Penn State Law is hosting a screening of "The Memphis 13: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement's Smallest Pioneers" at 5 p.m. Feb. 11, in the Greg Sutliff Auditorium, Lewis Katz Building, University Park, and the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle, Pa. The public is welcome and a discussion will follow in both locations.

The film features interviews with 13 African-American students who, in 1961, walked into what had been an all-white school in Memphis, Tenn. The documentary also includes interviews with their families as well as students, teachers and leaders who lived through the experience.

The public is invited to attend a free screening of "The Kite Runner," 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, in the auditorium of the Penn State Beaver Student Union Building. An open discussion with the audience will follow the film. The award-winning film from 2007 is based on author Khaled Hosseini's debut novel of the same name. The book and film tell the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who befriends Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.

For information about the event or the Diversity Committee, contact Robin Schreck, coordinator of student activities and residence life, ras62@psu.edu or 724-773-3947.

More than a dozen films produced by students in the College of Communications at Penn State will be screened during the Blue and White Film Festival on Thursday, April 28, at the State Theatre in State College.

More than a dozen films produced by upperclassmen in the College of Communications will be screened during the Penn State Student Film Festival, which begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, at the State Theatre in State College, Pa.

A documentary film produced by three Penn State faculty members has won a prestigious award for excellence in professional and independent film making.

"Chasing Butterflies," a full-length romantic comedy produced by a husband-and-wife faculty film-making team in Penn State's College of Communications, will make its regional premiere at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at the State Theatre in downtown State College.

Stephen Prince, a leading film scholar, will present the spring 2009 Robert M. Pockrass Memorial Lecture, "American Film in the Age of Terrorism," at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, in Foster Auditorium of Pattee Library at Penn State's University Park campus.

An award-winning documentary written, directed and produced by two Penn State alumni is set for a free public screening in central Pennsylvania and its multi-national DVD release during a span of 16 days.