October 16, 2019
ROE VS. WADE
DescriptionDescription This 1989 production is the superb telling of the true story of Norma Mccorvey (Jane Roe), an unwed mother whose landmark case before the U S. Supreme Court led to the legalization of abortion in 1973. A powerful and subtle examination of this controversial issue with excellent performances from Holly Hunter and Amy Madigan.
October 16, 2019
RETURN TRIPS
DescriptionDescription Return Trips is an impassioned documentary which should appeal to anyone attempting to rediscover their cultural heritage. By tracing American Jewish emigration and assimilation through rarely-seen archival photographs and newsreel footage (placing emphasis on their own family histories), filmmakers Rosenbush and Siegel describe their return to the devout Judaism of their ancestors. Colorful interviews...
October 16, 2019
REFUGEES
DescriptionDescription Refugees is a powerful portrait of Salvadoran refugees in the U.S., most of whom are ordinary working class people forced to flee their country. Natives, an unusual documentary with an eye toward the absurd, shows another view of this human tragedy by following middle class, mostly white Americans involved in the San Diego anti-immigration...
October 16, 2019
THE REFRIGERATOR
DescriptionDescription Nicholas Jacob's feature debut is a wacky, highly enter- taining throwback to the Teenage Monster Movies of the 50s and 60s. An innocent young couple move into an apartment in New York which harbors an unruly household appliance: a 1963 Norge refrigerator. Soon it is dispatching house guests to the hereafter while taking over...
October 16, 2019
RAMPAGE
DescriptionDescription This terrifying thriller from Academy-Award winning director William Fried kin begins as a smiling, handsome young man calm- ly enters a suburban house, pulls down the shades, and proceeds to brutally murder an entire family with shocking efficiency. Based on true-life events. Rampage is the haunting story of the capture and trial of this...
October 16, 2019
QUEST FOR LOVE
DescriptionDescription An intelligent and compassionate film tracing the political and sexual confusion of a woman living on a post-independent island in South Africa. Alex is a willful political activist struggling to rebuild a school in Manzania, and coming to terms with her love for another woman. Jana Cilliers gives an excellent performance as the tormented...
October 16, 2019
THE PLAGUE SOWER (DICERIA DELL’UNTORE)
DescriptionDescription An al I-star cast headed by Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave and Fernando Rey star in this engrossing Kafka-esque Italian fable about the inhabitants of a sanitarium in the period just after World War II. The story, based on Gesualdo Bufali?o's novel, focuses on a soldier with TB sent to recuperate who becomes fascinated by...
October 16, 2019
PUAMANA
DescriptionDescription Three new short films by documentary master Les Blank explore themes of culture, home and family in three different areas of the United States. Julie: Old Time Tales of the Blue Ridge is an enchanting collection of an 80-year-old Applachian mountain woman's life stories, singing and harmonica playing. Marc and Ann is a portrait...
