| The Academy will be deciding on Feb. 27 what short documentary is worthy of this year's Oscar; until then, be one of the few people in the US to see all five of the nominees. First dibs go to True/False Film Festival passholders who have reserved tickets in advance (by emailing tickets@truefalse.org) Non-passholders can buy tickets at the T/F Cherry St. Artisan box office starting Feb. 24 at noon along with the rest of the True/False schedule. Each program is $5 for non-passholders; the package of all three programs goes for $10. As with any T/F program, all remaining tickets will go on sale at the door of the venue 10 minutes prior to the film's start time. (See the T/F ticket FAQ for more info.) | |
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Program I (6pm)
Autism is a World (dir. Gerardine Wurzburg, 2004, 40 min.) takes us into the mind of an autistic woman who was wrongly diagnosed as mentally retarded until she began to communicate using a keyboard. Preceded by the mind-blowing Oscar-nominated animated short Ryan (dir. Chris Landreth, 2004, 14 min.) about a trailblazing animator from the '60s who now struggles as a panhandler in Montreal. (Also playing as part of What's Up, Docs? program on Sunday at the Blue Note.) |  |
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Program II (7pm)
Hardwood (dir. Hubert Davis, 2004 , 29 min.) delves into the life of the director's father, former Harlem Globetrotter star Mel Davis — and says a lot about the murky world of fathers, sons, family, and redemption. Mighty Times: The Children's March (dir. Robert Hudson/Bobby Houston, 2004, 40 min.) documents one of the most remarkable stories of modern history: showing with indelible footage how courageous children in Birmingham, Alabama challenged segregation in 1963 despite police dogs, fire hoses, and threats of arrest. |
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Program III (8:30pm)
Sister Rose's Passion (dir. Oren Jacoby, 2004, 39 min.) is about a New Jersey nun who battled anti-Semitism and helped officially change the church's relationship with Jews, decades before taking on Mel Gibson's interpretation of The Passion. The Children of Leningradsky (35 mins.) penetrates the secret lives of some of the 30,000 children who live in the streets, underground tunnels, and garbage containers of Moscow. |
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