http://www.vimeo.com/9486542
A Beautiful Belly
Saturday | October 15 | 12pm | San Marco Theatre
Tickets: $8
Q&A with writer/director Andrew Kenneth Gay will follow
PROGRAM Feature narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 94 min
DIRECTOR: Andrew Kenneth Gay
PRODUCER: John Wright Kate Wilcox
WRITER: Andrew Kenneth Gay
CAST: Lauren Brown
RATING CODES: Mature Audiences
SYNOPSIS:
When aspiring children’s entertainer Jason (Chris Worley) gets his long-time crush Danny (Lauren Brown) pregnant on their first date, the two choose to make a life together as husband and wife. As the prospect of fatherhood looms, Jason begins to realize the toll it may take on his career and turns his attention toward one last pursuit of his dreams before the baby arrives. Feeling ignored, Danny begins to question whether their fledgling marriage can survive. The two soon find themselves attracted to other people, and as new friendships begin to hint at the possibility of romance, Jason and Danny must decide whether they will risk the future of their family for the indulgence of a moment’s pleasure.
Official Website: http://www.abeautifulbelly.com/
Facebook: /abeautifulbelly
Twitter: @abeautifulbelly
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A Mother’s Love
Saturday | October 15 | 3PM | 5 Points Theatre
Tickets: $8
Q&A with writer/director Tim Alexander will follow
Feature Narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 105 min
DIRECTOR: Tim Alexander
PRODUCER: Tim Alexander
WRITER: Tim Alexander
CAST: Starring: Rolonda Watts, Amentha Dymally, Julian Starks, Salina Duplessis, Beth Payne, Dylan Mooney, With Buddy Lewis and Vanessa Williams as Rochelle Richardson
RATING CODES: NOT RATED, But Approved For All Audiences (No profanity or nudity)
SYNOPSIS:
Regina Reynolds (Rolonda Watts), is a strong black woman in the truest sense! But her taste for the good life didn’t necessarily include her husband Marcus (Julian Starks) or her daughter Monica (Salina Duplessis). It truly takes “A Mother’s Love” from Georgia (Amentha Dymally) to pray her down to earth! This film is about 3 generations of broken women. It is from a perspective you have never seen in a film before. “A Mother’s Love” is actually a real life Gospel Stage Play presented in the form of a film – it is a new cinematic experience. A story too big for the stage, and so real you will think you are living it yourself!
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/262136233827024/
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As Night Falls
Friday | October 14 | 11PM | 5 Points Theatre
Tickets: $8
Q&A with producer/star Dwight Cenac will follow.
PROGRAM: Feature Narrative (Horror)
REL DATE:2011
COUNTRY:USA
RUN TIME:85 min
DIRECTOR: Joe Davison
PRODUCER:Dwight Cenac, Joe Davison
WRITER:Joe Davison
CAST: Debbie Rochon, Dwight Cenac, Deneen Melody, Joe Davison
RATING CODES: Not Rated (Mature Audience suggested)
SYNOPSIS:
A katana-wielding Elizabeth and her rock star boyfriend Otto picked the wrong house to move into, and now they and their friends must survive a night filled with blood and screams as two psychopathic ghosts slaughter them one-by-one, fulfilling a curse that’s spanned 70 years. As the hours tick by and the idea of death loses its appeal, the kids decide to fight back. Have the new homeowners gotten more than they bargained for, or have the minion-zombies from the underworld finally bitten off more than they can chew?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/As-Night-Falls/259223171512?ref=ts
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No matching videosBettie Page Reveals All
Friday | October 14 | 7PM (6:30PM Red Carpet)| 5 Points Theatre – SOLD OUT
ADDED SCREENING !!! Sunday | October 16 | 7PM | 5 Points Theatre – NEW SHOW
Tickets: $10
Q&A with director Mark Mori will follow
PROGRAM *Feature Documentary
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 99 min
DIRECTOR: Mark Mori
PRODUCER: Thorpe More, Clifford Schultz, Mark Roesler
EDITORS: Douglas Miller, Julie Chabot, Jay Miracle
WRITERS: Douglas Miller, Mark Mori
CAST: Bettie Page, Hugh Hefner, Dita Von Teese, Rebecca Romijn, Tricia Helfer, Laeticia Casta, Perez Hilton, Bunny Yeager, Paula Klaw
RATING CODES: Mature Audiences
SYNOPSIS:
Bettie Page Reveals All is an intimate look at the rise and fall and rise of one of the world’s most recognized and controversial sex symbols.
