2012 Film line-up to be announced in September

 

"J.Edgar"

Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi, Watts Judi Dench
Running time:
U.S.A.

As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.

(Private screening by invitation to package ticket holders only)

Oct 14, Sunset Center Auditorium
7:00

"We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly
Running time: 112 minutes
U.K.

The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief -- and feelings of responsibility for her child's actions -- by writing to her estranged husband. A chilling look at a mother-son relationship that was doomed from the start.

Oct 15, All Saints Theater
8:00

"Losing Control"

Director: Valerie Weiss
Running time:
U.S.A.

"Losing Control" is a quirky romantic comedy about a female scientist who wants to prove that her boyfriend is "the one." The film stars a talented ensemble cast led by Miranda Kent and Reid Scott. Directed by Valerie Weiss, "Losing Control" is loosely based on her experiences at Harvard Medical School.

Oct 15, Sunset Center Auditorium
2:00

"Fred and Vinnie"

Director: Steve Skrovan
Starring: Fred Stoller, Angelo Tsarouchas
Running time: 90 minutes
U.S.A.

Fred Stoller works as an actor in Hollywood, playing an assortment of deliverymen, clerks, and other oddball schnooks. The rest of the time, he wanders the streets researching his pet book project, "Restaurants You Don't Feel Self-Conscious Eating Alone At." He has a long distance bond with his old friend from back East, Vinnie D'Angelo, who hardly ever leaves his rent-free basement apartment. It's a quirky, symbiotic relationship where Fred provides Vinnie with a window to the outside world, while Vinnie is the adoring parent Fred never had. That relationship is put to the test though when Vinnie ventures cross country to stay with Fred. At first, Fred is thrilled to have the company, but soon feels trapped when Vinnie reverts to his agoraphobic ways. Is Vinnie a freeloading conman taking advantage of an old friend or just a well-meaning guy who is truly incapable of dealing with the world? Based on a true story and written by guys who used to write for Seinfeld, FRED AND VINNIE is a funny and poignant look at friendship.

October 13, Sunset Center Auditorium
7:30 pm

"Fully Loaded"

Director: Shira Piven
Starring: Paula Killen, Lisa Ann Orkin
Featuring: Dweezil Zappa
Running Time: 76 minutes
U.S.A.

Fully Loaded, chronicles the misadventures of two feisty single mom's (comedians, Paula Killen and Lisa Orkin) as they discover on a rare evening out, that it's not so easy to hook up with a total stranger (Dweezil Zappa) anymore. This "van-centric" dark comedy, offers viewers an opportunity to eavesdrop on how "real" women genuinely feel about men, relationships, the culture and themselves. This picture, shot largely on the road, takes the audience on a journey in and around late-night Los Angeles and features a dynamic soundtrack, comprised of both cutting edge alternative tunes and iconic classics.

Oct 14, All Saints Theater
6:00 pm

"White Knight"

Director: Jesse Baget
Starring: Tom Sizemore, Stacy Keach, Kevin Farley, Hector Jimenez
Running time:
U.S.A.

Leroy Lowe (Tom Sizemore), grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan confronts everything he's been taught to hate when he's sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville (Stacy Keach), dead set on rehabilitating Leroy, chooses Emilio (Hector Jimenez), a Hispanic field worker imprisoned for fighting for labor rights, to be his cellmate.

Leroy, confined in a small cell with the "enemy," far from the KKK comrades who deserted him, finds the chatty Emilio slowly chipping away at his anger and prejudice.

His weekly rehabilitation meetings with the warden, barely tolerable as the man drones on about farm labor and field crops, take on a different meaning when Madalena (Olga Segura), a beautiful Mexican maid is hired to clean the warden's office. An unconventional love story develops that opens Leroy's eyes to the possibility of a different life. And a man who was a born and bred racist finds himself heading down a path to redemption.

Oct 16, Sunset Center Auditorium
4:00

"Mercy Man"

Director: Rider McDowell
Running time: 94 minutes
U.S.A.

