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THE GOOD LIE
(Philippe Falardeau / USA / 2014)
Hosted by the WUSC Student Refugee Program & the Rev’d Canon Erin Phillips (Chaplain, Lethbridge)
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Movie Mill, 7:30 p.m.
$5 students/youth | $8 adults
$25 Season Pass available!
Local student refugees praise this film as a very familiar and accurate exploration of the heartbreaking and hilarious experiences of Sudanese refugees resettled to the US.
Winner of the 2014 Paul Selvin Award, Writers Guild of America.
"These orphans draw us into their experience of the wasteful strangeness of the west, ensuring that we see the world through their eyes, looking out rather than in."
- Mark Kermode, The Guardian
Rated PG for mature subject matter. View the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mrvffezmM
Contact:
Aaron Taylor | aaron.taylor2@uleth.ca | ulethbridge.ca/fine-arts/ulethbridge-film-series