(L-R) Montgomery County Maryland executive Douglas M. Duncan, festival director Patricia Finneran, actor Richard Dryfuss, Donald A. Baer from Discovery Communications, film critic Joel Siegel and AFI Director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg, pose at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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(L-R) Festival director Patricia Finneran, Montgomery County Maryland executive Douglas M. Duncan, Donald A. Baer from Discovery Communications, and AFI Director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg, pose at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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Actor Richard Dryfuss (L) and director Penelope Spheeris (R), pose at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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Festival director Patricia Finneran (L), Stuart Samuels (C), director of "Midnight Movies from the Margins to the Mainstream", and guest (R), pose at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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Stuart Samuels, director of "Midnight Movies from the Margins to the Mainstream", speaks at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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Maryland State Senator Ida Rubin (L) and Montgomery County executive Douglas M. Duncan (R) pose at the SILVERDOCS after party June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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A view of the American Film Institute Silver Theatre after SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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Murray Horwitz (L) and Maryland State Senator Ida Rubin (R) pose at the SILVERDOCS after party June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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Stuart Samuels, director of "Midnight Movies from the Margins to the Mainstream" (L) and film critic Joel Siegel (R) participate in a question and answer session at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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AFI executive vice president Jonathan Estrin (L) and Perry Henzell (R), director of "The Harder They Come", pose at the SILVERDOCS after party June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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The band Culture poses with Judith Kappel (L) and director Penelope Spheeris (R) at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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(L-R) AFI executive vice president Jonathan Estrin, Marland County executive Douglas M. Dunkin, wife Barbara, festival director Patricia Finneran, producer Ben Barenholz, director Stuart Samuels, Donalad A. Baer from Discovery Communications, AFI Director and CEO Jean Picker Firstenberg, Murray Horwitz and film critic Joel Siegel, pose at SILVERDOCS June 14, 2005 in Silver Spring, Maryland. SILVERDOCS is a documentary festival sponsored by the American Film Institute (AFI) and the Discovery Channel.
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