2019, South Korea, 132 min. Directed by Bong Joon Ho.

The unemployed Kim family struggles to make ends meet until a chance encounter with a school friend leads son Ki-Woo into the good graces of the exorbitantly wealthy Park family. Using every innovative and ruthless trick up their sleeves, the tight-knit Kims adopt new identities that culminate in each of them being hired by the clueless Parks. The film recognizes the villainy and valor that exists in each of the characters and that no matter who commits the worst of the film’s actions, the larger societal forces at work are exacting the most cruelty.

2020 Academy Award Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best International Feature Film.

2019 Palme d’Or - Cannes Film Festival.

Bentley’s International Film Series is made possible with support from the Global Studies Department, the English and Media Studies Department, the Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences, the Bentley Library, the Office of Sustainability, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Cronin Office of International Education, the Center for International Students and Scholars, the Media and Culture Labs and the Academic Technology Center.

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2006, Mexico/U.S., 68 min. directed by Vicky Funari and Sergio de la Torre

*** Co-sponsored by Bentley’s Office of Sustainability ***

Carmen and Lourdes work in Tijuana’s maquiladoras, the multinationally-owned factories which came to Mexico for its cheap labor. Each day, these factory workers confront labor violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos — life on the frontier of the global economy. They reach beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize for change as the world changes, too: global economic crisis and the availability of cheaper labor in China begin to pull the factories away from Tijuana, leaving them and their colleagues with an uncertain future.

2006 Special Jury Prize Winner Outstanding Achievement in Documentary - Tribeca Film Festival

2006 Amnesty Award-Honorable Mention - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival

Bentley’s International Film Series is made possible with support from the Global Studies Department, the English and Media Studies Department, the Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences, the Bentley Library, the Office of Sustainability, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Cronin Office of International Education, the Center for International Students and Scholars, the Media and Culture Labs, and the Academic Technology Center.

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