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- Ballot Measure 9
- Between Earth & Sky
- Blue Collar and Buddha
- Body Memories
- Bolinao 52
- Bombhunters
- The Creek Runs Red
- Disenchanted Forest
- A Dream in Doubt
- Every Child is Born a Poet
- Finding Face
- Freedom on the Fence
- Gridlockers Paradox
- The Heart Broken In Half
- New Year Baby
- Out in the Silence
- Return to Tarawa
- Richart
- Who Does She Think She Is?
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 Blue Collar and BuddhaDirected by: Taggart Siegel & Kati Johnston Produced by: Taggart Siegel & Kati Johnston "BLUE COLLAR AND BUDDHA" is that rarity among documentary films - a compelling human document, a proactive statement, a moving exploration of both anger and gentleness. This is not merely a first rate film—it's an important one." This Dramatic Documentary explores America's most recent refugees, struggling against the mounting tension of a post-Vietnam era filled with guilt and anger. A group of Laotian era filled with guilt and anger. A group of Laotian refugees have built a Buddhist temple on a small farmstead on the outskirts of a resolutely blue collar town. Their efforts to preserve their culture and religious heritage have been greeted by several terrorist attacks upon their temple. Blue Collar and Buddha is a moving portrait of the experience of today's refugees and the dramas that results when East meets West.
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Ballot Measure 9Directed by: Heather MacDonald The Sundance-winning feature Ballot Measure 9 is the chilling chronicle of an historic gay-rights battle in Oregon. As the anti-gay violence escalates, the film evolves into an exposé of hate politics that crosses lines of race, religion, and sexual identity. Awarded prizes internationally, this galvanizing classic continues to resonate for a new generation.
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 Body MemoriesDirected by: Taggart Siegel & Sky Yeager Produced by: Taggart Siegel & Sky Yeager Body Memories is a wild and often comic ride, one man's journey inward to find meaning in his life. He becomes an archeologist of the soul, digging through the layers of his past. Evocative images blend with a riveting performance that uncovers family secrets and buried traumas. One part Spalding Gray, one part Pan's Labyrinth, Body Memories is more than a poignant and enchanting story, it is mythic revelation of hope and possibility.
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Bolinao 52Directed by: Duc Nguyen One boat with 110 passengers escaped from Vietnam. After 37 days of drifting only 52 survived.
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BombhuntersDirected by: Skye Fitzgerald Bombhunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia of untrained civilians harvesting unexploded bombs as scrap metal. Part of a global economy, these individuals clear UXO from their land to protect their families from harm and to earn money to survive. Bombhunters is an eye-opening investigation of the residual effects of war experienced by post-conflict nations around the globe, and the complex realities of achieving “peace.”
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 The Creek Runs Red Directed by: Bradley Beesley, Julianna Brannum, James Payne Produced by: Bradley Beesley, Julianna Brannum, James Payne “It gets in your blood,” says a resident of Picher, Oklahoma about his sense of hometown pride. His words, however, take on a powerful irony in this documentary about the toxic legacy of Picher’s lead mining industry. Since their town was declared a Superfund site in 1981, Picher’s residents have been forced to choose between preserving their image of the American dream and preserving their health. THE CREEK RUNS RED carries us into the heart of this sharply divided community to reveal with extraordinary intimacy and insight the full human tragedy of environmental catastrophe.
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Disenchanted ForestDirected by: Sarita Siegel We call them o-rang-u-tans, which literally means "forest persons" in the Malay and Indonesian languages. They are the only great apes native to Asia. Of all the apes, they are the closest to man in genetic makeup. And they face extinction.
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 A Dream in Doubt Directed by: Tami R. Yeager Produced by: Tami R. Yeager A Dream in Doubt is an immigrant story in a world in which patriotism has morphed into murder. When Rana Singh Sodhi’s brother is killed in America’s first post-9/11 revenge murder, he begins a journey to reclaim his American dream and fight the hate that continues to threaten his community. This intimate, hour-long documentary of one man’s odyssey from persecution in India to embracing America as his homeland proves that courage and hope have the power to overcome hate.
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 Every Child Is Born A PoetDirected by: Jonathan Meyer Robinson Produced by: Jonathan Meyer Robinson "The deeply felt resonance of "EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET" derives from Piri Thomas' unique ability to connect with his own interior life of feelings, and then to verbalize them through his art to the rest of the world." A fiery mix of documentary, drama, & spoken-word poetry, EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET explores the life and work of Piri Thomas, the Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican author of the classic autobiographical novel Down These Mean Streets. The film traces Thomas’ path from childhood to manhood in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, El Barrio, from the 1930's through the 1960’s – from home life during the Great Depression, to membership in barrio youth gangs, from a life of crime through six years spent in prison to his emergence as a writer.
