No Festival Required and Space 55 Present “The Axe in the Attic”, a documentary on the Diaspora of New Orleans A film by Ed Pincus and Lucia Small-distributed by Indiepix Saturday, September 6, 2008, two shows, 7 pm and 9 pm (doors open 15 minutes before show-time)
“’The Axe in the Attic’ is one of the most important, engrossing and compelling documentaries we’ve screened in our 6 year history. It is the best documentary of 2008.” Steve Weiss, Executive Director, No Festival Required LLC
Space 55, 636 East Pierce Phoenix AZ 85004
Admission $7.00, $1.00 off for students with current i.d.
In a new yet-unreleased film BLACKS WITHOUTBORDERS, filmmaker Stafford U. Bailey takes a candid look at a group of African Americans who went to South Africa to find the American Dream.
from a review by Mshale.com reporter Anna Otieno:
Exactly what is “The American Dream”? For some it’s the ability to achieve one’s goals in America through the simple combination of freedom, opportunity and hard work. For others it’s a notion that ironically is best fulfilled abroad. More and more African Americans are leaving the United States to chase the American dream … in South Africa. And Blacks Without Borders, a documentary produced by Stafford U. Bailey and Judy Thayer–Bailey of 20 Four Productions, has chronicled this movement by following the journey twelve African Americans who are living fulfilling lives in South Africa.
Blacks Without Borders is a documentary, but it also aims to be a window of opportunity for African Americans of all ages. Bailey and Thayer-Bailey hope to show their documentary to teenagers as well as adults – just one glimpse may be enough to stretch the international potential of “The American Dream.”
Writer Fungai Maboreke will kick off a discussion following the film: What is the African point of view? Will this help or hinder Africa? Is there really an “American Dream?” Come share your views!
Venue: Global Information Network
146 W. 29th St Suite 7E
Between 6th & 7th Avenues
Time: 7 p.m. Please RSVP! Seats are limited. Call 212-244-7480 or 212-244-3123
Caramel (Arabic:سكر بنات Sukkar banat) is a 2007 Lebanese film, the first feature film by the lebanese director Nadine Labaki.
Caramel is a cinematic treat in all senses of the word – a film rich in life and love.
‘Caramel’ tells the story of five Lebanese women from different generations and religious backgrounds who meet in a Beirut beauty salon.
The feature film concentrates on the five women. Layal, played by Nadine Labaki, works in the beauty salon in Beirut along with three other women.
Each one has a problem: Layal has an affair with a married man, Nisrine, a Christian is set to wed a Muslim, Rima is lesbian and Jamal frets about growing old.
These women share intimate secrets, fears, desires and reveal sacrifices that only audience members are privy to.
Used as a product for the removing of unwanted hair in Beirut, Caramel represents in more than just one way, the sweetness of life; it is also the idea of a delicious sugar that can also burn and hurt you.
Sunday 7th September 2008, 6.30pm Tickets presold $18.00. Refreshments served.
Melbourne: Cinema Nova, 380 Lygon Street Carlton. Phone Robert 0409411822
Exclusive Lewis and Clark College screening of the documentary THE CALL OF THE ENTREPRENEUR. This new, one-hour documentary is about the essential role that entrepreneurs play in today’s society. THE CALL OF THE ENTREPRENEUR is a compelling work that has won rave reviews from business people, public policy groups and students. The film tells the life stories of a merchant banker, a failing dairy farmer, and a refugee from Communist China as one risks his savings, the other his farm and the last his life.
Contact:Andrew Yip
Society of Economists at Lewis and Clark ayip@lclark.edu
503-828-1362
Birth Wise proudly announces the NZ premiere screening of Orgasmic Birth . . . a remarkable new documentary that examines the sensual and intimate nature of birth—an everyday miracle
WHEN: Saturday 6th September 2008 – doors open at 7pm WHERE: City Gallery Cinema, Civic Square, WELLINGTON FOR MORE INFO & TO BOOK $20 ADVANCE TICKETS telephone: 04 589 7802 or go to: www.nurturenz.com/orgasmicbirth.php
(Tickets will be limited on the door and are $25)
Five years in the making, Orgasmic Birth challenges cultural myths by revealing the emotional, spiritual, and physical heights attainable through birth. Orgasmic Birth dismantles untruths about labour and birth that women have been told for generations and viewers witness the passion of birth as 11 women have their babies in unhurried, non-medicalised settings – including hospital birthing centres – where they feel supported and safe.
