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FILMS and EVENTS
DRAMAS
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DOCS | MISSION
DOCS | SHORTS
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SHOWCASE
DOCUMENTARIES
age-appropriate
films
Alone
Across Australia
Ian Darling & Jon Muir, Australia,
documentary, 57 min., 2003
Wed, Feb 1, 8:30pm, Guild; and
Fri, Feb 3, 7pm Hollywood*
*part of Bike and Adventure Night!
Pacific NW Premiere!
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Jon Muir,
one of the world’s most accomplished
climbers and adventurers, attempts to traverse
the continent of Australia from the south
coast to the north coast (2,500 kilometres)
alone on foot, his trusty dog Seraphim his
only company. Self-shot, this doc is part
video diary, part adventure, and part existential
journey.
Awards: Winner of over
20 top awards from film festivals around
the world.
[get
a ticket - Feb 1, 8:30pm]
[get
a ticket - Bike and Adventure Night! Feb
3, 7pm]
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Bird
People
Eduard Erne, Germany, documentary, 92 min.,
2004
(German and French with subtitles)
Sun, Jan 29, 7:30pm, PSU; and
Fri, Feb 3, 7pm, PSU
Pacific NW Premiere! |
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Over four years, twenty biologists,
dropouts and adventurers raised the birds
in Jacques Perrin’s Winged Migration.
The bird people became bird parents following
and “raising” the migratory
birds on their transcontinental journeys.
But this fascinating film is about human
behaviour and the transformation of those
who “imprinted” themselves on
the birds. Bird People will make you wonder
about the human environment the birds had
to adjust to in the making of Winged Migration.
Was it nature, art, or artifice?
Tickets Available at the Door
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Devil’s Miner
(w/ musical guest Grupo-Condor)
Kief Davidson, USA, documentary, 82 min.,
2005
In collaboration
with the NW
Film Center
**
OPENING NIGHT **
Fri, Jan 27, 7pm, Guild; and
Sat, Feb 4, 5pm, Hollywood
Portland
Premiere! |
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A harrowing
portrait of child laborer Basilio Vargas
suffering a meager existence in the sweltering
darkness of claustrophobic Bolivian silver
mine shafts. While Basilio and his 12-year-old
brother and co-worker are pious Catholics
above ground, underground it is the Devil
himself whom they worship as their God and
protector from certain death and disease.
Awards: Best Cinematography,
BendFilm 2005; Emerging Filmmaker Special
Mention, Tribeca; Fipresci Award, Hot Docs;
Best International Doc, Hot Docs.
[get
a ticket - Jan 27, 7pm]
[get
a ticket - Feb 4, 5pm]
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Mama
Earth
Leslie Bloom Van Ee, US, documentary, 88
min., 2005
**
SUSTAINABILITY (and Brew Pub) NIGHT! **
Wed, Feb. 1, 7:15pm, Mission
Theater (NW Glisan @ 16th)
World
Premiere! |
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Mama Earth is silent no more.
The planet you live on speaks out. While
experts offer solutions to the economic
forces driving the sustainability movement,
Mama Earth interlaces her eternal whimsy
and wisdom into their thought-provoking
commentary. Prepare yourself for an experience
that will compel you to reevaluate your
relationship with Mama Earth and concepts
that will prompt action. You’ll laugh,
you’ll cry, you’ll, at the very
least, recycle. Featuring many Portlanders!
Come have a beer and meet and greet your
neighbors and colleagues.
Tickets
at the door. Mission Theater. Only $5
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The Real Dirt on Farmer John
Taggart Siegel, USA, documentary, 83 min.,
2005
**
FREE Screening! Come meet Farmer
John **
Sat, Jan 28, 5pm, Cinema
21
Begins
regular theater run Feb. 1, at Cinema
21
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A
roller-coaster ride through the life of
maverick farmer, John Peterson who presided
over the near death of his family farm.
