FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
BIG ENOUGH
Jan Krawitz
USA, 2004, 53 MINUTES
Such things that average-sized people take for granted as
making dinner, filling up a gas tank or just buying clothes
provide daily challenges to dwarfs. Filmmaker Jan Krawitz
poignantly revisits the subjects of her 1987 documentary
LITTLE PEOPLE to reveal how they have adapted to an
average-sized world.
PRECEDED BY...LIFE TO LIVE
MACIEJ ADAMEK, POLAND, 2003, 21 MINUTES
A breathtaking portrait of children as preparing for
independent life at the Center for Blind People.
Saturday 6/19 at 2:00 p.m
DEATH IN GAZA
James Miller
UK, 2004, 79 MINUTES
Filmmaker James Miller was shot and killed by an Israeli
soldier during the making of this film in which he set out
to tell the story of Palestinian children caught between the
innocence of childhood and the lure of martyrdom.
The film was completed by Producer Saira Shah.
Saturday 6/19 at 12:15 p.m.
GUERRILLA: THE TAKING OF PATTY HEARST
Robert Stone
USA, 2004, 89 MINUTES
In 1974, a group of young, American radicals who called
themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped
heiress Patty Hearst and "brainwashing" her into being
one of their followers. The stranger-than-fiction tale is
chillingly recounted in Stone's riveting documentary.
PRECEDED BY...A THOUSAND WORDS
MELBA WILLIAMS, USA, 2003, 8 MINUTES
A daughter's compassionate portrait of her father, who was
silenced by his experience in the Vietnam War.
Wednesday 6/16 at 6:45 p.m.
Friday 6/18 at 4:30 p.m.
GUNNAR GOES COMFORTABLE
Gunnar Hall Jensen
NORWAY, 2003, 75 MINUTES
Armed with a $25 amateur camera, a
commercial art background and an ear for
great music, Gunnar Hall Jensen creates a
beautiful documentary which reveals his
painful and brutally honest transformation:
from a callous, manic alcoholic to
compassionate family man.
Friday 6/18 at 9:30 p.m.
LIBERIA: AN UNCIVIL WAR
Jonathan Stack
USA, 2004, 99 MINUTES
Summer 2003: Two armies arrived at the
Liberian capital for the final battle of a decadelong
civil war. Filmmaker Stack documented
the events as the innocent sat still, waiting for
America to arrive and end the violence.
Wednesday 6/16 at 9:45 p.m.
Thursday 6/17 at 5:00 p.m.
MADEMOISELLE AND THE DOCTOR
Janine Hosking
AUSTRALIA, 2004, 90 MINUTES
A charismatic and healthy 79-year-old French academic
decides she has lived her life to the fullest and does not
want to die of old age. She seeks the help of Dr. Nitschke,
an Australian euthanasia advocate, who has created a
do-it-yourself suicide device.
Thursday 6/17 at 3:15 p.m.
MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT
Daniel Anker
USA, 2004, 89 MINUTES
A captivating tour-de-force that explores the mystery and
magic of the musical experience. Featuring the stories,
ideas and surprising musical tastes behind the curtain of
The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Friday 6/18 at 7:00 p.m.
ORIGINAL CHILD BOMB
Carey Schonegevel
USA, 2004, 57 MINUTES
Both haunting and visually beautiful, this film uses
archival footage, photographs, animation and live action
to revisit the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
from the point of view of those who were there and lived to
describe the devastation.
PRECEDED BY...DISSIDENT: OSWALDO PAYA AND THE
VARELA PROJECT
HEIDI EWING, USA, 2003, 19 MINUTES
Oswaldo Paya uncovers a little-known legal loophole in the
Cuban constitution that may bring democracy to Cuba.
Thursday 6/17 at 7:45 p.m.
A PANTHER IN AFRICA
Aaron Matthews
USA, 2004, 71 MINUTES
Pete O'Neal was a Black Panther on the streets of Kansas
City in the '60s before he was arrested for gun possession
and subsequently fled to a village in Tanzania, East Africa.
There, he learned a new set of community values and how
to achieve inner peace.
Thursday 6/17 at 9:30 p.m.
THE PEOPLE OF ANGKOR (LES GENS D'ANGKOR)
Rithy Panh
FRANCE, 2003, 90 MINUTES
From the shadow of the majestic temples of Angkor Wat,
Cambodia, natives try to reconcile their ancient, spiritual
values with a bloody past and use humor to express their
optimism for a better life.
Friday 6/18 at 2:15 p.m.
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