2006 Films

10 MPH

10 MPH is a comical documentary that follows a pair of aspiring filmmakers as they quit their jobs and turn a friend's ludicrous idea into a movie. The impulsive purchase of a two-wheeled Segway scooter sets this story in motion when the two friends decide to travel from Seattle to Boston at 10 MPH in an attempt to change their lives forever... What ensues is a road trip like none other with a haphazard cast of characters you could only find on a zany 100-day trek through America' back roads. Each poignant story the two friends discover along the way inspires a craving inside to go out and do that thing you're supposed to do.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 92 min., Format: DVcam, Origin: Colorado, U.S.A.
Producer: Josh Caldwell , Hunter Weeks, Director: Hunter Weeks, Editor: Josh Caldwell

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Buddy

A fascinating study of the mercurial and controversial local legend Vincent A. "Buddy" Cianci, the former mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. First elected in 1974, in 2000 Cianci became the country's longest-serving modern-day mayor. Buddy Cianci repeatedly defied time and a range of enemies to rescue a city that was down and out and reigned as the state's most beloved politician. But in the summer of 2002, his past and the FBI caught up with him and he was convicted of corruption in a stunning federal trial.

Year: 2005, Length: 86 min., Format: BetaSP, Origin: Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Producer/Director/Writer: Cherry Arnold, Cinematographer: Stephen McCarthy, Cherry Arnold, Composer: Tom Phillips, Editor: Jeff Zimbalist, Cob Carlson, Cherry Arnold
Narrator: James Woods

Class Act

Class Act weaves high school teacher Jay W. Jensen's personal story with the fate of arts education in America today, giving us a report card on what lies ahead for America's children. But the story doesn't end in the classroom. With a starting salary of just $2,000 in 1959, Jay secretly amassed millions. To the astonishment of everyone, he then did the most extraordinary thing: he gave it away in the name of education and the arts becoming the most unlikely philanthropist. Today, Jay continues to inspire thousands of students - fat, thin, shy, extroverted, gay, straight, under achiever and academic powerhouse - to follow their dreams. Jay alumni include a virtual who's who of Hollywood, including actor Andy Garcia, film director Brett Ratner, songwriter Desmond Child, music executive José Behar, Broadway producer Adam Epstein, casting director Debra Zane, and sportscaster Roy Firestone, as well as the filmmakers themselves.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 90 min., Format: MiniDV, DVCPro, Origin: State, U.S.A.
Producer: Heather Winters, Director: Sara Sackner, Writer: Heather Winters, Joe Morley, Sara Sackner, Cinematographer: Mike McGowan, Composer: Elliott Goldkind, Morgan Winters, Editor: Sean P. Keenan
Featuring: Adam Epstein, Alfie Kohn, Andy Garcia, Anthony Davis, Brett Ratner, Debra Zane, Desmond Child, José Behar, Roy Firestone, Sandy Veith

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Dateline Afghanistan: Reporting the Forgotten War

A one-hour documentary exploring conflict in Afghanistan through foreign correspondents who cover it. Film takes us to front lines and back alleys of war-torn Central Asian nation where Western powers are engaged in an historic and high-stakes battle to build a representative democracy in a traditionally Islamic society. The United States alone has some 20,000 troops fighting for hearts and minds in Afghanistan -- in the shadow of the media spotlight shining on Iraq.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 53 min., Format: DVcam, Origin: Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Bill Gentile
Featuring: Andrew North (BBC), Carlotta Gall (The New York Times), Tim McGirk and Bob Nickelsberg (Time Magazine), N.C. Aizenman (Washington Post), Tomas Munita and Amir Shah (AP), Reza Deghati (AINA Photo Agency), Farzana Wahidy (AFP)



 

Disarm

Despite a global ban, millions of antipersonnel mines continue to claim victims daily in more than eighty countries. Disarm features harrowing footage smuggled out of isolated nation of Burma, scenes from war-ravaged Colombia and Iraq, never-before-seen helmet camera footage shot by Afghan and Bosnian deminers, unprecedented access into warehouses stockpiling millions of Soviet-made mines, and insightful comments by outspoken Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams. Looking beyond landmines, Disarm offers a contemporary, intelligent and critical investigation into how weapons systems, war, and the way it is waged are being redefined in the twenty-first century with devastating consequences.

