Stanford Repertory Theater: Film Series Presents "Kuhle Wampe"

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SERIES: THEATER TAKES A STAND: THEATER AND LABOR

Stanford Repertory Theater (SRT) presents its 18th summer festival, “Theater Takes a Stand,” celebrating the role of the theater in championing the rights of workers, the struggle for unions, the ongoing campaign for wage equality, and the (still) radical idea that the lives of everyday working people can provide the material for compelling performances that expand the horizons of us all.

The festival seems all too timely in an election year, in which growing income inequality, corporate influence over elections, and the unprecedented influence of the financial sector and Wall Street on our daily lives have emerged as key political issues. We believe that taking on these topics is both a responsibility of theater artists and an opportunity to remind ourselves of some of the theater’s great traditions.

Theater Takes a Stand: Film Series

Stanford Repertory Theater presents a free Monday night film series. Stanford faculty will introduce each film and lead a post-screening discussion along with SRT company members. Please note varying start times and locations below. 

Film Schedule:

Kuhle Wampe (1932)
Led by: Matthew Smith, Associate Professor of German Studies and of Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford
Monday, June 20, 7:30 pm
Location: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Braun Music Center

Modern Times (1937)
Led by: Scott Bukatman, Professor of Film and Media Studies, Stanford
Monday, June 27, 7:00 pm
Location: CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center 

Grapes of Wrath (1941)
Led by: Kenneth Fields, Professor of English, Stanford
Monday, July 11, 7:00 pm
Location: Cubberley Auditorium, School of Education

Matewan (1991)
Led by: Tobias Wolff, Professor of English, Stanford
Monday, July 18, 7:00 pm
Location: CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center 

Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Led by: Rush Rehm, Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and of Classics, Stanford
July 25, 7:00 pm
Location: CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center 

Man of Iron (1981)
Led by: Branislav Jakovljevic, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Theater and Performance Studies, Stanford
Monday, August 1, 7:00 pm
Location: CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center 

American Dream (1990)
Led by: Jan Krawitz, Professor of Documentary Film and Video, Stanford
Monday, August 8, 7:00 pm
Location: CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center 

Pride (2014)
Led by: Peter Stansky, Frances and Charles Field Professor of History (emeritus), Stanford
Monday, August 15, 7:00 pm
Location: CEMEX Auditorium, Knight Management Center