A collection of enchanting animated science fiction films which focuses on the impact of technology on modern life and its political and ideological concerns is featured as the film screenings for this month of May at the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (DLS-CSB) Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD).
Discover the movie Gandahar, on how the inhabitants in a distant planet living in peace and harmony was interrupted and attacked by bizarre, man-machine enemies who captured civilians and took them through a portal encased in metal to be brainwashed. The film is scheduled for May 10 and 11.
Based on the beloved novel of Edwin Abbott Flatlands: A Romance of Many Dimensions, a world where only two dimensions on which triangles, squares, pentagons and other figures live and move freely in Flatland: The Movie, which takes on race, gender, class, and political corruption, slated for May 17 and 18.
A sci-fi thriller 400 years into the future shows the protagonist as a mysterious expertly-trained assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels who believe in freedom trying to overthrow the oppressive government and fight in the name of the disappeared, in Aeon Flux animated series is set for May 24 and 25.
The film screenings are free and open to the public.
Schedules are on Fridays and Sundays of May from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. at the Mini Green Room.
For inquiries and reservation, call 230-5100 local 3897 or e-mail at mcad@benilde.edu.ph.
The Mini Green Room is located at the 10th Floor of The De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts Campus, 950 Pablo Ocampo (Vito Cruz) Street, Malate, Manila.
