KENWOOD SECTION - July 23 - 27, 2008
Program is subject to change
FILMS BY DATE AND TIME
Hollywood Singing and Dancing
DIRECTOR: Mark McLaughlin
CAST: Vincent Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Johnny Depp
108 min USA
This film is the most entertaining and comprehensive documentary about the Hollywood Musical ever produced. It's a celebration of song and dance beginning with the Busby Berkeley era through the first musical to win an Academy Award in more than 30 years, 'Chicago,' and ending with the highly acclaimed 2007 box office smash 'Dreamgirls.
7/24 - 3:30pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Murder, Spies, & Voting Lies
DIRECTOR: Patty Sharaf
CAST: Brad Friedman, Clint Curtis
67 min USA
A beautifully shot noir interview with whistleblower Clint Curtis has all the drama of a Raymond Chandler script, as the programmer recounts how Congressman Tom Feeney, R (FL) asked him to create vote-rigging software for electronic voting machines.
7/24 - 3:45pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Traces of the Trade
DIRECTOR: Katrina Browne
86 min USA
First time filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers her New England ancestors were the largest slave traders in US history. The film follows Browne and nine fellow DeWolf descendants as they travel from Rhode Island, to Ghana and Cuba on a trip that brings them face-to-face with the history and legacy of New England's hidden enterprise.
7/24 - 5:15pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Last Flight Home
DIRECTOR: Daniel O'Brien & Jennifer Powers
67 min USA
Even when armies surrender and peace treaties are signed, the war isn't over for everyone. This film documents the story of Dr. Patrick Scannon, whose search for missing World War II aircraft and the MIAs associated with them has continued for over 60 years. A tremendously moving film.
7/24 - 6:00pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Burn the Bridges
DIRECTOR: Francisc Franco Alba
CAST: Irene Azuela, Angel Onesimo Nevarez,
Claudette Maille
105 min MEXICO
A son, a daughter and their dying mother are caught between desire, death and yearnings for the future in the remarkably pungent "Burn the Bridges." Theater- trained helmer and co-writer Francisco Franco makes the leap into features with striking confidence, coming up with one of the few superior dramas in recent Mexican filmmaking. Top prizes nabbed at Morelia fest. (Variety - Robert Kohler)
7/24 - 7:30pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Dolphins
North America Premiere
DIRECTOR: Mark Jay in person
CAST: Karl Davies, Lauren Steventon, Layke
Anderson, Jason Maza, Frank Harper (Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Bend
it Like Beckham) Hip hop superstar, Roots Manuva
Cast members in person
110 min UK
This film is a coming of age romance set in the high octane world of Brighton's Boy Racers and Indie Punks. 18 year old Brent Black lives on the roughest estate in Brighton with his alcoholic dad and disabled kid brother. He's got an old Ford Capri with a supercharged V8 engine, and he's the leader of teen Boy Racer gang the Dolphins. This is his life. His world.
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Chef's Letter
DIRECTOR: Sybil Mair
CAST: Jonathan Firth, Lauren Steventon,
Layke Anderson
Cast members in person
A successful chef lives his life as he runs his kitchen, but his familiar regime of order and control is put to the test when unexpectedly he falls in love with one of his staff.
7/24 - 7:30pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
Party Gala and Film: $35
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Konec
DIRECTOR: Gábor Rohonyi
CAST: Emil Keres, Teri Foldi, Judit Schell
93 min Hungary
Is life really over after the age of 70? For most, the answer is yes. But for the film's two retired protagonists it's only just beginning. Emil and Hédi took all kinds of slaps in the face from life during their 50 years of togetherness. One glorious day, Emil decides to stop it all and leaves his house that is threatened by debt collectors. He sits behind the wheel of his old car and leaves to rob - gently and politely - the first post office he comes across...A modern day Bonnie and Clyde with heart and soul!
