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Movies - Film/Video

Monday, November 19, 2012
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, 10:00 PM-12:00 AM

Clark University: Dana Commons
Higgins Lounge at Dana Commons, 2nd Floor
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610
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Mike Nichols directs Emma Thompson in this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Margaret Edson. Thompson plays Vivian Bearing, a college professor who teaches a course on English poetry. Vivian learns that she has advanced ovarian cancer and only a short time to live, which gives her a sudden and dramatic insight into the importance of kindness and compassion.

Cost: Free

Sponsored by: Difficult Dialogues Initiative at the Higgins School of Humanities

Suggested Audiences: College, Adult

Website: http://www.clarku.edu/difficultdialogues/symposia/index.cfm#film
E-mail: sraffo@clarku.edu
Phone: 508-793-7479

Last Modified: September 13, 2012 at 2:45 PM

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