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Finding FaceDirected by: Skye Fitzgerald When she was sixteen, Tat Marina was brutally attacked by a jealous woman and her bodyguards who poured highly toxic nitric acid over her head in front of hundreds of witnesses. Finding Face investigates the fracturing of Marina’s family across transnational boundaries and documents the family’s disparate responses to the knowledge that none of Marina’s attackers have been arrested despite widespread knowledge of their identities.
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Freedom on the FenceDirected by: Glenn Holsten and Andrea Marks Freedom on the Fence details the evolution of Polish poster art by revealing the unique role posters played in the social, political and cultural life of Poland, from WWII through the fall of Communism. The 40 min. documentary brings this story to life through interviews with leading Polish poster artists, and commentaries from both American and Polish scholars on the significance of the Polish poster as a cultural icon.
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Gridlockers’s Paradox: Buehler Shifts Gears Directed by: Scott Ray Becker Self-taught artist Stuart Buehler has a bad case of artistic gridlock. After his close friend and gallery owner William Jamison (Jamison/Thomas Gallery- Portland,Oregon & New York City) dies in 1995, huge loads of Stuart's unique work is returned to him, burying him under his own obsessive talents...until he starts the purging process. Relief comes in the form of the chaotic clean-up, including art jettisoned into the Willamette River and dolls floated down historic Tanner Creek, readings from Buehler's own "Gridlocker's Manifesto" and his final wild west get-away.
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 The Heart Broken in HalfDirected by: Taggart Siegel & Dwight Conquergood Produced by: Taggart Siegel & Dwight Conquergood The "HEART BROKEN IN HALF" reminded me of Spike Lee's best work; as a documentary it taught me about street life in today's Chicago—and by analogy about many of America's inner-cities." Gangs are society's ultimate devil figure. They symbolize transgression and embody the deepest fears of middle class citizens. Few filmmakers have dared or been able to get behind the headlines to confront the human reality and complexity of street gangs in urban America. Challenging stereotypes, this documentary gives voice to the street youths and reveals their underground culture. Here is an intricate web of symbols and passions, territory and brotherhood, honor and all to often, death.
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 New Year Baby Directed by: Socheata Poeuv Produced by: Charles Vogl "...This fine first feature is a disarming personal documentary that turns into a very moving consideration of...individual heroism. Winner of a well-deserved jury prize..." Born on Cambodian New Year in a refugee camp, Socheata grew up in the United States not knowing anything about her family’s past. She journeys to Cambodia to discover the secrets of how her family came together during the Khmer Rouge period. She finds that what her parents hid in shame also proves their great heroism. NEW YEAR BABY is a love story – a celebration of family and the power of commitment. Special Educational DVD Packages:University Edition price $245
Community Edition price $65
Home Edition price $20
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Out in the SilenceDirected by: Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer OUT IN THE SILENCE captures the controversy that ensues when filmmaker Joe Wilson's same-sex wedding announcement is published in the newspaper of the small Pennsylvania hometown he left long ago. Drawn back by a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school, Wilson's journey dramatically illustrates the challenges of negotiating the morally charged issue of sexual orientation and the potential for building bridges when people with differing opinions approach each other with openness and respect.
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Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper StoryDirected by: Steven Barber In 1943 US Navy ensign Leon Cooper was charged with protecting the lives of hundreds of US Marines in the first major US amphibious assault upon the heavily defended Japanese stronghold Tarawa, an island archipelago in the South Pacific. Sixty-six years later Leon decided to return to the scene of his first (of six) battle experience because he had learned that the remains of many Americans still lay where they fell during the battle of “Bloody Tarawa,” in unmarked graves. Academy Award nominated actor Ed Harris narrates this veteran’s emotional struggle with his past. For Mature Audiences.
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 RichartDirected & Produced by: Dawn Smallman, and Greg Snider, Far Away Films, LLC and Vanessa Renwick Best Video Documentary - Microcinefest While confined to a psychiatric ward at age 50, Richard “Richart” Tracy made this discovery: “If you want to get out of the hospital – start making art like this. They will get rid of you - fast!" Seventeen years later, he’s turned three residential lots into a massive maze of his artistic, sculptural visions. A true, original thinker, Richart's genius turns your waste into his inspiration. "Out of your garbage, I become you!" This documentary takes a trip through his yard, art, methods and his mind. Wait until you see what he keeps in his basement!
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Who Does She Think She Is?Directed by: Pamela Tanner Boll From the producing team that won an Academy Award for Born into Brothels comes Who Does She Think She Is?, a film that examines some of the most pressing issues of our time: parenting and work, partnering and independence, economics and art. This gorgeously photographed film follows five women artists—from Hawaii to Sante Fe, from Ohio to New York—as they navigate the challenges of making work outside the elite art world.
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