Past Films
WILLIAM GREAVES TRIBUTE (WINTER 2009)
Discussion with Greaves joined by Sam Pollard, Orlando Bagwell, Elvis Mitchell & Thomas Allen Harris
STF honors the pioneering filmmaker William Greaves by showing clips from his work and hearing from his friends and colleagues. Greaves is known as the dean of African-American documentary makers for his ground-breaking productions such as BLACK ...More info »
THE AXE IN THE ATTIC (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with directors Lucia Small & Ed Pincus
SPECIAL: FIRST HUNDRED TICKET HOLDERS TO ARRIVE AT THE THEATER STARTING AT 7 PM WILL RECEIVE A BOXED DVD SET OF “THE KATRINA EXPERIENCE” - SEVEN FILMS INCLUDING “NEW ORLEANS MUSIC IN EXILE” AND MORE. COURTESY OF INDIEPIX. Since its debut at the ...More info »
MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with director Morgan Dews
Co-presented by the Hamptons International Film Festival. Here’s the description from the fest catalog: MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH is a documentary about documentation. Allis and Charley, a highly unconventional couple raising four children in the ...More info »
PARALLEL LINES (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with director Nina Davenport
Before Nina Davenport made last year’s critically acclaimed OPERATION FILMMAKER, she directed the amusing and poignant PARALLEL LINES that chronicles her road trip across America in the months following Sept 11, 2001. At the time of its release, ...More info »
THE EDUCATION OF SHELBY KNOX (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with directors Marion Lipschutz & Rose Rosenblatt; and film subject Shelby Knox
THE EDUCATION OF SHELBY KNOX has been a consistent hit with audiences - from winning the cinematography prize at 2005 Sundance Film Festival to its recent acclaim in The New Yorker article “Red Sex, Blue Sex.” The film gets to the core of the ...More info »
UPSTREAM BATTLE (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with director Ben Kempas
The following is a description from the Toronto International Film Festival catalog: Since the beginning of time, Pacific salmon have swum up the Klamath River to their spawning grounds. A few generations ago, there were a million salmon per ...More info »
THE GARDEN (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with director Scott Hamilton Kennedy, co-presented by Silverdocs
STF WINTER SEASON SPECIAL Winner of the Silverdocs jury prize, THE GARDEN follows the battle over a community garden in South Central Los Angeles, pitting its members against powerful interests in government and real estate. Director Scott ...More info »
PRESSURE COOKER (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with directors Mark Becker and Jennifer Grausman
WED NIGHT STF WINTER SEASON SPECIAL - Prior to the official kick-off of the Winter Season in January, STF is slipping in this tasty treat of a sneak preview from the good folks at Participant Media. This doc has been thrilling audiences since its ...More info »
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RICHARD LEACOCK (WINTER 2009)
Q&A with Richard Leacock
STF WINTER SEASON SPECIAL - The 87-year-old Richard Leacock makes a special return appearance to STF, visiting from his home in Paris, to present and discuss film clips that accompany the autobiography that he’s been writing for several ...More info »
THE LAST CIGARETTE (FALL 2008)
Q&A with filmmakers Kevin Rafferty & Frank Keraudren
Kevin Rafferty’s documentary career has been rich and varied. He collaborated on the breakthrough doc ATOMIC CAFE (1982) that opened filmmakers to new ways of interpreting archival footage and was such a surprise hit, he was invited on The Late ...More info »
HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY (FALL 2008)
Q&A with director John Walter
Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, HOW TO DRAW A BUNNY explores the fascinating, often hilarious, and always enigmatic world of artist and underground icon Ray Johnson. A “Pop Art mystery movie,” the film is framed ...More info »
THE DUNGEON MASTERS (FALL 2008)
Q&A with director Keven McAlester and film subject Scott Corum
Making a documentary on pop culture has many dangers, from nostalgia and overindulgence to smugness and condescension. THE DUNGEON MASTERS is a rare example of a film that avoids all of these pitfalls and portrays characters rich in complexity. It ...More info »
CHISHOLM 72 (FALL 2008)
Q&A with director Shola Lynch
Make this year’s election night feel extra historic by joining us to watch CHISHOLM ‘72 on Tuesday, Nov 4 at 8 pm before the returns come in. CHISHOLM ‘72 is an emotional ride through the dramatic 1972 Presidential campaign of the black ...More info »
ST. CLAIR BOURNE TRIBUTE (FALL 2008)
Q&A with Danny Glover, Sam Pollard, Judith Bourne and other guests; Co-presented with Black Documentary Collective
St. Clair Bourne, a Harlem-born, Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker who recorded American black culture, died in Manhattan last year at the age of 64, leaving behind a legacy as a filmmaker and community builder. Over the past 35 years, Mr. ...More info »
EXAMINED LIFE (STF PASS HOLDERS SCREENING) (FALL 2008)
Q&A with director Astra Taylor
A MONDAY NIGHT SPECIAL SCREENING FOR STF PASS HOLDERS ONLY From the Toronto International Film Festival catalogue: A consistently invigorating exploration of the driving forces behind contemporary philosophy, Astra Taylor’s Examined Life speaks ...More info »
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Upcoming Screenings
Feb 7: UNFINISHED SPACES
by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray“Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.” —Fidel Castro (1961) Cuba’s ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of ...
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Feb 14: ZELIG
by Woody Allen”[Allen’s] new, remarkably self-assured comedy is to his career what… Berlin Alexanderplatz is to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s and… Fanny and Alexander is to Ingmar Bergman’s ... Zelig is not only ...
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Feb 21: TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT
by Lisa Katzman“Tootie represented a kind of soulfulness in the community, and a certain type of style, and everybody loved him.” – Wynton Marsalis TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT explores the complex relationships, rituals, ...
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Feb 28: THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
by Thom ZimnyDescription from TIFF 2010 catalog by Thom Powers: The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for the recording of ...
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Mar 6: SMASH HIS CAMERA
by Leon Gast“Famously and successfully sued by Jackie Onassis, and slugged just as famously and successfully by Marlon Brando, denounced from the pulpits of punditry for decades, Galella has been a man easy to ...
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Mar 13: THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY
by Carl ColbyA son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY uncovers the secret world of a legendary ...
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Mar 20: GIRL MODEL
by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers: Girl Model shows a rarely seen side of the fashion industry. The film brings a novelist’s eye for emotional and psychological complexity to its ...
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