All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert
USA/74 min/Art
Vivian Ducat (Winfred Rembert In Person)
The brightly colored paintings of Winfred Rembert – executed on leather canvases he learned to make in prison – describe life in the 1950's and 60's Jim Crow south. This film chronicles his journey from a chain gang in Georgia to a top-tier gallery on Madison Avenue. The film also traces the contrast between his family life in a rough neighborhood and the art world of wealthy collectors. www.allmethemovie.com
Mon. Oct. 17, 12:15PM (Malco 2)
Fri. Oct. 21, 6:00PM (Malco 2)
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Beatboxing-The Fifth Element of Hip Hop
USA/55min/Urban Music
Klaus Schneyder/ Angela Viscido
In the late 70s, a youth culture evolved in the poorer parts of New York, combining several disciplines under the name of Hip Hop. From the hardship of poverty and the lack of instruments, a pioneer was inspired to imitate drum rhythms with his mouth creating the term 'Human Beatbox.' The documentary shows how this modern style of music has spread and how it continues to enrich the entertainment world. www.beatboxdocumentary.com
Fri Oct 21, 7:40 PM (Malco 2)
Sat. Oct 22, 10:15PM (Malco...
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Beyond Iconic - World Premiere
USA/76min/Photo Biography
Hanna Sawka Hamaguchi – In Person
James Dean walks down Broadway, his shoulders hunched against the drizzle. This iconic black and white photograph is the work of Dennis Stock (1928 - 2010), one of the most influential chroniclers of the late 20th century. More than a biographic documentary, this film brings us into Dennis Stock's photography workshop shortly before his death while also delving into the meaning of photography, life and art.
Sat. Oct. 15, 5:30PM (Malco 1)
Fri. Oct. 21, 4:50PM (Malco 1)
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Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt
USA/81min/Sport
Curt Wallin/Jennifer Jordan
The story of an America that has all but disappeared, when lucrative business deals were cemented by a handshake and state of the art automobiles were designed on the backs of envelopes. It tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins, who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah.
www.boysofbonneville.com
Sun. Oct. 16, 2:00PM (Malco 1)
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Bridge to War Eagle
USA/27min/Arkansas
Larry Foley, Dale Carpenter – Robert Swain, War Eagle Steward Present
A film about War Eagle Creek, a wild stream protected only by folks who use it, and illustrated by the stories of those who love it. www.uark.edu/ua/wareagle
Fri. Oct 21, 1:15PM- Block (Malco 2)
Sat. Oct 22, 11:30AM- Block (Malco 2)
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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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Crooked Beauty
USA/30min/Experimental
Ken Paul Rosenthal, Angel Vasquez
Crooked Beauty is a poetic documentary that chronicles artist-activist Jacks McNamara's transformative journey from childhood abuse to psych ward patient to pioneering mental health advocacy. It is a portrait of her personal quest to live with courage and dignity, and a critique of standard psychiatric treatments. Poignant testimonials connect the fissures and fault lines of human nature to the unstable topography and mercurial weather patterns of the San Francisco Bay Area. www.crookedbeauty.com
Mon Oct. 17, 2:55PM-Block...
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Cultures of Resistance
USA/73min/Human Rights
Lara Lee
In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and seemingly headed for self-destruction. Traveling over five continents, Iara encountered many people who committed their lives to promoting change. Cultures of Resistance explores how art and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and justice.
www.culturesofresistance.org/film
Tue. Oct. 18, 11:35AM (Malco 2)
Fri. Oct. 21, 3:10PM (Malco 1)
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Expect a Miracle (Espera un Milagro)
Spain/93min/Human Rights
Spanish w/English Subtitles
Gemma Ventura
The Untouchables in India are the most oppressed social group in the planet. A Spanish Jesuit arrived in the poorest district of the country almost fifty years ago and completely changed their lives and minds through The Silent Revolution. Through their most intimate confessions, the Untouchables of this part of India invite us to witness how to eradicate poverty and its consequences.
