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Meet "Welcome to the Dollhouse" Director Todd Solondz
Start Date: 5/9/2013Start Time: 10:30 AM
End Date: 5/9/2013End Time: 11:30 AM
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Event Description
Director, Writer and Actor Todd Solondz has established himself as a consistently engaging and unique filmmaker, a real writer and filmmaker, agent provocateur and a force with which to be reckoned. He found great critical acclaim with his second feature, Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), a film about the cruelty of junior high school, parents, adult figures, and suburban life. The film won awards at Sundance, Berlin, and countless other festivals for its cruel realism, bitter humor, and unflinching portrayal of adolescence.

The Westphal College Film & Video Program proudly welcomes visiting Rankin Scholar Todd Solondz for a with Film Studies faculty following a free screening of his hit film, Welcome to the Dollhouse, in the URBN Annex Screening Room on Wednesday, May 8 at 7:00 p.m.

On Thursday, May 9, Todd will join Film Studies faculty in the URBN Annex Screening Room for a discussion on directing independent films at 10:30 a.m.

BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

URBN Annex Screening Room - 3401 Filbert St., Philadelphia
Contact Information:
Name: Jeff Hill
Phone: 215.895.2629
Email: JeffHill@drexel.edu
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URBN Annex Screening Room - 3401 Filbert St., Philadelphia
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