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78 minutes, 2003
USA
by Catherine Tambini and Carlos Sandoval |
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"Farmingville" meticulously reveals the underlying forces, and the human impact, of what has become the largest influx of Mexican workers in U.S. history — a migration that economic globalization is carrying beyond border areas and major cities and into the small cities and towns of America. The filmmakers spent nearly a year in Farmingville, talking to all sides and filming the conflict as it unfolded in legal and political maneuverings, community organizing, vigilante action and, most tragically, violence. "Farmingville" achieves a remarkable intimacy with many of the principal players in the town's drama, who share their personal hopes and fears, revealing just how profoundly local all politics, even global politics, are."
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19 minutes, 2006
DVCAM, USA
by Ariana Reguzzoni
Northwest Regional Premiere
Big Sky Award Competition |
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Farm auctioneers sell off the last pieces of old farms with a rolling, hypnotic cadence. Their melody is replacing the sounds of tractors and cows in the American west, but it's also paving the way for a new generation of farmers. Meet one family in Idaho and the auctioneers who help them close a door on their past and move into the future.
arianareg@gmail.com |
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67 minutes, 2005
16mm, USA
By Michael Landsberg
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Are Americans getting fatter while the weight loss industry grows at the same rate? In Fatboy: The Movie we are taken on the weight loss journey of Miles Forman, a Florida native who decides to pursue a healthier lifestyle after 25 years of being overweight. On Forman's road to fitness and well being his dysfunctional upbringing is unveiled-a world of solitude, numbed by TV and video games, and comforted with food. Fatboy examines America's poor eating habits coupled with their love of "quick-fix" fad diets, while they ironically retain the title of "The Worlds Largest Nation."
Magnolia Martin
Milos Productions
687 6th Ave, Apt. 2
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(347)223-4958
www.fatboythemovie.com
magnolia@fatboythemovie.com
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80 minutes, 2005
DV/16mm, Brazil
By Jeff Zimbalist
2006 Best Documentary Feature |
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Favela Rising documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Anderson Sa is a former drug-trafficker who, haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, turns revolutionary in Rio de Janeiro's most feared slum. Through hip-hop music, the rhythms of the street, and Afro-Brazilian dance he rallies his community to war against the violent oppression enforced by teenage drug armies and sustained by corrupt police. At the dawn of liberation, just as collective mobility is overcoming all odds and Anderson's grassroots AfroReggae movement is at the height of its success, a tragic accident threatens to silence the movement forever.
Best Feature 2005 - International Documentary Association's Outstanding Documentary Achievement Award
Favela Rising LLC
115 W. 29th St. 10th Fl
New York, NY 10001
www.favelarising.com
favela.rising@gmail.com |
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80 minutes, 2003
USA
by Josh Aronson |
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When Kenny Vance started talking about creating a new band at 50, people said: "You're too old." "You're wasting your money." "There's too much competition." "Don't do it." But he did it anyway and today his doo-wop band, The Planotones, reminds us that the highest joy in life comes from staying true to yourself and finding the courage to live your dream. FEELIN' NO PAIN is a documentary feature film about this singer's journey to live that dream. As a teenager from Brooklyn growing up in the conservative 50's, Kenny Vance felt disconnected from his parents and stifled by the rigid social expectations of the time. There wasn't much room to push, much less rebel and grow, so teens like Kenny, who wanted something different, were instantly drawn to the emerging sound of Rock and Roll and claimed it as their own.
FEELIN' NO PAIN is about that time, remembered and kept alive by Kenny Vance. It's about kids who heard the early call of Rock and Roll and huddled in hallways, subways and bathrooms; singing together to hear the sound of their voices echoing back in perfect harmony. For Kenny, who formed Jay and the Americans with his friends in 1961, the sound of doo-wop brought the excitement and the sense of freedom he had always craved.
www.aronsonfilms.com |
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10 minutes, 2005
miniDV & 16mm, USA
By Danny Reyes
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This is a ten minute film about a young girl who is paralized and goes to the Burning Man Festival to spin fire as a performer. Her story is told about how she became paralized and what she has learned from her accident. She also gives us a great show of 'Poi' (fire-spinning) at the unique 2004, Burning Man Festival. This is an in depth look at one's determination and spiritual growth.
Danny Reyes
836 South 4th West
Missoula, MT 59801
(406)721-1412
sunbearcrystal@hotmail.com |
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56 minutes, 2006
Beta SP, Israel/Palestine
by Yoram Honig
Northwest Premiere
Documentary Feature Competition |
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First Lesson in Peace explores the Jewish-Arab conflict through the eyes of a six year old girl, the director's daughter, when she starts school at the mixed Arab-Jewish primary school Neveh Shalom-The Oasis of Peace. This unique school provides Jewish and Arab children with an educational framework for learning together. The film follows the clashes and encounters that the child goes through during her first year at Neveh Shalom. As a virtual microcosm of the extended conflict between two cultures, First Lesson in Peace searches for humane, honest and lasting solutions.
Yoram Honig
www.ruthfilms.com |
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57 minutes, 2005
miniDV, USA
by Bernadine Mellis
Northwest Premiere
Big Sky Award Competition |
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On May 29th, 1990, Earth First! organizer Judi Bari's car was bombed in Oakland, California. Within hours of the bombing, Bari was accused of transporting the explosives that had nearly killed her. She was then arrested and labeled a terrorist in the national media. The charges were later dropped. For the next 12 years, Bari and civil rights lawyer Dennis Cunningham would pursue a federal civil rights suit against the FBI and the Oakland Police Department. The Forest For The Trees is an intimate look at Bari and the legal battle that few believed she could win.
www.bullfrogfilms.com |
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38 minutes, 2007
DVCAM, USA
by Cynthia Wade
Northwest Premiere
Documentary Short Competition |
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FREEHELD follows the desperate battle of Lieutenant Laurel Hester, a dying New Jersey police officer who fights to transfer her pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree. As her elected officials, The Freeholders, stand firmly against her and the town explodes around her, Laurel races against time to provide for the love of her life -- before it is too late.
www.freeheld.com |
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15 minutes, 2002
miniDV, USA
By Howard Dnner & Bob Murphy
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"French Fries to Go" documents the origins of Telluride Colorado's Biodiesel project, which resulted in the launching of the first city bus in the nation to operate on 100% Biodiesel. This funny and thought provoking film is pure Telluride featuring a cast of colorful characters from around the region. Heel stomping fun for the whole family with cameo appearances from Daryl Hannah, Dennis Weaver and world renowned Doctor Andrew Weil."
Best Environmental Film, 2002 Telluride MountainFilm Festival
Grassolean Solutions
P.O. Box 2928
Telluride, Co 81435
(970) 209-8099
www.Grassolean.com
charrisford@hotmail.com
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93 minutes, 2006
DVCAM, USA
by Steve Anderson |
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Featuring interviews with Pat Boone, Drew Carey, Sam Donaldson, Ice-T, Ron Jeremy, Bill Maher, Michael Medved, Alanis Morrisette, Kevin Smith and Hunter S. Thompson, F*ck is a definitive look at the infamous expletive. The film explores how this word, still widely seen as obscene, somehow permeates every aspect of our culture - from Hollywood, to the schoolyard, to the Senate floor. Scholars, linguists, comics, writers, and even people who do “it” for a living are interviewed, all in an effort to discover what it is about this one syllable that both unites and polarizes people.
www.thinkfilmcompany.com |
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