As a mission-based cinema, Film Streams is committed to presenting new and innovative film opportunities that celebrate the medium while expanding appreciation for it as an art form.
Supported by the Tom and Mary Jetton Charitable Fund through the Omaha Community Foundation, our student programs present a variety of opportunities throughout the year for both students and teachers to get involved with our programming. Focusing on film literacy and critical thinking, students learn how to interpret films in a cultural context, empathize with characters in ways beneficial to their own personal development, and analyze film as an art form.
Please see below for details about our year-round schedule of Daytime Screenings for Visiting Classes, as well as our monthly Student Night (the first Monday of every month) and Film Club.
Daytime Screenings for Visiting Classes
Our Daytime Screenings present a wonderful opportunity for high school teachers to integrate film into their curriculum by bringing classes to Film Streams' Ruth Sokolof Theater. Films offered (below) relate to numerous courses and meet various Nebraska Curriculum Standards. All screenings are followed by discussions led by Film Streams Education Committee Members.
2011-2012 Daytime Screening Schedule
Lunch will be provided for daytime screenings. Each screening and discussion will end no later than 2PM. Please RSVP to rachel@filmstreams.org at least 2 weeks before the screening date.
- THE 400 BLOWS 1959
Wednesday, November 9, 2011, 11AM
Helping to launch French New Wave cinema, Francois Truffaut's THE 400 BLOWS is arguably the best coming-of-age movie ever made, about a 13-year-old boy cast out of his home and onto the streets of Paris. In French with English subtitles. France; 99 min.
Recommended for French, Film & Media Studies, Psychology, Visual Art
- UNDER THE SAME MOON (LA MISMA LUNA) 2007
Wednesday, November 16, 2011, 11AM
A poignant story of love and family about a mother working illegally in the United States to support her 9-year-old son in Mexico, and the courageous journey that brings them together. In Spanish with English subtitles. Mexico; 106 min.
Recommended for Spanish, Social Studies
- HIGH NOON 1952
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 11AM
In an Oscar-winning performance, Gary Cooper plays a retiring lawman abandoned by the townspeople he long protected and forced to confront a gang by himself. USA; 85 min.
Recommended for English Literature, US History, Film & Media Studies
- REAR WINDOW 1954
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 11AM
One of Hitchcock's darkest and finest psychodramas, REAR WINDOW features James Stewart in the role of an obsessive voyeur caught up in foul play. Brilliantly executed, and along with NORTH BY NORTHWEST and VERTIGO, the director at his Technicolor best. US; 115 min.
Recommended for Journalism, Media Studies, Visual Art and Photography
- A TIME FOR BURNING 1967
Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 11AM
Filmed in Omaha during the mid-1960s, A TIME FOR BURNING earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary for its candid examination of a white pastor's ill-fated attempt to integrate his congregation. US; 58 min.
Recommended for Journalism, Media Studies, Political Science, Social Studies, US History
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1962
Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 11AM
Southern comforts abound in this big-screen adaptation of Harper Lee's novel as lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck, in an Oscar-winning role) defends an innocent black man (Brock Peters) against rape charges but ends up in a maelstrom of hate and prejudice. US; 130 min.
Recommended for English Literature, US History, Film & Media Studies
- SITA SINGS THE BLUES 2009
Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 11AM
Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. [Director] Nina Paley is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. In SITA SINGS THE BLUES, three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, SITA truly is "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told." US; 82 min.
Recommended for World Religions, Women's Studies, Visual Art, Film & Media Studies
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Student Night at the Ruth Sokolof Theater
The First Monday of every month is FREE for all full-time students! Present your valid school ID upon entry and receive a complimentary movie ticket for that day. And join us for...
Film Club
What is it?
Film Streams' Film Club is a way for students in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area to (1) enjoy the best new American independent films, foreign films, and documentaries made throughout the world, (2) experience repertory selections from throughout the history of cinema, and (3) critically engage the medium through guided discussions about art, subjectivity, and culture.
How it works
Each Student Night (the first Monday of every month) we'll present a special 4PM screening with a post-show discussion. Film Club screenings are open to everyone and FREE for full-time students, as well as teachers who bring five or more students with them.
Upcoming Film Club screenings...
Monday, April 2, 4pm: ON THE BOWERY (dir. Lionel Rogosin, 1957). Post-show talk following, led by Film Streams Education Committee Chair Katie Weitz White.
Monday, May 7, 4pm: THE KILLERS (dir. Robert Siodmak, 1946). Post-show talk following, led by Film Streams Education Committee Member Bill Steinke.
Monday, June 4, 4pm: LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (dir. John M. Stahl, 1945). Post-show talk following, led by Film Streams Education Committee Member Robert Patterson.
Please let us know if you would like to receive updates about future Film Club events.
