RBFS upcoming screening of Some Mother's Son

For immediate release:
Mar 8, 2010

For more information, please contact:
Wendi Dennis
Rehoboth Beach Film Society
107 Truitt Ave., Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
302-645-9095, ext 2
wendi@rehobothfilm.com

REHOBOTH BEACH FILM SOCIETY’S MONTHLY SCREENING PRESENTS “SOME MOTHER’S SON”.

Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Monthly Screening will feature “Some Mother’s Son” on Friday, March 26, at 7:00 PM, in the upstairs screening room at the Movies at Midway. Doors open at 6:30 PM, come early to enjoy complimentary tasty Irish appetizers courtesy of Stoney Lonen, “Rehoboth’s Best Kept Secret” according to Out and About Magazine!

Terry George, the co-writer of In the Name of the Father, wrote and directed “Some Mother’s Son” based on actual events from 1981, when Irish Republican Army prisoners in Belfast's Maze Prison staged a hunger strike to protest against British political policies. This fictionalized account focuses on two of the strikers' mothers, portraying the "Troubles" of Northern Ireland on a purely personal level. While Annie (Fionnula Flanagan) understands her son's political motivations and supports his readiness to die, Kathleen (Helen Mirren) is a pacifist who cannot comprehend how any mother could sacrifice her own son to a political principle. The women become friends despite their opposing views, and desperately hope for a compromise in Irish-British negotiations while the hunger strikers continue to wither away. [1996, Runtime: 112 min, Rated: R]

Following the screening, Film Society Board of Director member Sharon Miken will lead a discussion about this, and other Irish films. Sharon is retired from teaching film studies to high school students, and spent a summer in Dublin studying Irish film as a part of New York University’s Tisch program.

Monthly screenings are $2 for Rehoboth Beach Film Society members (membership card must be presented); and $4 for non-members.

The mission of the RBFS is to promote the art of film and, through outreach initiatives, to entertain, educate, and enrich the cultural life of local and extended communities. The Film Society sponsors monthly screenings, special events, and the Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival (November 10-14, 2010). The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is supported, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware. For more information on this series, other events, or to become a member, visit the Rehoboth Beach Film Society website at www.rehobothfilm.com, or call 645-9095.

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