Past Films
BLINDSIGHT (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Erik Weihenmayer accomplished the unthinkable when he climbed to the peak of Mount Everest despite being blind. His daring especially impressed Sabriye Tenberken, a blind educator and adventurer ...
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SHOT IN THE DARK (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Today, Adrian Grenier is best known as a film and television star, seen most recently in The Devil Wears Prada and HBO’s “Entourage.” But he’s long had an interest in moving behind the ...
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KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Kurt Cobain About A Son is a rock ’n’ roll film unlike any other. There are no cable TV contrivances. No celebrity sound bites. No attempts to mine the grunge aesthetic. Instead, director AJ ...
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...SO GOES THE NATION (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
The United States presidential race between George W. Bush and John Kerry two years ago was ultimately decided by a narrow margin in Ohio; a truism often repeated during this turbulent time was ...
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SUMMERCAMP! (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
The bus is leaving and you don’t want to miss this ride. We’re taking a trip back to summer, back to nature, and back to childhood.
Summercamp! evokes everything that’s magic and tragic ...
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SARI’S MOTHER (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
In Sari’s Mother, director James Longley looks at an Iraqi woman struggling under U.S. occupation to care for her son Sari, who has AIDS. Longley brings the same stunning camera work and ...
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OFFICE TIGERS (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Corporations are often the subject of documentaries made by outsiders; very rarely do we get an inside look. But then OfficeTiger is an unusual company. Started by two Americans six years ago, ...
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THE PRISONER OR: HOW I PLANNED TO KILL TONY BLAIR (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
On September 23, 2003, filmmaker Michael Tucker followed the U.S. Army on a house raid in Baghdad. This raid is depicted in Gunner Palace, the documentary Tucker directed with his wife, Petra ...
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GHOSTS OF CITE SOLEIL (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Meet 2pac and Bily, brothers with broad smiles and big guns. In the Haitian slum of Cité Soleil, 2pac and Bily are among a cadre of notorious gang leaders whose foot soldiers are known as ...
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THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
John Lennon had a simple idea: “Give Peace a Chance.” In The U.S. vs. John Lennon, directors David Leaf and John Scheinfeld trace the singer’s evolution as an activist and the powerful ...
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THE KILLER WITHIN (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Bob Bechtel is the epitome of mild-mannered. In his early seventies, he’s soft-spoken, with a nervous laugh. He teaches psychology at the University of Arizona and has a loving wife and two ...
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RANK (SPRING 2006)
Q&A with director John Hyams and producer Jon Greenhalgh
Shot on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, RANK takes us from the ranch to the arena for the struggle of the three highest ranking bull riders competing for the title of Professional Bull Riding World Champion. Even if you have zero interest in bull ...More info »
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED (SPRING 2006)
Q&A with director Kirby Dick & producer Eddie Schmidt
First New York sneak preview! The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has long been controversial for its secretive process and capricious decisions on NC-17 ratings, a classification that can commercially kill a film. Hiring a private ...More info »
NEWSREEL: EARLY FILMS (SPRING 2006)
Q&A with Newsreel member Roz Payne & others
In the 1960s, counter culture filmmakers banded together to make documentaries as an alternative to the mainstream news. Taking the name Newsreel, they covered radicals, protests, riots and more. Payne will present a selection of early Newsreel ...More info »
JANE (SPRING 2006)
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Q&A with filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker & Hope Ryden
This lost gem of early cinema verite, never released on video or DVD, follows Jane Fonda preparing for her Broadway debut. But the action behind the scenes becomes more lively than what’s on stage. Filmed for Drew Associates, this work predates ...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 WoodCoal River Valley, West Virginia is a community surrounded by lush mountains and a looming toxic threat. ON COAL RIVER follows a former miner and his neighbors in a David-and-Goliath struggle for ...
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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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