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2005 Oscar-Nominated Shorts
Thursday, Feb. 23 8pm Ragtag Cinema | God Sleeps in Rwanda (27 min.) Five Rwandan women who are rebuilding their society and their nation after the 1994 genocide. The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club (27 min.) A passionate South African photojournalist, who committed suicide weeks after his photograph of a horror in Sudan won the Pulitzer Prize. The Mushroom Club (35 min.) The men and women who survived the 1945 atomic bombings. A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (39 min.) The "greatest radio presentation in the history of the medium" — Norman Corwin's broadcast announcing V-E Day, May 8th, 1945. Also plays Monday, Feb. 27, 5:30pm; Ragtag Cinema. |
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a/k/a Tommy Chong
Saturday, Feb. 25 10:30pm Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | The funny and freewheeling tale of Tommy Chong — potsmoker, comedian and well-behaved businessman. Until the DEA decided that his films trivialized their efforts to combat drug use and busted him for selling bongs. With director Josh Gilbert. |
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American Blackout
Sunday, Feb. 26 10:30am Missouri Theatre | A provocative look at how black voters in 2000 (Florida) and 2004 (Ohio) were denied the vote, as explored through the story of Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. In person: director Ian Inaba. |
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Amongst White Clouds
Sunday, Feb. 26 11am Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | Journey into remote mountains of China to study with Zen monks. In person: director Edward Burger. Also plays Sunday, Feb. 26, 4:30pm; Forrest Theater. |
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Awesome: I F*ckin' Shot That!
Sunday, Feb. 26 1:30pm Blue Note | 50+ cameras record the Beastie Boys in concert at Madison Square Garden from a fan's perspective and the result is a visual barrage of a film that comes closer to matching the live experience than any movie ever. In person: possible special guest. |
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Been Rich All My Life
Saturday, Feb. 25 12:30pm Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | Classy, sassy hoofers who met in the '30s as chorus dancers at the famed Apollo and Cotton Club return to the stage in the '80s. In person: director Heather MacDonald. |
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The Big Question
Sunday, Feb. 26 1pm Missouri Theatre | Cast in small roles in "The Passion of the Christ," the two co-directors asked the film's cast and crew, including Mel Gibson, about their relationship with God, and the answers ranged from deep devotion to staunch skepticism. In person: co-directors Francesco Cabras and Alberto Molinari. |
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Black Gold
Saturday, Feb. 25 10:30am Blue Note | The urgent story of how cheap beans become spendy café drinks, from the farmers to tasting experts, baristas, and traders, including protagonist Tadesse Meskela who fights to save his Ethiopian coffee farmers from bankruptcy. In person: co-director Marc Francis or co-director Nick Francis. |
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Chain Camera
Thursday, Feb. 23 6pm Ragtag Cinema | True Vision Award winner Kirby Dick gave video cameras to high school students in Los Angeles, who then handed the cameras on like chain letters, and their compiled work paints a profound portrait of young America. |
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Chalk (sneak preview)
Saturday, Feb. 25 9:30pm Ragtag Cinema | Hilarious yet realistic look at life for novice teachers in a public high school. In person: director Mike Akel. Also plays Sunday, Feb. 26, noon; Ragtag Cinema. |
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The Chances of the World Changing (work-in-progress)
Saturday, Feb. 25 3pm Missouri Theatre | A writer builds an ark for endangered turtles in his New York apartment, racing against time and money to save the project from collapse. In person: director Eric Daniel Metzgar, producer Nell Carden Grey, and composer Eric Liebman. |
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The Devil & Daniel Johnston
Saturday, Feb. 25 12:30pm Missouri Theatre | An immersion into the mind of an unhinged soul who has compulsively documented his life in audiotapes — and who may be a genius songwriter. In person: director Jeff Feuerzeig and producer Henry Rosenthal. |
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F*ck
Friday, Feb. 24 10pm Ragtag Cinema | The origin and uses of the English language's favorite curse word, featuring some enthusiastic purveyors such as comedian Billy Connolly and filmmaker Kevin Smith. In person: director Steve Anderson. |
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Favela Rising
Saturday, Feb. 25 7pm Ragtag Cinema | Music and dance provide inspiration for residents of Rio de Janiero's slums. In person: sound designer Michael Furjanic. |
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Following Sean
Saturday, Feb. 25 12pm Ragtag Cinema | The 60s and their aftermath, as seen through the eyes of a Haight-Ashbury waif who lived upstairs from Ralph Arlyck in the Summers of Love, and who is now a well-adjusted working guy. In person: director Ralph Arlyck. |
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The Grace Lee Project
Sunday, Feb. 26 2pm Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | A funny, highly unscientific investigation into what it means to be named Grace Lee. In person: filmmaker and Columbia native Grace Lee. |
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Guerrilla Girl (sneak preview)
Sunday, Feb. 26 2:30pm Ragtag Cinema | With unprecedented access and remarkable cinematography, this tracks a 21-year-old recruit in a FARC rebel army training camp located deep within the Colombian jungle. In person: director Frank Piasecki Poulsen. |
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Guilty Bystanders
Friday, Feb. 24 8pm Ragtag Cinema | Collection of shorts that encompasses both traditional short films and work found on the Internet. All deal with issues of viewership/voyeurship and what it means to be a bystander/participant. Some are funny, some are shocking, all are hand-picked to represent the best of what's out there. In person: director Sam Green. |
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Opening night film: The Heart of the Game
Friday, Feb. 24 7:30pm Missouri Theatre | A moving journey into the heart of high school basketball, this film offers a dedicated and unorthodox coach, a hotheaded star player and drama worthy of a Hollywood thriller. In person: director Ward Serrill. |
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Holy Modal Rounders... Bound to Lose