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Precious Images
DIRECTOR: Chuck Workman, the Film Festival's Guest of Honor, here to receive a Career Achievement
Award, August 2nd in Napa.
8 min USA
A cross-cut of 50 years of movies. We see the most precious film sequences that we all remember: From "Citizen Kane" to "Star Wars", from "Some like it hot" to "E.T.". The incredible short cuts of roughly a second each push the audience into a kind of trance and take them on a journey into their individual memories of great films of half a century. DIR: Chuck Workman, the Film Festival's Guest of Honor, here to receive a Career Achievement Award, August 2nd in Napa.
7/24 - 8:45pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $15 general/$12.50 senior, student
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Traders' Dreams: A Journey into the eBay World
DIRECTOR: Marcus Vetter, Stefan Tolz
80 min Germany
This film is the fascinating and sometimes heartbreaking story of people from different countries (Mexico, Scottish Isle of Skye, Germany) who change their lives in order to become rich and happy through the worldwide fever for Internet auctions. By doing so, they are responding to the promises of an American company that turns local flea markets into global business and which sells its expansion strategy as the economic democratization of the world. Does is always bring wealth?
7/25 - 1:30pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Guitar Holiday
DIRECTOR: Dennis Conway
47 min Mexico
This is a colorful, vibrant documentary portrait of the guitar makers of Paracho, Michoacan and the Mexican National Guitar Festival. Over time, Paracho has become the guitar making capital of Mexico and Latin America. Guitars from Paracho are exported to North America, South American and Spain. Most guitar shops in Paracho are small, independent family operations, with fathers passing their skills onto their sons.
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Crossing Numbers
DIRECTOR: Abel Gonzalez
CAST: Stephan Early
12 min
CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOVAJE DESERT. The U.S. Border Patrol and a Mexican Policeman find a murder victim somewhere near the border. Nobody knows who the victim is, nor the killer.
7/25 - 1:45pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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90 Miles
DIRECTOR: Emileo Estefan
CAST: Outstanding performances and comments by Salsa's
seminal musicians include Israel Lopez Cachao, Chocolate Armenteros, Johnny Pacheco,
Paquito D'Rivera, Nelson Gonzalez, Pappo Lucca, Generoso Jiménez, Candido Camero,
Orestes Vilato, Juanito Marquez, Paquito Hechavarria, Gloria Estefan, Andy Garcia, Luis
Enrique, Carlos Santana, Sheila E, Emilio Estefan, India, Arturo Sandoval, Salvador
Cuevas, Giovanni Hidalgo, Ed Calle, Edwin Bonilla, among others.
66 min USA
90 Miles refers to the distance between Cuba and southern Florida, a region that has become synonymous with Latin culture. At the core of that culture is its music. One of the seminal artists who helped bring Latin Music into the American mainstream is Grammy Award winner, Gloria Estefan. Latin music pioneers Chocolate Armenteros, Jose Feliciano and Carlos Santana reminisce about the early days of the Cuban Music cultural crossover, including stories and mini-biographies that provide a insider glimpse into these artists' lives, as the music featured throughout the documentary creates an even more personal connection to these stories.
7/25 - 3:15pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Identity-The True Story of Juan Piras Peron
DIRECTOR: Francesco Scura
84 min Italy
In the summer of 1909, the stuff of family legends and world history was born.18-year- old Giovanni Piras left his home in Mamoiada, a small village in Barbagia, Sardinia, to seek his fortune in Argentina. But his letters to home quickly became less frequent and then they broke off altogether after only a few years. The family did not give up hope and kept an eye out for him despite the fact that the news surrounding Giovanni was always strange and mysterious...
7/25 - 3:30pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Electric Heart - Don Ellis
DIRECTOR: John Vizzusi
84 min USA
The story of one of the greatest musicians of the 20th Century Donald Johnson Ellis 1934-1978. Ellis crossed over and took new paths in Jazz-Classical-Rock and his own version of World Music long before anyone else thought of it. His signature 'Electrified' 4 Valve Quarter Tone Trumpet stands Ellis apart from anyone else. His life story and re- issued music is being re-discovered by old and young alike and now is the time for a Documentary Film!