This gritty New York thriller, based on the bestselling novel of the same name, features the adventures of undercover NYPD cop Willy Diaz. When an old friend is savagely murdered in Washington Square, Diaz sets out to solve the crime and avenge his friend's death. Along the way he reluctantly accepts the assistance of Esme Pinyero a beautiful investigative reporter and mutual friend of the murdered man. The two investigators swiftly determine that a serial killer is stalking New York, recreating brutal murders of days past. The tough, intrepid and street-smart Diaz, nevertheless uses his wits and not violence to solve crimes. Willy Diaz represents the first Latin-American (Puerto Rican) hero in a main stream movie series. The film stars JC Hernandez (High Crimes, Against the Ropes, and Carlito's Way) as Willy Diaz, and Andre Royo (Shaft and HBO's awardwinning, The Wire), with a cameo by veteran film actor John Saxon and introduces new Brazillian actress Guenia Lemos. Rider McDowell makes his feature film directorial debut with The Mercy Man.

Oct 15, Sunset Center Auditorium
6:00

"Bright Day"

Director: Maggie Rowe, Andersen Gabrych
Executive Producer: Bill Maher
Running time: 84 minutes
U.S.A.

Executive Producer Bill Maher presents BRIGHT DAY! A satirical 'documentary' that pokes a sharp and goofy finger at new-age religions, modern self-help movements (ala The Secret, Oprah, etc.) and their seductive promise that 'you can have everything you've ever wanted.' Fun, funny and relentlessly irreverent, "Bright Day!" is a cautionary tale about life, religion and drinking the Kool-Aid.

Oct 15, All Saints Theater
12:00 pm

"God's Ears"

Director: Michael Worth
Running time: 110 minutes
U.S.A.

Noah Connely (Michael Worth) is a boxer with a tireless opponent; Autism. Alexia Moore (Margot Farley) is a fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants dancer watching her youth dissolve into the darkness of a nightclub. With the help of a retired boxing coach (John Saxton) these two will meet and discover that the greatest fight is not of the body, but , but rather of the heart.

Oct 15, Youth Center Main
8:00

"Mulberry Tree"

Director: Mark Heller
Running time: 88 minutes
U.S.A.

The Mulberry Tree finds three characters at the crossroads of their faltering lives, who through their complex and sometimes unlikely relationships, find self-worth, personal redemption, and the lost ability to love, amongst the painful and dysfunctional damage of their own passed tragedies.

Oct. 14, All Saints Theater
10:00 am

"That Side of Shadow"

Director: Ricky Fosheim
Starring: Jeffery Baker, Dillon Tucker, Kristin Erickson, Virginia Cassavetes, Leigh Anne Bush
Running time: 84 minutes U.S.A.

Moments after waking up on the hottest recorded day in Los Angeles, Jimmy Strange (Jeffery Baker) has a tragic breakup with his girlfriend, Sara Harrison (Kristin Erickson), and finds out that his best friend, Isaac Nelson (Dillon Tucker), has got the two of them mixed up in a horrible gambling debt.

With nowhere to go and no other options, Jimmy and Isaac must rob the gas station they work at and head to Las Vegas to try and double their money within 24 hours. Along the way they run into a whole host of problems, including two call girls (Virginia Cassavetes, Leigh Anne Bush) determined to steal the little money they have.

Unable to go back to Los Angeles in fear of their lives, Jimmy and Isaac hide out in the desert. It is here that they learn a lot about themselves, their relationships, and the moment in their lives in which they crossover from youth to maturity.

Oct 15, All Saints Theater
4:00 pm

"True Bromance"

Director: Sebastian Doggart
Running time:

Sneak peek screening. A hilarious comedy about the absurd role our friends and family play when we fall madly in love. This fever dream of a bromantic comedy focuses on one man's journey across America to gain advice from famous bros (and bro-ettes) on how to win the heart of a woman he has never met -- Condoleezza Rice.

October 15, All Saints Theater
6:00 pm

"The Italian Key"

Director: Rosa Karo
Running time:
Finland, Italy, United Kingdom

A romantic fairy tale about a 19-year-old orphan who gets, as her sole inheritance, an antique key that unlocks both an old villa in Italy and the mysteries of her family history. Cabella has never known her parents and has lived with her non-related uncle Max for as long as she can remember. When Max dies and his upper-class relatives claim everything, Cabella only gets and old key that Max has left for her in secret. Sad and without much to look forward to, she travels to Italy and sets up a make shift home in a run-down villa

Little by little Cabella starts to fit into the life of the village. She makes friends with three local sisters. The oldest of the sisters, Maria, is smitten with mysterious, aristocratic Lord Jai, a young Indian man who lives in the village castle. middle sister Sophia is a budding artist who roams the woods and mountaintops, painting wildlife - and little sister Giulia waits for the man of her dreams every day at the village square, but no one ever arrives on the daily bus.