Northeast Premiere Year: 2005, Length: 67 min., Format: MiniDV, Origin: Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Producer: Mary Wareham, Director/Cinematographer: Brian Liu, Writer: Chris Collins, Composer: Brendan Canty, Editor: Árni Hassen Sveinsson

A Fish Story

Shot over the course of five years, 'A Fish Story' is the tale of two women, their families, and communities as they struggle to survive in the wake of an environmental disaster. Angela Sanfilippo of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Shareen Davis of Chatham, Massachusetts were born into fishing families and married men who continue to make a living from the sea. Fishing defines who they are and has sustained their communities for generations. But their way of life is threatened when a coalition of National environmental organizations files a lawsuit that could put hundreds of fishermen out of business. With heartache and humor, 'A Fish Story' finds Angela and Shareen at the center of this political storm as they struggle to save both fish and fishermen.

World Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 54 min., Format: MiniDVX, Origin: Massachuetts, U.S.A.
Producer/Director: Courtney Hayes, Tim Gallagher, Cinematographer: Courtney Hayes, Composer: Pierre Foldes, Editor: James Rutenbeck, Jean Dunoyer, Rachel Clark

Fisher Poets

Fisher Poets is the story of a unique breed of
commercial fishermen who spin tall tales and weave true stories of life at sea through vivid and powerful poetry. Discover what truly inspires these salty characters on the brink of extinction.

Year: 2005, Length: 42 min., Format: Video, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Producer/Director/Cinematographer: Jennifer Brett Winston, Composer: Phillip Roebuck, Editor: Lisa M. Jones

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Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

When fiddler Peter Stampfel collided with guitarist Steve Weber during the 'Great Folk Scare' of the early sixties in New York, the two musicians formed a powerful bond based on their shared fascination with American roots music and early psychedelia.  Dubbing themselves The Holy Modal Rounders, these eccentric outsiders have been playing their unique brand of psychedelic folk for over four decades, barely surviving on the fringes of the music industry while drawing a dedicated following of luminaries and lunatics.  From their origins in New York's Greenwich Village folk scene and their involvement in the Easy Rider soundtrack, to the lost years of constant drugging, endless touring and a final shot at redemption, the film recounts the unique forty-year history of these true American originals. The film documents the band's arduous, amusing, and sometimes heartbreaking struggle to capitalize on their recent resurgence in popularity, culminating in an unpredictable 40th anniversary concert in Portland, Oregon. More than just a chronicle of an obscure band, The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound To Lose is a raucous celebration of a lost American outlaw subculture as it draws its final rebellious breaths.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2005, Length: 87 min., Origin: State, USA
Producer. Sam Wainwright Douglas, Paul Lovelace, Jesse Fisher, Francis Hatch Director: Sam Wainwright Douglas, Paul Lovelace, Cinematographer: Sam Wainwright Douglas, Jesse Fisher, Music: The Holy Modal Rounders Editor: Sam Wainwright Douglas, Paul Lovelace
Featuring: The Holy Modal Rounders, Sam Shepard, Dennis Hopper, John Sebastian, Peter Tork, Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, Loudon Wainwright III, Ira Kaplan, Robert Christgau, Wavy Gravy

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

On the surface, Jim Jones and his multiracial congregation, Peoples Temple , espoused the values of a model society.  But in the summer of 1977 an article in New West magazine exposed the truth.  Defectors and family members gave accounts of physical, sexual, and drug abuse, financial corruption, and members being held against their will. On November 18, 1978, over 900 members of Peoples Temple died in the largest mass suicide/murder in history. Using never-before-seen archival footage and survivor interviews, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple tells the story of the people who followed Jim Jones from Indiana to California and finally to the remote jungles of , South America in a misbegotten quest to build an ideal society.

Year: 2006, Length: 86 min., Format: DigiBeta, Origin: California, USA
Producer/Director: Stanley Nelson, Writer: Noland Walker, Marcia Smith, Cinematographer: Michael Chin, Composer: Tom Phillips, Editor: Lewis Erskine, Aljernon Tunsil

Jump

In some counties, length is everything. Every Spring since 1928 thousands converge upon Calaveras County to see whose frog will jump the farthest. JUMP follows the sweat and sacrifice of those who yearn to be the County' top frog jockey' and be enshrined on the Hop of Fame. This heartfelt 'frogumentary' uncovers an historical community that still honors family, community, and a rich connection to its Wild West past. Inspired by a true fable: Mark Twain' 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.'