With her razor sharp wit and Tennessee twang Bettie Page emerges from decades of seclusion to reveal her secret past. In this inside story of the world’s greatest pinup model, Page herself recounts how her unabashed sexual expression and sexually provocative fetish poses set the stage for the 1960s sexual revolution and ushered in a new era in fashion.
Unlike any other person, Bettie Page’s life embodies the American conflict between sexual freedom and sexual repression, between censorship and freedom of expression, between the unacceptable and the celebrated.
Official Website: http://www.bettiepagemovie.com
Facebook: /bettiepagemovie
Twitter: @bettiepagemovie
*”Works In Progress” Screening to preserve US premiere status
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Bob And The Monster
Saturday | October 15 | 10AM | San Marco Theatre
Tickets: $8
PROGRAM Feature Documentary
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 86 min
DIRECTOR: Keirda Bahruth
PRODUCER: Rick Ballard, Austin Wilkin, Keirda Bahruth
EDITOR: Joshua Altman
WRITERS: Keirda Bahruth
CAST: Angelo Moore, Anthony Keidis, Courtney Love, Scott Weiland, Pete Weiss,
Flea, Bob Forrest
RATING CODES: Mature Audiences
SYNOPSIS:
A documentary chronicling the life of charismatic singer/songwriter Bob Forrest, from his days as front man of the indie rock band Thelonious Monster, through his life-threatening struggle with addiction, to his triumph and transformation into one of the most influential addiction counselors in the US today.
BOB AND THE MONSTER crafts contemporary footage, animation and compelling interviews with rare archival performances and exclusive personal videos from Bobʼs past to reveal the complex layers of this troubled, but optimistic soul. Testimony from his peers, including Courtney Love, Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, members of Janeʼs Addiction, Fishbone and Guns nʼ Roses add texture, but itʼs the depth of Bobʼs music, intefilm, that illuminates this unforgettable and truly inspirational story.
Official Website: www.bobandthemonster.com
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/batmFacebook
Twitter: @BobnTheMonster
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http://vimeo.com/19572656
Bombay Beach
Friday | October 14 | 4PM | 5 Points Theatre
Tickets: $8
PROGRAM Feature Documentary
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 8o min
DIRECTOR: Alma Har’el
PRODUCER: Boaz Yakin
EDITORS: Joe Lindquist and Alma Har’el
ORIG. MUSIC: Zach Condon
MUSIC: Beirut and Bob Dylan
RATING CODES: Mature Audiences
SYNOPSIS:
Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colorado desert that was once a beautiful vacation destination for the privileged and is now a pool of dead fish. Film director Alma Har’el tells the story of three protagonists. The trials of Benny Parrish, a young boy diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose troubled soul and vivid imagination create both suffering and joy for him and his complex and loving family. The story of CeeJay Thompson, a black teenager and aspiring football player who has taken refuge in Bombay Beach hoping to avoid the same fate of his cousin who was murdered by a gang of youths in Los Angeles; and that of Red, an ancient survivor, once an oil field worker, living on the fumes of whiskey, cigarettes and an irrepressible love of life. Together these portraits form a triptych of manhood in its various ages and guises, in a gently hypnotic style that questions whether they are a product of their world or if their world is a construct of their own imaginations
Official Website: http://www.bombaybeachfilm.com
Facebook: /Bombaybeachfilm
Twitter: @bombaybeach
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http://vimeo.com/16513455
Farmagedden
Saturday | October 15 | 9PM | 5 Points Theatre
Tickets: available through 5 Points Box office
PROGRAM Documentary Narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 82 min
DIRECTOR: Kristin Canty
PRODUCER: Kristin Canty
SYNOPSIS:
Americans’ right to access fresh, healthy foods of their choice is under attack. Farmageddon tells the story of small, family farms that were providing safe, healthy foods to their communities and were forced to stop, sometimes through violent ac-tion, by agents of misguided government bureaucracies, and seeks to figure out why. Filmmaker Kristin Canty’s quest to find healthy food for her four children turned into an educational journey to discover why access to these foods was being threatened. What she found were policies that favor agribusiness and factory farms over small family-operated farms selling fresh foods to their communities. Instead of focusing on the source of food safety problems — most often the industrial food chain — policymakers and regulators implement and enforce solutions that target and often drive out of business small farms that have proven themselves more than capable of producing safe, healthy food, but buckle under the crushing weight of government regulations and excessive enforcement actions.
Farmageddon highlights the urgency of food freedom, encouraging farmers and consumers alike to take action to preserve individuals’ rights to access food of their choice and farmers’ rights to produce these foods safely and free from unreasona-bly burdensome regulations. The film serves to put policymakers and regulators on notice that there is a growing movement of people aware that their freedom to choose the foods they want is in danger, a movement that is taking action with its dollars and its voting power to protect and preserve the dwindling number of family farms that are struggling to survive.
Official Website: http://farmageddonmovie.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FarmageddonTHEMOVIE
Twitter: @kristincanty
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Grace Paley
Thursday | October 13 | 4PM | San Marco Theatre
Tickets: $8
Feature Documentary
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 75 min
DIRECTOR: Lilly Rivlin
PRODUCER: Margaret Murphy
RATING CODES: Not Rated (Parental Guidance suggested)
SYNOPSIS:
Long before her fame as a writer began to take hold, Grace Paley was already involved in political activism. From early immersion in supper time family political squabbles, to high school political engagement, later expressed in local politics, Grace became a constant presence in protests against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the war in Vietnam, U.S. military encroachment in Central America and was a central figure in the peace movement until her death. Age and long periods of illness took their physical toll but did not diminish her spirit. She never gave up on the idea that one person can make a difference.
For decades, Grace Paley was a legendary teacher of creative writing at some of the most prestigious colleges in the country. Though she never finished her own degree she taught at Columbia University, City College of New York, Syracuse and was tenured at Sarah Lawrence College. She was idolized by her students and many considered her a “surrogate mother”.
She also managed to raise two children of her own and was devoted to her husband Bob Nichols and her three grandchildren. By the time she died at the age of 84 in the home she shared with her husband in Vermont she was considered a literary giant and a national treasure for generations of fans and followers.
Official Website: http://www.gracepaleythefilm.com/
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http://vimeo.com/17904802
Falling Overnight
Saturday | October 15 | 2pm | San Marco Theatre
Tickets: $8
Q&A with writer/star Parker Croft will follow
PROGRAM Feature Narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 88 min
DIRECTOR: Conrad Jackson
PRODUCER: Aaron Golden, Conrad Jackson, Jed Rhein, Elizabeth Jackson
WRITER: Conrad Jackson, Parker Croft
EDITORS: Conrad Jackson
CAST: Parker Croft, Emilia Zoryan
RATING CODES: Mature Audiences
SYNOPSIS:
The day before twenty-two year old Elliot Carson (Parker Croft) has surgery to
remove a brain tumor, his path intersects with Chloe Webb (Emilia Zoryan), a young
photographer who invites him to her art show. Facing what could be his last night,
Elliot welcomes the distraction and as the night descends, Chloe takes him on an
exhilarating journey through the city. But as morning approaches, and Chloe learns of
Elliot’s condition, the magic of the evening unravels, and they must together face the
uncertainty of Elliot’s future.
