Film (2015)
Directed by John Crowley
Screenplay by Nick Hornby
based on the novel Brooklyn
by Colm Tóibín
A beautiful adaptation of the novel about a young Irish girl who comes to New York in the early 1950s and gets involved with an Italian-American guy.
uCarmen
Opera
Based on the opera Carmen
by Georges Bizet
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music Arranged by Mandisi Dyantiyis
Isango Ensemble
Arts Emerson
Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater district, Boston
November 10-22, 2015
A lively integration of Bizet’s opera with South African motifs, supported by marimba orchestra.
The Pearl Button
Film (2015)
Poetic documentary
Written and directed by
Patricio Guzmán
In Spanish, with subtitles
Kendall Square Cinema,
Cambridge, MA
An outstandingly conceived and executed treatment of nature, culture, devastation and survival in Chile.
By The Sea
Film (2015)
Written and directed by
Angelina Jolie Pitt
With Angelina Jolie Pitt, Brad Pitt
Set in a seaside French village in the 1970s, the story of an American writer and his wife experiencing difficulties.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream –
Iphubpha Iobuskuku
be-Ntwasahlobo
Opera
Based on the opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by Benjamin Britten
Adapted and directed by
Mark Dornford-May
Music Arranged by Mandisi Dyantiyis
Isango Ensemble
Arts Emerson
Cutler Majestic Theater
Theater district, Boston
November 10-22, 2015
An interpretation of the Britten opera based on Shakespeare’s comedy, with marimbas and African choreography and dress.