Just after the death of her newly-born sister, Chanda, 12 years old, learns of a rumor that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces her mother to flee. Sensing that the gossip stems from prejudice and superstition, Chanda leaves home and school in search of her mother and the truth.

LIFE, ABOVE ALL is an emotional and universal drama about a young girl who fights the fear and shame that have poisoned her community. The film captures the enduring strength of loyalty and a courage powered by the heart.  

"Alone among the films at Cannes, Life, Above All was one that had critics cheering." Time Magazine  

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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, RESTREPO chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, "Restrepo," named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military.

Award-winning journalists Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington created this entirely experiential film: the cameras never leave the valley; there are no interviews with generals or diplomats. The only goal is to make viewers feel as if they have just been through a 90-minute deployment.

This is war, full stop. The conclusions are up to you.  

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"The Los Angles Times" named Kenny Barron "one of the top jazz pianists in the world," and "Jazz Weekly" has called him "The most lyrical piano player of our time."

After performing with major players, including five years with Dizzy Gillespie, Barron formed his own trio and has gathered nine Grammy nominations since 1992.  He consistently wins the jazz critics and readers polls, including in "Downbeat," "Jazz Times" and "Jazziz" magazines. In 2005 he was inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame.

Barron has been named Best Pianist by the Jazz Journalists Association every year for the past four years and was a finalist in the prestigious 2001 Jazz Par International Jazz Award.

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The Holland Symphony Orchestra announces Classics II, a program featuring clarinetist Bradley Wong, and guest conductor Clifton Evans, at DeWitt Auditorium at Zeeland East High School, 96th at Riley, on Saturday, November 12 at 7:30 pm.  Maestro Clifton Evans, (picture above) Concertmaster Amanda Dykhouse and Clarinetist Bradley Wong will give a pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM. The artist is sponsored by Fifth Third Bank.       

Maestro Evans and the HSO will begin with the Overture to Oberon by Carl Maria von Weber.  Bradley Wong (pictured left) joins the orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, K. 622.  Following intermission, the orchestra will perform Alexander Borodin's popular Symphony No. 2 in B minor.  

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The two instrumentalists, both of whom are faculty members at Hope, will be performing Johann Brahms's "Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-Flat Major," as well as other notable works.