Docs in Progress kicks off the fall season with two September screening programs. We screen documentary works-in-progress to the public in the heart of Washington DC and moderate feedback sessions between the audience and the filmmaker/s. Whether you are a filmmaker or simply love to watch documentaries, you are welcome to join us. While audience participation is greatly encouraged, it is not required.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 at 7:00 pm
at the Jack Morton Auditorium, George Washington University
805 21st Street, NW (21st and H Streets) Washington DC
Suggested donation $5
UN-NATURAL STATE by Kirk Mangels and Brad Mendelsohn
There is a black hole in American Democracy - and it's called Washington, DC. Through visual metaphor and the perspectives of politicians, activists, residents, and even Stephen Colbert, we go on a journey through the city's streets to discover if the U.S. is living up to its international dreams of democracy when the 500,000 citizens of its capital are denied voting representation in Congress.
THE ART OF SILENCE by The Documentary Center's 2007 Institute for Documentary Filmmaking
Paata Tsikurishvili, a rising theater actor in his native Republic of Georgia, escaped military duty in the Soviet Army to keep his artistic dreams alive. After defecting to Germany, he came to America where he staked the future of his fledgling theater company on a daring production of Hamlet.
Thanks to The Documentary Center at the George Washington University for sponsoring this program.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 (Networking at 6:30 pm/Screening at 7:00 pm)
at Interface Media Group
1233 20th Street, NW (near 20th and M Streets) Washington DC
Free to WIFV members
SOLD by Jody Hassett-Sanchez
Slavery is not something which can be relegated to the history books. Filmed in India, Pakistan and Togo, SOLD takes an intimate look at three contemporary abolitionists fighting a $27 billion per year business -- the modern day slave trade. A Hindu, Muslim and Christian, each battles a different virulent kind of slavery with humor and righteous anger.
Thanks to Women in Film and Video's Conscious Media Roundtable and Documentary Roundtable and Interface Media Group for sponsoring this program.
For more information on on these and other Docs in Progress programs, visit our website at http://www.docsinprogress.org