RI International Film Festival Events at PPL
Movies - Film/Video
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Providence Public Library, Central
Auditorium Theater, 3rd floor
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
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NOTE: Some events are free and some require the purchase of tickets. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at http://www.film-festival.org/ticketspasses.php
$$ Thursday, August 6, 1:15PM
Boond
Abhishek Pathak 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 27 min. | India
A mundane village routine takes a decisive turn when nine-year-old Manka shoots Lallan, the village headman's brother-in-law, with his .303 rifle, the only firearm left in the village with bullets in it. Jeevni, a young widow and Manka's mother, holds the power to decide who gets water and who does not. The entire village is at the mercy of mother and son for every drop.
Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam
Tammy Nguyen Lee 2009, Category: Documentary
Run time: 73 min. | USA/Vietnam
Operation Babylift was a $2 million initiative that airlifted an excess of 2,500 Vietnamese orphans out of their war-torn country to save them from the Communist Regime and bring them to what was supposed to be a better life. More than thirty years later, this film explores Babylift's history and the issues of identity, racism, and the search for belonging that these adoptees, burdened by a controversial past, must face.
$$ Thursday, August 6, 3:30 PM
In Control
Ana de Lara 2008, Category: Children's Film
Run time: 5 min. | Canada
A young boy resorts to his remote control in order to deal with the painful experience of domestic violence. In Control speaks volumes without the use of dialogue, allowing the viewer to share the voicelessness of the child; and in the silence, to witness the grace of imagination.
Passage
Shekhar Kapur 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 16 min. | USA
Home
Matt Faust 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 6 min. | USA
This film is a touching portrayal of the essence of home conveyed through a bittersweet, evocative archive of a house in Chalmette, Louisiana that was flooded by Katrina and then mistakenly torn down a year later. The filmmaker is a member of the third generation of a family that lived in this house, which was designed and built by his grandparents in the 1950s.
Red Terror on the Amber Coast
Ken Gumbert 2009, Category: Documentary
Run time: 55 min. | Lithuania
Red Terror documents the extreme measures used by the Soviets to occupy and subdue the Baltic States during and following WWII. It also honors the dissidents, namely the Lithuanian "Forest Brethren," who bravely resisted and inspired future generations. While their stories are largely unknown in the West, these young men and women fought against the mass deportation of their people to the Gulag, imprisonment, torture, show trials, and the use of psychiatric medical practices to 'cure' resisters. In this film, many elderly soldiers speak to Western audiences for the first time. Rare and archival moving footage and still photos from KGB archives and personal collections help illustrate this poignant story of survival and eventual political triumph.
$$ Thursday, August 6, 6:00 PM
Live From Bethlehem
Joe Sousa, Matt Sienkiewicz 2009, Category: Documentary
Run time: 37 min. | Palestinian Territories, USA
Live From Bethlehem chronicles the struggles, failures, and triumphs of the Ma'an News Network, the only major independent news source in the Palestinian Territories. Following the lives of the station's reporters, producers, and photographers, it provides an in-depth, balanced look into the challenges of making news in one of the world's most combative regions. A highly observational film, Live From Bethlehem focuses more on people than politics, while still engaging with questions of gender equality and freedom of expression in the evolving Palestinian mediascape.
Brave Father
Li Junhu 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 50 min. | China
In 2002, Han Peiyin's son Shengli is accepted into a university and travels to the city of Xi'an from his rural home. To pay for Shengli's living expenses and tuition, Han sells all of his valuables and comes to work in Xi'an to make more money, though he is barely able to secure employment and make ends meet. A lifetime peasant, Han firmly believes that knowledge has the power to change destinies. He expects his son to be successful, but the shy, young Shengli feels the city, and his prospects, slipping away from him.
$$ Friday, August 7, 1:00 PM
So Right So Smart
Guy Noerr, Justin Maine, Leanne Robinson-Maine, Michael Swantek 2008
Category: Documentary
Run time: 94 min. | USA
As awareness grows about the consequences of environmental disregard, the world is at a pivotal point of change and hope. So Right So Smart details the success of businesses which have begun to take positive steps toward a sustainable future. Those looking to find encouraging news in the midst of our current environmental crisis will be inspired by this story of leadership and hope. The film opens a dialogue between some of the world's most reputable environmental experts and the country's brightest minds in business in order to explore the connection between economy and environment. This film won Best of Festival in January 2009 at the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City, CA, where it premiered.
$$ Friday, August 7, 3:15 PM
Meeting Laura
Felix Stienz 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 13 min. | Germany
"... I just looked behind my back and I saw this girl! She was stunning! I swear to God, she was stunning! You can fall in love with her very easily; she is that kind of woman." In this short film, eight young people tell stories about their lives; a young woman named Laura plays a special part in all of them.
65_redroses
Philip Lyall, Nimisha Mukerji 2008, Category: Documentary
Run time: 70 min. | Canada
The film takes an unflinching look into the lives of Eva Markvoort and her two online friends who are all battling Cystic Fibrosis (CF) - a fatal genetic disease affecting the lungs and digestive system. Unable to meet in person because of the spread of infections and super bugs, the girls have become each other's lifelines through the internet, providing unconditional love, support, and understanding long after visiting hours are over. Now at a critical turning point in their lives, the film will travel the distance the friends cannot go themselves, capturing the compelling and often heartbreaking realities they face just trying to take each breath.
FREE Saturday, August 8, 1:00 PM
Team Taliban
Benjamin Kegan 2008, Category: Documentary
Run time: 12 min. | USA
Adeel Alam, like many young boys in America, grew up watching pro-wrestling on television. However, he went from doing flips on the living room couch at eight years old, to attending wrestling school at sixteen, and then wrestling in independent promotions throughout the Midwest before even graduating college. When Adeel took up the controversial character of a terrorist, "Mustafa Ali," wrestling as half of the "Team Taliban" duo, he incited immediate, passionate reactions from the crowd--the goal of any successful pro-wrestler. However, as a Muslim-American himself, Adeel has to contend with the images and stereotypes his character enacts. He certainly gets the audience's attention, but is the image he is placing in the spotlight the one he thinks the world should see? Going beyond the question of right or wrong, Team Taliban ponders the infinitely more complicated effects of such a performance. The distance between the obvious caricature of a cultural stereotype and that stereotype itself is one that can shift quickly and without warning. Team Taliban asks how the four corners of a wrestling ring can change the way we view The War on Terror.
Around The Block
Valerie Harrington 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 24 min. | USA
George is a resident of a nursing home who is about to lose his room. Paula, the woman who watches over him, takes George for a walk. As we follow them through a day filled with ups and downs, Paula struggles with George's jumbled memories and gets in over her head as she tries to solve the crisis partly for George, but mostly for herself.
The Future Makers
Maryella Hatfield 2008, Category: Documentary
Run time: 46 min. | Australia
Concern about global warming has focused attention on the disruption of natural systems from the way we use resources and energy. Australia may be one of the world's largest producers and exporters of coal for electricity, but it also has some of the world's largest renewable energy resources. A number of Australians are world leaders in the field of renewable energy and sustainable solutions, creating clean energy options that will have a great impact. The Future Makers explores the visions of these leaders and follows them as their projects unfold.
FREE Saturday, August 8, 3:15 PM
Butterfly (Féileacán)
Cecilia McAllister 2008, Category: All Films
Run time: 13 min. | Ireland
This short film is about a mother, a daughter, and a relationship in freefall. A mother tries to reclaim her place with a daughter who no longer trusts her and who just wants to have fun with her friends -- but she has a choice to make....
The People v. Leo Frank
Ben Loeterman 2009, Category: Jewish Films
Run time: 86 min. | USA
In the pre-dawn hours of April 27, 1913, the night watchman at an Atlanta pencil factory made a grisly discovery. The body of a young girl had been beaten, strangled, and covered in soot. The death of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a white worker at the factory, quickly became front-page news. Several arrests were made, including Jim Conley, a black janitor who was seen three days later washing red stains out of his work shirt, and a Jewish man raised in Brooklyn, Leo Frank, the factory's superintendent, who was also the last person to admit seeing Mary alive. The People v. Leo Frank weaves together well-crafted drama with first-person recollections, commentary, and a rich trove of historical images. Filmed entirely in Georgia during the summer of 2008, the film attracted significant talent, such as Will Janowitz (of the Sopranos) who plays Leo Frank opposite Seth Gilliam (of The Wire) as Jim Conley, the State's star witness against Frank during his trial. All dialogue in is taken directly from the historical record.
Cost: Some free, some events require the purchase of tickets.