7/25 - 5:00pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Bab Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul
DIRECTOR: Nacer Khemir
CAST: Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Nessim Kahloul
96 min France, Tunisia, Germany, Persia
Imagine entering a dreamlike story which unfolds like a new chapter of 1001 Arabian Nights. Bab' Aziz, the third feature by the Tunisian filmmaker and poet Nacer Khemir, reminds us that narrative fables can offer timeless life lessons. Stories within a story, this enduring fairy tale combines elements of Sufi mysticism with enduring values and messages that resist the confines of time and cultures. A beautiful, mystical experience that will linger in your mind long after the last frame has been seen.
7/25 - 5:30PM - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Crazy
DIRECTOR: Rick Bieber
CAST: Waylon Payne and Ali Larter
104 min USA
Inspired by the life of Hank Garland, CRAZY is the story of the legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950s. Blessed with incomparable, natural talent, Hank quickly established his reputation as the finest session player in Nashville. Hank, in his pursuit of musical excellence, often came into conflict with the business, which he found restrictive and frustrating. But it was his relationship with his wife, Evelyn, which may have led to his demise.
7/25 - 7:00pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Prince of the Himalayas
DIRECTOR: Sherwood Hu
CAST: Rgyal, Sonamdolgar, Zomskyid, Lobzangchopel
108 min China
An adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, the story is set in ancient Tibet under the shadow of the Himalayas. The film is a visually ravishing historical epic with stunning scenery, richly saturated color, and lush costuming. "Prince of the Himalayas" is that rara avis in the world of cinema -- a film that is genuinely new and different with exceptional performances. The Hollywood Reporter
7/25 - 8:45pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $15 general/ $12.50 senior, student
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El Productor: Elias Querejeta, Spains Greatest Producer
DIRECTOR: Mendez Leite
90 min Spain
The most important name in the history of Spanish cinema is Elias Querejeta. For some people Querejeta is the prototype producer, responsible for the existence of many excellent films and the discovery of directors such as Erice, Saura, Chavarri, Gutierrez Aragon, Armendariz, Ricardo Franco, Martinez Lazaro, Gracia Querejeta, Fernando Leon......... In addition he is the origin of some of the most passionate controversy in Spanish cinema.
7/26 - 9:00am - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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One Water
DIRECTOR: Ali Habashi
67 min USA
Water is essential to existence. This stunning documentary made by the University of Miami about the world's water crisis, is an eloquent cry of despair about the perils facing our most precious resource. The film is powerful enough to inspire audiences to action without boring them for a single frame.
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Uncovered
World Premiere
DIRECTOR: Roger Weisberg
19 min USA
This film puts a human face on America's health care crisis by chronicling the struggles of the Nazaretyan family who struggle to care for their disabled children without insurance.
7/26 - 10:45am - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Lucio
DIRECTOR: Aitor Arregi and José María Goenaga
87 min Spain
This is a great documentary about the incredible life of Lucio Urtubia, a bricklayer from Navarre, who challenged (and eventually defeated) the most powerful bank in the world! It is a delightful experience for the anarchist we all have inside. It is really hard to believe that such a good story has not been told before. In charisma and authenticity, 'Lucio' is a more rewarding film than 'Catch Me If You Can'.
7/26 - 10:45am - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Bajo Las Estrellas (Under the Stars)
DIRECTOR: Felix Viscarre
CAST: Alberto San Juan, Luz Valdenebro, Emma Suarez, Julian
Villagran,Violeta Rodriguez
101 min Spain
A wannabe jazz trumpeter finds redemption via his village roots in this wonderful movie, a drama that combines quirkiness with poetry and more than consolidates the international reputation writer-director Felix Viscarret established with his shorts. With an ace performance from Alberto San Juan, who makes the movie his own by simply flooding it with humanity, the movie gently unpicks its themes of brotherhood, self- sacrifice and the search for love. Best film winner at the Malaga Fest.