Year: 2005, Length: 67 min., Format: MiniDV, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Justin Bookey
Featuring: Bob Fasano, Lee Giudici, Michael Ziehlke, Sr.

King Leopold's Ghost

King Leopold's Ghost is the shocking tale of the richest country in Africa, claimed by the rapacious King Leopold II of Belgium. Under his greedy reign, the Congo suffered unimaginable horrors. ThIs epic documentary teems with fascinating adventurers: European, American and Congolese. It is a story brought to life by means of a treasure trove of archival materials - letters, secret reports and photographs. With 24 interviews of experts, Congolese whose families were brutalized by the king' agents and others involved in this terrible struggle, history is made personal and the ghosts of Leopold' legacy are revealed. Ten million people died under Leopold' reign, four million more in the last five years. The film, brought up to the present day, demonstrates that 'past' is present.

World Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 108 min., Format: HDcam, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Producer: Pippa Scott, Glory Friend, Director: Pippa Scott, Oreet Rees, Writer: Pippa Scott, adapted from material by Adam Hochschild, Cinematographer: Craig Matthew, Composer: Yoav Goren, Editor: Oreet Rees
Featuring: Don Cheadle, Alfre Woodard, James Cromwell, Frank McCourt

High Ambitions in the Himalaya

Here is an honest and introspective look at climbing in the extremes of the world’’s highest mountains. A team of international mountaineers joins a 61-year-old survivor of the Mount Everest tragedy documented in the best selling book “Into Thin Air.” They attempt to climb the spectacular 27,000-foot Mount Cho Oyu, which is another one of the world’’s fourteen prized 8000-meter peaks. Subjecting themselves to oxygen deprivation, bone-chilling -40 degree temperatures and brushes with death on the mountain, each climber gets a life lesson as large as the endeavor.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 58 min., Format: MiniDV, DVcam, Origin: State, U.S.A.
Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Curt Dowdy, Composer: Irina Mikhailova, Jeff Stott, Editor: Dan Perrett, Jim McSilver
Featuring: Raymond Behm, Curt Dowdy, Marty Schmidt, Ang Dorjee Sherpa, Dean Staples, John Taske, Dietmar Voss, Hall Wendel

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Last Thoughts

In 1926, a sixteen-year-old boy hopped his first train from Oklahoma to California, beginning a ten-year odyssey marked by life-changing experiences. He kept his stories from those Depression years to himself until the eve of his death, when he made a tape recording for posterity. Seventy-five years after that first train ride, his grandson would set out with that tape and a 16mm camera, looking for echoes of those experiences in the modern landscape. Last Thoughts is an impressionistic tour of the American West, past and present, guided by the voice of a dying hobo.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2005, Length: 72 min., Format: Super 16mm, Origin: Texas, USA
Producer/Director: Kevin Henry, Writer: Kevin Henry, Robert Henry

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A Life Among Whales

Weaving together natural history and biography, "A Life Among Whales" is a fascinating exploration into the unique relationship between
humans and whales as told by renowned whale biologist and activist Dr. Roger Payne. With beautiful and haunting imagery, this film forces us to question our stewardship of the Earth and our coexistence with some of its most intriguing creatures.

Year: 2005, Length: 57 min., Format: Digital & 35mm, Origin: Massachusetts, U.S.A. / Netherlands
Producer/Director/Writer: Bill Haney, Cinematographer: Christopher Fadale, Ken Willinger, Rick Rosenthal, Composer: Flynn & berman-branco, Editor: Peter Rhodes
Featuring: Roger Payne

Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue

This documentary film dramatizes Miles Davis' difficult transition to his electric period in the face of much negative reaction from the jazz establishment. The film captures Davis' performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival before 600,000 screaming rock fans - and adds contemporary reminiscences by musicians who were at Davis' side (Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Dave Holland, etc) as well as others affected by his innovations (Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, and Joni Mitchell.