Suggested Audiences:
Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail:
lmiller@provlib.org
Last Modified: August 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM
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RI International Film Festival Events at PPL
Movies - Film/Video
Thursday, August 6, 2009 - Saturday, August 8, 2009
Providence Public Library, Central
Auditorium Theater, 3rd floor
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Google Maps - MapQuest
NOTE: Some events are free and some require the purchase of tickets. Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at http://www.film-festival.org/ticketspasses.php
$$ Thursday, August 6, 1:15PM
Boond
Abhishek Pathak 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 27 min. | India
A mundane village routine takes a decisive turn when nine-year-old Manka shoots Lallan, the village headman's brother-in-law, with his .303 rifle, the only firearm left in the village with bullets in it. Jeevni, a young widow and Manka's mother, holds the power to decide who gets water and who does not. The entire village is at the mercy of mother and son for every drop.
Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam
Tammy Nguyen Lee 2009, Category: Documentary
Run time: 73 min. | USA/Vietnam
Operation Babylift was a $2 million initiative that airlifted an excess of 2,500 Vietnamese orphans out of their war-torn country to save them from the Communist Regime and bring them to what was supposed to be a better life. More than thirty years later, this film explores Babylift's history and the issues of identity, racism, and the search for belonging that these adoptees, burdened by a controversial past, must face.
$$ Thursday, August 6, 3:30 PM
In Control
Ana de Lara 2008, Category: Children's Film
Run time: 5 min. | Canada
A young boy resorts to his remote control in order to deal with the painful experience of domestic violence. In Control speaks volumes without the use of dialogue, allowing the viewer to share the voicelessness of the child; and in the silence, to witness the grace of imagination.
Passage
Shekhar Kapur 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 16 min. | USA
Home
Matt Faust 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 6 min. | USA
This film is a touching portrayal of the essence of home conveyed through a bittersweet, evocative archive of a house in Chalmette, Louisiana that was flooded by Katrina and then mistakenly torn down a year later. The filmmaker is a member of the third generation of a family that lived in this house, which was designed and built by his grandparents in the 1950s.
Red Terror on the Amber Coast
Ken Gumbert 2009, Category: Documentary
Run time: 55 min. | Lithuania
Red Terror documents the extreme measures used by the Soviets to occupy and subdue the Baltic States during and following WWII. It also honors the dissidents, namely the Lithuanian "Forest Brethren," who bravely resisted and inspired future generations. While their stories are largely unknown in the West, these young men and women fought against the mass deportation of their people to the Gulag, imprisonment, torture, show trials, and the use of psychiatric medical practices to 'cure' resisters. In this film, many elderly soldiers speak to Western audiences for the first time. Rare and archival moving footage and still photos from KGB archives and personal collections help illustrate this poignant story of survival and eventual political triumph.
$$ Thursday, August 6, 6:00 PM
Live From Bethlehem
Joe Sousa, Matt Sienkiewicz 2009, Category: Documentary
Run time: 37 min. | Palestinian Territories, USA
Live From Bethlehem chronicles the struggles, failures, and triumphs of the Ma'an News Network, the only major independent news source in the Palestinian Territories. Following the lives of the station's reporters, producers, and photographers, it provides an in-depth, balanced look into the challenges of making news in one of the world's most combative regions. A highly observational film, Live From Bethlehem focuses more on people than politics, while still engaging with questions of gender equality and freedom of expression in the evolving Palestinian mediascape.
Brave Father
Li Junhu 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 50 min. | China
In 2002, Han Peiyin's son Shengli is accepted into a university and travels to the city of Xi'an from his rural home. To pay for Shengli's living expenses and tuition, Han sells all of his valuables and comes to work in Xi'an to make more money, though he is barely able to secure employment and make ends meet. A lifetime peasant, Han firmly believes that knowledge has the power to change destinies. He expects his son to be successful, but the shy, young Shengli feels the city, and his prospects, slipping away from him.
$$ Friday, August 7, 1:00 PM
So Right So Smart
Guy Noerr, Justin Maine, Leanne Robinson-Maine, Michael Swantek 2008
Category: Documentary
Run time: 94 min. | USA
As awareness grows about the consequences of environmental disregard, the world is at a pivotal point of change and hope. So Right So Smart details the success of businesses which have begun to take positive steps toward a sustainable future. Those looking to find encouraging news in the midst of our current environmental crisis will be inspired by this story of leadership and hope. The film opens a dialogue between some of the world's most reputable environmental experts and the country's brightest minds in business in order to explore the connection between economy and environment. This film won Best of Festival in January 2009 at the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Nevada City, CA, where it premiered.
$$ Friday, August 7, 3:15 PM
Meeting Laura
Felix Stienz 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 13 min. | Germany
"... I just looked behind my back and I saw this girl! She was stunning! I swear to God, she was stunning! You can fall in love with her very easily; she is that kind of woman." In this short film, eight young people tell stories about their lives; a young woman named Laura plays a special part in all of them.
