Community Cinema Series offers special sneak preview screenings of films scheduled for upcoming broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Independent Lens. All Community Cinema screenings feature panel discussions with leading community-based organizations, special guest speakers, information and resources, and other programming designed to help people learn about and get involved in some of today's key social issues. The screenings, which are offered free of charge, will take place at Rice Cinema. The films themselves will be broadcast at later dates as part of Independent Lens on HoustonPBS/Channel 8.

Presented by HoustonPBS/Channel 8, the Houston Press and Rice Cinema, in collaboration with Independent Lens and ITVS

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HoustonPBS is excited to announce the 2010-2011 Community Cinema Fall screening schedule. Be among the first to see these thought-provoking and ground-breaking independent films. All HoustonPBS Community Cinema screenings are FREE and open to the public. Each film is followed by a lively panel discussion of local experts.

If you have any questions about the HoustonPBS Community Cinema program please contact Julie Coan, Director of Communications and External Relations, at jcoan@houstonpbs.org.

Fall HoustonPBS Community Cinema Schedule:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2010 from 7:00PM- 8:30 P.M.

Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian by Neil Diamond

Kemosabe? Loincloths, fringed pants, and feather headdresses? Heap big stereotypes. Reel Injun is an entertaining trip through the evolution of North American Native people (“The Indians”) as portrayed in famous Hollywood movies, from the silent era to today. Jim Jarmusch, Clint Eastwood, Graham Greene, John Trudell and others provide insights into the often demeaning and occasionally hilariously absurd stereotypes perpetuated on the big screen through Hollywood’s history.

Location: Rice Cinema

Entrance #8 University Blvd at Stockton

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2010 from 7:00PM- 8:30 P.M.

Deep Down by Sally Rubin and Jen Gilomen

Beverly May and Terry Ratliff grew up on opposite sides of a mountain ridge in eastern Kentucky, where coal is king. When a mountaintop removal coal mine encroaches on their community, the two find themselves on opposite sides of a debate that divides their community and the world — who controls, consumes, and benefits from the planet's dwindling supply of natural resources? In a small town in dire economic straits and high unemployment, the coal company’s offer to buy land and provide jobs can be hard to resist. What can a community do when it must choose between its present and its future?

Location: Rice Cinema

Entrance #8 University Blvd at Stockton

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010 from 7:00PM- 8:30 P.M.

The Calling By Daniel Alpert

A behind-the-scenes look at young Americans--Christian, Jewish, Catholic and Muslim--preparing to become America's next generation of religious leaders, The Calling follows their transformation from idealistic students into ordained religious professionals.

Location: Rice Cinema

Entrance #8 University Blvd at Stockton