In her new home, Cabella befriends a 9-year-old chimney sweeper who died in the house long ago. With the ghost's and the sisters' help, she begins to discover more about the enigmatic woman who lived in the house before and whose clothes she has been wearing ever since she moved in. As the mysteries slowly unfold, Cabella rediscovers love, trust and the power of family.

Oct 15, All Saints Theater
10:00 am

"World's Best Dad"

Director: Joshua Gross
Running time: 84 minutes
U.S.A.

"We all have different ways of mourning. In some cultures, you don't leave the house for a week. In others, you drink and have a big party. There might be praying, rending of garments, fire rituals. And that's what you get here. Sort of. If you're an aimless young man who's life has been traumatized by a domineering father, you start by chucking some rocks at your little brother's window in the middle of the night so you can show off the new stars and stripes paint job on the van and the bright yellow t-shirts you hand- printed. Because for Miles (Charlie Ochs), the lead in this charming indie comedy, the adventure is always on the verge of beginning." -Mark Elijah Rosenberg (Rooftop Films Founder)

Oct 15, All Saints Theater
2:00 pm

"Dying to do Letterman"

Directors: Joke Fincioen, Biagio Messina
Running time:
U.S.A.

When 35 year old stand-up comedian Steve Mazan learned he had cancer, and might only have five years to live, he dedicated his life living his dream: performing comedy on The Late Show with David Letterman. This documentary chronicles his five-year journey, as he races his own ticking clock to achieve a nearly impossible goal. Hilarious, heart- breaking, and ultimately inspirational, Steve's journey brings a brand-new perspective to living with cancer. This is a story that proves it's not how much time you have, it's what you do with it. As Steve says, 'If you stop chasing your dreams, you're already dead.'

Saturday, October 15
Sunset Center Auditorium
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

"Something Ventured"

Directors: Dayna Goldfine, Dan Geller
Running time:
U.S.A.

SOMETHING VENTURED tells the story of the creation of an industry that went on to become the single greatest engine of innovation and economic growth in the 20th century. It is told by the visionary risk-takers who dared to make it happen…Tom Perkins, Don Valentine, Arthur Rock, Dick Kramlich and others. The film also includes some of our finest entrepreneurs sharing how they worked with these venture capitalists to grow world-class companies like Intel, Apple, Cisco, Atari, Genentech, Tandem and others.

Beginning in the late 1950's, this small group of high rollers fostered a one-of-a-kind business culture that encouraged extraordinary risk and made possible unprecedented rewards. They laid the groundwork for America's start-up economy, providing not just the working capital but the guidance to allow seedling companies to reach their full potential. Our lives would be dramatically different without the contributions that these venture capitalists made to the creation of PCs, the Internet and life-saving drugs.

Thursday, October 13
All Saints Theater
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

"7 Year's Underground, A 60's Tale"

Director: Jason Solomon
Running time: 87 minutes
U.S.A.

Lenny Bruce opened at the Café Au Go Go in March of 1964. Two days into Lenny's performance, he was arrested and booked for obscenity charges, along with Howard and Elly Solomon, the club owners. That historic arrest and the international press it garnered would put the Cafe Au Go Go on the entertainment world map. From 1964 to 1969 the Cafe Au Go Go was a Beacon in the night for many a disenfranchised performer like; Jimi Hendrix, Steven Stills, The Grateful Dead, The Cream, Jefferson's Airplane, Blood Sweat and Tears, Mothers of Invention, George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Lily Tomlin, who would all get their start down at the legendary club. Come witness and relive the story of one small, 375 seat Greenwich Village night club that became an entertainment mecca and how it's owners, Howard and Elly Solomon would lead a six year crusade and unwittingly shape an iconic part of 1960's 'rock and roll' history. Long past, but certainly not forgotten.

