Past Films
CRUDE (Legal Defense Fundraiser) (SUMMER 2010)
Q&A with director Joe Berlinger, Berlinger’s lead attorney Maura Wogan of Frankfurt Kurnit, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, WGA East President Michael Winship & others; Co-presented by the IDA and WGA.
To support Berlinger’s legal defense fund and shine additional light on the issues at stake, this special CRUDE screening will feature a panel discussion with CRUDE filmmaker Joe Berlinger, Berlinger’s lead attorney Maura Wogan of Frankfurt Kurnit, ...More info »
11/4/08 (SUMMER 2010)
Q&A with director Jeff Deutchman
SUMMER SPECIAL (spring passes do not apply) Two weeks before the election of Barack Obama, filmmaker Jeff Deutchman asked his friends around the world to record their experiences of 11/4/08, a day that had become “historic” before it had even ...More info »
KEVORKIAN (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Matthew Galkin; Co-presented by HBO Documentary Films
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, who became infamous as “Dr Death” for assisting over 100 suicides in the 1990s, never fails to elicit strong reactions. He’s been labeled as a humanitarian hero and a ghoulish villain. For ten years, he successfully won court ...More info »
HAYNESVILLE (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Gregory Kallenberg
HAYNESVILLE: A Nation’s Hunt for Energy takes place in the Louisiana backwoods, and follows the momentous discovery of the largest natural gas field in the United States (and maybe the world). The film examines the historic find (a formation called ...More info »
PROMISED LAND (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Yoruba Richen
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL PROMISED LAND invites viewers to take an inside look at the critical story of land reform and racial reconciliation in the new South Africa. The film explores how the country is rebuilding itself after years of living under ...More info »
MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with sound editor and filmmaker John Walter
Soviet director Dziga Vertov’s experimental film grew out of his belief, shared by his editor, Elizaveta Svilova (who was also his wife), and his cinematographer, Mikhail Kaufman (also his brother), that the true goal of cinema should be to present ...More info »
MY PERESTROIKA (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Robin Hessman
Description from Sundance catalogue: The Bolshevik revolution, the cold war, and the collapse of the Soviet Union defined the history of the twentieth century. With such a past, what does it mean to be Russian today? Robin Hessman’s lovingly ...More info »
RACING DREAMS (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Marshall Curry; Co-presented with UnionDocs
THURSDAY NIGHT SPECIAL Winner of best documentary at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, RACING DREAMS is the award winning coming-of-age story about three kids who dream of one day racing in NASCAR. Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker ...More info »
LIFE 2.0 (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Jason Spingarn-Koff
Description from Sundance catalogue: Every day, across all corners of the globe, hundreds of thousands of users log onto Second Life, a virtual online world not entirely unlike our own. They enter a new reality, whose inhabitants assume alternate ...More info »
PIN GODS (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Larry Locke
Inspired by the record breaking accomplishments of Walter Ray Williams, Jr., the reigning professional bowler of the year, three newcomers set out to chase their own dreams of pro bowling greatness. Undaunted by the sport’s relegation to the back ...More info »
CLEANFLIX (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with directors Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi
Description from Toronto International Film Festival catalogue: Mormons can be movie lovers too. The problem is that their religious leaders strongly discourage R-rated content. As one Mormon prophet explained, “The mind through which this filth ...More info »
THE KIDS GROW UP (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Doug Block
In his previous documentary, the internationally acclaimed 51 BIRCH STREET, Doug Block looked at his parents’ seemingly ordinary marriage and uncovered a universal story about an archetypal, post-WWII, suburban family. THE KIDS GROW UP is a ...More info »
FAMILY AFFAIR (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Chico Colvard
Wednesday Night Special Description from Sundance catalogue: At 10 years old, Chico Colvard shot his older sister in the leg. This seemingly random act detonated a chain reaction that exposed unspeakable realities and shattered his family. Thirty ...More info »
HORSES (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Liz Mermin
An unusual, beautifully detailed documentary following a year in the lives of three charismatic Irish racehorses. Ireland’s horse-racing culture has produced some of the finest athletes in the world, and HORSES draws us into the lives of three of ...More info »
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE (SPRING 2010)
Q&A with director Steven Soderbergh
AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE provides an intimate portrait of master monologist Spalding Gray, as described by his most critical, irreverent and insightful biographer: Spalding Gray. Director Steven Soderbergh, who collaborated with Gray on GRAY’S ...More info »
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Upcoming Screenings
Sep 20: THE HOUSE OF STEINBRENNER
by Barbara KoppleSTF pre-season MONDAY SPECIAL (Season passes now on sale at early bird rate through Thurs. Sept. 16; Individual tickets go on sale Fri. Sept. 17, subject to availability) Love them or hate them, ...
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Sep 28: MARWENCOL
by Jeff MalmbergSTF Fall Season Opening Night (Season passes now on sale at early bird rate through Thurs. Sept. 16; Individual tickets go on sale later in Sept.) STF kicks off its fall season with MARWENCOL, ...
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Oct 5: AMERICAN SPLENDOR
by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini(Season passes now on sale at early bird rate through Thurs. Sept. 16; Individual tickets go on sale later in Sept.) STF pays tribute to Harvey Pekar, who recently died, with this special screening ...
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Oct 12: ON COAL RIVER
by Francine Cavanaugh & Adams WoodON COAL RIVER takes viewers on a gripping emotional journey into the Coal River Valley of West Virginia, where longtime local residents begin to uncover the toxic effects of America’s increased ...
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Oct 19: THE CANAL STREET MADAM
by Cameron YatesUntil an FBI bust upended her life, Jeanette Maier was a successful New Orleans madam. Her discreet clientele included a number of powerful, high-ranking politicians. The ensuing very public trial - ...
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Oct 26: TAKING ON THE KENNEDYS
by Joshua Seftel“A film that would be mistaken for a Robert Altman political satire if it weren’t absolutely and horribly true.” —USA TODAY When Kevin Vigilante took on Patrick Kennedy for a seat in the U.S. House ...
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Nov 2: WO AI NI MOMMY (I LOVE YOU MOMMY)
by Stephanie Wang-BrealIn presenting WO AI NI MOMMY with the Sterling Award for Best US Feature this past June, the jury at Silverdocs noted: “The film dives so deeply into its story that the filmmaker’s hands disappear. ...
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Nov 9: WAR DON DON
by Rebecca Richman CohenProfiled in Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces in Independent Film as an “up-and-comer poised to shape the next generation of independent film”, Rebecca Richman Cohen won Special Jury at SXSW and the ...
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Nov 16: 12TH & DELAWARE
by Heidi Ewing & Rachel GradyHeidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, the filmmaking team behind the 2006 Oscar-nominated doc JESUS CAMP, take us on another controversial journey with 12TH & DELAWARE. Description from Sundance 2010 ...
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Nov 23: MARLENE
by Maximilian SchellDirector Maximilian Schell got the reclusive Marlene Dietrich to agree to appear in this documentary only on the stipulation that she not be photographed as she looked today. Instead, we only hear ...
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Nov 30: SURVIVING HITLER: A LOVE STORY
by John-Keith WassonWinner of the Inspiration Award at the 2010 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival As a teenager in Nazi Germany, Jutta is shocked to discover she is Jewish. She joins the German resistance and meets ...
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