October 16, 2019
CHEB
DescriptionDescription Chebtells the story of Merwan, a 19-year-old Algerian boy who has lived in France since early childhood. Deported by the French government to Algeria, he finds himself in ?country whose language and customs he doesn't understand. With the help of Malika, a young girl as rootless as himself, Merwan decides to return to the...
October 16, 2019
THE FRONTIER (LA FRONTERA)
DescriptionDescription The wild, inspiring beauty of Southern Chile and the untamed spirits of those who live there get equal attention in first-time director Ricardo Larrain's successful and engaging film, awarded a Silver Bear at the 1992 Berlin Film Festival and heralded by many as the best Chilean film in two decades. When a teacher is...
October 16, 2019
THE BRUCE DIET
DescriptionDescription Four wildly different comedies from emerging filmmakers. The Bruce Diet is Jeff Baron's comedy/horror film about the "perfect diet" in which you can eat as much as you like and lose weight forever - all for only $75. In John Helliker's offbeat Norha and the Microbabe, a self-centered avant-garde couple become parents of an...
October 16, 2019
BULLETS FOR BREAKFAST
DescriptionDescription Personal/experimental filmmaker Holly Fisher's intriguing film mixes Western author Ryerson Johnson, feminist poet Nancy Nielson, postcards of European paintings and clips from My Darling Clementine on an optical printer to explore the viefont underside of persistent gender barriers. A fascinating comb·ination of experimental and documentary technique, Bullets for Breakfast deliberately blurs the line between...
October 16, 2019
BROTHER’S KEEPER
DescriptionDescription Delbert, Bill, Lyman and Roscoe Ward are illiterate bachelor brothers who never ventured beyond their dairy farm in New York state. Their quiet life was shattered when the ailing Bill was found dead and Delbert confessed to suffocating him as an act of mercy This fascinating documentary captures a real-life murder mystery as it...
