After the Fire
USA/38 min/Drama
Guido Verweyen/ Michael Huffington/ Anthony Bretti
The story of Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, freshmen roommates at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, where arsonists set fire to the school, killing three students and injuring 58 more. The film is also about the search for the arsonists and the elaborate conspiracy that nearly obscured the truth. www.afterthefiremovie.com
Tues. Oct. 18, 5:35PM-Block (Malco 1)
Thu. Oct. 20, 4:25PM-Block (Malco 2)
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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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Among Giants
USA/14min/Environmental
Chris Cresci & Ben Mullinkosson
As clear cutting continues to ravage California's coastal redwood region, Farmer, an environmental activist, decides to tree sit to defend the McKay Tract. A hundred feet up in the ancient redwood canopy, Farmer must battle the elements and avoid isolation as he fights for a sustainable future. www.amonggiantsfilm.wordpress.com
Sat. Oct. 15, 9PM-Block (Malco 2)
Mon. Oct. 17, 9:15PM-Block (Malco 1)
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The Baton (Der Taktstock)
Germany/65min/Music, Experimental
Michael Wende
German w/ English Subtitles
Conductors: their job is an art that is hundreds of years old; the art of creating music through movements of the hands. This documentary feature is about 12 young conductors from all over the world including Japan, Bulgaria, USA, Germany, Italy, Russia, UK, and Ukraine, meeting for 10 days in Bamberg (Germany) to win the World’s most honored conducting battle: The Gustav-Mahler-Conductors-Competition. www.wendeseite.de
Sun. Oct. 16, 10:05AM (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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Below New York
USA/28min/Music Culture
Matt Finlin
A unique and stylized look at some of New York City's finest subway performers, musicians and artists, the film draws the audience into the lives these local performers lead, and how their quest for a venue and sustenance adds a truly wonderful aesthetic to one of the greatest cities in the world.
Sun. Oct. 16, 3:10PM-Block (Malco 2)
Thu. Oct. 20, 2:50PM-Block (Malco 1)
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The Best Thing I Ever Done
USA/17min/Family
M. Emily MacKenzie – In Person
Hailed as the 'godfather of Brooklyn pizza,' Italian émigré Domenico DeMarco has been slinging pizzas in his legendary pizzeria, Di Fara, for 45 years. The film is a portrait of DeMarco and his beloved pizzeria, an exploration of his rise to fame and an ode to pizzaioli who take their time to 'make it right.' www.thebestthingieverdone.com
Sat. Oct. 15, 10:05AM-Block (Malco 2)
Sat. Oct. 22, 1:35PM-Block (Malco 1)
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Between the Harvest
USA/29min/Environmental
Scott Drucker
This film explores a small town on the coast of Costa Rica that relies on the harvesting of sea turtle eggs for survival. It is exemplary of our complex relationship with the environment, and how there is often a human story behind the environmental catastrophe.
www.betweentheharvest.com
Sun. Oct. 16, 4:40PM-Block (Malco 2)
Thu. Oct. 20, 10:00AM-Block (Malco 1)
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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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Bhopali
USA/89min/Environmental
Max Carlson, Kirk Palayan
In 1984, a Union Carbide factory gas leak contaminated and killed thousands in Bhopal, India. Their suffering continues today: a father battles to save his dying daughter; a school rehabilitates children with birth abnormalities; a 25-year-old, whose 9 family members perished, copes with pain and death. Fueled by their suffering, the community fights against the American corporation responsible for the continued tragedy.
www.bhopalithemovie.com
Sat. Oct 22, 1:00PM (Malco 2)
Sun. Oct 23, 5:45PM (Malco 1)
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Big in Bollywood
USA/74min/Humor
Kenny Meehan, Bill Bowles, Matt McCroskey – In Person
American-born Omi Vaidya, a 27-year old struggling actor in L.A., lands a dream role in a huge Bollywood film, which quickly skyrockets to the most successful Bollywood film in history. Omi becomes a national sensation and struggles with the pressure of needing to continue his career while he is still 'hot,' and to care for his wife, who waits wistfully for his return to Los Angeles. www.biginbollywood.com
Mon. Oct. 17, 6:25PM (Malco 2)
Sat. Oct. 22, 6:40PM (Malco 1)
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Black Damp
USA/11min/Experimental
Lydia Moyer – In Person
A fire has been burning underneath the town of Centralia in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region for forty years, and it is believed there is enough coal underneath it to fuel the fire for at least two hundred more. Using archival photos and footage of the site as it appears today, the film explores the strange story of the town, the culpability of government in the face of disaster, and the experience of ownership.
