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2010 New African Films Festival
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

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DEAR JOHN
Kara Lindstrom (D '83),
Production Designer

FORMOSA BETRAYED
Howard E. Smith (D '70),
Editor

THE GOOD GUY
Seamus Tierney (C '04),
Cinematographer

SHUTTER ISLAND
Robert Richardson (C '79),
Director of Photography

FISH TANK
Andrea Arnold (D '91),
Writer/Director

YOUTH IN REVOLT
Miguel Arteta (D '90),
Director

UP

In the 1930s, a newsreel featuring the exploits of world explorer Charles F. Muntz and his discoveries of exotic animals deeply impress young, would-be explorer Carl Fredricksen. The news report highlights Muntz's latest discovery, the skeleton of an unknown giant bird, brought back from the wilds of South America's Paradise Falls. However, when scientists declare the skeleton inauthentic and label him a fraud, Muntz vows to validate his discovery and redeem his reputation. Along with his pack of companion dogs, Muntz flies away in his dirigible, The Spirit of Adventure , to return to Paradise Falls. As he walks home, Carl imagines his own adventures, only to be distracted by enthusiastic cries from a dilapidated, boarded-up house.

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