Film/Video

thurs. 7
.Out of Status: A Film on
Immigration After 9/11 - Sanjna
Singh and Pia Sawhney's documentary
examines the lives of four families
affected by post-9/11 immigration
policies and the selectively enforced laws
that have changed their lives. Film
includes a Pakistani family living in
Buffalo. The film will be followed by a
panel discussion moderated by
immigration attorney Sophie Feal, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 7, Hallwalls
Contemporary Arts Center, 341
Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $. 854-1694,
www.hall walls.org
.Vardit Bilu and Dalia Hagar's feature
film Close to Home (Karov La
Bayit) will be shown as part of the 12th
Annual International Women's Film
Festival. The film, in Hebrew with

English subtitles, illustrates the lives of
two very different women brought
together by compulsory military service
in Israel, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7,
Market Arcade Film and Arts Center,
639 Main St., Buffalo; $. 829-3451,
www.gender buffalo.org
.The Forgotten City -
Documentary concerning Buffalo's urban
issues as seen through the personal
journey of two young men who forge an
unlikely partnership following a 2001
murder, 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7,
Daemen College's Wick Social Room,
4380 Main St., Amherst; $. 839-8225
tues. 12
.Witness for the Prosecution
- The 1957 Billy Wilder film is part of
the Buffalo Film Seminars, presented in
conjunction with the University at
Buffalo's Film Directors (Eng. 413), 7
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Market
Arcade Film and Arts Center, 639 Main
St., Buffalo; $. 855-3022