May 14th 7pm-10pm
LOCATION: Flatland Gallery / Brasil Houston
"It Turns Into Memory"
UH PDM BFA Thesis Exhibition
Closing Reception + Film Screening

Film Screening - "Grave of the Fireflies"

"Grave of the Fireflies may bear the Ghibli name but it is by no means a conventional children's movie. It is harrowing and distinct from its feel-good predecessors, which may have deterred many viewers. But the late film critic and historian Roger Ebert proclaimed it to be "one of the greatest war films ever made".
"Since the earliest days, animated films have been 'cartoons' for children and families," he said in a review back in 2000. "But these films exist within safe confines, inspiring tears but not grief. Grave of the Fireflies is an emotional experience so powerful that it forces a rethinking of animation."
(By Heather Chen, BBC News)