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by | Sep 22, 2013 | Past Screening Programs

 LA Femme International Film Festival

DOCUMENTARIES       

 

 

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AN UNEXPECTED WIN: TITLE IX AND THE PINCKNEY PIRATES

OCT 18, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

LAURIE SCHENDEN

RT:  64 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The film examines the impact of the anti-discrimination legislation in 1972, Title IX, via Pinckney, MI where there were no varsity sports for women beforehand.

 

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BAKING ALASKA

OCT 19, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2               

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

KARI BARBER

RT:  30 MIN

SYNOPSIS: After their father passes away, two rival sisters and their elderly mother from Oklahoma chase a bakery dream to Homer, Alaska that will change their lives.

 

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BIPOLARIZED

OCT 20, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

RITA KOTZIA

PRODUCERS

MARK PEACHEY, NOELLE CHALIFOUX, ROSS MCKENZIE

RT: 75 MIN

CAST: Ross McKenzie (Voice)

SYNOPSIS: After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and living in a lithium-induced haze, Ross McKenzie headed to Costa Rica to be detoxed off lithium at an experimental clinic.

 

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COMFORT WOMEN: ONE LAST CRY

OCT 18, 10-12 NOON

VENUE 2

CO-DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

TAEYEUL PARK, CONNYOUNG JENNIFER MOON

RT: 52 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The film covers one of the 20th century’s largest cases of human trafficking. One Last Cry follows the victims’ personal stories and that of many advocates as it takes a closer look at this horrifying chapter in human history.

 

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COMMIE CAMP

OCT 17, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

KATIE HALPER

PRODUCER

NORA EISENBERG

RT: 70 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Comedian Katie Halper returns to her socialist Jewish summer camp, Camp Kinderland; the film follows a hilarious 9 year old during a recent summer.

 

ConeyislandDreamsforSale

CONEY ISLAND: DREAMS FOR SALE

OCT 18, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

ALESSANDRA GIORDANO

RT:  80 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Coney Island, the once magnificent Playground of the World has survived many battles, but now faces its greatest enemy: corporate greed.

 

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DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGER DELTA

OCT 19, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

ILSE VAN LAMOEN

PRODUCERS

ILSE VAN LAMOEN, LINDA MANS, LOUISE VERBEE

RT: 56 MIN

CAST: Bogofanyo Inengibo, Inatimi Odio (voice)

SYNOPSIS: An intimate film portrait of three everyday heroines who manage to make ends meet against all odds.

 

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GOLD STAR CHILDREN

OCT 20, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

MITTY GRIFFIS MIRRER

RT: 60 MIN

CAST: Cierra Becker, Jennifer Denard

SYNOPSIS:  Gold Star Children is a documentary feature film that takes an intimate look at American children who’ve lost a parent to war.

 

Herd In Iceland

HERD IN ICELAND

OCT 20, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

LINDSEY BLATT

PRODUCERS

LINDSEY BLATT, PAUL TAGGART

RT: 29 MIN

SYNOPSIS: For over 1,000 years, Icelandic law has made it illegal to import horses onto the island making their horses a unique pure breed.

 

 

IKLAND

OCT 19, 2-4 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTORS

DAVID HILBERT, CEVIN D. SOLING

PRODUCERS

CEVIN D. SOLING, NICHOLE SMAGLICK

RT: 29 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The Ik were famously described as callous and indifferent by anthropologist Colin Turnbull in his 1972 ethnographic book, The Mountain People.

 

 

LANDSCAPES OF THE HEART – THE ELIZABETH SPENCER STORY

OCT 19, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

REBECCA CERESE

PRODUCERS

REBECCA CERESE, SHARON SWANSON, WALTER BENNETT

RT: 58 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Elizabeth Spencer’s ‘The Voice at the Back Door, one of the earliest novels recounting racial tension in the south that was recommended for a Pulitzer Prize.

