Fund-raising films draw
a line of campus groups
By DANE CLAUSSEN
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The Sufi Circle, Ananda
Marga Society, New American
Movement, “Con Pop Film
Soc,” Eugene Council for
Human Rights in Latin America
and May Day Cultural Commit
tee all have something in com
mon — they all show films on
campus
But that's where any similarity
ends
The Sufi Circle — a "religion,
for lack of a better word,"
according to one member,
shows films as one of their main
funding source
The circle, which donates its
film profits to Sufi groups,
Oxfam, and other non-profit
organizations and events,
shows "good " films that have
received considerable critical
acclaim, according to Zamyot
Kirby, a member of the group
"We draw the line at movies
that are totally frivolous say
R-rated or have sexual
transgressions "
The group is showing an R
rated movie this spring, but it
makes a point about war — "its
lack of desirability," says Kirby
Profits for “My Brilliant
Career," shown early this
month, were about $300, Kirby
says
Shyam Sundar, a non-student
involved with the Ananda Marga
Society says that although the
society, an international
socio-spiritual organization,"
tries to select movies that are
profitable, money is not the only
consideration
The Society, a group that
primarily teaches the practices
of meditation and yoga" and
currently boasts about 15
members, donates its profits to
social causes such as children
orphaned in the 1977 Gua
temala earthquake and local
activities such as "food recy
cling "
We don't give mov4es that
are R-rated or X-rated We like
to show at least a few films that
are inspiring, uplifting," Sundar
says
"The movies aren't a thing we
use to promote our group
They're just to support activi
ties," Sunbar says
Movie patrons occasionally
ask what the group is, but most
just come to see movies," he
says However, the group did
pass out a leaflet at its movies at
the beginning of the year expl
aining what the group is and
how it uses its profits from films,
says Sunbar
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sales must be deposited in an
appropriate EMU account.
University department account,
or a Trust Fund Account,
according to EMU guidelines
Trust fund accounts hold
money for recognized and
registered organizations whose
"activities are outside the bu
siness" of the EMU
Questions of profits "going
into students' pockets" were a
reason for the establishment of
the trust accounts, says Jan
Clark of the EMU Cultural Fo
rum.
Any "student group" —
defined as having at least three
members who attend the
University — approved by the
Student Administrative Board
and filed with EMU administra
tion — is eligible to show films,
according to Clark
The New American Movement
also selects films to show by
balancing quality and profita
bility of the movies, says
member Tony LeMay
LeMay's group is part of a
national "democratic, socialist,
feminist” organization, LeMay
says Half of its 12 members are
students
Labor unions, strikes, nuclear
protests, and abortion rights
action, are major concerns of
the New American Movement,
LeMay says
It shows films that are not
offensive to anyone," he says
The group would like to show
more educational films, but
since they "lose money," the
group won’t until it can afford
to. LeMay says
Con Pop Film Soc is an
acronym for Contemporary
Popular Music Studies Program
Film Society." says Paul
Friedlander, a professor at the
University's music school
An adjunct to the program at
the School of Music," the
society shows only film series of
The Beatles or The Rolling
Stones, says Friedlander, who
teaches a history of Rock in
five parts — everybody from El
vis Presley to New Wave."
The society compiles "fairly
rare clips and puts them
together in a showing," he says
Profits go for music books
held on "reserve" in the library,
films to show to classes, and to
perpetuate the film series,
Friedlander says
Unlike the other groups
showing films, "we stick to our
subject," says Robert Guitteau
of the Eugene Council for
Human Rights in Latin America
"We don't bring commercial
films," Guitteau explains The
council's annual film series
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council "
"We've done our best to bring
films of variety but the film in
dustry in Latin America is not
booming,” Guitteau says.
The May Day Cultural Com
mittee shows only one or two
films per term, according to
Albert Szymanski, a member of
the group and University
sociology professor.
The group, described by
Szymanski as a "progressive
organization," prefers to show
“progressive films that will re
sult in a little bit of money," he
says
The Committee attempts to
show films that are both educa
tional and entertaining,
Szymanski says
The organization uses profits
primarily to sponsor forums at
the University such as one two
weeks ago to protest the
Reagan Administration's econ
omic policies, he says
Profits average about $100
per film, Szymanski says, but
the organization "has been
known to lose a lot of money on
a film "
The Young Women's Chris
tian Association, Alpha Kappa
Psi, English Graduate Student
Advistory Council, and other
organizations also occasionally
show films on campus
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