Purple Valley Films

Here is the exciting new line-up of movies for October!

We meet every Friday night at 7:30 in Paresky Theatre.

10/2 – Saved!

When Mary (Jena Malone), a devout senior at a Christian high school, accidentally gets pregnant, she starts to see her peers and her faith in a whole new way. This dark comedy/coming-of-age story premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and was produced by R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe. Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit, Eva Amurri, Martin Donovan and Mary-Louise Parker co-star.

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Video produced by: Danny Y. Huang
Starring: Aayush Khadka, Ayesha Shahid, Will Slack, Dick Quinn, and the Williams Women’s Soccer Team

Welcome (back) to Purple Valley Films, a student-run organization that appreciates films and produces films! Bring your friends and join us tonight for our First Meeting of the Year!

First Meeting: “Charlie Bartlett”

Time: 7:30 pm Friday September 18
Place: Paresky Performance Space L02 (next to Grab-and-Go)

7:30 – 7:40 pm: Introduction. Chat with us. We would love to hear new ideas (about production and screening, etc).

7:40 – 9:00 pm: Screening Charlie Bartlett, a comedy about a boy who tries to fit in at high school by pretending to be the school psychiatrist, distributing drugs and advice. He gains popularity with the students, but must face the unwelcome attention of the school principal. See trailer.

Chat with us especially if you

• want to be our new Marketing Director;
• want to have your own productions publicized and screened;
• would like to produce your own (live) TV show on the local channels;
• have an idea/story/screenplay to develop into a film;
• need equipment, funding and/or manpower for your own film projects;
• want to make a music video!

Find out more about our weekly screening schedule, live sport shows and productions at http://www.PurpleValleyFilms.com!

Start off the school year with two crazy comedies – Charlie Bartlett and the classic stoner flick Fast Times at Ridgemont High. 

Charlie Bartlett – September 18, at 7:30 PM in Paresky Theatre

Fast Times – September 25, at 7:30 PM in Paresky Theatre

Charlie Bartlett is the story of a boy who tries to fit in at school by pretending to be the school psychiatrist, distributing drugs and advice. He gains popularity with the students, but must face the unwelcome attention of the school principal.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High is about Southern Californian high school students of the 1980s who enjoyed a life of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, and surfing. The all star cast includes Sean Penn as stoner Jeff Spicoli. New York Times’ Critics’ Picks.

A night of mind melting tripped out animated videos and interactive psychedelic multi-media performances presented by Portland, Oregon musical group Hooliganship, the 2008 AMRCAN Fall tour was an 80-minute travelling roadshow at Paresky Theater, including shorts by artists Bruce Bickford, Shana Moulton, Adrian Freeman Takeshi Murata, Paper Rad and more. Alongside this cartoon theater was a performance by Hooliganship a grunge rock inspired dance-off duo that combines highly orchestrated cell phone tunes with freak-out animations for a sensory-overload multimedia party. Read the rest of this entry »

Beyond the French Quarter is a student production that captures the unconventional accounts of youth volunteers in New Orleans. Follow us beyond the cameras and tourists, as we try to find hope in the areas that still haunt of desolation three years after Hurricane Katrina. Read the rest of this entry »

By Bonnie Obremski (Courtesy of The North Adams Transcript)

Immigrant families living in North Adams and surrounding communities need help learning to speak and read English, according to people interviewed in a documentary film a dozen Williams College students are finishing this spring.

“We found that one of the greatest barriers for adults who would like to take English as a second language is the number of hours they have to work during the day to support their families,” Allison Seyferth, a senior political economy major from Bennington, Vt., said on Friday. “We’re hoping the film will increase community awareness and interest in helping Northern Berkshire’s growing immigrant population.” Read the rest of this entry »

By Akemi Ueda (Courtesy of The Williams Record)

As some students escaped to the balmy tropics and hit the beach over spring break, over 50 students headed south in search of more than just sunny weather. These students arrived in New Orleans not to sample the Creole cuisine or discover the culture of the Mardi Gras town. Instead, they devoted a week of their time off to volunteer and, in the case of eight students, to film a documentary on the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Read the rest of this entry »

Official selection for NPAR 2008 in Annecy Film Festival, France

This is a story of two strangers with the same birthday. The first one, a quiet boy, receives a phone call from his girlfriend that she wants to break up with him. The second one, an apparently socially active girl, wants to find some solitude on her birthday. But something happens that draws the both of them close together. Read the rest of this entry »