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***All study groups and shared interest groups are subject to the oversubscription lottery. Request offering means that the class is subject to the lottery. We will run the lottery on 1/10 and send out notifications by 1/13. You will then be asked to go in and pay for any classes you got into. Payment for study groups and shared interest groups will not show until the lottery concludes.***
 
  • Films about Families Broadly Defined: Young Men Coming of Age in in the U. S.
  • Fee: $32.00
    Dates: 2/6/2025 - 3/20/2025
    Times: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Turner Senior Resource Center
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    This class uses films for discussions about human relationships. The 4 selected films focus primarily on young men growing up in families. During each of 4 sessions we will discuss one film, starting off with some discussion questions and film segments selected by the class leader. Pending availability for home viewing, we will discuss: What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), 20th Century Women (2016), Moonlight (2016), and The Fabelmans (2021). Participants can view the whole film at home and/or ponder the discussion questions before each session. We will look what is universal, what is different about these families, and how they help us think about the world and American society.

    Arlene Weisz is a retired social worker and social work professor who enjoyed using films as part of teaching about families for about 20 years.



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  • From Page to Screen
  • Fee: $22.00
    Dates: 4/28/2025 - 5/12/2025
    Times: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 3
    Building: Online only
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    We will discuss and compare the novels and films based on Jaws, Shane, and Ben-Hur. Participants will have the opportunity to share their thoughts and insights about both the book and the film. The study group leader will guide the lecture and share relevant facts and insights. Please read the book and watch the movie in advance of our discussions.

    Kevin Dacey is an avid reader and a film buff who is fascinated by the process of books becoming films.



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  • Looking and Listening: Three Mystery Films
  • Fee: $42.00
    Dates: 3/7/2025 - 4/8/2025
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
    Days: Tu F
    Sessions: 6
    Building: Online only
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    This offering is NOT subject to the lottery 

     

    Film 1: Friday March 7 and Tuesday March 11

    Film 2: Friday Mar 21 and Tuesday Mar 25

    Film 3: Friday Apr 4 and Tuesday Apr 8

    Three mystery thriller films involving various types of surveillance:
    • Blow-Up (1966), Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic about a photographer who may have photographed a murder.
    • Cache (Hidden) (2005), in which a couple receives a series of surveillance videos of their home. (Contains disturbing images.) (In French with English subtitles.)
    • The Lives of Others (2006), in which an East German Stassi agent spies on a playwright. (In German with English subtitles.)

    George Ferrell is a retired business executive and teacher, with a life-long fondness for mystery novels. Thanks to Cinema Guild, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor’s plentiful movie theaters, and the VCR and DVDs, he’s been devouring films as well. A few years ago, he had a little idea about a study group about detective mystery films, featuring Miss Marple. Since then, he has shared 50 films in his study groups.



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