Week of September 9, 2010
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FILM Thursday 9/9 BEHIND BARSJuan Oliver experiences the first day on the job from hell in "Cell 211," a 2009 Spanish film directed by Daniel Monzón. While taking a tour of the jail he'll be policing as a new prison officer, a piece of plaster falls from the ceiling, knocking him out. The guards take him to an empty cell — 211 — to recover. But then a fight breaks out in a high-security cell block and the guards are called to the scene, leaving Juan to awake in the locked cell alone. To survive, he must act like a prisoner. 4:05 and 9:15 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. CAUGHT ON FILM In 2008 French film "Let It Rain," a workaholic feminist politician reluctantly travels to her hometown in the south of France to sort out her mother's affairs. She ends up running for local office, agrees to take part in a documentary on successful women and therein has the comical disasters that follow documented on tape. 4:20 and 9:10 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. CELEBRATE LIFE "Get Low" was inspired by the true story of Felix "Bush" Breazeale, a Tennessee man who attracted national attention by throwing himself a living "funeral" party in 1938. 6:35 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm. MOTHERLY TIES "Mother and Child" is the story of three women affected by adoption and the powerful bond between mothers and their children. Stars Naomi Watts, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. 6:40 p.m. Miami Dade College Tower Theater, 1508 SW Eighth St., Miami. $6. Details: (305) 643-8706 or www.mdc.edu/culture/tower.htm.
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