Wednesday, November 19 2025, 6 - 8pm Room 101, LeConte Hall How do historians enjoy movies made in or about the past? Learn how film shapes how we remember historical events and how the historian's craft can leap off the page and onto the silver screen! Join us for a short lecture, discussion, and screening of history on film. This month, the History Film Series is screening The Land (1970, dir. Youssef Chahine). A small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. 130 min. Rated NR. Drama. Starring Mahmoud El Meligy, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat El Alaili. Free and open to the university community. Refreshments will be available. Introduction and Q&A with Professor Kevin Jones, Associate Professor and Department Chair of History. Presented by the UGA Department of History, the History Graduate Student Association, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. Please contact Chris Choe (hcc03223@uga.edu) with any questions.