Year: 2004, Length: 87 min., Format: DVD, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Producer/Director: Murray Lerner, Cinematographer: Henry Adebonojo, Nicholas Doob, Bob Elfstrom, Kramer Morgenthau, Composer: Miles Davis, Editor: Einar Westerlund, Edward Goldberg
Featuring: Gary Bartz, Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Keith Jarrett, Airto Moreira, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Carlos Santana

Pirate Radio USA

Pirate Radio USA is a look at the underground world of illegal radio stations, where people play and say what they want-until the FCC catches them… DJ' Him and Her host a live, pirate radio show that is the narrative heart of Pirate Radio USA. Watch as they microFeaturing their story, live-- taking you on a rock-n-roll journey across the nation. Go inside rogue radio stations and see why some Americans fight for freedom of the radio airwaves. It's not illegal to listen... or watch.

US Premiere, Year: 2005, Length: 84 min., Format: MiniDV, Origin: State, U.S.A.
Producer: Mary Jones, Jeff Pearson, Director/Writer/DP: Jeff Pearson, Editor: Dex Manley
Featuring: Mary Jones, Jeff Pearson

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Plastic Disasters

Plastic Disasters is a graphic, disturbing look at the dark side of the typically American notion that medicine can make everyone look beautiful, this HBO Documentary Films presentation follows three people - two women, one man - who are recovering from disastrous plastic surgeries. 

Year: 2006, Length: 58 min., Format: DVCam, Origin: New York, USA
Producer/Director: David Heilbronner, Kate Davis, Cinematographer: Kate Davis, Erika Hahn, Composer: Gary Lionelli

Rain in a Dry Land

Rain in a Dry Land chronicles two years in the lives of two extended Somali Bantu families as they leave behind a 200-year legacy of oppression in Africa to face new challenges in a strange new land. The film begins in January 2004, at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, where our featured families are stunned by what they learn about America in their "Cultural Orientation" class. The film captures every step of this remarkable journey, from their very different new homes (Springfield, Massachusetts versus Atlanta, Georgia) through their encounters with racism, poverty, failures of the school system, and severe culture shock. Both of these war-torn families do find ways to survive in America, and to create a safe haven. Presented in association with American Documentary / P.O.V. In English, Mai Mai and Somali with English subtitles

Year: 2006, Length: 82 min., Format: Video, Origin: Connecticut, U.S.A.
Producer/Director: Anne Makepeace, Cinematographer: Joan Churchill, Barney Broomfield, Composer: Joel Goodman, Editor: Mary Lampson

The Refugee All Stars

The Refugee All Stars is the remarkable and ultimately life- affirming story of a group of six Sierra Leonean musicians who come together to form a band while living as refugees in the Republic of Guinea. In the midst of a brutal civil war, the residents of the West African coastal country of Sierra Leone were forced to flee their homes, suffering brutal physical attacks, and losing family members and their sense of security. Relocated to a Guinean refugee camp hundreds of miles away, six Sierra Leone refugees form a band, the music providing diversion from the memories of the past, giving their lives a new purpose. As the band tours other camps and gains popularity, their desire to record an album will take them back to war-ravaged Freetown and involve them in the UNHCR's 'go-and-see' program to encourage refugees to return home--a journey that will require the courage to put the past behind them. Featuring a truly inspired soundtrack and heroic characters, the film captures the best of the human spirit-the ability to forgive, find hope and share it with others-and the awesome power of music to heal.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2005, Length: 80 min., Format: DVcam, Origin: State, U.S.A.
Producer/Director: Zach Niles, Banker White, Cinematographer: Andy Mitchell, Banker White, Chris Jenkins, Mattito Watson, Composer: Chris Velan, Reuben Koroma, Editor: Jim Bruce, Banker White
Featuring: Abdul Rahim Kamara, Alhaji Jeffrey Kamara, Efuah Grace Ampomah, Francis John Langba, Mohamed Bangura, Reuben Koroma

Shakespeare Behind Bars

Shakespeare Behind Bars follows an all-male Shakespeare company working behind bars at Kentucky's Luther Luckett Correctional Complex. For one year a cast comprised of convicted felons rehearse and perform a full production of Shakespeare's last play, The Tempest, a play fittingly about forgiveness. Marking their seventh year as an acting ensemble in the film, the inmates cast themselves according to their lives and in relation to the crimes for which they are serving a prison sentence. Just as in Shakespeare's day, men play all the female roles. They swear that the roles 'pick them', and this proves to be an uncanny truth, as many of the men experience powerful epiphanies while exploring their characters. Twice a week, the inmates work with volunteer director Curt Tofteland, who pushes them to find their own truth within each part.