7/26 - 1:15pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Café de los Maestros
DIRECTOR: Miguel Kohan
93 min Argentina
Takes Two to Tango Music and dancing is more than a career, hobby or fun night out in some cultures. In Argentina, Tango is a way of life. This music documentary is about the country's internationally famous Tango players by award-winning composer Gustavo Santaollala (Brokeback Mountain). Through interviews and archival footage, the film introduces legendary Tango players and their contributions to tango music history, and includes a 2006 reunion performance at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, featuring the Maestros from the 1940's and 1950's, which are considered the golden days of Tango. Amazingly, these proud and grand old men and women seem to get even better with age.
7/26 - 2:45pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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The Chicken, the Fish, & the King Crab
DIRECTOR: Jose Luis Lopez-Linares
CAST: Jesus Almagro
83 min Spain
Food documentaries don't get any tastier than this. Following Spanish master chef Jesus Almagro as he prepares for the Bocuse d'Or, a top cooking contest, vet lenser-turned- docu helmer, Jose Luis Lopez-Linares, masters all the ingredients required for a delightful confection, achieving the perfect balance between a tense competition and likeable personalities.
7/26 - 3:30pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Fix
DIRECTOR: Tao Ruspoli
CAST: Shawn Andrews, Olivia Wilde, Megalyn Echikunwoke,
Tao Ruspoli
With director and cast members in person
95 min USA
Racing across LA in one, unwieldy day, documentary filmmakers Bella and Milo race from Beverly Hills to Watts to get Milo's brother Leo from jail to rehab before 8pm, or Leo goes to prison for three years. Inspired by true events, the trio documents their trip from a suburban police station through Beverly Hills mansions, East LA chop-shops, rural wastelands, and housing-projects as they attempt to raise the $5,000 required to get Leo into the rehab - along the way encountering dozens of colorful characters, each with their own anomalous perspective on Leo's larger than life personality and style.
7/26 - 4:45pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Roca Bon: Searching the Sublime
DIRECTOR: Karlos Alastruey
CAST: Roca Bon,Cristina Roldán, Beatriz Urzaiz
30 min Spain
A stunningly captivating short film. Sara, a university student in the arts, is attracted to New York abstract expressionism and Mark Tobey´s work. She embarks on a study on this movement tracing down its influences on contemporary artists. In this process she comes across Roca Bon, a Catalonian painter whose work captivates her attention. She decides to visit him to find out the sources of his inspiration and the reasons behind his work.
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Sintonia
DIRECTOR: Josean Bengoetxea
CAST: Tania De La Cruz, Unai Garci
10 min Spain
What happens when you combine a red dress, a radio station and a traffic jam? These are all elements that combine in this monumental romantic tale that takes place in eight minutes.
7/26 - 5:30pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Wooden Box
DIRECTOR: Juan Carlos Falcon
CAST: Angela Molina, Elvira Minguez, Antonia San Juan,
Vladimir Cruz
107 min Spain
This dark seriocomic yarn set in a small fishing village in the Canary Islands in the '60s. It is the striking debut by writer-director Juan Carlos Falcon. The tale is about Don Lucio -a man hated by all- who dies unexpectedly. While his widow does her best to forget her sorrow, the inhabitants file past the coffin to settle their scores with the deceased. But it turns out that Don Lucio has a hard time resting in peace...