Fri. Oct 21, 8:15PM (Central)
Sun. Oct 23, 1:30PM (Malco 1)
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Fjord
Norway/24min/Cinema Verite
Lisbeth Dryer – In Person
This film has no dialogue or commentary.
Fjord is a personal interpretation of the landscape in Naeroyfjord in Western Norway, included in UNESCO's world heritage list in 2005. The film is poetic and rhythmic, following the shifting light and turn of the seasons in this unique and dramatic landscape.
Mon Oct. 17, 2:55PM-Block (Malco 1)
Fri. Oct. 21, 4:35PM-Block (Malco 2)
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Gaza Shield
Lebanon/17min/Human Rights, War, Art
Tania Khalaf – In Person
In Lebanon, demonstrations decrying the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fill the streets every day. Lebanese people from all ages call to cease this ongoing conflict. Three Lebanese artists came across a video game that encourages this conflict and rewards its user anytime a hospital in Gaza gets bombed or a child gets killed. The game calls for more violence between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The more lives you kill the more points you get. These artists begin to develop a game of their own in response. The game...
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Green Fire: Aldo Leopald and the Land Ethic for Our Time
USA/73min/Educational
Steve Dunsky – Murray Loyd in person
Aldo Leopold is considered the most important conservationist of the twentieth-century. He is the father of the national wilderness system, wildlife management and ecological restoration. His classic book “A Sand County Almanac,” inspires us to see the natural world as a community to which we belong.
www.greenfiremovie.com
Tue. Oct. 18, 10:00AM (Malco 1)
Fri. Oct. 21, 10:05AM (Malco 2)
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Heaven + Earth + Joe Davis
USA/85min/Science
Peter Sasowsky, Amy Grumbling
Almost thirty years ago, a peg-legged artist and motorcycle mechanic from Mississippi walked into MITs Center for Advanced Visual Studies and demanded a meeting with the Director. After trashing the receptionist’s desk and holding off the Cambridge police, Joe Davis walked out with an academic appointment at MIT. His status there has provided him with resources for much of his work - including sending vaginal contractions into space to communicate with aliens, poetry encoded into DNA, and a language to write the world...
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Hula and Natan
Israel/55min/Comedy, Independent
Israeli w/English Subtitles
The comic-tragic story of the brothers Hula and Natan, two car mechanics from the outskirts of Sderot, a city in the south of Israel constantly bombed by rockets from Gaza. The two live in a caravan in the weedy yard that serves as their garage, surrounded by old jalopies and clunkers. While the situation between Israel and Gaza deteriorates, Hula and Natan's garage, their only source of income, is about to be closed down by the authorities. www.hulanatan.com
Thurs. Oct 20, 9:15PM-Block (Malco 1)
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Independent For Governor
USA/99min/Political, Arkansas
Huixia Lu – In Person
The story of Rod Bryan’s independent campaign for Governor of the State of Arkansas.
Fri. Oct 21, 6:00PM (Central)
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John Frum, He Will Come -World Premiere
USA, Vanuatu/86min/Religious, Cult
Cevin Soling, David Guinan – In Person
On the tiny island of Tanna in the South Pacific, a cult religion believes that an American deity named John Frum will one day bring them an abundance of gifts and lead them to salvation. This film chronicles one man's attempt to fulfill this strange prophecy.
Wed. Oct. 19, 7:00PM (Malco 1)
Fri. Oct. 21, 6:35PM (Malco 1)
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Moroloja - US Premiere
Italy/10min/Experimental
Alexander Ingham Brooke
Italian w/ English Subtitles
In 1962, Cecilia Mangini, an Italian filmmaker, made Stendali, a documentary about a group of women who practiced an Ancient Greek funeral rite in the southern Italian town of Martano (Puglia, Lecce). Shortly after the filming of Stendali, the women died out. With no one to replace them, the rites disappeared, leaving the town in its silence. In 2011, 50 years later, the film Moroloja looks back upon the site of the funeral, revisiting the town of Martano, revealing that some of the women...
