Cafeteria Man
USA/65min/Educational
Richard Chisolm, Shelia Kinkade, David Grossbach – In Person
This film is the true story of rebel chef, Tony Geraci, and his mission to radically reform Baltimore's public school food system. It follows two years of struggles and breakthroughs in the making of real social change in a challenging urban setting with national ramifications. www.cafeteriaman.com
Wed. Oct. 19, 10:05AM (Malco 2)
Fri. Oct. 21, 1:40PM (Malco 1)
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Darwin
USA/88min/Rural Culture
Nick Brandestini
Darwin is a documentary film about an isolated community at the end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. Propelled from society by tragic turns, the people of Darwin (population 35) must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government, a church, jobs, or children. The near-ghost town's survival depends on a fragile, gravity-fed waterline that descends from the mountains where top-secret weapons are being tested. One 'accidental' drop of a bomb, they half-joke, could wipe out their entire town.
www.darwindoc.com
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Finding Fidel: The Journey of Erik Durschmied
Canada/90min/Historical
Bay Weyman – In Person
Finding Fidel interweaves past and present on the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, to tell the remarkable story of a young cameraman's 1958 journey to interview rebel leader Castro just before he came to power. As his Cuban travels unfold, Durschmied reflects on the lost promise of Fidel's Revolution and on the hinge of fate that determined his own career. www.closeupfilms.ca
Sat. Oct. 15, 1:25PM (Malco 2)
Wed. Oct. 19, 3:15PM (Malco 2)
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The Great Dictator: Sam Kalow’s Collection
USA/8min/History
Nancy Kalow
An eccentric collection of mid-20th-century dictating equipment reflects one man’s zeal for the history and design of “Dead Media” wax cylinder, wire, and magnetic recording machines. www.ibiblio.org/deadmedia_dictation
Mon. Oct. 17, 10AM-Block (Malco 1)
Wed. Oct. 19, 1:45PM-Block (Malco 1)
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I, Wombot
Australia/48min/Science
Andre Mueller & Cleo Mees
I, Wombot begins when Associate Professor Michael Heimlich kick-starts Australia’s first ever team to compete at the international FIRST® Robotics Competition. This underdog story follows the high school Australian team, 'Thunder Down Under', as they take on the challenge of designing and building a robot in only six weeks, accompany their robot to New Hampshire, USA, and compete in a high-octane sports tournament against forty-eight other robots.
Mon Oct. 17, 10:00AM-Block (Malco 1)
Wed. Oct. 19, 1:45PM-Block (Malco...
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The Kings of Flint
USA/27min/Family, Environmental
Geri Zeldes
The Kings of Flint chronicles Flint, Michigan farmers and residents as they revitalize their city, a place abandoned by the automobile industry. In what once served as vacant lots strewn with weeds and trash, they grow vegetables and fruits that feed neighborhoods, schools and local restaurants. What's also taking root are ideas that will create jobs and alternative means of sustainability. www.greeningofflint.cas.msu.edu
Sat. Oct. 15, 3:45PM-Block (Malco 1)
Wed. Oct. 19, 1:25PM-Block (Malco 2)
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Lifelike
USA/11min/Taxidermy
Eric Stoll, Chase Whiteside
Lifelike is a minimalist short filmed in an Ohio taxidermy shop that documents the mounting of a deer, from live animal to wall trophy. Viewer discretion advised.
Wed. Oct 19, 9:00PM-Block (Malco 2)
Sat. Oct. 22, 9:25PM-Block (Malco 2)
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The Living (Les Vivants) - World Premiere
Canada/77min/Funeral Industry
Eduardo Lucatero, Ian Oliveri – In Person
Who are the people behind funeral jobs? In The Living, five young professionals become our guides into the fascinating world of Thanatology. They show us the mechanics of death and lead us into their very own experiences as 'death workers', sharing their stories from the surprising to the bitter sweet. They give us a clearer vision of what these death rituals mean for us, the living.
Wed. Oct 19, 9:00PM-Block (Malco 2)
Sat. Oct. 22, 9:25PM-Block (Malco 2)
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Miller Williams: Men and Women of Distinction
USA/27min/Literary
Carole Adornetto, AETN – In Person
Arkansas native and long-time Fayetteville resident, Miller Williams, ranks among the best of American poets. This short film looks at the life of Miller Williams and the forces that shaped his life.
Wed. Oct. 19, 12:15PM-Block (Malco 1)
Sat. Oct. 22, 10:05AM-Block (Malco 2)
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Mineral Explorers
Colombia/43min/Travel
Jonathan Kudabeck, Thomas Nagin – In Person
An adventure that spans Colombia … from its thriving capital city of Bogotá, where millions of dollars worth of emeralds are traded on the streets every day … to the source of the emeralds deep in the valleys of the Andes Mountains, the mines where the poorest of the area spend their entire lives searching the river banks for just a small piece of the enormous wealth those black mountains have to offer. It’s a glimpse into the beautiful and misunderstood country of Colombia, its gorgeous but rugged...