Friday, Oct. 14
Youth Center Main Auditorium
8:00 pm

"Art Hard"

Director: Meredith Danluck
Running time: 45 minutes
U.S.A.

Five thousand miles away, atop a dozen miles of ice and with sanity on the brink, one man and his team try to create the largest artwork in the world.

Saturday, Oct. 15
Sunset Center Studio 105
11:00

"Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt"

Director: Curt Wallin
Running time:
U.S.A.

"Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt" is about 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. More than a century later, many of Ab's records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car. The film features pristine archival footage, as well as recently shot HD interviews with a stellar list of car and racing aficionados (including Jay Leno and Col. Andy Green, the current land speed holder).

"Boys of Bonneville" is that rare animal: an exhilarating film about an unknown American hero which leaves its audience cheering to the rafters and grabbing for their cell phones demanding to know "who is this guy and where can I see this car?"

Friday, Oct 14
All Saints Theater
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

"Brown is for Tony"

Director: Jason Russell
Running time: 50 minutes
U.S.A./ Uganda

Eight years ago, Tony Bazilo asked us in our first film, "The Rough Cut," "not to forget about him," and we promised we wouldn't. This film is the fulfillment of that promise. "Brown is for Tony" follows Tony's friendship with Invisible Children filmmaker Laren Poole and the triumphs and tragedies they've endured along the way.

Tony spent his youth in northern Uganda as a night commuter avoiding capture by Joseph Kony's rebel army. Now he's in college, his future is bright, and his story is coming full circle as part of our Bracelet Campaign. Eight years in the making, we have been with him every step of the way as he has transformed from a victim of injustice to a champion of change.

This is the story of Tony; a story of friendships that cross borders and a story of a boy whose handmade slingshots and sly sense of humor make him Uganda's version of Tom Sawyer. "Brown is for Tony" tells the story of how this unique life continues to shape the heart and character behind Invisible Children.

Saturday, Oct. 15
Youth Center Main Auditorium
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

"California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown"

Director: Sascha Rice
Running time: 90 minutes
U.S.A.

"California State of Mind - The Legacy of Pat Brown'" tells the story of how one man rose against seemingly insurmountable obstacles and shaped the future of modern California. Rather than lionizing Brown as 'the Architect of the Golden State,' the film also looks critically at Pat Brown's odyssey to build a 'Super State,' raising issues that transcend eras and geographic borders.

Told from his granddaughter's perspective, Brown's struggle to overcome humble beginnings reveals a dynamic American Dream story. A compelling journey unfolds through interviews, archival footage, home movies, and cinema verite as the filmmaker wrestles with the inherited optimism of her grandfather's legacy. An exciting tale of the West comes into focus through the lens of the national crisis we face: failing education, crumbling infrastructure, gridlocked traffic, and water threatens to become the next oil. This intimate portrait of Pat Brown has the power to ignite optimism and provide a template for what we can and should expect from leaders today.

Saturday, Oct. 15
Sunset Center Auditorium
4:00 – 5:30

"Child of Giants, My journey with Maynard Dixon and Dorothea Lange"

Director: Tom Ropelewski
Running time: 95 minutes
U.S.A.

As a child, Daniel Dixon, the son of iconic photographer Dorothea Lange and visionary Southwestern painter Maynard Dixon, came to recognize his parents' extraordinary gifts, but his view of them changed dramatically during the Depression when he and his younger brother John were 'farmed out' to a series of foster homes, never knowing when they might see their parents again.

Sunday, Oct 16
Youth Center Main Auditorium
12:00 pm – 2:00

"Dan Cytron: One Artist's Pov"

Director: Sally Gati
Running time: 66 minutes
U.S.A.

One artist's take on the "art game." Success at what cost? Dan Cytron is opinionated and passionate about art and the business of art. A provocative and fascinating look at what it takes to succeed in this arena. A film that ultimately asks is it worth it?

Sunday, October 16
Sunset Center Studio 105
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

The Family of the Wa'a

Director: David Cumming
Running time: 81 minutes
U.S.A.

