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NO TOMORROW takes viewers inside a suspenseful death penalty trial and challenges their beliefs about capital punishment.
Please join us for the world premiere of this new documentary by Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth at the 2010 Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA
Saturday, Feb. 27 at 1:45pm - Camera 12, 201 South Second Street
Sunday Feb. 28 at 11:30am - San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio
Saturday, March 6 at 6:30pm - Camera 12, 201 South Second Street
Tickets available online at http://www.cinequest.org or by calling 408.295.3378 (FEST)
Stanford University
Bechtel International Center Assembly Room
(Bechtel International Center is across from the Faculty Club and the Bridge)
"Producing Films with Passion - A Woman's Perspective"
screenings and conversation with UNAFF filmmakers Marcia Jarmel and Dorothy Fadiman
Tuesday March 2, 4:30 PM
"Speaking in Tongues" (60 minutes) USA
In a time where thirty-one states have passed English Only initiatives, one urban school district is exploring the provocative notion that speaking a foreign language can be a national asset. We follow four diverse students and their families as they encounter the challenges and delights of becoming fluent in two languages.
Following the screening filmmaker Marcia Jarmel will talk about her work with the UNAFF Founder and Executive Director Jasmina Bojic. Special guests: the subjects of the film Ijnanya Foster and her son Durrell Laury (now in 3rd grade).
For more details about the film go to: www.unaff.org/2009/f_speaking.html
To view the trailer go to: www.speakingintonguesfilm.info
Wednesday March 3, 4:00 PM
"Woman by Woman: New Hope for the Villages of India"
(27 minutes) India/USA - documents the stories of women in some of the least developed areas of rural India as they progress toward personal freedom. The film presents Janani, a group that trains women to become family planning counselors in their villages. These women become role models by having the confidence to go beyond traditional boundaries.
Following the screening Academy Nominated filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman will talk about her work in the US and abroad with the UNAFF Founder and Executive Director Jasmina Bojic.
For more details about the film go to: www.unaff.org/2002/F_Woman.html
(Free admission, Free parking, Light refreshments provided)
For more details please visit www.unaff.org
Co-presented with Bechtel International Center, School of Education, California Foreign Language Project,
United Nations Association Midpeninsula Chapter, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and UNAFF
CINEMA EYE HONORS PRESENTS: WHAT'S UP, DOCS?
Thursdays in March
With new technologies and audiences, the last decade allowed filmmakers to experiment and push the form of documentary in exciting new directions, and two years ago, New York City saw the debut of the Cinema Eye Honors: a new award given to nonfiction features that are both innovative and firmly dedicated to artistic craft -- not just those that are "good for you" or feature "an important cause," but ones that create a lasting resonance. Join the Cinefamily for three of this year's Cinema Eye nominees (each a visually dazzling tour de force,) and for a special salute to the groundbreaking work of the San Francisco-based documentary video collective TVTV. As well, each night also features an in-depth live discussion with the filmmakers after the screening!
3/4 @ 8:00pm / SERIES: CINEMA EYE HONORS PRESENTS: WHAT'S UP, DOCS?
A Night With TVTV
Before The Daily Show sent their "reporters" out into the world for satirical newscoverage, before Christopher Guest and This is Spinal Tap utilized cinema verité's natural deadpan to devastating comic effect, and before American Movie and Heavy Metal Parking Lot popularized the comic documentary form -- there was TVTV. Radical, hilarious and influential, "Top Value Television" was an ad hoc collective of documentarians whose pioneering use of portable, low-tech video gear allowed them unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to everything from presidential conventions to the Super Bowl. Their philosophy,articulated in co-founding member Michael Shamberg's 1971 manifesto "Guerrilla Television", was to "demonstrate the potential of decentralized video technology" as a means to break free from the ideological strangehold broadcast technology had on American culture -- forecasting the media free-for-all that's rapidly becoming our day-to-day lives. The Cinefamily celebrates the TVTV spirit, and the top notch documentary filmmaking they produced, with a panel discussion/reunion of TVTV members, a video "primer" of past works, and a screening of Lord Of The Universe, an expose on sixteen-year-old Guru Maharaj Ji and the national gathering of his followers at the Houston Astrodome. This evening marks the first time that all principal members of TVTV have been reunited at a retrospective event -- do not miss it!
Co-presented by Arthur Magazine and Cinespia
Tickets - $12
3/11 @ 8:00pm / SERIES: CINEMA EYE HONORS PRESENTS: WHAT'S UP, DOCS?
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
Working backwards through history, Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo explores the mystery of the development of Japan's love affair with bugs. While people of many other countries fear all manner of creepy crawlies, the Japanese love and respect them: they're sold live in vending machines and department stores; they're the subject of the No. 1 videogame MushiKing; and a single beetle recently sold for $90,000. Insects have been an integral part of the centuries-old traditions of the country, once described as the "Isle of the Dragonflies." The film's gorgeous imagery links people with the strength of beetles, the music of crickets, the magic of fireflies and the endless colors of butterflies. Using bugs like an anthropologist's toolkit, the film uncovers Japanese philosophies that will shift Westerners' perspectives on nature, beauty, life, and even the seemingly mundane realities of their day-to-day routines. Director Jessica Oreck will appear in person for a Q&A after the screening!
