Doc fest - Sundance at Film Forum, cheap tix!

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The excellent "Life and Debt" on the big screen!
I've also seen and can recommend "Southern Comfort" and "One Day In September"

The Open Society Institute and the Sundance Institute present:
Soros | Sundance Documentary Fund
A Tenth Anniversary Film Series

Showcasing social justice and human rights documentaries made with support from the fund.

Thursday, October 26 to Sunday, October 29, 2006
Film Forum, New York City

Tickets to all screenings are $5.50 and can be purchased online anytime, or at the Film Forum box office in the day of the show.

To purchase tickets online, visit: http://www.filmforum.org/films/soros.html

Thursday, October 26
STRANGER WITH A CAMERA
(Elizabeth Barret, 2000) A thoughtful examination into the murder of a Canadian filmmaker who traveled to Appalachia in the 1960s to document poverty.
1:30 pm, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker.

LONG NIGHT’S JOURNEY INTO DAY
(Deborah Hoffman and Frances Reid 1999)
An inspiring portrait of four cases brought before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, illustrating South Africa’s quest for restorative justice.
4:00 pm, followed by a conversation with Aryeh Neier, Open Society Institute, and Paul van Zyl, International Center for Transitional Justice.

CALLING THE GHOSTS: A STORY ABOUT RAPE, WAR, AND WOMEN
(Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic, 1996)
A gripping account of the struggle for justice by two Bosnian women raped in a Serbian concentration camp.
Preceded by;
RED RUBBER BOOTS
(Jasmila Zbanic, 2000)
A haunting portrayal of one woman’s search for the remains of her family who were killed by the Serbian army during the Bosnian war.

7:00 pm, followed by a conversation with Mandy Jacobsen, filmmaker; Elizabeth Rubin, contributing writer, New York Times Magazine; and Laura Silber, Open Society Institute.

Friday, October 27
HILLBROW KIDS
(Jacqueline Görgen and Michael Hammon, 1999)
A revealing conversation with street children in Johannesburg coping with the hardships of post-apartheid South Africa.
1:30 pm


SOUTHERN COMFORT
(Kate Davis, 2000)
A moving depiction of the lethal cost of discrimination in the United States today, through the story of a female-to-male transsexual who dies of ovarian cancer after repeatedly being denied medical treatment.
4:00 pm, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker.

CHILDREN UNDERGROUND
(Edet Belzberg, 2001)
An intimate look at the lives of abandoned and runaway youths who make their home below the streets of Bucharest, Romania.
6:30 pm, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker.

PERSONS OF INTEREST
(Alison Maclean and Tobias Perse, 2003)
Former detainees of South Asian and Middle Eastern descent who were arbitrarily arrested and interrogated in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, tell their stories.
Preceded by:
ASYLUM
(Sandy McLeod and Gini Reticker, 2003)
A young Ghanaian woman seeks refugee status in the United States to escape the threat of female genital mutilation.
9:00 pm, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.

Saturday, October 28
IRAN: VEILED APPEARANCES
(Thierry Michel, 2002)
An unprecedented glimpse into the fractured society of Iran, exploring the lives of students, soldiers, artists, and religious figures.
1:30 pm

PUNITIVE DAMAGE
(Annie Goldson, 1999)
After her son is shot by the Indonesian military in East Timor, a mother sets out on a quest for truth and justice that brings her to an American courtroom and puts the Indonesian government on trial.
Preceded by:
STILL STANDING
(YO-TV, 2006)
A poignant story of the challenges faced by a Hurricane Katrina survivor six months after the storm, documented by a group of student filmmakers.
3:30 pm, followed by a conversation with the youth filmmakers.

Special Sneak Preview
MY AMERICAN DREAM: HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS NOW
(Michael Camerini and Shari Robertson, work-in-progress)
An exploration into the lives of 24 people engaged in the struggle surrounding U.S. immigration policy.
This special sneak preview features excerpts from the work-in-progress accompanied by a discussion with the filmmakers.
6:30 pm

ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER
(Kevin MacDonald, 1999)
A gripping account of the attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, weaving archival footage with contemporary interviews.
9:00 pm

Sunday, October 29
SEÑORITA EXTRAVIADA, MISSING YOUNG WOMAN
(Lourdes Portillo, 2001)
A haunting investigation into the disappearance of hundreds of young women in Juárez, Mexico.
Preceded by:
THERE ARE WOMEN IN RUSSIAN VILLAGES
(Antoin Kattin and Pavel Kostomarov, 2006)
A troubling look at the feminization of poverty in Russia, where women are the poorest members of the population.
1:30 pm, followed by a conversation with Debra Zimmerman, Women Make Movies.

LIFE AND DEBT
(Stephanie Black, 2001)
An unsparing depiction of the impact of globalization on Jamaica, with a narration written by Jamaica Kincaid.
4:00 pm

THE INNER TOUR
(Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, 2001)
A story of a group of Palestinians traveling around Israel for the first time, filmed just months before Middle East tensions escalated in 2000.
6:30 pm

LIBERIA: AN UNCIVIL WAR
(James Brabazon and Jonathan Stack, 2004)
An insider look at the civil war in Liberia and the siege of its capital, including exclusive interviews with former President Charles Taylor.
8:30 pm, followed by a conversation with Jonathan Stack.

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