Tracking the life of Farmer John interspersed
with home movies of his childhood, Taggart
Siegel takes us through the demise and transformation
of a traditional American, Midwestern family
farm through the eyes and words of playwright
and farmer John Peterson. In a moment of
crisis, John copes with depression, travels
to Mexico and gets creative producing the
play Ember Days on the contemporary farmers’
plight and yet he resurrects himself as
an organic farmer. Throughout, he contends
with slander, arson, a Sheriff’s investigation
and allegations of murder and devil worship.
You’re never sure what’s around
the corner in this must see award winning
doc!
Awards: Grand Jury Award, Newport
International Film Festival; Reel Current
Award, Grand Jury Award, Nashville Film
Festival; Audience Award, Chicago International
Documentary Festival; Audience Award, Slamdance
Film Festival; Audience Award and Grand
Jury Award, Wisconsin Film Festival; Director’s
Award, Santa Cruz Film Festival.
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Return
to Kandahar
Paul Jay and Nelofer Pazira, USA, documentary,
65 min., 2005
Sun, Jan 29, 5pm, Hollywood
Portland Premiere!
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A deeply moving testimony to the resilience of the human spirit, Nelofer Pazira's
heart-rending and suspenseful chronicle
of her journey across an Afghanistan smashed
by Russian wars and years of anarchy under
the Northern Alliance, the Taliban and
now by America's "War on Terror." Returning
to her war-ravished country as an adult
to find her long lost friend Deyana, Nelofer
rediscovers herself in the bittersweet
and breathtaking shadows of memories.
[get
a ticket - Jan 29, 5pm]
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Travels by Tricycle
Wang Dongdong, China, 42 min., 2004
Fri, Feb 3, 7pm, Hollywood*
*part of Bike and Adventure Night!*
Pacific NW Premiere! |
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A charming and fabulous adventure born out of love. Seventy-four year old Wang
Yimin is cycling across China on a custom
built tricycle trailer with his ninety-eight
year old mother sitting in the back. She
has yearned to see China, but never had
the opportunity to leave her small apartment.
For over a year, Wang and his mother trek
across their country in a simple tour
motored by filial devotion. Modern, industrial
China serves as the backdrop for a journey
rooted in Confucian principles.
[get
a ticket - Bike and Adventure Night! Feb
3, 7pm]
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The
Trials of Darryl Hunt
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, US, documentary,
2006
**
CLOSING WEEKEND FEATURE FILM **
Wed, Feb. 1, 6:45pm,
Guild; and
Sat, Feb 4,
7pm Hollywood
World Premiere
outside of Sundance!
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In North Carolina, in 1984,
a young while newspaper reporter, Deborah
Skyes, was brutally murdered. Based on
an ID made by a former Klan member, 19
year old Darryl Hunt was charged. No physical
evidence linked Hunt to the crime. Hunt
was convicted by an all white jury, and
sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1994,
DNA testing cleared Hunt, yet he would
spend another ten years behind bars. This
exclusive portrait of a harrowing wrongful
conviction offers a provocative and haunting
examination of a community - and a criminal
justice sytem - subject to racial bias
and tainted by fear.
Awards: Sundance Official
Selection 2006
Notes: Darryl Hunt to
be here in person for Sat, Feb 4, 7pm
screening
[get
a ticket - Feb 1, 6:45pm]
[get
a ticket - Feb 4, 7pm]
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Turmoil
Rhett Muse, US, documentary, 2005
Sun, Jan 29, 7pm, Hollywood; and
Tue, Jan 31, 6:45 Guild*
*discussion on Venezuela to follow
Pacific NW Premiere! |
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This scathing exposé
examines the sketchy politics underpinning
U.S. relations with the oil-saturated
country of Venezuela, whose reserves are
only surpassed by Saudi Arabia. This documentary
also looks closely at the complex questions
of democracy, the motives of leader Hugo
Chavez, and the fate of his countrymen
80% of whom live in poverty.
Awards: Best Documentary,
San Francisco World Film Festival
[get
a ticket - Jan 29, 7pm]
[get
a ticket - Jan 31, 6:45pm]
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