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Films
at the Latchis Theatre are on Sat. and Sun. at 4:15pm
http://brattleboro.com/latchis/theatre/movielistings.cfm
For
directions to any of the venues click
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Week Three 3/11
- 3/17
Cowards by Michel
Moyse 2001 60min. USA
will be screened
at the Center for Digital Art, located at 74 Cotton Mill Hill (3rd floor)
Brattleboro, Vermont, at 7:00 PM on March 11 and 12. Running time is
one hour.
This dual-screen one-hour
experimental narrative is composed of multiple images and sounds that
combine to present an emotionally charged glimpse into the lives of
a married couple who are locked in a destructive relationship. "Cowards"
breaks from traditional storytelling and points toward a more complex
and deeper exposition made possible through computer layering and digital
manipulation. It stars Thomas Jay Ryan (who starred in Hal Hartely's
"Henry Fool") and Nicole Halmos, as well as a number of local actors.
It was shot over a 4-week period in the summer of 1996, and edited finally
for 6 channels over the next 5 years. It also just won first prize in
the Experimental Category at the New England Film and Video Festival
out of Boston, MA.
Student Films: 2 hour
program
A program of short films
by New England high school and college students. Films include Carrie
Sterr's Losing Sleep, Danica Mills' Double, Zandor's
Ball by Diedre Sage, The Vagina Conspiracy by Alexis Halloway,
Abbey Nova's Portrait of Four Dancers, and The Voice of
Rachel Sullivan by Brittany Borjeson among other films. and Maia
Bissette's Girl on Fire.
Anna from Benin by Monique Mbeka Phoba 2000 45min. Germany/Benin (subtitled)
This beautiful documentary
focuses on 17 year old Anna's struggles as an independent teenager with
a domineering father in Central Africa and as an African teenager in
France without the protection of her 30 siblings and her five mothers.
A rare view of the lives of girls in Africa at the beginning of a new
century.
Girls Still Dream by Ateyyat El Abnoud 1995 24min. Egypt (subtitled)
An engrossing documentary
by an award-winning director, portraying the challenges facing girls
in a country where young Egyptian women still struggle for such basic
human rights as education and the avoidance of compulsory marriage.
"Girls Still Dream" highlights the cultural clash between
traditional values and young women's growing self-awareness in the developing
world.
Youth Directed by Ali
Bilail, Samia Chala and Muriel Aboulrouss 2001 26min. Lebanon (subtitled)
The stories of four young
women facing issues of independence and empowerment in Algeria, Egypt,
and Lebanon.
My Left Breast by Gerry Rogers 2000 57min. Canada
Filmmaker Gerry
Rogers bravely recounts her story of breast cancer survival by incorporating
a unique blend of wit, wisdom and resilience. While embracing the emotional
challenges of disease with honesty and clarity, she shares with the
world her message that life, indeed, can continue with full force and
vigor. Not just for women living with breast cancer this powerful one-of-kind
film is for everyone.
I Remember Me by Kim Snyder 2000 60min. USA
While working on
a film with Jodie Foster, filmmaker Kim Snyder was stricken with a debilitating
illness that rendered her bedridden for nearly a year and continues
to compromise her health. Fueled by her rage at an unresponsive system,
filmmaker Kim Snyder has taken up the mantle of the over 500,000 sufferers
of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) living in the United States today.
Called "beautiful and haunting", this award-winning documentary tells
of Snyder's own struggle with the disease, as well as the story of other
fellow CFS sufferers.
Living With Pride: Ruth Ellis at 100 by Yvonne Welbon 60min. USA
Born in 1899, Ruth
Ellis is the oldest "out" African American lesbian known. This documentary
about her life and times offers a rare opportunity to experience 100
years of our history as experienced by one inspiring woman. Ruth Ellis
shows us what is possible and what can be realized, if one not only
lives long and ages well, but also lives with pride.
The Female Closet
by Barbara Hammer 1998, 60min. USA
Renowned filmmaker
Barbara Hammer combines rare footage, interviews, and rich documentation
to survey the lives of variously closeted women artists of the 20th
century: Victorian photographer Alice Austen, Weimar collagist Hannah
Hoch, and present-day painter Nicole Eisenman. A provocative look at
the relationship between art, life, and sexuality.
The Women of Hezbollah A Film by Maher Abi-Samra 49min. 2000
Lebanon (subtitled)
Filmmaker Maher
Abi-Samri returns to his neighborhood Ramel el Ali of Beirut, now one
of the strongholds of the Islamic Party of God (Hezbollah). Women of
Hezbollah is a portrait of two women, Zeinab and Khadjie, activists
in the Hezbollah, and an examination of the personal, social and political
factors of their commitment. The views expressed are not necessarily
those of the WFF committee.
The Bombing
A Film by Simone Bitton 1999 59min. (subtitled)
This emotionally
gripping film searches for answers, through interviews with the families
of both the victims and the bombers, in the aftermath of the Sept. 1997
tragedy, in which 3 Palestinian youths blew themselves up on a crowded
street in Jerusalem. "The Bombing" is a meditative and composed
documentary on the phenomenon of suicide bombings, the psychology of
extremism, and the larger Israeli/Palestinian conflict. It's ending
sequence, including a healing encounter between an Israeli and a Palestinian
family, is a poignant reminder of the need for dialogue between the
two sides. Be advised that the first ten minutes of this film are
quite graphic.
The Vertical Ray of the Sun by Tran Anh Hung 2001 112min Viet Nam
(subtitled)
A visually sumptuous
film by the director of "The Scent of Green Papaya". Shot
in present day Hanoi, three sisters meet on the anniversary of their
mother's death. Throughout the day, the three sisters seem to tell each
other everything and seek one another's advice on every subject. And
yet, each one of them has a secret. The film's pace is like a suspended
caress, immersing us, letting their lives seep into us. It is a film
of about being, not doing.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/verticalrayofthesun/index_flash.html
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This
week's Special Events
3/11
&12 7pm (Cotton Mill Hill)
Special showing of "Cowards", Filmmaker Michel Moyse present
3/16
3:30 pm (Hooker Dunham Theater)
Premiere of the Healing Legacies film by Alan Dater and Lisa Merton, filmmakers
present
3/17
3pm (Hooker Dunham Theater)
Panel discussion on Middle East issues lead by Susan Basgall
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