Sisters in Law (Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi. 2005. Cameroon). "Men are going to get the message now." The lawyers and judges in one small courthouse in Kumba, Cameroon are helping to transform women's and children's lives by protecting them from domestic violence. From the maker of Divorce Iranian Style and Gaea Girls comes this […]
The Thirteenth Assembly is a touring collective made up of four musicians (Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, Taylor Ho Bynum and Tomas Fujiwara) organized into four different and musically distinct small ensembles. Styled somewhere between the classic r&b/soul revues of the 60's and a postmodern traveling circus, The Thirteenth Assembly presents a selection of some of […]
Learn do-it-yourself stop-motion animation techniques in this fast-paced hands-on workshop. Participants will work in small groups with clay, collage, and/or cut-outs to create animated scenes, characters and short stories. Youth ages 10-18 are encouraged to attend; all ages are welcome.
Flock of Dodos (Randy Olson, 2006). Who are the dodos in the current debate over evolution versus intelligent design? With a Super Size Me - style good spirit, marine biologist turned filmmaker Randy Olson travels the country in search of an answer. He starts with his 82 year old mother who is neighbors with the […]
Birth: it’s a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to examine and question the way American women have babies. The Business of Being […]
What Would Jesus Buy? follows Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir as they go on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse: the end of mankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt! From producer Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) and director Rob VanAlkemade comes a serious docu-comedy […]
Trio Tarana is led by percussionist/composer Ravish Momin, who currently resides in New York City but was born in India and has lived in the Middle-East and England. Therefore, the creation of Trio Tarana, in 2003, was a natural culmination of all of those diverse influences. “Tarana” itself refers to a song-style in North Indian […]
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