The Multicultural Awareness Committee kicked off their 10th-annual film festival Tuesday in the Live Oak Lounge. The Committee screened “Bride and Prejudice” — an Indian adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel “Pride and Prejudice.”The Multicultural Awareness Committee is a division of the Student Activities Board aiming to promote cultural differences.  “This is the first time we are having it in the Union,” said Hind Elsanousy, the committee’s associate chair of membership. “We usually have a good turn out of about 50 to 70 people.” Only about 15 students, most who happened to be in the lounge, were at Tuesday’s screening.”I was actually just about to do some homework, but when I saw this movie was on, I figured the homework could wait,” said Ryan Pontiff, kinesiology senior.  Elsanousy said the goal is for people to learn something new about other cultures. “We hope to obliterate stereotypes,” she said. “It’s a great event.” Syndney Jenkins, event liaison and civil engineering freshman, said the festival is one of the committee’s most exciting events. “We hope people can enjoy themselves, but also take away something they didn’t come with before,” Jenkins said. “It’s informative while still being entertaining, and people are learning about different types of people and the similarities between them.” Elsanousy said last year’s screening sparked a debate after students watched “Rabbit-Proof Fence” — an Australian film about the true story of three aboriginal girls who escape from an internment camp to return to their families. “It was a controversial and hard-hitting film,” she said. “People overall were pretty ecstatic, and they even recommended other movies for us to show.”The committee will screen their second film, “The Motorcycle Diaries,” tonight at 6 p.m. in the Cotillion Ballroom. On Thursday night, the committee will have a second screening of “Bride and Prejudice” at 9 p.m. in the UREC Student Recreation Complex. The event is free and open to all University members. “We hope people get to see a movie they might not have ever seen otherwise,” said Alicia Myrick, the committee’s graduate advisor. Myrick said a Bollywood dance lesson will be held April 28 at 6 p.m. in the Cotillion Ballroom. “If after seeing this movie, people are interested in learning traditional Bollywood dancing, they can come to our dance lesson,” she said.—-Contact Sarah Eddington at [email protected].