Official Website: http://www.fallingovernight.com
Facebook: /fallingovernight
Twitter: @FallNightMovie
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http://vimeo.com/12741699
Kinyarwanda
Sunday | October 16 | 6PM | AT&T Tower Theatre Auditorium
Tickets: $8
Q&A with star Cassandra Freeman will follow
PROGRAM Feature Narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 96 min
DIRECTOR: Alrick Brown
PRODUCER: Ishmael Ntihabose, Darren Dean, Tommy Oliver
WRITER: Alrick Brown
EDITOR: Tovah Leibowitz
CAST: Cassandra Freeman, Cleophas Kabasiita, Edouard Bamporiki
RATING CODES: Not Rated (Parental Guidance suggested)
SYNOPSIS:
During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the Mufti of Rwanda, the most respected
Muslim leader in the country, issued a fatwa forbidding Muslims from participating
in the killing of the Tutsi. As the country became a slaughterhouse, mosques became
places of refuge where Muslims and Christians, Hutus and Tutsis came together to
protect each other. Kinyarwanda is based on true accounts from survivors who took
refuge at the Grand Mosque of Kigali and the Imams who opened their doors to give
refuge to the Tutsi and to those Hutu who refused to participate in the killing.
The story interweaves six different tales that together form one grand narrative,
providing the most complex and real depiction yet presented of life and human
resilience during the genocide. With an amalgamation of characters we pay homage
to many, using the voices of a few. We follow the young lovers, the child, the couple,
the soldiers, the Imam, and the priest as they are swept up by the chaos of the world
around them.
Official Website: http://www.kinyarwandamovie.com
Facebook: /KinyarwandaMovie
Twitter: @kinyarwandamov
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http://vimeo.com/23062282
Running Mates
Sunday | October 16 | 12PM | 5 Points Theatre
Tickets: $8
PROGRAM Feature Narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 88 min
DIRECTOR: Thomas Michael
PRODUCER: Thomas Michael, Joel Burch
WRITER: Thomas Michael
CAST: Thomas Michael, Graham Greene, with DJ Qualls, and Henry Winkler
RATING CODES: Not Rated (Parental Guidance suggested)
SYNOPSIS:
After 15 years, Archie Fenton suddenly returns to his hometown of Shoulder and announces his candidacy for mayor. He runs into his childhood best friend, Reg who now runs the local tow truck company. Reg barely recognizes Archie in his fancy suit and non-mullet big-city haircut but friendship is forever. So after a night of catching up, the boys are fished out of the drunk-tank by their angry wives. Archie is told by his wife that if he ever hopes to be mayor he can’t hang out with his old buddies. Reg is crushed. To get back at Archie he decides it’s time to get into politics and runs against his old best friend for mayor of Shoulder.
Official Website: http://www.runningmatesthemovie.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/runningmatesthemovie
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Sunny Side Up
Saturday | October 15 | 6PM | The Florida Theatre
Tickets: $8
Q&A with writer/star Christy Cashman and EP Laura Bernieri will follow
PROGRAM Feature Narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 82 min
DIRECTOR: Derek Estin Purvis
PRODUCER: Michael Mailer, Laura Bernieri, Christy Scott Cashman
WRITER: Christy Scott Cashman
CAST: Parker Posey, Christy Scott Cashman, Kathryn Erbe, Jay Harrington
RATING CODES: Not Rated (Parental Guidance suggested)
SYNOPSIS:
MILLIE BARTLETT loves her chickens almost as much as her husband. Millie, a chicken farmer in financial straits, agrees to be on a reality show hosted by ANGELICA LOVECRAFT, a New Age fitness guru. Her show, Cut The Crap, is an East meets West blending of Zen & Capitalism where Angelica identifies, isolates and eliminates the crap in people’s lives. Millie thinks she’s found the solution to all her problems. But when Angelica suggests that her husband, AL, may be a piece of the crap she should jettison, a clash of opposites ensues and Millie realizes she’s let a wolf into the henhouse!
