Past Films
GIVE UP TOMORROW (FALL 2011)
Q&A with director Michael Collins and producer Marty Syjuco
Winner of the 2011 Tribeca Audience Award As a tropical storm beats down on the Philippine island of Cebu, two sisters leave work and never make it home. That same night, hundreds of miles away in Manila on a different island, Paco Larrañaga, 19, ...More info »
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ASA CARTER (FALL 2011)
Q&A with director Marco Ricci, producer Douglas Newman ane executive producer Laura Browder
Forrest Carter, best-selling author of The Outlaw Josey Wales and the autobiographical The Education of Little Tree, was the ‘storyteller in council’ for the Cherokee nation and a hero to many in the New Age movement. As a leader in the Native ...More info »
JAY ROSENBLATT - SHORTS (FALL 2011)
Q&A with director Jay Rosenblatt
“An exquisite artist who makes beautifully crafted miniatures.” (Atom Egoyan) Jay Rosenblatt makes friendly art films…. His constructions of found footage and appropriated narration are inviting and accessible. (Mike Hale, New York Times) Jay ...More info »
HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY (FALL 2011)
Q&A with director Jody Shapiro + Edwin Strauss (author of "How to Start Your Own Country") & Gregory Green (leader of Free State of Caroline)
Jody Shapiro’s ultra-sharp documentary HOW TO START YOUR OWN COUNTRY examines micro-nations – tiny states seldom recognized by better-known, more conventionally established countries. Traversing the globe, Shapiro introduces us to several states ...More info »
TRIBUTE TO GAIL DOLGIN (FALL 2011)
Q&A with special guests (colleagues, friends and family of Gail)
Last October 2010, the documentary world was devastated to lose fellow documentarian Gail Dolgin. Activist, mother, “sister”, beloved friend, mentor, collaborator and comrade to many, and a deep believer in the power of non-fiction to be as ...More info »
DARK DAYS (FALL 2011)
Q&A with director Marc Singer
Winner of the Sundance Film Festival - Audience, Cinematography and Freedom of Expression Awards (2000) For years, a homeless community took root in a train tunnel beneath New York City, braving dangerous conditions and perpetual night. DARK DAYS ...More info »
THE LAST GLADIATORS (FALL 2011)
Q&A with director Alex Gibney
STF Fall Season Opening Night Following the world premiere of THE LAST GLADIATORS at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, director Alex Gibney took away thoughts from watching the film with an audience and decided to tweak parts of ...More info »
DIXIE CHICKS: SHUT UP & SING (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with director Barbara Kopple
STF SUMMER SEASON - CLOSING NIGHT A gala presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival and winner of “Best Documentary” at over half a dozen other film festivals, including the Chicago International Film Festival and Woodstock Film ...More info »
SOUL POWER (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with director Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Description from TIFF 2008 catalog by Thom Powers: Zaire ‘74 was the brainchild of South African musician Hugh Masekela and American record producer Stewart Levine, a three-day music festival that took place in Kinshasa in 1974. The event ...More info »
BETTER THIS WORLD (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with director Katie Galloway; Copresented with POV
“RIVETING. Structured like a taut thriller, Better This World delivers a chilling depiction of loyalty, naivete, political zealotry and the post-9/11 security state.” - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post Two boyhood friends from Midland, Texas – ...More info »
STEVIE (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with director Steve James
Next week, director Steve James visits STF. Best known for HOOP DREAMS, Steve’s new film THE INTERRUPTERS (a strong Oscar contender) will be opening theatrically later this month. STF is proud to present his earlier work STEVIE that had the bad ...More info »
MISSION TO MALAYA (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with director Hope Ryden
Hope Ryden was a pioneering woman in the mostly male world of early ‘60s documentary. As part of Drew Associates, she collaborated on acclaimed films such as JANE, about Jane Fonda’s Broadway debut and CRISIS about school integration. She directed ...More info »
16 IN WEBSTER GROVES + WEBSTER GROVES REVISITED (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with Ron Simon, The Paley Center for Media curator
Co-presented by The Paley Center for Media This evening will present a rare pair of films accompanied by a discussion about their significance. 16 IN WEBSTER GROVES was a 1966 award-winning one-hour TV special produced by CBS News focusing on the ...More info »
YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with director Anthony Baxter
THURSDAY NIGHT SPECIAL In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on a celebrity tycoon. At stake is one of Britain’s very last stretches of wilderness. American billionaire Donald Trump ...More info »
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (SUMMER 2011)
Q&A with directors Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman
Thursday Night Special Two shows: 6 & 8 pm Who speaks for a divided community at the crossroads? BETWEEN TWO WORLDS is a groundbreaking personal exploration of the community and family divisions that are redefining American Jewish identity and ...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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