Hamilton Professor Ani Abrahamyan presents "My Sweet Land" (2025).

The screening will be followed by a Zoom conversation with director Sareen Hairabedia. Jordanian documentary filmmaker Hairabedia uses an intimate observational approach to tell stories about people and places that usually go unnoticed.

My Sweet Land is a coming-of-age story set against a multigenerational war in the post-Soviet Caucasus Mountains.

This and all F.I.L.M. Series events are free and open to the public.

Bradford Auditorium is located in the Kirner-Johnson Building on the Hamilton College campus. From the Village of Clinton, follow the “F.I.L.M. event” signs up College Hill Road. Just past the crosswalk, turn left onto Green Apple Way. Parking is available on the right, in lots behind the Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts.

COMING UP

Sunday, Sept. 28
2 p.m.: Hamilton professor Pavitra Sundar presents video-essay pioneer Catherine Grant with a presentation and discussion about her work.

The video-essay represents a new kind of cinema analysis and critique. Grant has been a central figure in the development of the video-essay as a form of scholarship.

Sunday, Oct. 5
2 p.m.: Professor Scott MacDonald presents "The Sterile Cuckoo" (1969).

Adapted from the novel of the same name, written by 1962 Hamilton graduate John Nichols, The Sterile Cuckoo is the only Hollywood movie filmed on the Hamilton campus.