65_redroses
Philip Lyall, Nimisha Mukerji 2008, Category: Documentary
Run time: 70 min. | Canada
The film takes an unflinching look into the lives of Eva Markvoort and her two online friends who are all battling Cystic Fibrosis (CF) - a fatal genetic disease affecting the lungs and digestive system. Unable to meet in person because of the spread of infections and super bugs, the girls have become each other's lifelines through the internet, providing unconditional love, support, and understanding long after visiting hours are over. Now at a critical turning point in their lives, the film will travel the distance the friends cannot go themselves, capturing the compelling and often heartbreaking realities they face just trying to take each breath.
FREE Saturday, August 8, 1:00 PM
Team Taliban
Benjamin Kegan 2008, Category: Documentary
Run time: 12 min. | USA
Adeel Alam, like many young boys in America, grew up watching pro-wrestling on television. However, he went from doing flips on the living room couch at eight years old, to attending wrestling school at sixteen, and then wrestling in independent promotions throughout the Midwest before even graduating college. When Adeel took up the controversial character of a terrorist, "Mustafa Ali," wrestling as half of the "Team Taliban" duo, he incited immediate, passionate reactions from the crowd--the goal of any successful pro-wrestler. However, as a Muslim-American himself, Adeel has to contend with the images and stereotypes his character enacts. He certainly gets the audience's attention, but is the image he is placing in the spotlight the one he thinks the world should see? Going beyond the question of right or wrong, Team Taliban ponders the infinitely more complicated effects of such a performance. The distance between the obvious caricature of a cultural stereotype and that stereotype itself is one that can shift quickly and without warning. Team Taliban asks how the four corners of a wrestling ring can change the way we view The War on Terror.
Around The Block
Valerie Harrington 2009, Category: All Films
Run time: 24 min. | USA
George is a resident of a nursing home who is about to lose his room. Paula, the woman who watches over him, takes George for a walk. As we follow them through a day filled with ups and downs, Paula struggles with George's jumbled memories and gets in over her head as she tries to solve the crisis partly for George, but mostly for herself.
The Future Makers
Maryella Hatfield 2008, Category: Documentary
Run time: 46 min. | Australia
Concern about global warming has focused attention on the disruption of natural systems from the way we use resources and energy. Australia may be one of the world's largest producers and exporters of coal for electricity, but it also has some of the world's largest renewable energy resources. A number of Australians are world leaders in the field of renewable energy and sustainable solutions, creating clean energy options that will have a great impact. The Future Makers explores the visions of these leaders and follows them as their projects unfold.
FREE Saturday, August 8, 3:15 PM
Butterfly (Féileacán)
Cecilia McAllister 2008, Category: All Films
Run time: 13 min. | Ireland
This short film is about a mother, a daughter, and a relationship in freefall. A mother tries to reclaim her place with a daughter who no longer trusts her and who just wants to have fun with her friends -- but she has a choice to make....
The People v. Leo Frank
Ben Loeterman 2009, Category: Jewish Films
Run time: 86 min. | USA
In the pre-dawn hours of April 27, 1913, the night watchman at an Atlanta pencil factory made a grisly discovery. The body of a young girl had been beaten, strangled, and covered in soot. The death of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a white worker at the factory, quickly became front-page news. Several arrests were made, including Jim Conley, a black janitor who was seen three days later washing red stains out of his work shirt, and a Jewish man raised in Brooklyn, Leo Frank, the factory's superintendent, who was also the last person to admit seeing Mary alive. The People v. Leo Frank weaves together well-crafted drama with first-person recollections, commentary, and a rich trove of historical images. Filmed entirely in Georgia during the summer of 2008, the film attracted significant talent, such as Will Janowitz (of the Sopranos) who plays Leo Frank opposite Seth Gilliam (of The Wire) as Jim Conley, the State's star witness against Frank during his trial. All dialogue in is taken directly from the historical record.
Cost: Some free, some events require the purchase of tickets.
Sponsored by: Rhode Island International Film Festival
Suggested Audiences: Elders, Adult, College, High School
E-mail: lmiller@provlib.org
Last Modified: August 4, 2009 at 11:54 AM
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