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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
Don't Get Me Wrong
Ends: 12:30pm
Don't Get Me Wrong
Patients debate the weather, God, and other forces beyond their control in this poignant view of life in a Romanian psychiatric hospital.
Sud (South)
Ends: 3:20pm
Sud (South)
The French filmmaker takes us under the skin of Jasper, Texas, the scene of the brutal slaying of James Byrd Jr. Well before Two Towns of Jasper examined its political realities, this beautiful, languid observational film makes us feel what it is like in live in Jasper, and to breathe its air.
Left in Baghdad / Lioness
Ends: 6:30pm
Left in Baghdad
The tragicomedy of a soldier who has to pick out a new left arm after losing the original in Baghdad.
Lioness
This film presents the untold story of female support soldiers in Iraq who have been sent into direct ground combat in violation of the military's official policy.
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy / Paradise
Ends: 12:20pm
Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy
Buoyed by their profound friendship, two women with disabilities defy all odds to live independently in their own house.
Paradise
This wry and absorbing Swedish film depicts an older married couple as they embark upon an interior decorating project that uncovers their profound differences yet also suggests how relationships stand the test of time.
Bomb It
Ends: 3:45pm
Bomb It
The most comprehensive documentary about graffiti and street art to date, BOMB IT features original interviews from around the world and footage of graffiti writers in action.
SNEAK PREVIEW
Ends: 6:30pm
SNEAK PREVIEW
For the past ten years Billy Pappas has been painstakingly working a single portrait. Now that the piece is finally finished, there is just one more step: show the piece to David Hockney.
Flying on One Engine / Be Like Others
Ends: 10:15pm
Flying On One Engine
The bizarre survival saga of Dr. S. Dicksheet, an eccentric and irreverent humanitarian who has performed more than 140,000 cleft lip surgeries for free in his native India.
Be Like Others
In Iran, gay men and women are encouraged by the state to undergo sex-change operations or risk capital punishment if they remain true to their identity.
What Do We Want, When Do We Want It / SNEAK PEEK
Ends: 12:25pm
What Do We Want, When Do We Want It
Ideas of activism, urgency, and religious faith (captured in a letter between Thomas Merton and Czeslaw Milosz) flow in counterpoint to the casual soundtrack and visual pacing of this thought-provoking rumination on American protests of military activity in Iraq.
SNEAK PEEK
With revealing court footage and probing interviews, this film masterfully presents the trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the United Nations war crimes tribunal at The Hague.
Beautiful Son
Ends: 3:30pm
Beautiful Son
In their quest for answers to their son's autism, one family offers a comprehensive look at this heartbreaking condition, examining possible causes and seeking alternative treatments.
American Teen
Ends: 6:35pm
American Teen
An intimate look at the lives, hopes, and dreams of four high school seniors living in a small Indiana town.
Boogie Man
Ends: 9:40pm
Boogie Man
The rollicking, controversial story of Lee Atwater, a blues-playing kingmaker who helped elect three Presidents, reshaped American politics, and rocked the (Grand Old) Party.
Bulletproof Salesman
Ends: 12:20am
Bulletproof Salesman
When the United States invaded Iraq, it presented the Perfect War for Fidelis Cloer, supplier of luxury armored vehicles and self-confessed war profiteer.
The Tailor / Lakshmi and Me
Ends: 12:10pm
The Tailor
Simultaneously comic and unsettling, this film casually observes the tense business transactions— replete with thinly veiled hostilities—that unfold inside Mohamed's tiny shop in Barcelona.
Lakshmi and Me
A filmmaker in Bombay grapples with her relationship with her part-time maid, Lakshmi, against a backdrop of old feudal attitudes that still govern relationships between employers and their "servants."
Award Winner Rescreening 01: At the Death House Door
Ends: 5:30pm
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.
Award Winner Rescreening 03: Man on Wire
Ends: 8:30pm
Man on Wire
In 1974, young Frenchman Philippe Petite spent an hour balancing on a high wire suspended between the new Twin Towers of the World Trade Center before being hauled off by police. Through meticulous recreations and intimate interviews with all involved, this moving film unveils the intricate preparations for what was to become the "artistic crime of the century."