7/26 - 6:30pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint
DIRECTOR: Neten Chokling Rinpoche
CAST: Jamyang Lodro
90 min Bhutan
"I cry, weep and feel a strong sense of faith each time I read or hear the story of Milarepa, the great Yogi of Tibet." --The Dalai Lama
Milarepa, the first feature by Neten Chokling Rinpoche, tells the story of the formative years of Milarepa, an 11th century Tibetan poet and mystic and his journey from seeking revenge to enlightenment. Set in the magnificent Spiti Valley close to the border between India and Tibet, the film has spectacular cinematography and convincing performances from a cast that includes Jamyang Lodro, the obstreperous football-obsessed youngster in the The Cup as Thopaga, the young Milarepa. The cast and crew also include monks from the Pema Ewam Choegar Gyurmeling Monastery in India and Tibet of which Chokling Rinpoche is the spiritual head.
7/26 - 8:00pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Field of Stars
DIRECTOR: Mario Camus
CAST: Álvaro de Luna, Antonio de la Torre, Manuel Alexandre
119 min Spain
This meditative and thoroughly enjoyable movie is about a magically still place far out from the city in Cantabria, northern Spain, where time seems to have stopped. It tells several tales of love, friendship and nostalgia of better times. Alfonso meets a young cyclist coming down from a misty road; with the help of his old-time friends, he will slowly transform him into a big champion. Luisa, tired of traditionally conservative men, plans to leave the village to seek for a better life in the city. And Nanda, an aged mother is forced to battle her own son to protect the place where all were raised from the inevitable changes of modern life.
7/26 - 8:45pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $15 general/$12.50 senior, student
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Returning Home
DIRECTOR: Kevin White
68 min USA
In 1986, a breeding colony of Common Murres on Devil's Slide Rock off the coast of San Francisco was devastated by an oil spill. Using innovative restoration techniques in a challenging location, dedicated scientists worked with local schools and government agencies to restore these diving seabirds to their ancestral home.
7/27 - 9:00am - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $8 general/$5 senior, student
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Wild by Law
Academy Award Nominee
DIRECTOR: Lawrence Hott
57 min USA
By the middle of the 20th century, much of America's natural beauty had been overtaken by urban sprawl and development. This film profiles three men who fought together and separately to preserve America's natural landscape. The cast of characters include naturalist Aldo Leopold, millionaire Bob Marshall, and Howard Zahniser, a tireless bureaucrat with a profound love for the wild places he seldom saw.
7/27 - 10:00am - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Radio Cape Cod
DIRECTOR: Andrew Silver
CAST: O.T. Fagbenle, Tamzin Outhwaite
72 min USA
Love has funny ways of bringing strangers together, even over the airwaves. Set in Woods Hole, the hub of environmental science in Cape Cod, a team of oceanographers and a radio interviewer find out that love is like a trapeze; at some point, you just have to let go and trust that the other person will catch you. The story is a mixture of sweetness, sadness, funniness, and a warm, gentle appreciation for the environment and the scenic beauty of Woods Hole.
7/27 - 10:30am - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Saving Luna
DIRECTOR: Suzanne Chisholm & Michael Parfitt
93 min USA
This relentlessly engaging true story is about a baby orca, Luna, who was separated from his family in the San Juan Islands of Washington state shortly after birth. Luna travels to Nootka Sound in Canada, where he befriends the fisherman by swimming near their boats and "talking" with local native tribes people (who insist Luna is a symbol of a great chief's spirit) and the townspeople. Can Luna be reunited with his pod? Filled with stunning underwater photography, the movie becomes a tale that transcends man and nature and shows how even the best of intentions can lead to intense conflict Recommended for all ages.
7/27 - 11:15am - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Delta: Oils Dirty Business
DIRECTOR: Yorgos Avgeropoulis
65 min Greece
At the delta of the Niger river in Nigeria, where a vast proportion of the planet's oil is excavated, bombs attacks, abductions and murders form part of a daily routine. This film portrays the image of "development", the way giant multinational petroleum companies would define it. Petroleum leaks in the river destroying flora and fauna, poisons the food chain and consequently wipes out the 27 million indigenous people of the area - the Ijaws, the Ogoni and the Itsekiris. The inhabitants dare to ask the self-evident, and they courageously demand an end to it. A must see!