Dir. Jessica Oreck, 2009, 90 min.
3/18 @ 8:00pm / SERIES: CINEMA EYE HONORS PRESENTS: WHAT'S UP, DOCS?
45365
"In an age where most docs are grafted over by pop narratives for greater suspense, drama or momentum, 45365 works specifically because of its wonderfully curated aimlessness." - GreenCine Daily
From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, the parade to the prayer service, 45365 explores the congruities of daily life in a small American town -- Sidney, Ohio, to be exact. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. First-time filmmakers Turner and Bill Ross not only do a fantastic job collecting engaging documentary subjects unfettered by the presence of their cameras, but also crafting a mood in which they trust you'll be persistent, that you'll let their quiet rhythm build -- that your enjoyment of the unforced cinematic whisper is not only OK, but desired in its own right.
Dirs. Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, 2009, 90 min.
3/25 @ 8:00pm / SERIES: CINEMA EYE HONORS PRESENTS: WHAT'S UP, DOCS?
Big River Man
Every once in a while, an amazing human feat that tests the boundaries of endurance actually makes you go "wow" -- and then your mind is blown again when you learn about who pulled it off. Big River Man (winner of the World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary award at Sundance '09) follows Martin Strel, four-time world record holding endurance swimmer, and his insane attempt to be the first person to swim the world's most hostile and dangerous river, the mighty Amazon. By the way, Strel is 53 years old, overweight, and a heavy drinker. Director John Maringouin captures the incredible journey and unusual man with equal amounts of respect and "what-the-fuck?!?" attitude, as we watch Martin down a bottle of wine and shots of whiskey per day -- while swimming. NOTE: This screening is a special double feature, capped by an incredibly stylish and captivating family portrait made by Maringouin of his own eccentric, excessive father!
Contact The Cinefamily / 611 N Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, 90036 / 323-655-2510
IDA will present its annual screening of the year's best documentary films, Oscar® nominated shorts and features and Independent Spirit Award winners at DocuDays™ Los Angeles 2010, Friday, March 5th and Saturday, March 6th at the Writers Guild of America Theater.
For more information on DocuDays™ Los Angeles and to purchase tickets visit:
http://www.documentary.org/docudays2010
On Friday nights in January, February and March, UnionDocs will screen six excellent films, all of which have been named named Pare Lorentz Award Winners by the International Documentary Association (IDA). It is no surprise, then, that the selections in this traveling festival resound with influence from the socially conscious documentary films of Pare Lorentz, who, during the depression, produced and directed the first government sponsored feature documentary and was named head of the United States Film Service by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. We are very fortunate to also have the opportunity to conclude the festival by showing four important works by this pioneer. All of these are documentaries that inspire the best in all of us – films that address issues of social justice, political strife, and survival in a world with declining natural resources. Each screening will be followed by a discussion, with filmmakers and special guests in attendance.
The Pare Lorentz Film Festival is supported by the New York Community Trust. We are very grateful and excited to bring these filmmakers from across the country and beyond together with scholars, experts and our local audiences in Brooklyn.
When?
Fridays, January 22 - March 12, 2010, at 7:30pm, followed by post-screening discussion.
Tickets
$7 suggested donation
Reservations
www.uniondocs.org
Venue
UnionDocs, 322 Union Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Directions
L train to Lorimer Street / G to Metropolitan Ave
Exit subway and walk south on Union Ave (away from the BQE)
322 Union is on the east side of Union Ave after you cross Maujer St.
THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS (1936)
Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
25 minutes
With The Plow That Broke the Plains, his first film and the first US Government-sponsored documentary, Pare Lorentz won praise and wide recognition for using sensitive photography, dramatic editing and a beautiful score by composer Virgil Thomson to illuminate a local problem of national importance the challenges faced by wheat farmers and cattle ranchers in the Great Plains. As the film climaxes in a vivid portrait of the record drought that produced the dust bowl and the plight of the “blown out, baked and broke” people who felt its impact, it becomes clear that a new master of the documentary form has found his voice.
The Pare Lorentz Film Festival is proudly presented at UnionDocs through a collaboration with the International Documentary Association (IDA). This program is supported by the New York Community Trust.
Sirk Productions is proud to announce that it will be theatrically releasing SEVERE CLEAR nationwide:
Every once in a while, an amazing human feat that tests the boundaries of endurance actually makes you go "wow" -- and then your mind is blown again when you learn about who pulled it off. Big River Man (winner of the World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary award at Sundance '09) follows Martin Strel, four-time world record holding endurance swimmer, and his insane attempt to be the first person to swim the world's most hostile and dangerous river, the mighty Amazon. By the way, Strel is 53 years old, overweight, and a heavy drinker. Director John Maringouin captures the incredible journey and unusual man with equal amounts of respect and "what-the-fuck?!?" attitude, as we watch Martin down a bottle of wine and shots of whiskey per day -- while swimming. NOTE: This screening is a special double feature, capped by an incredibly stylish and captivating family portrait made by Maringouin of his own eccentric, excessive father!
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