Friday, October 23rd
Brown Hall 112
(5:00) Prince of Broadway
(USA 100minutes)
Directed by Sean Baker
Prince of Broadway is the story of Lucky and Levon, two men whose lives converge in the underbelly of New York's wholesale fashion district. Lucky, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, makes ends meet by soliciting shoppers on the street with knock-off brand merchandise. Levon, a Armenian-Lebanese immigrant, operates an illegal storefront with a concealed back room where counterfeit goods are showcased to interested shoppers. Lucky's world is suddenly turned upside down when a child is thrust into his life by a woman who insists the toddler is his son. While Lucky copes with his new domestic dilemma, Levon struggles to save a marriage that is falling apart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfAKC2gkX3Q
(7:00) GOLDEN BLADE III: RETURN OF THE MONKEY’S UNCLE
(USA 91 minutes)
Directed by TJ Wiedow
Golden Blade III - Return of the Monkey's Uncle... Kung Fu Comedy created and filmed in Asheville, NC. Our hero, Chen Zen is faced with the challenge of protecting the magical Golden Blade from falling into the hands of the evil Mala Wang. The overdubs are done poorly on purpose to give it the feel of a real kung fu movie... and the subtitles are also misspelled on purpose to add to the comedy. Low Budget as hell, yet funny and professional for DV movie making. 'Best way to win fight... No Be There.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G0TRVVyTfo
Ball Hall 127
(5:00)
EARSHOT
((USA 94 mins)
Directed by Keith Hampton
EARSHOT is a one man show about a man who explores and experiences the implications of infidelity when his wife leaves him home alone for the weekend. Victor Emmanuel Childs experiences a myriad of emotions during his time alone. He first jumps at the opportunity to hook up with an old flame, but after it doesn't work out, he experiences anger and bitterness, even jealousy towards his wife. In the meantime, he listens in to the series of cruel and unfortunate events that unfold next door. Much like his situation, infidelity is the catalyst that drives his neighbors to an escalating row. The ending to their story becomes his, forcing him to face the most painstaking and inevitable part of his emotional ride: reconciliation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrLW804AXGY
(8:00)
NO GREATER LOVE
(UK 105 mins)
Directed by Michael Whyte
After ten years of correspondence, Michael Whyte was given unprecedented access to the monastery of the Most Holy Trinity, in London’s Notting Hill. The monastery, which was founded in 1878, is home to the Discalced Order of Carmelite Nuns. The nuns lead a cloistered life dedicated to prayer and contemplation, rarely leaving the monastery except to visit a doctor or dentist. Silence is maintained throughout the day with the exception of two periods of recreation.
No Greater Love gives a unique insight into this closed world where the modern world’s materialism is rejected; they have no television, radio or newspapers. Though mainly an observational film there are several interviews, which offer insights into their life, faith, moments of doubt and their belief in the power of prayer in the heart of the community.
Rogers-Stout 102
(5:00)
THE BUSINESS OF STORY
(USA 87 minutes)
Directed by Rebecca Ormond
Antisocial Professor Emerson has overcome great adversity, namely her mother. Now it’s publish or perish time and only one eccentric publisher is interested in Em’s book of childhood stories on the condition that Em include her mother’s account of the events alongside Em’s own.
Em grudgingly agrees to include her mother’s versions, although they are disturbingly absurd; but then so are Em’s. The victim and villain are simply switched in each woman’s surreal retelling of Em’s childhood. The film weaves these stories with Em’s comically dysfunctional life as Em searches for the “meaningful coincidences” the publisher insist are “the business of story.” --Trailer link doesn't work
Ms. Ormond will be present at the screening and will be available for questions and answer directly after the screening.
(7:00)
Woman's Prison
(USA 108minutes)
Directed by Katie Madonna Lee
When her mother is murdered by her father, Julie Ann Mabry is confronted by a life of hardship and poverty. Taken in by her Evangelical relatives, she begins to adopt new convictions in an effort to reconnect with her mother. Slowly, the threads of her new life begin to unravel and Julie Ann is sent to prison. It is there she finds the freedom and community she had sought so long, yet it does not come without a price. http://www.womansprisonmovie.com/
Rogers-Stout 118
(5:00)
THE REAL MCCOYS
(USA 22 minutes)
Meet Nina and Mickey McCoy, anti-coal activists in the heart of the coalfields. Residents of Inez, KY (home to the US' largest coal sludge spill in history), they have been unable to drink their water for the past 9 years. The McCoys travel to Washington DC, where they decide to risk arrest - in the hopes of drawing attention to coal's devastation of their beloved landscape. --No trailer listed
(5:25)
¡JUSTICIA NOW!
(Ecuador, 31 mins)
Directed by Martin O’Brien and Robbie Proctor
Over the past 43 years, ChevronTexaco has intentionally spilled over 10 times the amount of oil in and around Lago Agrio, Ecuador than was lost in the Exxon Valdez disaster and yet not one drop has been cleaned up. An area of pristine rain-forest the size of Rhode Island has been devastated and 1 tribe of indigenous indians has been wiped out. For those remaining natives, water supplies are completely contaminated and serious health issues such as cancer, leukemia, birth defects and skin disease run rampant. ChevronTexaco's attitude towards this has been a combination of strong armed intimidation and complete denial. It's time for action, it's time for Justicia Ya! Starring 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Pablo Fajardo and Luis Yanza.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pFn69Tx39M
(6:00) CHILDREN OF THE AMAZON
(USA, 72 minutes)
Directed by Denise Zmekhol
Journey with Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhol to the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in search of the indigenous children she photographed 15 years ago. CHILDREN OF THE AMAZON invites you to see through the eyes of these inspiring, remarkably resilient people whose lives have been transformed by a road that was carved through their forest home by an outside world. Poetic and visually stunning, this film engages our senses and sympathies as global issues take on a profoundly human perspective.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYpcFDCWiGY
(7:15) BLUE GOLD: WORLD WATER WARS
(USA, 90 minutes)
Directed by Sam Bozzo
Wars of the future will be fought over water, as they today over oil, as the source of all life enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private investors, and corrupt governments vie for control of our dwindling fresh water supply, prompting protests, lawsuits, and revolutions from citizens fighting for the right to survive. Past civilizations have collapsed from poor water management. Can the human race survive?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikb4WG8UJRw