Kimokeo Kapahulehua is a man with a kuleana; a promise to keep. Not just to his uncle Kavika or Hawaii, but to all people and generations, past and future. His kuleana is to link the Hawaiian islands together like a lei. And for the first time in recorded history, it will be done in an outrigger paddling canoe (wa'a). 6 years and 1750 miles later, he and his team find they have done more than complete their voyage to honor Kimokeo's kuleana; they have become the Family of the Wa'a.

Saturday, October 15
Youth Center Main Auditorium
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

"Everyday Sunshine"

Directors: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler
Running time: 107 minutes
U.S.A.

From the shifting fault lines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation. Telling it like it is, the iconic Laurence Fishburne narrates "Everyday Sunshine," a story about music, history, fear, courage and funking on the one.

Friday, October 14
All Saints Theater
8:00 pm -10:00 pm

"Fezeka's Voice"

Director: Holly Lubbock
Running time: 79 minutes
U.S.A./South Africa

Fezeka's Voice is the story of one man, Phumi Tsewu, and the choir to which he has dedicated the last 12 years of his life: the award winning Fezeka High School Choir. This is the story of how one man's infectious love of music has inspired 77 under- priviledged children to embrace focus, confidence, self-belief and an unwavering faith in their own futures.

The Fezeka High School Choir may be national champions, but their school sits in one of the most deprived areas in South Africa. Guguletu township, like most ghettos within South Africa, is infected by many of the hardships brought on by extreme poverty; murder, rape, hunger and disease. But the children of today's South Africa face an even greater hurdle than those physical barriers, they face the challenge of learning beyond the confines of their segregated history and reaching above the positions politicians have put them in. No one understands this more than Phumi Tsewu who was born and raised during the apartheid era, who watched Nelson Mandela walk free in 1994 and who now knows that the only way for black South Africans to claim their right to a free and just society is to teach its children that they are worthy of it.

Friday, October 14
Youth Center Main Auditorium
4:00 pm – 6 pm

"Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child"

Director: Lisa Kirk Colburn
Running time: 72 minutes
U.S.A.

"Gottfried Helnwein And The Dreaming Child" is a feature documentary about a world famous Austrian artist, Gottfried Helnwein, and his challenge designing the sets and costumes for a never before seen opera in Tel Aviv, Israel in 2010. This violent and often bloody opera, THE CHILD DREAMS, was written by Israel's most famous playwright, Hanoch Levin, who passed away in 1999. This opera portrays the hopes and dreams of innocent children in search of freedom and peace. Levin specifically states in his libretto that the opera requires a small child who would portray the dreaming child through out the opera. However, the director of the opera wishes to use a mature woman to play the child and that leads to conflict and confrontation with his set designer. Gottfried fights for the child on the stage just like he does in his enormous, realistic paintings. Images of children burned so deep into your mind that you can never forget. Gottfried's work on this opera is much the same as his paintings, which are beautiful yet often difficult to look at.

Friday, October 14
Sunset Center Studio 105
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

"Hey Boo"

Director: Mary MaDonagh Murphy
Running time: 82 minutes
U.S.A.

Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved bestseller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. Nearly one million copies are sold each year and the novel has been translated into more than forty languages worldwide. The film version, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, won a trio of Academy Awards, and the U.S. Postal Service's new stamp honoring Peck depicts him wearing glasses, as Finch.

Behind it all was a young Southern girl named Nelle Harper Lee, who once said that she wanted to be South Alabama's Jane Austen. Hey, Boo explores Lee's life and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding her, including why she never published again. Containing never-before-seen photos and letters and an exclusive interview with Lee's sister, Alice Finch Lee, the film also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes it inspired after publication.

Tom Brokaw, Rosanne Cash, Wally Lamb, Anna Quindlen, Richard Russo, Scott Turow, Oprah Winfrey, Andrew Young and others reflect on the novel's power, influence, and popularity, and the many ways it has shaped their lives.

Saturday, October 15
Youth Center Main Auditorium
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

"Humble Beauty"

Director: Judith Vogelsang, Letitia Schwartz
Running time: 60 minutes
U.S.A.