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The Dog Who Saved Halloween (For Kids 7-12)
FREE!
PROGRAM Feature Narrative (KIDS)
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 88 min
DIRECTOR: Peter Sullivan
WRITER: Michael Cimenera Richard Gnolfo
PRODUCER: Marc Ferrero
CAST: Dean Cain, Lance Henriksen, Joey Lawrence, Mayin Bialik
RATING CODES: (PG)
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The Lake Effect
Sunday | October 16 | 2:30pm | 5 Points Theatre
Tickets: $8
PROGRAM Feature Narrative
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 92 min
DIRECTOR: Tara Miele
WRITER: Tara Miele
PRODUCER: Jennifer Westin
DIR. PHOTOGRAPHY: Brett Juskalian
EDITOR: Steven Edwards
CAST: Ross Partridge, Tara Summers, Kay Panabaker, Chase Maser
RATING CODES: (Mature Audiences)
SYNOPSIS:
THE LAKE EFFECT is a dramedy about ROB, a charming man-child in his mid-forties. His young wife Natalie’s biological clock starts ticking and Rob has doubts about settling down. Out of the blue, his estranged and very pregnant 18-year old daughter CELIA lands on their doorstep with her rocker boyfriend JACE. When a doctor orders Celia not to travel, Rob and Natalie are forced to care for Celia until she gives birth. While Natalie goes overboard with her nurturing, thinking she should raise Celia’s baby, Rob fails to see the value in parenthood and clings to his immature ways. But if he is going to help Celia become a mother, he must embrace his role as a father before his grandchild is born.
Official Website: http://www.thelakeeffectfilm.com
Facebook:/TheLakeEffectFilm
Twitter:@TheLakeEffect
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http://vimeo.com/20345947
Wild Horse Wild Ride
Thursday | October 13 | 7:30pm | San Marco Theatre
Tickets: $15
Q&A with director Alexandra Dawson and star Wylene Wilson to follow
PROGRAM Feature Documentary
REL DATE: 2011
COUNTRY: USA
RUN TIME: 109 min
DIRECTOR: Alexandra Dawson & Greg Gricus
WRITER: Alexandra Dawson
PRODUCER: Alexandra Dawson
DIR. PHOTOGRAPHY: Greg Gricus
EDITOR: Jude Leek
RATING CODES: Family
SYNOPSIS:
Each year thousands of wild horses are rounded up and removed from public lands by the U.S. Government. All will need permanent homes. None has ever been touched by a human hand.
Wild Horse, Wild Ride tells the story of the Extreme Mustang Makeover Challenge, an annual contest that dares 100 people to each tame a totally wild mustang in order to get it adopted into a better life beyond federal corrals. Stunning and poignant, Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus’ debut feature documentary chronicles a handful of unforgettable characters from their first uneasy meeting with their horses and over three months as they attempt to transform from scared strangers to the closest of companions.
Eventually all will converge in Fort Worth, Texas, to compete against each other and offer the
horses up for adoption at an auction in which the trainers, if they wish to keep their horses,
must bid against the public. Hailed by The Hollywood Reporter as a “crowd-pleaser with a big heart,” the film traverses across the United States to tell stories of the profound the bonds that can develop between people and animals. From the rolling hills of New Hampshire to the Navajo Nation to the heart of Cowboy Country, the film captures a journey that is at times harrowing, humorous, heartwarming and heartbreaking as these wild spirits- both human and horse- embark on the ride of their lives.
Official Website: http://www.wildhorsewildride.com
Facebook: /pages/Wild-Horse-Wild-Ride/162584703787314