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AN UNEXPECTED WIN: TITLE IX AND THE PINCKNEY PIRATES<\/b><\/p>\n OCT 18, 12-2 PM<\/b><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/b><\/p>\n DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER<\/p>\n LAURIE SCHENDEN<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>\u00a064 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BAKING ALASKA<\/b><\/p>\n OCT 19, 10-12 NOON<\/b><\/p>\n VENUE 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/b><\/p>\n DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER<\/p>\n KARI BARBER<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>\u00a030 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIPOLARIZED<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 20, 10-12 NOON<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n RITA KOTZIA<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n MARK PEACHEY, NOELLE CHALIFOUX, ROSS MCKENZIE<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>75 MIN<\/p>\n CAST: <\/b>Ross McKenzie (Voice)<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n COMFORT WOMEN: ONE LAST CRY<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 18, 10-12 NOON<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n CO-DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER<\/p>\n TAEYEUL PARK, CONNYOUNG JENNIFER MOON<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>52 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>The film covers one of the 20th century’s largest cases of human trafficking.\u00a0One 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n COMMIE CAMP<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 17, 12-2 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n KATIE HALPER<\/p>\n PRODUCER<\/p>\n NORA EISENBERG<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>70 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>Comedian Katie Halper returns to her socialist Jewish summer camp, Camp Kinderland; the film follows a hilarious 9 year old during a recent summer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CONEY ISLAND: DREAMS FOR SALE<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 18, 2-4 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER<\/p>\n ALESSANDRA GIORDANO<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>\u00a080 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>Coney Island, the once magnificent Playground of the World has survived many battles, but now faces its greatest enemy: corporate greed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DAUGHTERS OF THE NIGER DELTA<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 19, 12-2 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n ILSE VAN LAMOEN<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n ILSE VAN LAMOEN, LINDA MANS, LOUISE VERBEE<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>56 MIN<\/p>\n CAST: <\/b>Bogofanyo Inengibo, Inatimi Odio (voice)<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>An intimate film portrait of three everyday heroines who manage to make ends meet against all odds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n GOLD STAR CHILDREN<\/b><\/p>\n OCT 20, 2-4 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER<\/p>\n MITTY GRIFFIS MIRRER<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>60 MIN<\/p>\n CAST: <\/b>Cierra Becker, Jennifer Denard<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:\u00a0 <\/b>Gold Star Children is a documentary feature film that takes an intimate look at American children who’ve lost a parent to war.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n HERD IN ICELAND<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 20, 12-2 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n LINDSEY BLATT<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n LINDSEY BLATT, PAUL TAGGART<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>29 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>For over 1,000 years, Icelandic law has made it illegal to import horses onto the island making their horses a unique pure breed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n IKLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 19, 2-4 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTORS<\/p>\n DAVID HILBERT, CEVIN D. SOLING<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n CEVIN D. SOLING, NICHOLE SMAGLICK<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>29 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>The Ik were famously described as callous and indifferent by anthropologist Colin Turnbull\u00a0in his 1972 ethnographic book, The Mountain People.<\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n LANDSCAPES OF THE HEART \u2013 THE ELIZABETH SPENCER STORY<\/b><\/p>\n OCT 19, 4-6 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n REBECCA CERESE<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n REBECCA CERESE, SHARON SWANSON, WALTER BENNETT<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>58 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n LIFE CHANGING MOMENTS<\/b><\/p>\n OCT 17, 10 AM-12 NOON<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER<\/p>\n SHERRY THOMAS<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>18 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>This documentary follows surgeon Dr. Sherry Thomas as she travels to Africa to provide free surgery and medical care to impoverished African women.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NO EVIDENCE OF DISEASE<\/b><\/p>\n OCT 18, 6-8 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n ANDREA KALIN<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n KAREN SIMON, OLIVER LUKACS<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>84 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS: <\/b>Below-the-belt cancers and a below-the-radar cause are thrust into the limelight as N.E.D., or No Evidence of Disease.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ONE COUCH AT A TIME<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 18, 4-6 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n ALEXANDRA LISS<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n ALEXANDRA LISS, DAN DERBINSKY, JEAN-MICHEL WERK<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>86 MIN<\/p>\n CAST: <\/b>Alexandra Liss (voice)<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> One Couch at a Time follows ‘Couch Surfing Evangelist’ Alexandra Liss across 6 continents, 21 countries, couch surfing for 7 months.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n PASSIVE HOUSE: A BUILDING REVOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 17 10 AM-12 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n NIKILA COLE<\/p>\n PRODUCER<\/p>\n NIKILA COLE<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>46 MIN<\/p>\n CAST: <\/b>Jeanna Breza (voice)<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> By following architects, builders and homeowners, this film documents a rapidly growing movement in Europe and the US reducing building energy consumption.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PAOLO SOLERI: BEYOND FORM<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 20, 12-2 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n AIMEE MADSEN<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n AIMEE MADSEN, ROGER TOMALTY<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>80 MIN<\/p>\n CAST: <\/b>Peter Coyote (voice)<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> A cin\u00e9ma v\u00e9rit\u00e9 style documentary that presents a fresh and intimate look at the multi-talented artist, philosopher, urban theorist and architect Paolo Soleri.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ROCK N ROLL MAMAS<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 19, 10 AM- 12 NOON<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n JACKIE WEISSMAN<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n ALLISON ANDERS, JACKIE WEISSMAN, TARA JOHNSON-MEDINGER<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>56 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE GUN, THE CAKE & THE BUTTERFLY<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 17, 10 AM-12 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR\/PRODUCER<\/p>\n AMANDA ELIASCH<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>75 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> An experimental and stylish docudrama portrait of London socialite\/fashion editor\/poet\/writer\/artist, Amanda Eliasch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE HUNT FOR BRITAIN\u2019S SEX GANGS<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 19, 4-6 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n ANNA HALL<\/p>\n PRODUCERS<\/p>\n ANNA HALL, BRIAN WOODS<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>48 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> 100 victims and 200 suspected perpetrators: Anna Hall, gains access to Operation Chalice, one of the UK’s biggest child sex abuse investigations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TONEMBEE<\/strong><\/p>\n OCT 18, 12-2 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n VENUE 2<\/strong><\/p>\n DIRECTOR<\/p>\n NIKILA COLE<\/p>\n PRODUCER<\/p>\n NIKILA COLE<\/p>\n RT: <\/b>30 MIN<\/p>\n SYNOPSIS:<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"An](\"http:\/\/www.lafemme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/An-Unexpected-win.screen.jpg\")
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