Mon Oct. 17, 11:30AM-Block (Malco 1)
Sun. Oct. 23, 10:05AM-Block (Malco 2)
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Bound By Haiti
Haiti/47min/Global
Jon Bougher/Roman Safiullin – In Person
The story of Aaron Jackson and John Dieubon – two young international activists forced to deal with the tragedy of the Haiti earthquake first-hand. Featuring rare video and photos, Bound by Haiti follows these unlikely friends on a journey for change before and after one of the most catastrophic international events of our time. www.boundbyhaiti.com
Sat. Oct. 15, 1:55PM-Block (Malco 1)
Mon. Oct. 17, 4:25PM-Block (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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Brother Rob
USA/15min/Religious
Sofian Khan
In recent years there has been a great misunderstanding of the Islamic faith, and of Muslims living in the US. Pastor Terry Jones, who intends to burn the Koran, is intent upon revealing what he believes to be the hypocrisy and violence of their religion. On the other side, an unassuming former truck driver, born Southern Baptist-- now a Muslim
himself-- provides a different perspective.
www.capitalkpictures.com/brotherrob.html
Sun. Oct. 16, 7:35PM-Block (Malco 1)
Tue. Oct. 18, 7:55PM-Block (Malco 2)
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Business of Saving Lives
USA/40min/Animal Rights
Scott Brigante, Juliana Milo – Filmmaker in Person
The story about people going to extraordinary lengths to save the lives of companion animals by rescuing them from pounds and puppy mills and transporting them to no-kill shelters. Along the way the film explores the good, the bad, and the ugly sides of a broken animal welfare system that leaves 5 million dead each year.
Sun. Oct. 16, 4:40PM-Block (Malco 2)
Thu. Oct. 20, 10:00AM-Block (Malco 1)
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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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The City Dark
USA/82min/Environmental
Ian Cheney
A feature documentary about the loss of night. After moving to NYC from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question ‘do we need the stars’?, taking him from Brooklyn to Mauna Kea, Paris, and beyond. The City Dark is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars. www.thecitydark.com
Mon. Oct. 17, 1:00PM (Malco 1)
Thu. Oct. 20, 7:20PM (Malco 1)
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Come on Down and Pick Me Up
USA/9min/Art & Health
Jon Bougher, Nicholas Corrao - In Person
The portrait of Fred Kress - a forty-six-year-old man within weeks of dying from terminal liver disease. After receiving the diagnosis, Fred has turned his room into a neon hallucination, covering the walls and ceiling with fluorescent alien masks, mannequin heads, skulls and animal carcasses, creating his final resting place. Fred's work escapes the devastating reality of his disease while raising eternal questions of life, mortality and the true purpose of art.
Sun. Oct. 16, 9:00PM-Block...
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Crazy Wisdom
Canada/93min/Religious
Johanna Demetrakas, Lisa Leeman
Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, 'the bad boy of Buddhism,' shattered Westerners' notions about how an enlightened teacher should behave. Raised in the rigorous Tibetan monastic tradition, Trungpa fled his homeland during the Chinese Communist invasion of 1959. In Britain, his monk's robes blocked his students' understanding of Buddhism, so he renounced his monastic vows, eloped with a sixteen year-old and embraced western life.
www.crazywisdomthemovie.com
Tue. Oct. 18, 2:45PM (Malco 2)
Sun. Oct. 23, 10AM (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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Damn!
USA/72min/Political
Aaron Fisher-Cohen
The story of Rent is 2 Damn High party founder Jimmy McMillan a Vietnam veteran, black belt Karate master, private investigator, former stripper and 70’s soul singer who became an overnight sensation after his appearance on the 2010 New York gubernatorial debate caught viral success, receiving over 2 million views in the 24 hours after, which left Jimmy going from political obscurity to the international spotlight.
Thurs. Oct 20, 6:00PM (Central)
Sat. Oct 22, 8:00PM (Central)
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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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