Film picks: Agrarian Utopia and Dry Summer

Some of the best films you'll never see anywhere else are being programmed by ArtsEmerson at the Paramount Center. Turkish director Metin Erksan's Dry Summer (1964) is a drama about two brothers whose conflict results in desperate water deprivation for a community. More agricultural hardship is on hand in Agrarian Utopia (2009), Thai director Uruphong Raksasad's documentary about an idyllic and endangered way of life. The Paramount is at 559 Washington St, Boston | Agrarian Utopia: October 22 @ 7 pm + October 23 @ 9 pm; Dry Summer: October 22 @ 9:30 pm + October 23 @ 7 pm | $10 per film; $5 students | 617.824.8000 or artsemerson.org.