Stories of talented homeless and formerly homeless men and women who, despite a daily struggle for survival, create art --fine arts painting-- in the worst area of LA known as Skid Row. It's also about the ubiquity of art in human life. People strive to make art, no matter how humble the circumstances. Some artists find their art supplies in garbage cans and dumpsters. They draw on old paper bags. Many have joined Art Workshops led by remarkable artist/social workers and are given paint, canvases, frames, easels and the technical, creative and supportive guidance to create stunning, often therapeutic, works of art. Art has changed their lives dramatically and their tight-knit Skid Row community nourishes their artistic abilities.

Saturday, October 15
Sunset Center Studio 105
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

"Monterey to Big Sur"

Director: John Harris
Running time: 59 minutes
U.S.A.

The space between Monterey and Big Sur is as beautiful as any stretch of coastline in the world. Majestic, contemplative, uncompromising – local filmmaker John Harris captures it all with breathtaking cinematography and a simple straightforward style that lets the natural beauty speak for itself. Locals often say we live in paradise – and once you see Harris' film you will know why.

Sunday, October 16
Sunset Center Studio 105
12:00 pm – 2:00

"One Revolution"

Director: Amanda Stoddard
Running time: 84 minutes
U.S.A.

One Revolution opens as dawn breaks atop Africa's tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. Briefly, glimpses of the mountain frame Chris Waddell as he transfers to his specially designed handcycle. The air is tense as Chris begins the fifth day of his ascent. Etched within every movement he makes is the weighty knowledge that this may be his one chance to have the world see people like himself not as something less, but equals and possibly as something more--as someone with something significant to contribute. If he makes the summit the world may understand his message; if he fails, he may be just another guy in a wheelchair. One Revolution cinematically captures Chris Waddell's very human journey to dare greatly and ultimately to live fully. This film chronicles the heart and spirit behind an extraordinary achievement as it documents the first almost entirely unassisted paraplegic ascent of 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Friday, October 14
All Saints Theater
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

"Patagonia Rising"

Director: Brian Lilla
Running time: 87 minutes
Chile/U.S.A.

Deep in the heart of Patagonia, Chile flow two of the world's purest rivers, the Baker and Pascua. Fed by vast glacial systems, these free-flowing watersheds drive biodiversity in temperate rainforests, estuaries and marine ecosystems. They are also the life source for Patagonia's most tenacious residents. Gauchos, the iconic South American cowboys, endure relentless winds and long winters on remote ranches in these river valleys. Isolated and largely undeveloped Patagonia and its people are caught in a heated conflict surrounding a proposal to build five large hydroelectric dams on the Baker and Pascua Rivers. Promoted as "clean" energy, the project's cultural and environmental impacts would forever alter the region. Alternatives exist. Clean energy experts are proving the viability of solar, wind and geothermal resources developed much closer to demand and infrastructure.

Over the past century more than 45,000 large dams have redefined the course and health of the planet's rivers with disastrous impacts that continue to unfold. Tracing the hydrologic cycle of the Baker from ice to ocean, Patagonia Rising brings voice to the frontier people caught in the crossfire of Chile's 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.

Saturday, October 15
Youth Center Main Auditorium
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

"Poet on the Stone: Izumi Masatoshi"

Director: Kenji Hayashi
Running time: 59 minutes
Japan

"Poet on the Stone: Izumi Masatoshi" questions the meaning of sculpture and art in modern society by introducing the words of Izumi Masatoshi and his unique way to producing works of natural stone. His works, based on traditional techniques of Japanese stone masonry, are as simple as Zen teaching, and yet bring you into the world of philosophical poetry.

Friday, October 14
Sunset Center Studio 105
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

"RHAG"

Director: Doug Walker
Running time: 40 minutes
U.S.A.

Some people choose to be artists. Others just are, driven by the urge to create, express truth, recognize beauty, magnify absurdity and spread joy and turmoil far and wide. Roy Henry (Alexander) Gover was one of the others. This Bay Area artist passed through the so-called "real world" turning the most mundane communications into creative expressions. His appreciation for beauty, rich sense of humor, and unsentimental honesty - even when things got tough – form the bulk of the enormous gift he left behind. Join filmmaker Doug Walker in an exploration of the world of RHAG, through interviews, visuals, and stunning first-person archival footage of the man himself.

