil AbuSharekh |
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| May 19 7:00 PM
| Sixth Annual Houston Palestine Film Festival | Houston Palestine Film Festival | various |
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| Description: | Rice Cinema and the Houston Palestine Film Festival to present five films, screened together: CLICHES by Nadine Naous, WARDA by Louise Marie Colon and Delphine Hermans, NOW HERE NOWHERE by Roy Miles, Jr. and Tarik Kazaleh and NO LAUGHING MATTER by Vanessa Rousselot. For more information, such as HPFF screenings at the MFAH on May 12 & 13, please visit http://www.hpff.org Ticket prices are $10. | | Additional Information: | Reception to follow the films featuring Oud music by Adnan Hamdan and MY COUNTRY'S SAND, a photography exhibition by Khalil AbuSharekh. |
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