[NEohioPAL]THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL Opens Stocker Arts Center's Film Series On 1/14/05

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If you missed it at the Cleveland International Film Festival last year,
it's not to late to see
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
the opening film of Stocker Arts Center's Winter/Spring 2005 Film
Series.

AND before the film, be sure to stop at the opening reception (7-9 PM)
of our new gallery exhibition ELEGANT ENCORE on the second floor of
Stocker Arts Center.  See the artwork of Shirley Aley Campbell, John
Clague, William Martin Jean, George Roby, Thomas R. Roese, Randall
Tiedman, and Kathleen Totter, seven of Northeast Ohio's finest artists,
then enjoy the show!

Friday, January 14

THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL - 8:00 PM
2003   (G)   90 min.     Mongolia/subtitles    Director:  Byambasuren
Davaa, and Luigi Falorni
 Cast:  Ingen Temee (Mother Camel) Botok (Baby Camel), Vuganbaatar
Ikhbayar, Odgerel
 Ayusch
Cost: $4.00 admission / $3.00 annual membership to LCCC Film Society

A Mongolian-language narrative documentary, “THE STORY OF THE WEEPING
CAMEL”
was the most unexpected hit of the 2003 film-festival season.  Set in
the spectacularly rugged
Gobi Desert, the film focuses on a family of nomadic herders whose world
maintains a close
harmony between humans and nature, humans and animals, parents and
children, tradition
and progress, the mythic and the mundane.  The symbol of this balance is
the camel, that lugubrious,
comical creature that seems as expressive as a human and as fantastic as
a
mythical beast out of Tolkien.  The precarious harmony is imperiled when
a
newborn camel is rejected by his mother.  After all available remedies
fail, the
family’s two young sons trek to the nearest settlement in search of a
musician
to perform an ancient ritual.  In a scene of great suspense and
emotional
power, haunting melodies are performed in an attempt to coax together
mother and offspring.    The awe-inspiring vistas of the Gobi Desert are

captured in great detail by the directors, but the directors’ real
subject is the
life affirming relationship of this nomadic clan to their environment,
their
history, and each other.  It is one that they capture as magnificently
as any film
in recent memory.  These people may have figured something out about
family
and the interlocking pieces of the ecosphere that has eluded much of
modern
science and agronomy-a connection to the natural world based in harmony
and
respect.  “THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL” has the potential to appeal
to
every segment of society and touch many many hearts.  Make sure yours is
one
of them.

Stocker Arts Center is on the campus of Lorain County community College,
1005 North Abbe
Road, Elyria, Ohio  44035; 440-366-4140 or 800-995-5222, ext. 4140.  Box
Office:
440-366-4040 or 440-995-5222, ext. 4040.

Take I-90 to Exit #148 (Rt 254/Sheffield exit), go east on Rt 254 to
Abbe Road, turn south on
Abbe Road to the college on left.  For further directions see our
website at www.lorainccc.edu.

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If you missed it at the Cleveland International Film Festival
last year, it's not to late to see
 THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL
 the opening film of Stocker Arts Center's Winter/Spring
2005 Film Series.
AND before the film, be sure to
stop at the opening reception (7-9 PM) of our new gallery exhibition
ELEGANT ENCORE on the second floor of Stocker Arts Center.  See the
artwork of Shirley Aley Campbell, John Clague, William Martin Jean, George
Roby, Thomas R. Roese, Randall Tiedman, and Kathleen Totter, seven of Northeast
Ohio's finest artists, then enjoy the show!
Friday, January 14
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL -
8:00 PM
 2003   (G)   90 min.     Mongolia/subtitles   
Director:  Byambasuren Davaa, and Luigi Falorni
  Cast:  Ingen Temee (Mother Camel) Botok (Baby Camel), Vuganbaatar
Ikhbayar, Odgerel
  Ayusch
 Cost: $4.00 admission / $3.00 annual membership to LCCC Film Society
A Mongolian-language narrative documentary, “THE STORY OF THE WEEPING
CAMEL”
 was the most unexpected hit of the 2003 film-festival season. 
Set in the spectacularly rugged
 Gobi Desert, the film focuses on a family of nomadic herders whose
world maintains a close
 harmony between humans and nature, humans and animals, parents and
children, tradition
 and progress, the mythic and the mundane.  The symbol of this
balance is the camel, that lugubrious,
 comical creature that seems as expressive as a human and as fantastic
as a
 mythical beast out of Tolkien.  The precarious harmony is imperiled
when a
 newborn camel is rejected by his mother.  After all available
remedies fail, the
 family’s two young sons trek to the nearest settlement in search of
a musician
 to perform an ancient ritual.  In a scene of great suspense and
emotional
 power, haunting melodies are performed in an attempt to coax together
 mother and offspring.    The awe-inspiring vistas of
the Gobi Desert are
 captured in great detail by the directors, but the directors’ real
subject is the
 life affirming relationship of this nomadic clan to their environment,
their
 history, and each other.  It is one that they capture as magnificently
as any film
 in recent memory.  These people may have figured something out
about family
 and the interlocking pieces of the ecosphere that has eluded much of
modern
 science and agronomy-a connection to the natural world based in harmony
and
 respect.  “THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL” has the potential to
appeal to
 every segment of society and touch many many hearts.  Make sure
yours is one
 of them.
Stocker Arts Center is on the campus of Lorain County community College,
1005 North Abbe
 Road, Elyria, Ohio  44035; 440-366-4140 or 800-995-5222, ext.
4140.  Box Office:
 440-366-4040 or 440-995-5222, ext. 4040.
Take I-90 to Exit #148 (Rt 254/Sheffield exit), go east on Rt 254 to
Abbe Road, turn south on
 Abbe Road to the college on left.  For further directions see
our website at www.lorainccc.edu.</html>

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