See the best in foreign cinema at Elgin Community College

Submitted by ECC

Screen the best in foreign cinema during the Elgin Community College Humanities Center's International Film Series. Held the first and second Friday of each month, the series is part of the center's effort to foster cross-cultural understanding through cinema.

Screenings are held in the Elgin Community College Arts Center, Room VPA 191D, on the ECC Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to help support ECC study-abroad scholarships.

For more information about the film series, visit eccifs.org.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch: 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 9. This film tells the story of an “internationally ignored” rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love. She pushes on to form a rock band and encounters a protégé in young Tommy Gnosis, who eventually leaves her, steals her songs, and becomes a huge rock star. A bitter, but feisty Hedwig forms a band called “The Angry Inch” and shadows Tommy's stadium tour, performing in near-empty restaurants for bewildered diners and a few die-hard fans. Eventually Hedwig and Tommy's paths cross again, leading to a resolution and grand musical finale. This film is rated R for adult language and situations.

Sarah's Key: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 6 and 13. Julia Jarmond, an American journalist married to a Frenchman, is commissioned to write an article about the notorious Vel d'Hiv round up, which took place in Paris in 1942. She stumbles upon a family secret which will link her forever to the destiny of a young Jewish girl, Sarah. This film is rated PG-13 for thematic material including disturbing situations involving the Holocaust.