We are partnering with ITVS to present their Community Cinema program--a monthly screening of award-winning and important documentaries, all presented FREE. From women activists in Afghanistan to an update on Who Stole the Electric Car, these are all worthy of your attendance.
Advance tickets are available (to the next film, i.e., Peace Unveiled is available now)--but you must come in person to either box office to request. Most screenings will feature a guest speaker or a facilitated discussion--we are aided in this by our friends who organize the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival (coming February 2012).
We start the series off with Peace Unveiled this Thursday, which is the 3rd part of the Women, War & Peace series (as seen on PBS). From a filmmaker's statement piece, here is how they were inspired to make this film: "As we were in the midst of discussing Bosnia, Gini heard a report on the radio about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledging four Afghan women who had pushed their way into a meeting in London. The international community had convened there to begin to lay the groundwork for ending the war in Afghanistan, but not a single Afghan woman had been invited. During the conference, attendees learned that peace talks with the Taliban were on the horizon. Afghan women wanted to make sure they were at the table. We decided to find out who these meeting-crashing women were and follow them. Our third film in the series, Peace Unveiled, was born." - Abigail E. Disney, Pamela Hogan and Gini Reticker, Executive Producers
Forthwith is our entire schedule for the 2011-2012. We hope to see many of you here.
Best,
Michael
ITVS Community Cinema
Last Tuesday of Every Month**
**Sep/Oct screenings are last THURSDAY
Screenings are FREE. All screenings are captioned for deaf and hard of hearing audiences.
Pickford Film Center is proud to partner with ITVS and present screenings of select Independent Lens documentaries on the big screen as part of our dedication to community education and outreach.
SEPTEMBER 29 @ 5:30pm
Peace Unveiled
When the U.S. troop surge was announced in late 2009, women in Afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the Taliban. Peace Unveiled follows three women in Afghanistan who are risking their lives to make sure that women have a seat at the negotiating table.
OCTOBER 27 @ 5:30pm
Deaf Jam
Aneta Brodski, a deaf teen living in New York City, discovers the power of American Sign Language poetry. As she prepares to be one of the first deaf poets to compete in a youth slam, her journey leads to an unexpected collaboration.
NOVEMBER 29 @ 5:30pm
We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân
The Wampanoag saved the Pilgrims from starvation, and lived to regret it. Spurred on by their celebrated linguist Jane Little Doe Baird, the Wampanoag of Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard are reviving their language more than a century after the last native speaker died.
DECEMBER 27 @ 5:30pm
Taking Root
How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Ask Wangari Maathai of Kenya. In 1977, she suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a degraded environment. Under her leadership, their tree-planting grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, defend human rights and promote democracy. And brought Maathai the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
JANUARY 31 @ 5:30pm
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock
Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional, and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
FEBRUARY 28 @ 5:30pm
More than a Month
Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His tongue-in-cheek journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group’s history to one month in a so-called “post-racial” America.
MARCH 27 @ 5:30pm
Revenge of the Electric Car
Filmmaker Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever.
APRIL 24 @ 5:30pm
Hell and Back Again
U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Harris returns to North Carolina and his devoted wife to fight pain, addiction, and the terrifying normalcy of life at home.
MAY 29 @ 5:30pm
Strong!
Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted.