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GERSON MIRACLE (90 mins.) |
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Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Stephan H. Kroschel
Synopsis:
The cure for cancer and other serious disease is closer
than you think. . .and much farther away. In 1928, Dr.
Max Gerson, a German-Jewish researcher, stumbled upon
a therapy that has cured tens of thousands of people worldwide
since then, including patientss previously thought incurable
by their doctors. For the first time, this film chronicles
the epic true story of Gerson’s miracle—and
watching this stirring documentary could very well could
save your life. |
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TURN
LEFT ON COLLEGE (14 mins.) |
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Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Michael Papavero
Synopsis:
Filmed when he was
just 11 years old, Michael Papavero’s film marks
the debut of a major new talent—and dispels the
myth of artist as disgruntled young man. Instead, Papavero
starts from positive place: that his is the perfect little
corner of the world. His documentary shows us a Redlands
neighborhood where diversity breeds a family of choice,
one in which “everyone waves to you and everyone
helps each other. I wanted to show people what a good
neighborhood can be.” In so doing, he also shows
us what a great film can be. |
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Genre:
Documentary
Director
(s):
Torrey Schoerner and Priscilla Cordoba
Synopsis:
Inspired
by their fathers, both of whom saved lives in extreme
situations, the filmmakers reflect the work of Mammoth
Mountain paramedics and an ER nurse. What they discovered
is a unique perspective on life that is certain to impact
yours as well. |
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FARTHER
THAN THE EYE CAN SEE (75 mins.) |
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Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Mike Brown
Synopsis:
This
is the epic story of Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind
man to summit Mt. Everest. Mirroring this groundbreaking
achievement is a bit of film history, as this documentary
contains the first High Definition footage from atop the
world’s highest peak—affording vistas from
the summit that are near-miracles of cinematography. By
recording one blind man’s achieving the near-impossible,
our own limitations are exposed, revealed, and shattered. |
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Genre:
Drama
Director:
Yimeng Jin
Starring:
Scott
Openshaw and Jeannine Holley Meis
Synopsis:
When
art imitates art, the mind can become a dangerous place
to be. In this dark tale, an author plots the end of his
bestselling femme fatale—but she has other plans.
When Anita jumps off the page, she plots her creator’s
death, trying to make him her victim: her 17th man. In
this game of deception, only one will survive. . . |
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Genre:
Documentary
Director:
Leslie Neale
Synopsis:
In
the last ten years, the number of youth serving time in
adult prisons has tripled. Through the highly personal
stories of 12 kids being tried as adults—and by
tracing their lives over a four-year period—“Juvies”
explores the impact of America’s failing juvenile
justice system. In so doing, it forces us to question
the underlying themes of American culture that breed violence
and result, all too often, in the demonization of our
youth. |
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ADVENTURES
IN HOMESCHOOLING (26 mins.) |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Adam Dooley
Starring:
Ruth
Buzzi, Dan Castellaneta, and Mo Gaffney
Synopsis:
A
year in the life of the Hemples, a family that takes homeschooling
to an extreme—and has for generations. When a vindictive
inspector from the Board of Education invades their self-made
paradise, the members of this eccentric and highly dysfunctional
family somehow find a way to pull together and win the
day. |
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EVERYBODY
& THEIR MOTHER WANTS TO WRITE AND DIRECT (15 mins.) |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Lontih Khatami
Starring:
Corey
Michael Blake, Kevin Rahm, and Barbara Goodson
Synopsis:
A
slick agent’s assistant tells a young filmmaker
he has to come up with a hook if he’s to make it
in Hollywood. Just when he thinks he’s hookless,
he has a stroke of genius—to team up creatively
with the woman who created him—his mother! |
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CAREER
SUICIDE (12 mins.) |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director(s):
Alex Kang and Dan Huber
Starring:
Deborah
Vancelette, Colin Ferguson, and Diane Amos
Synopsis:
Death
becomes her—or does it? After accidentally offing
herself by falling onto a pair of scissors, a young woman’s
death is deemed suicide, forcing her to pay the consequences
in a grizzly new career hell, one where the ladder to
success is a shaky path indeed. |
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Genre:
Drama
Director:
Patricia K. Meyer
Starring:
Corbin
Bernsen, Ashley Williams, and Eric Lutes
Synopsis:
A
remorseful ex-Yankees star reappers in his daughter’s
life when she gets hit by a diaper truck and is temporarily
confined to a wheelchair. To make up for past failings,
he plans a party—and inadvertently invites every
ex-boyfriend she hoped she’d never see. Now she
has to face these demons one by one, before confronting
the biggest one of all as father and daughter finally
settle the score. |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Rob Meltzer
Starring:
Robert
Peters, John Stamos, and Clint Howard
Synopsis:
In
this dark comedy, a character actor whose wish to be a
leading man comes true when he magically begins to photograph
as John Stamos. . .ultimately provoking the unholy wrath
of the man himself. Be careful what you wish for! |
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LE
SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (38 mins.) |
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Genre:
Drama/Experimental
Director:
Oliver Herrmann
Starring:
Sophie
Semin, Ariadna del Carmen, and Robert Hunger-Buehler
Synopsis:
Just
as Stravinsky’s music was inspired by prehistoric
rituals, so does Oliver Herrmann pay homage to the world
of Santeria in this remarkable silent film. In this world,
God is a black woman who surveys three of her subjects:
Esther, lost in mourning for her dead husband; Dr. Bardot,
a brilliant brain surgeon who rejects the chaos of the
modern world and Lucia, a victim of childhood sexual abuse,
who seeks revenge by destroying herself. When all three
are transferred to a tropical island, God watches her
experiments, as their fate reveals to the viewer and to
Her. With music by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,
“Le Sacred du Printemps” is at once surreal
and serene—and never less than a visual tour de
force. |
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WHEN
KATIE MET MEG (15 mins.) |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Amy Neunsinger
Starring:
Amy
Karl, Brady Smith, Owen Masterson, and Lucki Wieting
Synopsis:
In this wistful
tale, a small-town waitress ruins a once-in-a-lifetime
interview for a handsome reporter when she spills
food on him—and his famous subject. A moody
meditation on the “what if. . .” syndrome
that touches all of our lives. |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Eric Devlin Taylor
Starring:
Jeff
T, Saxon Trainer, and Antonio Rose
Synopsis:
A
medical intern must decide whether to succumb to
the trappings of a pharmaceutical road show and
its new wonder drug, or trust his no-nonsense mentor’s
advice. “Headache” presents a very real
conflict in today’s medical culture in a stylized
format that is as thematically rich as it is visually
alluring. |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Eric Devlin Taylor
Starring:
Jeff
T, Saxon Trainer, and Antonio Rose
Synopsis:
A
medical intern must decide whether to succumb to
the trappings of a pharmaceutical road show and
its new wonder drug, or trust his no-nonsense mentor’s
advice. “Headache” presents a very real
conflict in today’s medical culture in a stylized
format that is as thematically rich as it is visually
alluring. |
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THE
SEVENTH BOTTLE (12 mins.) |
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Genre:
Drama
Director:
Gustavo Camelot
Starring:
Mariela
Santos, Gustavo Camelot, and Jasper Wood
Synopsis:
To
make her mother happy, Valentina, a beautiful lesbian
artist, finds a boyfriend. When she finds him in
bed with another man, her alter-ego takes over—and
all bets, romantic or otherwise, are off. Truth
takes over, with compelling and curious results. |
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MONSIEUR
RENAUD (10 mins.) |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director:
Eusunie Kahng
Starring:
John
Massey Jr., Aubrey Caldwell, Andre Fortin, and Aaron
Jones
Synopsis:
A
young Frenchman revisits his working-class childhood
in ’30s France. His mother, a natural seductress,
pulls out all the stops to bargain for scraps from
the butcher—with resounding results.
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PUBLIC
DOMAIN (77 mins.) |
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Genre:
Drama
Director:
Kris Lefcoe
Starring:
Nicole
Deboer, Nadia Litz, and Mike Beaver
Synopsis:
Think
your life’s pathetic? You’ll think differently
after watching this wry, dark film about a game
show run by pseudo-intellectuals who award money
to the contestant with the most miserable life.
To their unbeknownst, alas: the producers infiltrate
houses and install surveillance cameras, awarding
best in such existential categories as alienation,
disillusionment, and doubt. A biting critique of
the culture of surveillance as entertainment, Public
Domain exposes the media’s foibles—and
our own. |
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WEST
FROM NORTH GOES SOUTH (96 mins.) |
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Genre:
Comedy
Director(s):
Valerie Silver and Steve Ashley
Starring:
Synopsis:
After
struggling painter West Jackson (Shawn Thompson,
“The Heights”/Fox) has a disastrous
art opening in L.A., he breaks up with his
sugar momma (a riotous Tina Louise from “Gilligan’s
Island”) and makes a last-ditch effort
to resuscitate his career in Miami. . .only
to break down in the bizarre backwater of
Barnwell, Alabama, where he becomes the prime
suspect in a murder. With cast members including
the late LaWanda Page, Morris Day of the Time
(“Purple Rain”) and the legendary
Phyllis Diller, “West from North Goes
South” is a quirky comedy that has to
be seen—and experienced—to be
believed. |
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