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BROADCAST: SVT,
Sweden
4 March, 10PM
Hyde Park Picture
House,
Leeds, England
Sheffield
International
Documentary Festival on Tour
6 March
MacRobert Arts
Centre,
Stirling, Scotland
Sheffield
International
Documentary Festival on Tour
8 March
Edinburgh
Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sheffield
International
Documentary Festival on Tour
12-14 March
Angelika
Film
Center, Houston, TX
12-18 March
Bijou at
Crossroads, San
Antonio, TX
12-18 March
Yer
ba Buena
Arts Center, San Francisco, CA
Human Rights
Watch Traveling Film Festival
12 March, 7:30PM
Inter
national
House, Philadelphia, PA
Human Rights
Watch Traveling Film Festival
14 March, 7PM
The
Olympion
Cinema Complex, Greece
Thessaloniki
Documentary Film
Festival
15-21 March
Tower Cinema, Sacramento, CA
19-25 March
Woodrow Wilson
International Center, Washington, DC
Enviromental
Film Festival
23 March, 3:00PM
Madstone
Hazard Center Cinema, San Diego, CA
26 March - 1 April
Madstone
Briarwood, Ann Arbor, MI
26 March - 1 April
a film by Jonathan Robinson
2 upcoming New York screenings:
Tuesday, March 16th THE NEW YORK DOCUMENTARY CENTER*S "DOCSHOP" THE PIONEER THEATER 155 E 3rd Street (at Avenue A) New York City 212.254.3300 www.docfest.org/docshop.html PIZZA & BEER Reception at 7:00 PM Screening and Discussion with the Filmmaker at 8:00pm To reserve tickets, please call 212.668.1575. Reservations must be made by 5:00 PM on Monday, March 15th. Reserved tickets must be claimed by 7:30 PM on the night of the screening.
Sunday, March 21, 1:00 pm HARLEM FILM FESTIVAL presents: CREATIVELY SPEAKING 2004 Aaron Davis Hall City College of New York between West 133rd and 135th Streets on Convent Avenue To reserve tickets, please call 212-650-7100 For more information, www.aarondavishall.org/ecards/04ff/ecard2.htm
EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET: THE LIFE & WORK OF PIRI THOMAS
synopsis
An incendiary mix of documentary, poetry, and storytelling, Every Child is Born a Poet explores the life and work of Piri Thomas, the Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican author of the classic autobiographical novel Down These Mean Streets (1967). The film traces Thomas* path from childhood to manhood in New York City*s Spanish Harlem, El Barrio, from the 1930's through the 1960*s - his parents* immigrant experience, home life during the Great Depression, membership in barrio youth gangs, his struggle to come to terms with his mixed-racial identity, travels as a teen-age merchant marine, his heroin addiction, his notorious armed robbery of a Greenwich Village nightclub, his six years spent in prison, and his emergence as a writer. Thomas* coming-of-age story is counter-pointed with dramatizations, spoken word poetry performance sequences, and verité scenes of his on-going work of forty-five years as an educator and activist empowering marginalized and incarcerated youths. A stylized, genre-spanning production, Every Child is Born a Poet includes a spellbinding collage of rare archival film footage, still photographs and provocative mixed-media artwork, as it examines Thomas* use of creative expression as a means of confronting poverty, racism, violence and isolation. Pulsating with an original Latin Jazz score, Every Child is Born a Poet is a riveting portrait of a life lived through struggle, self-discovery, and transformation.
* Winner of the OPERA PRIMA AWARD at the LOS ANGELES LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2003
* Awarded HONORABLE MENTION in the DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION at the URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2003
* Nominee for DISTINGUISHED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARD 2003 by the INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION (IDA)
* Finalist for the SILVER WOLF AWARD at the INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMFESTIVAL AMSTERDAM (IDFA) 2003
* Official U.S. Selection for INPUT 2004, Barcelona, Spain
Doctoring Your Doc: How to Structure Your Documentary
Led
by Script & Documentary Doctor Fernanda Rossi, Author of The
Independent monthly column "Ask the Doc Doctor" & D-Word member
Sat., April 24, 10am-5:30pm, in NYC
A full-day experiential hands-on workshop for producers, directors, writers, editors & composers
Stuck in the cutting room? Or maybe you've got lots of ideas and even footage but no clue where to get started? A solid structure is as necessary to your documentary as a strong script is to a narrative film. With hands-on exercises and analysis of films, this workshop can give you the guidelines you need to find solutions true to your documentary's style. If you like, bring your work-in- progress (notrequired to attend). Co-sponsored by CineWomen NY.
Where: Goldcrest Post, 799 Washington St. near 13th St., NYC
Directions: A, C, E, L, 1, 2, 3, and 9 to 14th St.
Cost: $95 AIVF
members, Partner Organizations* and Students w/valid ID;
$115
General Public
$115 workshop pass with Trailer Mechanics
registration (offered May 1 in 2 sessions)
*Partner Organizations: CineWomen NY, DCTV, IFP NY, DCTV and NALIP.
To RSVP and for more info: http://www.documentarydoctor.com/ workshops.html Register by April 21st. Limited seats.
For a map visit http://www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.
Trailer Mechanics:
How to Make Your Fundraising Trailer
Led by Script & Documentary Doctor Fernanda Rossi,
Author
of The Independent monthly column "Ask the Doc Doctor" & D-
Word member
Sat., May 1, in NYC Two sessions: 10 am-1 pm or 2-5 pm -- choose one
"Can I see your trailer?"
Let's face it, a trailer can make or break your film. It can get you funded or it can put you on the "passed" list. Trailer Mechanics is a three-hour workshop for producers, directors, writers and editors on building a short trailer/demo of a documentary film. We'll consider principles of narrative structure and screen and analyze different trailers, including those of workshop participants. If you like, bring your footage -- raw or cut -- for discussion (not required to attend). Co-sponsored by CineWomen NY.
Cost: $50 AIVF members, Partner Organizations* and Students w/valid
ID; < br>$60 General Public
$115 Workshop Pass with Doctoring
Your Doc registration (offered Apr. 24)
Where: Goldcrest Post,
799 Washington St. near 13th St, NYC
Directions: A, C, E, L, 1, 2,
3, and 9 to 14th St.
For a map visit http://
www.goldcrestpost.com/directions.
*Partner Organizations: CineWomen NY, DCTV, IFP NY, DCTV and NALIP.
To RSVP and for more info: http://www.documentarydoctor.com/
workshops.html
Register by April 21st. Limited seats.
Note: previously offered in the fall, this workshop is now offered in
the spring only.
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