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Justicia Now
DIRECTOR: Martin O'Brien in person - Q&A follows
31 min USA/Ecuador
Over the past 43 years, ChevronTexaco has intentionally spilled over 10 times the amount of oil in and around Lago Agrio, Ecuador, than was lost in the Exxon Valdez disaster and yet not one drop has been cleaned up. An area of pristine rain forest the size of Rhode Island has been devastated and 1 tribe of indigenous Indians has been wiped out. An epic lawsuit - one of the largest environmental suits in history - is brewing between Los Affectados (The Affected Ones, a group of 30,000 settlers and indigenous people) and ChevronTexaco's army of international lawyers whose attitude towards this has been a combination of strong armed intimidation and complete denial. Standing up against them is Pablo Fajardo, a humble unassuming man, who put himself through law school, and is now the lead lawyer in the case during which time his brother was murdered. It's time for action; it's time for Justicia Ya!
7/27 - 1:30pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Letters from the Sahara
DIRECTOR: Vittorio De Seta
CAST: Djibril Kebe, Paola Ajmone Rondo, Fifi Cisse,
Thierno Ndiaye
129 min Italy
It is always tough being a stranger in a strange land. It's even stranger to be a young African Muslim with strong spiritual beliefs that contradict the lifestyles and desires of the new land where he's hoping to fit in to better his life. This fine and original movie is shot and directed in a very real and natural style by Italy's great filmmaker Vittorio De Seta (In Calabria) who delivers a heart-felt story about an African youth struggling to survive in Italy. De Seta's breath-takingly fresh images draw us in. One is right there in Naples, in Milano, feeling and observing. The characters are varied, sometimes comical, sometimes menacing, sometimes poignant, always interesting.
7/27 - 12:00pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Stewards of the Land
DIRECTOR: Mark Ryan
Q&A follows the film and a cooking demo by Chef Nash who is
featured in the movie.
21 min USA
The true wine Renaissance in Sonoma County arrived in the 1960s, when pioneers like Charles Bacigalupi and Joe Rochioli began planting Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. And later, when Chateau Montelena took the French by surprise at the 1976 Paris tasting (with a Chardonnay made from Bacigalupi fruit), and Williams Selyem began to win accolades for its Russian River Valley Pinot Noirs, the county found its rightful place as a world- class (and world famous) wine growing region. This film is a brief look at the Russian River Valley, including interviews with Joe Rochioli, Howie Allen, Helen Bacigalupi, Burt Williams, John Haeger, James Laube, among others.
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Cry Sea
DIRECTOR: Cafi Mohamud and Luca Cusani
20 min Italy
In addition to pollution, deforestation and overpopulation, one of the greatest threats to the planet's ecology is the continuing devastation of the world's fisheries. Cry Sea examines this growing crisis in the seas of Senegal.
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Mundo Caliente
DIRECTOR: Bob Barancik
4 min USA
The World is a Hot Hot place. This short short film explores the industrial world's seductive and frenzied dance with fossil fuels. It incorporates sizzling Latin music, passionate paintings, and provocative documentary footage.
7/27 - 3:45pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Carvaggio
DIRECTOR: Angelo Longoni CAST: Alessio Boni, Claire Keim,
Jordi Mollà, Paolo Briguglia
120 min Italy
Angelo Longoni's new bio-pic about Michalangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the supremely great and more-famous-than-ever late sixteenth and early seventeenth-century Italian artist, is a glorious spectacle with a charismatic star, Alessio Boni. Marked by rich interiors, often lit as in Caravaggio's paintings, panoramic shots, sweeping music, and large cast, this is a pleasure to watch. The movie gives a clear sense of the main figures in his life, his bisexuality and male lover (Francesco, Luca Capuano), his patrons, a bevy of lovely women to paint and make love to, and enemies; the ideological conflicts over his reliance on prostitutes and boys of the street as live models rather than drawings as the basis for his paintings; his struggle with malaria; his involvement with the Knights of Malta, and his tragic end.
