Director Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi thriller “Snowpiercer” and the African oil documentary “Big Men” open July 18 at UNL’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.
“Snowpiercer” is rated R and “Big Men” is not rated. Both films play to July 24.
George Owusu, whose untiring efforts led to oil discovery in Ghana, and who is featured in “Big Men,” will attend a question and answer session following the 7:15 p.m. screening of the film.
“Big Men” is a fast-paced tour through the world of African oil deals. The film’s central story follows a small group of American explorers at the Dallas-based oil company Kosmos Energy.
The two-person crew for “Big Men” was granted unprecedented access to film within Kosmos between 2007 and 2011. Simultaneously, the crew filmed in the swamps of Nigeria’s Niger Delta, following the exploits of a militant gang to reveal people trying to profit off of oil in any way possible.
In the movie “Snowpiercer,” 17 years have passed since people froze Earth. The few remaining humans live on the Snowpiercer, a train on an infinite loop around the globe. Life at the front of the train is a lavish paradise of drugs and sushi. While, for those trapped at the back of the train, life is short and cruel.
Change is in the air, however, when Curtis, played by Chris Evans, desperately tries to escape the tail of the train and plans an uprising aided by his mentor Gilliam. What begins as an isolated riot explodes into a mass revolution, an all-or-nothing push to the front of the train, and a war for humanity’s future.
For more information, including show times, go to http://www.theross.org or call 402-472-5353.