Through beautiful birth stories and interviews with couples, including a couple birthing their first baby in Wellington, NZ, and through comments from more than a dozen international experts in birth, we come to understand that labour and birth were intended to be enjoyed, not merely endured. The film demonstrates ways in which modern society, by subjecting healthy women to the medicalisation of birth, denies them a prime experience that is their human right.
Among the dozen birth specialists interviewed in the film are Sarah J Buckley, MD, author of Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering; Elizabeth Davis, director of the National Midwifery Institute; Marsden Wagner, MD, former director of Women’s and Children’s Health for the World Health Organization; and other physicians, midwives, and experts in the field.
In the film, Ina May Gaskin, founder/director of the Farm Midwifery Center in Summertown, Tennessee, explains, “Women can be completely surprised by the change in them from giving birth. You have something powerful in you—that fierce thing comes up. Babies need moms to have that fierceness. You feel you can do anything.”
Pascali-Bonaro’s goal in making the film was to educate people about their options and the implications of the circumstances of birth for women’s and babies’ health and well-being lifelong. “Undisturbed birth is an integral part of woman’s sexuality and a widely neglected human right,” she says. Women’s health advocate and bestselling author Christiane Northrup, MD, observes in the film that people have been “brainwashed” to view birth not as a natural process but as “an emergency waiting to happen.”
Yet on the contrary, Pascali-Bonaro asserts, birth is an everyday miracle that the body is well equipped to handle, given the proper setting and caregivers and ample time. During labour and birth, oxytocin, the body’s natural hormone of sex and love, rises to peak levels in both mother and baby. The same elements that would create a sensuous experience with a lover—dim lights, privacy, a sense of safety—facilitate birth.
Orgasmic Birth’s evocative soundtrack was created by John McDowell, composer of the score for the Oscar-winning documentary Born Into Brothels. DVDs of the film, with subtitles in French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese, not yet sold outside screenings, will be available for purchase at the event.
Wellington event organisers already have plans to screen this new documentary around New Zealand later in the year.
‘The Kite’ (Lebanon)
Friday, August 29th at 8pm at The University of Tampa (Reeves Hall)
The Gasparilla International Film Festival, along with presenting sponsor Knopik Varner Moore and The University of Tampa, will screen the next film in the prestigious Global Lens Film Series, ‘The Kite’ (Lebanon). ‘The Kite’ will begin at 8pm on Friday, August 29th at the Univ. of Tampa (Reeves Hall). Additional sponsors include the Studio @ 620 and WMNF.
The screening is free for all members of the Gasparilla Film Festival. Members should make their reservations known 24 hours in advance by filling out this contact form.
SYNOPSIS
In director Randa Chahal Sabbag’s ‘fairytale for troubled times,’ sixteen-year old Lamia must cross a border checkpoint between Lebanon and Israel to marry a man she has never met. Neither she nor her betrothed are eager to consummate a marriage to a stranger-a matter further complicated by Lamia’s surprising admission that she is in love with the Israeli soldier guarding the border. Sabbag’s enchanting drama about marriage and tradition is underscored by delicate symbolism and artful references to politics of Lebanon’s territories that have been annexed.
To view the trailer for The Kite, click on the link below or paste the address in your browser:
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Massey’s Professional Outfitters [508 N. Carrollton Avenue] 6p – 9p
Stay Local, a project of The Urban Conservancy, is promoting the film, Independent America: Rising from Ruins, directed by Hanson Hosein and produced by Tom Powers.
The Urban Conservancy calls it an “inspiring documentary of New Orleans’ independent business owners and their critical role in the city’s recovery and resilience.” The film’s premiere will be part of “New Orleans Speaks: We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting for,” a daylong conference sponsored by The New Orleans Institute. The premiere will include light refreshments and a discussion with the filmmaker. The event is open to the public, although a suggested donation of $10 will benefit Stay Local, a project that promotes shopping at locally owned businesses.
Seating is limited. To reserve space, call (504) 232 7821.
Exposes how American voters were cheated during the 2004 and 2006 elections – and why it will likely happen again in 2008.
Hosted by Bob Edwards of XM Public Radio’s “The Bob Edwards Show” | Special Appearance by Congresswoman Donna Edwards of Maryland’s 4th District | Plus, a Post-Film Panel Discussion with Election Integrity Activists, Leaders and Journalists
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