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Poet of Grappo
DIRECTOR: Stefano Scarafia
10 min Italy
Romano Levi, an extraordinary man from the Langa hills in Italy, was given the name "The Angelic Grappa Maker" by wine critic Veronelli. Levi is the only person in the world still making grappa using the old traditional method and his bottles can be found in the best restaurants in the world.
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Roots of Barola
DIRECTOR: Matteo Bellizzi
10 min Italy
Director Matteo Bellizzi casts an appreciate eye on Teobaldo Cappellano, a viticulturer for all his life, who has chosen to cultivate and produce Barolo wine as was done in the 19th century.
7/27 - 4:30pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Seed of in Good Heart Soil and the Mystery of Fertility
DIRECTOR: Deborah Koons Garcia
Q&A and Reception
12 min USA
Seeds of In Good Heart: is a taste of a documentary currently in production by Deborah Koons Garcia, director of The Future of Food (2004). Most people have no idea how important healthy soil is for the creation of healthy food and thereby healthy people. Not only are we dependent on soil for most of our food, but how we treat soil relates directly to the issues of climate change and resource depletion.
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Lunatic Farmer: Free Ranging Food for Thought
DIRECTOR: Chris Warner
16 min USA
Farmer Joel Salatin is considered by many as the "high priest of the pasture." On the rolling pastures of Joel Salatin's idyllic Polyface Farm, we get a lesson in where our food comes from and how to care for the land. From seeing how "pig power" builds the compost and happy chickens are left to express their "chickeness", wandering freely in the pasture, we experience the circle of life on the farm. Joel believes are in the redemption business: healing the land, healing the food, healing the economy, and healing the culture!
7/27 - 5:30pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Garbage Warrior
DIRECTOR: Oliver Hodges
84 min USA
This inspiring film is a profile of renegade architect Michael Reynolds, who for 30 years has led a crew in the New Mexico desert in designing "earthship biotecture"-housing that uses recycled products and is completely self-sufficient. His ingenuity in creating such buildings is as rousing as his failures to persuade the state government to let him continue his experiments are frustrating. British filmmaker Oliver Hodge followed Reynolds over a period of three years, and cannily juxtaposes his bureaucratic battles with successes working with survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami and hurricane Katrina. It's a genuinely inspirational film on a subject where we could stand some hope.
7/27 - 7:15pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Ocean of Pearls
DIRECTOR: Sarab Neelam
CAST: Frank Zieger, Todd Babcock, Ron Canada, Teri
Clark, William C. Fox
Q&A with Sarab Neelam
90 min USA
As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, Amrit Singh is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a tradition he's maintained his whole life and cuts his hair. When his compromises result in the death of a patient, Amrit begins to reexamine the value of the religious traditions he'd turned his back on.
7/27 - 8:00pm - Cave (FILM CLUB MEMBER SCREENINGS)
Admission: $10 general/$8 senior, student
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Maiden and the Wolves
DIRECTOR: Gilles Legrand
CAST: Laetitia Casta, Jean-Paul Rouve, Stefano Accorsi,
Michel Galabru, Patrick Chesnais
110 min France
While humans may be at the head of the food chain, there exists in the wild signs of intelligence and even emotion that suggest our fellow creatures understand trust, loyalty and family on a much deeper level. Producer-turned-Director Gilles Legrand (Malabar Princess) returns to the French Alps for this bewitching Gallic yarn. French actress and supermodel, Laetitia Casta, as Angele, is a feisty Edwardian-era femme whose fate becomes entangled with that of the last wild wolf pack on Mont Blanc. Breathtaking imagery helps create a rock-solid film.
7/27 - 8:45pm - Kenwood Depot
Admission: $15 general/$12.50 senior, student
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