Friday, October 14
Sunset Center Studio 105
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

"Soundtrack for a Revolution"

Directors: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman (Nanking)
Executive Producer: Danny Glover
Running time: 1 Hour, 22 minutes

"Soundtrack for a Revolution" tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music -the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. The film features new performances of the freedom songs by top artists, including John Legend, Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean, and The Roots; riveting archival footage; and interviews with civil rights foot soldiers and leaders, including Congressman John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Julian Bond, and Ambassador Andrew Young.

"Soundtrack for a Revolution" celebrates the vitality of this music. It is a vibrant blend of heart-wrenching interviews, dramatic images, and thrilling contemporary performances -- a film of significance, energy, and power.

Saturday, October 15
Youth Center Main Auditorium
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

"Stitched"

Director: Jenalia Moreno
Running time: 72 minutes
U.S.A.

Stitched is a fun-filled documentary following three quilters racing to complete their entries for the International Quilt Festival, the largest quilt show in the nation. The Houston show draws more than 50,000 quilters including three artists who created some controversy with their work. Quilting legend Caryl Bryer Fallert was the first to win a major prize for her quilt made with a sewing machine. She mentored Hollis Chatelain who caused a stir when she won an award for a painted quilt. And Hollis mentored Randall Cook who sparked controversy with his quilt of a male nude. In this 72-minute documentary, these quilters create their pieces to compete in the 2010 quilt show.

Friday, October 14
Youth Center Main Auditorium
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

"The Greater Good"

Director: Chris Pilaro, Kendall Nelson
Running time: 84 minutes
U.S.A.

"The Greater Good" is a character-driven documentary that explores the cultural intersections where parenting meets modern medicine and individual rights collide with politics. The film offers parents, doctors and policy makers a safe space to speak openly, actively listen and to learn from one another. Mixing verité footage, intimate interviews, 1950s-era government-produced movies and up-to-date TV news reporting, "The Greater Good" weaves together the stories of families whose lives have been forever changed by vaccination.

Friday, October 14
Youth Center Main Auditorium
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

"The Waterfall"

Director: Peta Carey
Running time: 47 minutes
New Zealand

Four of New Zealand's most celebrated artists journey to Fiordland. Over the course of a five day voyage they not only explore one of the most spectacular landscapes on Earth, but embark on their own artistic response to the wilderness and its history – in particular the legacy of William Hodges, ship's artist with Captain Cook in 1773.

"The Waterfall" brings some of New Zealand's most renowned contemporary artists to Fiordland, and to the screen: Gerda Leenards, John Walsh, Nigel brown and Melvin "Pat" Day. The story follow the artistic process of each, from the sketches "en plein air" to the final artwork. A work of art in itself, "The Waterfall" combines good characters, a great yarn, humor and stunning imagery within the spectacular natural canvas of Fiordland.

Saturday, October 15
Sunset Center Studio 105
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

"Time of Grimaces"

Director: Peter Dimitrov
Running time: 63 minutes
Slovakia (English subtitles)

The life and work of the mysterious master sculptor whose creations irritated and fascinated, and still leave unanswered questions about the meaning, motives and inexplicable mystery of the creative process. The film is a docudrama that strives to unearth the secrets of the controversial, complex soul of the artist, a man definitively ahead of his time. Reproductions of Messerschmidt's sculptures are included in the story, which covers the period from his early work through the transition in his artistic style to the great series known as his "character heads". These heads are now part of Europe's most precious cultural heritage. They were created towards the end of his life in Pressburg and the film focuses on this final period. As a point of interest, one of his busts was auctioned at Sotheby's several years ago for an incredible $4.8 million.

Friday, October 14
Sunset Center Studio 105
10:00 am – 12:00 pm

"Lost and Found"

Director: Doug Walker
Running time:
U.S.A

When Doug Walker found a box of black and white negatives, numbering over 30,000, he did his research. Upon finding out exactly what he had stumbled upon that day in the Pasadena Swap Meet, he decided to tell the stories depicted in those images. As it turn out, the images belonged to Surfing Magazine from the iconic times of the 60′s and 70's and contains the results of the founders of surf photography.

The stories that these images hold are that of legend from many angles. Not only those captured in the images, but those behind the cameras as well. The emotion and memories that these images brought up sparked the creation of an entire documentary.

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