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. The film is a time capsule of pre-co-ed Hamilton College.

For the role of Pookie, director Alan J. Pakula ("All the President’s Men," 1976; "Sophie’s Choice," 1982) chose Liza Minnelli, whose performance was nominated for Best Actress.

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
Saturday, Oct. 25
2 p.m.: Hamilton professor Zhuoyi Wang presents Japanese journalist and filmmaker Shori Ito presenting "Black Box Diaries" (2024).
The film will be followed by a discussion featuring Ito and Chinese film scholar Belinda Qian He.

Thursday, Oct. 30
4:15 p.m.: Hamilton professor Heather Merrill presents Fred Kudjo Kuwornu and his new film "We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe" (2024).

Kuwornu: “When discussing Black people in the 15th and 16th centuries, the focus is often solely on their condition as enslaved individuals, overlooking the remarkable figures who lived in Europe during that period.”