Saturday, Feb. 25 3pm Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | A tale of musical passion, collaborative spirit, and missed opportunities — as seen through an outlandish group who married early psychedelia to American roots music, and somehow lasted 40 years. In person: directors Paul Lovelace and Sam Douglas, and star Peter Stampfel. |
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Closing night film: Homemade Hillbilly Jam
Sunday, Feb. 26 6:30pm Missouri Theatre | Homemade Hillbilly Jam is a beautiful day in the life of the band Big Smith, neo-hillbillies from Missouri who guide us musically through their rich cultural legacy. In person: director Rick Minnich and Big Smith. |
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Just to Get a Rep
Thursday, Feb. 23 10:30pm Ragtag Cinema | Well-crafted look at the history of aerosol art. From the early subway train artists of New York City to the modern global graffiti network, this film brims with enthusiasm for this outlaw art form. In person: director and Columbia native Peter Gerard. Also plays Monday, Feb. 27, 9:45pm; Ragtag Cinema. |
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Just Vision (work-in-progress)
Saturday, Feb. 25 5:30pm Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | Hopeful profile of grassroots Irsaeli and Palestinian activists who cooperatively work together to reject hatred so as to build a secure, peaceful future for their children. In person: co-director Ronit Avni. |
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Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
Thursday, Feb. 23 7pm Memorial Union S107/Jesse Wrench Auditorium | Winner of 18 international awards, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993) is a feature-length film documenting the dramatic 78-day standoff between the Mohawk community and the Canadian national army in Oka, Quebec, during the summer of 1990. Free. In person: filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin. |
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The Last Supper (sneak preview)
Saturday, Feb. 25 2:30pm Ragtag Cinema | A visually arresting doc-meets-installation-art-piece that focuses on Death Row cuisine, highlighted by jailhouse chef Brian Price, the author of "Meals to Die For." Plays with Holocaust Tourist, a wry animated documentary about dark tourism in Poland. In person: co-director Mats Bigert and subject Brian Price. Also plays Sunday, Feb. 26, 7pm; Ragtag Cinema. |
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Philip & His Seven Wives (sneak preview)
Saturday, Feb. 25 10am Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | Ricky Gervais (The Office) shall one day play the title character, a rabbi who believes that to become a Hebrew king he should take multiple wives, many of whom struggle with the arrangement. In person: director Marc Isaacs. |
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The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Saturday, Feb. 25 4:30pm Ragtag Cinema | Chronicle of a highly individual effort to stay on the family farm. |
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The Refugee All Stars
Saturday, Feb. 25 1pm Blue Note | An inspiring story plucked from a country ravaged by a horrific civil war, The Refugee All Stars chronicles a group of musicians from Sierra Leone attempting to make a life for themselves at a refugee camp in Guinea. In person: directors Zach Niles & Banker White. |
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Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
Friday, Feb. 24 5pm Ragtag Cinema | True Vision Award winner Kirby Dick's classic about a man with cystic fibrosis who responds to his diagnosis with an inspired mix of masochism and performance art. In person: director Kirby Dick. |
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Sisters in Law
Saturday, Feb. 25 5:30pm Missouri Theatre | A bit of Judge Judy and hints of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency may make Sisters In Law feel familiar, but it's director Kim Longinetto's astounding skill with verite filmmaking that makes this one of the best courtroom docs ever created. In person: stars Vera Ngassa and Beatrice Ntuba. |
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Smiling in a Warzone: And the Art of Flying to Kabul (sneak preview)
Saturday, Feb. 25 10am Missouri Theatre | A fairytale, a performance art piece, and a documentary about a pilot who flies a tiny plane from Denmark to Afghanistan, over contested airspace. In person: co-directors and stars Magnus Bejmar and Simone Aaberg Kaern. |
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Someday My Prince Will Come (sneak preview)
Sunday, Feb. 26 10am Ragtag Cinema | A heartrending and hilarious quest by an eleven year old girl in a British coastal village to find true love. Shows with My Brother Anton. With director Marc Isaacs. Also plays Sunday, Feb. 26, 7pm; Ragtag Cinema. |
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Street Fight
Sunday, Feb. 26 3:30pm Missouri Theatre | Nominated for an Academy Award, this knock-down, drag-out story of politics in the streets pits upstart and idealistic challenger Cory Booker against the political machine of incumbent Sharpe James in a race to be the mayor of Newark. In person: director Marshall Curry. |
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt
Sunday, Feb. 26 4pm Blue Note | Looks at a wrongly convicted man, Darryl Hunt, who spent nearly twenty years in prison for a crime he did not commit, and offers a haunting examination of a criminal justice system subject to racial bias. In person: co-director Annie Sundberg. |
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True Vision Award Screening (with director Kirby Dick)
Saturday, Feb. 25 3:30pm Blue Note | We present the True Vision Award to director Kirby Dick and screen a fantastic but unseen film of his. Check the program for more information. In person: director Kirby Dick. |
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Untitled Camp Film (sneak preview)
Saturday, Feb. 25 8pm Forrest Theater (Tiger Hotel) | Sneak preview of a new film from T/F alums Bradley Beesley (My Life with the Fearless Freaks) and Sarah Price (The Yes Men). In person: director Bradley Beesley. Shows with The Orders of Love. |
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What's Up, Docs?
Sunday, Feb. 26 11am Blue Note | The latest results from a fall workshop that blends animation with documentary, spiced by some international standouts. In person: 20 directors. |
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Why We Fight
Saturday, Feb. 25 8:30pm Missouri Theatre | Hands down, the most important doc of the year: it takes on an unwieldy, impossible subject — the militarization of American society and the unraveling of the American dream — and hits a home run. In person: director Eugene Jarecki. |
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