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Biotechnology and Medicine of the 21st Century - Leroy Hood
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Leroy Hood is Director of the Cancer Center and the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center for Integrated Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Biological Computation at the California Institute of Technology. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Film: The Front
8:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Woody Allen plays a nebish who agrees to become a front for some blacklisted writers. High comedy evolves from Allen's lack of wit in comparison to the men writing his lines. Actual documentary footage adds to the authenticity of the film. Part of the National Affairs Series

Film: The Last Temptation of Christ
4:00 PM – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - The most controversial film of the decade, The Last Temptation of Christ is Martin Scorsese's daring examination of the life of Christ. Part of the National Affairs Series

First Americans in Film - Bob Hicks
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Bob Hicks will show his film Return of the Country for which he was awarded "Best Director" by the American Indian Film Festival. He also worked on Francis Ford Coppolla's The Outsiders and was associate director of Black Elk Speaks and The Trial of Standing Bear. Mr. Hicks graduated from the American Film Institute and was executive director of the American Indian Registry for the Performing Arts. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Film: Secret Honor
4:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Robert Altman's dynamic, mythical, one-man portrait offers former President Nixon an opportunity to tell his side of the Watergate affair. Roger Ebert called it one of the most scathing and brilliant movies of the year. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Function of Criticism - Joan Bunke, Loring Silet and Giles Fowler
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Joan Bunke, film critic for the Des Moines Register, Loring Silet, ISU English Department: and Giles Fowler, ISU Journalism Professor and former film and theatre critic for the Kansas City Star, will discuss the impact of criticism and its political implications. Richard Ness of the ISU Telecommunicative Arts Program will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema - Ally Acker
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ally Acker will show rare archival photographs of women filmmakers and recent interviews with Lilian Gish, Katherine Hepburn, Susan Seidelman, Sherry Lansing and Jane Fonda. Ally Acker is an independent film maker who founded the Reel Women Trust fund which preserves the history of women in film. She has a masters in screen writing and directing from Columbia University. Part of the National Affairs Series.

Film: Hollywood On Trial
4:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - In 1947 ten Hollywood personalities went to prison after standing by their First Amendment rights and refusing to cooperate with the House Un-American activities investigation of their possible involvement with the Communist Party. Part of the National Affairs Series

The Origins of McCarthyism: The Story of the Hollywood Ten - Bernard Dick
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Bernard dick is a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Farleigh Dickinson University. His books include Radical Innocence: A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten, Billy Wilder, The Star-Spangled Screen: World War II Film, Hellman in Hollywood, and Anatomy of Film. Part of the National Affairs Series.

The Minority Film Experience - Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee have had a long and successful career in film, on stage and in television. Mr. Davis' directing credits include Cotton Comes to Harlem and Countodown at Kusini. He apeared in a number of films including Harry and Son and The Cardinal and on stage in the Tony Award-winning I'm Not Rappaport. Ruby Dee starred in Raisin in the Sun, Gone Are the Days and The Jackie Robinson Story. She and her husband co-hosted and co-produced the critically acclaimed PBS series Ossie and Rubie and starred in Spike Lee's controversial film Do the Right Thing. Ms. Dee was named best actress of the year by the NAACP and given their Image Award for her performance in that film. Part of the National Affairs Series.