Wild Places’ movies to be featured

The 2015 College Town Film Series has announced its movie lineup for this year’s theme: Wild Places.

Faculty at Middle Georgia State College, Mercer University and Wesleyan College team up every year to sponsor the series, which is shown in Douglass Theatre, located in downtown Macon.

The three films are:

n Jan. 29 – “Deliverance” Four Atlanta men decide to canoe the untamed Cahulawassee River before it gets dammed. Their weekend adventure in the North Georgia backcountry becomes a brutal struggle for survival when they discover that the wild can be far from welcoming. This film is rated R for violence and mature subject matter.

n Feb. 5 – “Battle Royale” An oppressive government aims to subdue its unruly youth by forcing a class of ninth-grade students to fight in a deadly arena—a fabricated wild space— where they must kill each other in order to survive. This film is not rated and contains scenes of intense violence.

n Feb. 12 – “True Stories” Virgil, Texas, is planning to celebrate its sesquicentennial. As we meet the town’s quirky residents, we see how they defy the normalizing influences of small town culture to hold on to their unconventionality. This film is rated PG.

Start times are at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free to students with college IDs. All others pay $5 for a snack pass, which includes admission, small popcorn, and a small drink.

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