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Nashville Rises
USA/25min/Disaster
Zac Adams
Narrated by Billy Bob Thornton, Nashville Rises tells the emotional story of the city of Nashville’s extraordinary response to the worst natural disaster to ever hit the region. This is the story about the power of the human spirit, and how neighbors helped neighbors to overcome tragedy.
Fri. Oct 21, 1:15PM- Block (Malco 2)
Sat. Oct 22, 11:30AM- Block (Malco 2)
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Slant 45: The Movie
USA/85min/Family
Mark Birnbaum – In Person
As North Texas prepared to host one of the world's largest sporting events, more than 44,000 children were making plans of their own. They coordinated neighborhood cleanups, a hospital toy drive, anti-graffiti campaigns, food drives, and more. In the end, they discovered that heroism and leadership aren't only characteristics of all-star athletes. This film offers an intimate look at children who embarked on a yearlong journey to identify problems and improve the lives of those around them.
Fri. Oct 21, 10:00AM (Malco...
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Somos Wichi
Argentina, USA/44min/Human Rights
Andrew Buckland – In Person
Spanish w/ English Subtitles
Somos Wichi is a glimpse into the lives of a relatively unknown and often misunderstood indigenous people known as the Wichi. Set in the Gran Chaco forest of northwestern Argentina, the Wichi are struggling to cope with the destructive effects of agricultural development, while maintaining their unique cultural identity.
www.somoswichi.com/test.html
Tue. Oct. 18, 1:10PM-Block (Malco 2)
Fri. Oct. 21, 11:45AM-Block (Malco 2)
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The Souls-Tales of Ghostly Encounters (Arme Selen)
Switzerland/93min/Religious, Paranormal
Edwin Beeler
The film transcends a dreamlike reality into the mysterious land of poor souls. Witnesses from rural areas of Central Switzerland tell their tales of enigmatic encounters with persons from hereafter, and about outrages by decedents, which have to be expiated. An ethnographic movie about an archaic folk-mythology, The Souls documents a culture of sagas and myths sadly now dying out because, in modern reasoning, death is suppressed and taboo.
Sun. Oct. 16, 8:25PM (Malco 2)
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Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory - Arkansas Premiere
USA/115min/True Crime
Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky
The final attempt to prove that the “West Memphis Three” were wrongly convicted, following previous films in 1996 and 2000. The Arkansas supreme-court ruling which freed the men did not go quite that far: it required the trio to file an Alford plea, which allows them to assert their innocence while accepting that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict them.
Fri. Oct 21, 8:35PM (Malco 1)
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Without Country (Sin País)
Guatemala, USA/20min/ Social Issue
Theo Rigby
Spanish w/ English Subtitles
Nearly twenty years ago, Sam and Elida Mejia escaped Guatemala during a violent civil war, and brought their one-year old son to California. They worked hard, raised a family, and lived the American dream. Two years ago, immigration agents stormed the Mejia's house and they have been fighting to stay in the U.S. ever since. Sin Pais (Without Country) begins two weeks before Sam and Elida are deported and the family is pulled apart. sinpaisfilm.com
Tue. Oct. 18, 1:10PM-Block (Malco...
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Woke Up This Mornin’ in the Arkansas Delta -World Premiere
USA/70min/Arkansas
Ben Meade – In Person
This film chronicles a filmmaker from Missouri who travels with a crew from north to south in the Arkansas Delta, discovering the humor, hardship, music & art that lies along the Mississippi River. A fantastic original soundtrack by Paul Sammons and Michael Sutterfield, alongside a serendipitous structure, make for an intriguing kitchen sink film.
Fri. Oct 21, 4:00PM (Central)
Sat. Oct 22, 6:00PM (Central)
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