Lebanon Valley College Colloquium Series Presents "Slumdog Millionaire"

"Slumdog Millionaire," Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m., is first of spring Colloquium events

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"Slumdog Millionaire" will be shown Jan. 31 at the Allen Theatre

ANNVILLE, PA (01/17/2012)(readMedia)-- The Lebanon Valley College Colloquium Series on MONEY continues with its first spring event, a showing of the critically acclaimed film, "Slumdog Millionaire," on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Allen Theatre in Annville. Tickets are $1 for non-LVC students and $3 for the general public. The film is free to LVC students.

In "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), a Mumbai teen who grew up in the slums becomes a contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" He is arrested under suspicion of cheating and subjected to interrogation. During the questioning, flashbacks from his life history show why he knows the answers. The film was highly acclaimed and won eight Oscars, including Best Motion Picture of the Year.

MONEY is a year-long integrated series of guest speakers, roundtable discussions, films, and courses that consider society's idea of money. It will involve presentations on problems such as unemployment, poverty, and the gender wage gap, as well as discussions on tax policy, the job market and entrepreneurship, and finally a theoretical consideration of the very idea of money, the ideology of the free market, and the morality and theology of capitalism.