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Naked Bronze: Louis Smart Sculptor in the Ozarks
USA/26min/Arkansas Art
James Bogan – In Person
Naked Bronze shows Louis Smart, a sculptor born in the Ozarks, continuing in the human figure tradition of Michelangelo and Rodin. Using the 'lost wax method,' we see him creating a walking woman, from the modeling session, through the bronze pour, to the patina. This film allows us to experience the wonders of a sculptor pouring molten bronze and the finishing of a beautiful and sensuous work of art.
Wed. Oct. 19, 12:15PM-Block (Malco 1)
Sat. Oct. 22, 10:05AM-Block (Malco 2)
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Patagonia Rising
Chile, USA/86min/Environmental
Brian Iilla
Spanish w/ English Subtitles
This film investigates a plan to build five large hydroelectric dams on two of the World’s purest free-flowing rivers in Patagonia, Chile. Tracing the hydro-logic cycle of the Baker River from ice to ocean, Patagonia Rising brings voice to the frontier people caught in the crossfire of future energy demands. Juxtaposing the pro-dam business sector with renewable energy experts, the documentary brings awareness and solutions to this global conflict over water and power. www.patagoniarising.com
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Peep Culture
Canada/59min/Post-Modern
Sally Blake
Why are we tripping over ourselves to get on reality television, post intimate secrets on-line, or drop our drawers for amateur non-profit porn? Peep Culture is an insightful romp into a world where the Internet and reality TV can make you a star. In the age of Peep, the challenge isn't to protect your private life but how best to capitalize on it.
www.thepeepdiaries.com
Wed. Oct 19, 7:30PM (Malco 2)
Thurs. Oct 20, 5:50PM (Malco 1)
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Penultimate
USA/4min/Art & Collecting
Paul Myers
Discarded pens take on new life in this portrait of Californian artist, designer and pen collector, Costas Schuler.
Mon. Oct. 17, 10AM-Block (Malco 1)
Wed. Oct. 19, 1:45PM-Block (Malco 1)
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Rabbi and Cesar Chavez
USA/14min/Historical
Daniel Robin
A short film about fathers and sons, an assassination plot on Cesar Chavez that was buried in history, and how storytelling becomes a catalyst for reverence and love.
Mon. Oct. 17, 3:00PM-Block (Malco 2)
Wed. Oct. 19, 3:20PM-Block (Malco 1)
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Scenes of a Crime
USA/88min/True Crime
This film explores a 10-hour police interrogation culminating in a disputed confession, and an intense, high profile murder trial in New York State. Police video reveals the complicated psychological dynamic between detectives and their suspect, Adrian Thomas, during the long interrogation - including lies, trickery and coercion that are legally permitted. Detectives, prosecutors, witnesses, jurors and the suspect himself offer conflicting accounts of exactly what happened in this mysterious and disturbing true-crime documentary. www.scenesofacrime.com
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SpokAnarchy!
USA/85min/Underground Music Culture
David Halsell
SpokAnarchy! chronicles the manic highs and desperate lows in the emergence of the punk rock scene in culturally barren Spokane, Washington. This coming-of-age story becomes a coming-of-middle-age story as the scene's survivors take an unflinching look at their past, and how their lives were shaped by those years of music and mayhem.
www.spokanarchy.com
Wed. Oct 19, 9:05PM (Malco 1)
Sun. Oct 23, 7:40PM (Malco 1)
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To Be Heard
USA/87min/Literary, Urban
Deborah Shaffer
Can language transform lives? This film follows three Bronx teens as they search for their voices through the power of the written word. Inspired by three teachers in a radical poetry workshop, they write their own life stories, imagining a future where fathers aren't in jail, mothers aren't abusive and college is a place you awaken to every morning rather than dream about each night.
Wed. Oct. 19, 5:20PM (Malco 2)
Sun. Oct. 23, 7:30PM (Malco 2)
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Truck Farm
USA/48min/Comedy, Educational, Environmental, Urban, Music
Ian Chaney, Curt Ellis
A film about the wild world of urban agriculture, as told through the journeys of a 1986 Dodge pickup, transformed into a mobile garden. Using green roof technology, heirloom seeds, and Granddad's old pickup, Ian Cheney used the only land he had to grow vegetables in America's biggest city. From its home in Brooklyn, the Truck Farm heads out across the city to see New York's quirkiest urban farms, taking viewers on rooftops, barges, old ball fields and into Manhattan art studios to explore why city...
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Wild Horse, Wild Ride
USA/106min/Lifestyle
Alex Dawson
A handful of unforgettable characters set out on a 100-day quest to tame a totally wild mustang for a Texas competition. Among them: Charles, a Navajo grandfather out to re-capture his youth; George, a grizzled cowboy with a stubborn streak; and Wylene, a blond beauty with a theatrical flare and a nerve of steel. In three months, man and horse must transform from scared strangers to close companions. It won't be an easy journey. www.wildhorsewildride.com
Sat. Oct. 15, 10:00AM (Malco 1)
Wed. Oct. 19, 10:00AM (Malco 1)
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