Revolution
'67
(World Premiere)
A film by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno, 83min
Through its careful scrutiny of Newark, N.J.’s bloody race riots,
which ignited during the so-called “Summer of Love,” this film
probes the underbelly of America’s romantic mythologies about the
1960s. |
Angels
in the Dust (World Premiere)
A film by Louise Hogarth, 96min
The story of children living with AIDS in South Africa and the
family-run orphanage that provides them sanctuary.
http://www.dolfilms.org/angels/story.html |
Meeting
Resistance (World Premiere)
A film by Molly Bingham and Steve
Connors, 84min
Incredible access
to stories buried deep inside the
Iraqi Resistance where a steady rage
thunders and a community reacts to
the U.S. presence in their homeland.
http://www.meetingresistance.com |
Uganda
Rising (Southeast Premiere)
A film by Jesse James Miller, Pete
McCormack, 82min
In the aftermath of Idi Amin's notorious demagoguery, Uganda remains
torn by official neglect and a radical resistance. Uganda Rising
gives voice to the legions of children, this country's most poignant
victims.
http://www.ugandarising.com |
Forgotten (North
American Premiere)
A film by Agnieszka Lukasiak, 88min
A provocative, haunting tale of two young women at the mercy of
poverty who take inordinate risks in Warsaw's ruthless urbanity,
risking their futures for elusive security and gain. |
Knee
Deep
A film by Michael Chandler, 75min
Grand Jury Prize
for Best Documentary Feature –
Florida Film Festival
A surprisingly humorous look at
deception and matricide on a family
farm in Maine.
"One of the
strangest, most deadpan, most
intricately constructed docs at this
year's Festival... A satiric study
of rural American values wrapped in
an attempted murder mystery. Funny
and chilling, beautifully shot,
cunningly edited, and eye-opening on
every level." – Roger Moore, Orlando
Sentinel
website
|
The
Hands of Che Guevara (North American Premiere)
A film by Peter
De Kock, 58min
The story of the remarkable men and women who were prepared to risk
their lives for two dead hands.
http://www.thehandsofcheguevara.com |
Nobody
A film by Lance Murphey and Alan Spearman, 63min
A bold, innovative film about one vagabond spirit who finds
America's rivers a salvation. |
Welcome
to Nollywood (World Premiere)
A film
by Jamie Meltzer, 63min
Known as
“Nollywood,” the Nigerian film industry has exploded in the last ten
years. Now their digital video productions are the most popular
cinema in West Africa— even more than Hollywood imports |
A
Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich (North American Premiere)
A film
by Oksana Dvornichenko and Helga Landauer, 75min
The Soviet
composer's sea voyage to the United States at the height of the Cold
War is shown with newly discovered footage stunningly interlace |
Seeing
Sally A Psychic's Tale (World Premiere)
A film by Peter
Goodman, 86min
A feisty London woman who claims to connect to the
netherworld is lauded, doubted, and documented during a visit to the
U.S. |