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2008 Films
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Categories
- New Docs
- Special Programming
- Career Award: William Greaves
- Curated Series: Migrations
- Sidebar: Inhabiting Space
- Party
- Panel / Workshop
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Ends: 12:45pm
Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
This film pays tribute to the determination and courage of Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, who founded the Green Belt Movement to empower rural women in Kenya and ended up sparking a national political crusade to protect the environment, human rights, and democracy.
The Last Conquistador
Ends: 3:20pm
The Last Conquistador
When sculptor John Houser sets out to create an enormous bronze statue of Juan de Oñate for the city of El Paso, his subject's vexed colonial legacy sparks passionate opposition.
34x25x36 / The Siamese Connection
Ends: 6:45pm
34x25x36
An inside look at the Patina V Mannequin Factory, where model women are sculpted with perfect proportions.
The Siamese Connection
Quirky and unpredictable, this film tells the story of conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker, who lived in Mt. Airy, North Carolina from 1839 to 1874.
Neither Memory Nor Magic
Ends: 12:05pm
Neither Memory Nor Magic
The fascinating and poignant story of Hungarian poet Miklos Radnoti, who perished in the Holocaust but was able to preserve his startlingly original writings.
Stranded: I've come from a plane that crashed on the mountains
Ends: 3:10pm
Stranded: I've come from a plane that crashed on the mountains
The incredible story of the famous 1972 plane crash in the Andes reveals the importance of friendship and solidarity in the face of extreme obstacles.
Trouble the Water
Ends: 6:30pm
Trouble the Water
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Ninth Ward resident Kimberly Roberts turns on her video camera and so begins an inspiring story of heroism and resilience.
At the Death House Door
Ends: 9:15pm
At the Death House Door
This film offers an unflinching look at the career of Carroll Pickett, who presided over ninety-five executions during his fifteen-year tenure as death house chaplain to the Walls prison unit in Huntsville, Texas.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Ends: 12:25am
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
A richly entertaining and thoughtful look at the "gonzo" journalist and great American iconoclast.
Life. Support. Music.
Ends: 12:15pm
Life. Support. Music.
After a devastating brain hemorrhage fells a musician, he and his family mount an enormous and inspiring struggle for rehabilitation.
The Order of Myths
Ends: 2:45pm
The Order of Myths
The secret societies and young kings and queens of Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, inhabit a world invested in many traditions, including segregation.
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Ends: 6:15pm
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Exquisitely photographed over twenty-three years, this epic film follows one family of Laotian refugees who escaped the ravages of the Vietnam War to resettle in the United States.
Calavera Highway
Ends: 8:55pm
Calavera Highway
The sweeping story of a family of seven brothers grappling with the meaning of masculinity, fatherhood, and a legacy of rootless beginnings.
Song of a Sperm Donor / Surfwise
Ends: 12:10am
Song of a Sperm Donor
This short movie pits the right to know against the need to know and nature against nurture as it brings new meaning to the phrase "Whose your Daddy?"
Surfwise
Trading in a budding medical career for surfing in the 1950s, Dr. Dorian"Doc" Paskowitz built his own way of life, traveling the continent in a 24-foot-long camper with his wife and nine kids in tow.
My Olympic Summer / In a Dream
Ends: 12:40pm
My Olympic Summer
In this somber and visually mesmerizing film, Daniel Robin re-examines8mm home movies of his parents in the context of his own recently failed marriage.
In A Dream
Isaiah Zagar, a renowned mosaic artist who has covered over forty thousand square feet of Philadelphia with tile, mirror, paint, and concrete, comes under the scrutiny of his son's camera in this portrait of a complicated marriage.
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Ends: 5:40pm
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
The life and work of schlockmeister William Castle, who ballyhooed his cheapie horror movies into immortality, are celebrated in this delightful tour through the maestro's shoddy masterpieces.
A Promise to the Dead
Ends: 8:55pm
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
Based in part on his own memoir "Heading South, Looking North,"this film explores the extraordinary experiences of renowned Chilean-American novelist and playwright Ariel Dorfman, who barely escaped with his life when Augusto Pinochet overthrew the government of Chile's socialist president Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973.