NO TOMORROW takes viewers inside a suspenseful death penalty trial and challenges their beliefs about capital punishment.Please join us for a screening of this new documentary by Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth.
2010 Kansas City FilmFest - Friday, April 16 at 9:45pm, AMC Mainstreet Theatre, AMC 3, 1400 Main St, Kansas City, MO.
Ticket available at http://kcjubilee.org/festival
2010 Arizona International Film Festival - Saturday, April 17 at 3:00pm followed by a debate about capital punishment featuring local experts, Crossroads Festival Cinema, 4811 East Grant Tucson, AZ, and Friday April 23 at 2:00pm, The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress Street, Tucson, AZ
Ticket information available at http://www.filmfestivalarizona.com/ ph.520-882-0204
2010 Atlanta Film Festival - Wednesday, April 21 at 7:15pm and Thursday, April 22 at 12:05pm, Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, 931 Monroe Drive, Atlanta, GA
Tickets available at http://atlantafilmfestival.com/content/view/461/204/ or by calling 404-352-4225.
Lucy Block is the filmmaker's only child and, from the moment of her birth, Doug has documented much of her life - and their relationship - on camera. Fluidly moving back and forth in time over the course of the film, we see Lucy transform from precocious child to serious and self-possessed young woman literally before our eyes. We also observe the eternal father-daughter struggle of control versus independence play out through the camera with great warmth and humor.
Told from Block's engaging first-person perspective, THE KIDS GROW UP is a rarity among documentaries. Sons and daughters frequently make films about their parents (including Block himself). This time a parent is making a film largely about his child. And since Lucy is among the first generation of children that grew up with digital camcorders, it may be the most in-depth, longitudinal portrait of a little girl growing into adulthood ever captured on film.
But just as Lucy is but one member of a family, her story is only the central focus of a larger one about the joys and angst of parenting and the aging of the baby boomer generation. As Doug Block struggles, often less than gracefully, with letting go of his daughter, a very personal experience once again takes on a universal dimension. And in the end, THE KIDS GROW UP is not just Lucy's coming of age story but very much her father's as well.
A Cinematheque Favorite Returns in Stunning 70MM to Celebrate Earth Day, With Filmmakers In Person!
Thursday, April 22 - 7:30 PM, Aero Theatre
Earth Day 70mm Print!
BARAKA, 1992, Magidson Films, 96 min. Inspired by the Sufi word meaning "breath of life," BARAKA is a mind-expanding, spiritual journey around the globe -- shot in 24 countries on five continents -- from director-cinematographer Ron Fricke (who photographed the earlier KOYAANISQATSI) and producer Mark Magidson (the Imax film CHRONOS). Filmed entirely without dialogue in a stunning cascade of crystalline, time-lapse 70mm images, BARAKA is quite simply breathtaking. Discussion following with producer Mark Magidson and director Ron Fricke (schedule permitting).
Unfortunately, no one consulted the copyright holders. Hollywood figures such as Steven Soderbergh, Curtis Hanson and Michael Mann became vocal opponents of having their work re-edited. As quickly as the clean movement blossomed, it started to unravel, with legal threats from Hollywood, accusations among rivals and even a sex scandal in the backroom of a clean video store.
In Cleanflix, directors Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi chronicle the rise and fall of the clean movement. Having grown up in the Mormon community, the duo gained close access to the main players that outsiders might never have achieved. The controversy over cleaning films raises further questions: Who gets to set cultural standards? Does what we watch affect how we behave?
The film gives a broader context for understanding the Mormon institution (known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) by talking to its adherents and those who have dropped out, most notably the playwright and filmmaker Neil LaBute, known for the dark themes in scripts like In the Company of Men and Bash.
As events unfold, one thing becomes clear: in movies, you can skip over the parts you don't like. But in real life, you can't.
Director: Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi
Running time: 85 minutes
Release date: 2009
April 27, 2010 8:00 pm
GARBAGE DREAMS
Tuesday, April 27 at 10 PM
(check local listings)
Welcome to the world's largest garbage village located on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. The Zaballeen (Arabic for "garbage people") recycle 80 percent of the trash they collect -- far more than other recycling initiatives. But now multinational corporations threaten their livelihood. Follow three teenage boys, born into the business, who are forced to make choices that will impact the survival of their community.