October 16, 2019
TRIAL
DescriptionDescription A dynamic and intelligent courtroom drama scripted by Don Man'kiewicz. A Southern California murder trial with overtones of (gaspl) interracial sex is ruthlessly exploited by left and right wing forces. Sound at all familiar? Watch for the famous "Sea of Green" mass rally.
October 16, 2019
TRINITY AND BEYOND
DescriptionDescription On August 6th and August 9th, 1995, the world observed the 50th anniversaries of the most destructive forces ever unleashed in human history: the dropping of atomic bombs by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Filmmaker Peter Kuran has dedicated the past three years to the production of this chronicle of the...
October 16, 2019
THE TROUBLES WE’VE SEEN: A HISTORY OF JOURNALISM IN WARTIME (1ST AND 2ND JOURNEYS)
DescriptionDescription Eminent French documentarian Marcel Ophuls ( The Sorrow and the Pity, Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie) has turned his eye to Bosnia from the perspective of the journalists who cover the war. From 1993 to 1994 Ophuls made four trips to war-torn Sarajevo. He examines the high-risk physical aspects of...
October 16, 2019
TROUBLESOME LOVE (L’ AMORE MOLESTO)
DescriptionDescription A disturbing psychological study of a middle aged woman who attempts to piece together the reasons for the death of her mother, who washed ashore after a mysterious midnight swim with an unknown man. "A mature and unusually powerful picture ... finds director Martone in full form, mastering his material with a sure hand,...
October 16, 2019
THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (LA ORILLA DE LA TIERRA)
DescriptionDescription An ironic style reminiscent of Sergio Leone and wonderful touches of Latin American magical realism, enliven this tale of two greedy men in search of a treasure, each of whom holds only half the map Meanwhile, in a sleepy, dusty village forgotten by time, all the men have deserted the village for a land...
October 16, 2019
THE EMIGRANT (AL MOHAGER)
DescriptionDescription The Old Testament tale of Joseph and his brothers is retold from an Egyptian point of view. Three thousand years ago, when Pharaonic Egypt was the center of civilization, the favorite son of a shepherd and scapegoat of his brothers dreams of a better life. Delivered to Egypt by means of a violent accident,...
October 16, 2019
TALE OF THE THREE JEWELS (HIKAYAT AL-JAWAHER AL-THALATH)
DescriptionDescription The stark contrast between the grirn' realities of life in contemporary Gaza and a young boy's liberating imagination imbue this Palestinian tale with a haunting quality ... Youssef is a 12-year-old lad whose precarious family unit includes a fugitive brother and a father imprisoned by the Israelis ... The focus of this piece becomes...
October 16, 2019
TERMINUS BREST (BAHNHOF BREST)
DescriptionDescription On the Russian-Polish border lies a city named Brest. Unlike its French and Bulgarian counterparts, this Brest has not remained untouched by the ravages of war. Taking the Brest train station as a starting point, former East German filmmaker Gerd Kroske uses archival footage from Russian and contemporary images of war to visualize the...
October 16, 2019
TOLERANCE (GONDOVISELES)
DescriptionDescription A young couple, imprisoned for the husband's work-related thievery, lose their children to a foster home. Upon their release, they endeavor to regain custody of their young daughter, only to find their dreams of a family reunion crushed by the desires of the foster parents. Emotionally and economically broken, the small family inevitably breaks...
October 16, 2019
DITA SAXOVÁ
DescriptionDescription In a postwar dormitory for Jewish orphans/Krystyna Mikolajewska dreamily fends off girlish jealousies, an assortment of suitors (director Jirf Menzel is the one with the glasses), and the occasional importunate older man, while converting her dentist father's gold foil legacy into a flashy bracelet and lavish presents-but what is missing? A tour-de-force of black...