 

 

LIFE CHANGING MOMENTS

OCT 17, 10 AM-12 NOON

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

SHERRY THOMAS

RT: 18 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This documentary follows surgeon Dr. Sherry Thomas as she travels to Africa to provide free surgery and medical care to impoverished African women.

 

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NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE

OCT 18, 6-8 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

ANDREA KALIN

PRODUCERS

KAREN SIMON, OLIVER LUKACS

RT: 84 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Below-the-belt cancers and a below-the-radar cause are thrust into the limelight as N.E.D., or No Evidence of Disease.

 

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ONE COUCH AT A TIME

OCT 18, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

ALEXANDRA LISS

PRODUCERS

ALEXANDRA LISS, DAN DERBINSKY, JEAN-MICHEL WERK

RT: 86 MIN

CAST: Alexandra Liss (voice)

SYNOPSIS: One Couch at a Time follows ‘Couch Surfing Evangelist’ Alexandra Liss across 6 continents, 21 countries, couch surfing for 7 months.

 

 

PASSIVE HOUSE: A BUILDING REVOLUTION

OCT 17 10 AM-12 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

NIKILA COLE

PRODUCER

NIKILA COLE

RT: 46 MIN

CAST: Jeanna Breza (voice)

SYNOPSIS: By following architects, builders and homeowners, this film documents a rapidly growing movement in Europe and the US reducing building energy consumption.

 

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PAOLO SOLERI: BEYOND FORM

OCT 20, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

AIMEE MADSEN

PRODUCERS

AIMEE MADSEN, ROGER TOMALTY

RT: 80 MIN

CAST: Peter Coyote (voice)

SYNOPSIS: A cinéma vérité style documentary that presents a fresh and intimate look at the multi-talented artist, philosopher, urban theorist and architect Paolo Soleri.

 

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ROCK N ROLL MAMAS

OCT 19, 10 AM- 12 NOON

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

JACKIE WEISSMAN

PRODUCERS

ALLISON ANDERS, JACKIE WEISSMAN, TARA JOHNSON-MEDINGER

RT: 56 MIN

SYNOPSIS: Over the course of six years, director Jackie Weissman, followed musical mothers .We watch as they tour and perform, juggle childcare, and get to gigs.

 

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THE GUN, THE CAKE & THE BUTTERFLY

OCT 17, 10 AM-12 PM

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

AMANDA ELIASCH

RT: 75 MIN

SYNOPSIS: An experimental and stylish docudrama portrait of London socialite/fashion editor/poet/writer/artist, Amanda Eliasch.

 

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THE HUNT FOR BRITAIN’S SEX GANGS

OCT 19, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

ANNA HALL

PRODUCERS

ANNA HALL, BRIAN WOODS

RT: 48 MIN

SYNOPSIS: 100 victims and 200 suspected perpetrators: Anna Hall, gains access to Operation Chalice, one of the UK’s biggest child sex abuse investigations.

 

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TONEMBEE

OCT 18, 12-2 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

NIKILA COLE

PRODUCER

NIKILA COLE

RT: 30 MIN

SYNOPSIS: In a personal visit to a Kenyan village with no running water and no electricity, Nikila and daughter Sarah are amazed to discover what a small amount of help can do.

 

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UNFORGETTABLE FIRE: THE STORY OF A U2 TRIBUTE BAND

OCT 19, 6-7 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

MICHELLE REGINA LACOBELLI

PRODUCERS

ANDREA PAPPAS, MICHELLE REGINA LACOBELLI

RT: 56 MIN

SYNOPSIS: This film explores the personal lives and challenges of the members of one of the longest running U2 tribute bands in the world.

 

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WEST ENCOUNTERS EAST

OCT 17, 4-6 PM

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

STELLA HOLMES

PRODUCERS

STELLA HOLMES, LINDA J. CORLEY

RT: 60 MIN

SYNOPSIS: The film follows artists who are descendants of Japanese who immigrated to Brazil during the twentieth century.