{"id":7479,"date":"2014-04-02T12:23:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=7479"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:04:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:04:57","slug":"the-international-film-series-presents-the-chess-players-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2014\/04\/02\/the-international-film-series-presents-the-chess-players-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The International Film Series Presents: The Chess Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7477\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/04\/chess-players.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7477 \" alt=\"chess players\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2014\/04\/chess-players.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"317\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Kino Lorber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Please join us on Friday April 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 305 of the Weinberg Memorial Library for a free presentation of the Indian drama <i>The Chess Players<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Bonnie Oldham will lead a discussion following the film.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by India\u2019s famed filmmaker Satyajit Ray, <i>The Chess Players<\/i> is set in 1856 India where the British are poised to take over the kingdom of Awadh.\u00a0 Awadh\u2019s King and the Indian aristocracy prefer chess, poetry and music to their political responsibilities.\u00a0 Will the aristocracy see the\u00a0game of chess\u00a0the British are playing before their king is taken?<\/p>\n<p><em>The Chess Players<\/em> is in Urdu, Hindi and English with English subtitles.<\/p>\n<p>This event is open to faculty, staff, students and the public. 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