Year: 2005 , Length: 93 min., Format: Beta SP, Origin: California, USA
Producer: Jilann Spitzmiller Writer/Director: , Hank Rogerson

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Spaceman: A Baseball Odyssey

Bill "Spaceman" Lee's life is an endless journey to find another baseball game. After pitching thirteen years professionally for the Boston Red Sox and the Montreal Expos, the Spaceman has spent the last twenty five years traveling to China, Russia, Japan, Central America and across the U.S. and Canada to play ball. The film follows Lee, approaching sixty years young, on a road trip from his farm in Vermont to the impoverished baseball mecca of Cuba and on his triumphant return to Fenway Park. Along the way, we hear from former teammates, family members, sportswriters, fans, and especially Lee himself about the unique life and career that spawned the legend of a ballplayer who will forever be known as simply the SPACEMAN.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 67 min., Format: Digital Video & Super8 film, Origin: U.S.A.
Producer: Josh Dixon, Brett Rapkin, Director: Brett Rapkin, Cinematographer: Chris Bradley, Kyle LaBrache, Walker Lamond, Editor: Brett Rapkin, Josh Dixon
Featuring: Bill Lee, Luis Tiant, Bernie Carbo, Fred Lynn, Dick Williams, Dan Shaughnessy

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So Much So Fast

When asked what he would do differently in the five years since his ALS diagnosis, Stephen Heywood replied, "Have more sex on film."  What would you do if you were 29 and found you may only have a few years to live? The film is about the remarkable events set in motion when Stephen Heywood discovered he had the paralyzing neural disorder ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Made over five years, So Much So Fast tracks one family's ferocious response to an orphan disease: the kind of disease drug companies ignore because not there's not enough profit in curing it. In reaction, and with no medical background, Stephen's brother Jamie creates a guerrilla-science research group and in two years builds it from three people in a basement to a multi-million dollar ALS mouse facility, the largest anywhere. Finding a drug in time becomes Jamie's all-consuming obsession.  Stephen's position is you can't live every day like it's your last (since you'd be hung over every morning). Instead, he gets married, has a son and rebuilds two houses. He and his wife Wendy's laser-like observations of the world and their predicament go to the heart of the fragility of being alive.

Year: 2006, Length: 87 min., Origin: Massachusetts, USA
Producer/Director,Writer: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan,  Cinematographer: Steven Ascher, Composer: Sheldon Mirowitz, Editor: Jeanne Jordan

This Is Nollywood

This Is Nollywood captures the story of Nigeria's burgeoning but unknown movie industry through the personal tale of director Bond Emeruwa and his quest to shoot a feature-length action film in less than nine days. Bond, a charismatic, fortyish veteran of Nigerian State Television, is armed only with a digital video camera, two lights, and about $20,000. His foe is a world that presents challenges un-dreamed of in Nollywood's big brothers: Hollywood and Bollywood. And his schedule, insane to us, is the norm in Nollywood, which produces over 500 movies a year. One of our characters calls it, the true guerilla filmmaking. Bond and his crew are proud, feel they are part of a great adventure that goes well beyond the making of a movie. They understand that Nollywood is one of the very few positive stories of modern Africa and that its success can have profound and positive effects on the entire continent.

Year: Work-in-Progress, Length: 11 min., Format: DV, Origin: Massachusetts, USA
Producer: Robert Caputo, Director/Editor: Franco Sacchi, Cinematographer: Robert Caputo, Franco Sacchi
Featuring: Bond Emeruwa

Time and Tide

Time & Tide is a poetic and absorbing documentary about a land and its people as they head toward irreversible tragedy. The story is told through the eyes of a group of expatriates from the island nation of Tuvalu. When they return to their home island after being away for many years, they find a place vastly different from the one they remember- the forces of globalization and global warming are severely reshaping the land and people they once knew so well. Time & Tide takes an unflinching look at the tragic fate of this remote island country, walking the line between hope and unimaginable loss. Within an artfully woven tapestry that confronts these profound global issues, Time & Tide paints an honest and poignant portrait of a homeland on the brink of extinction.

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2005, Length: 60 min., Format: MiniDV/8mm, Origin: State, U.S.A.
Producer/Director: Julie Baye, Josh Salzman, Cinematographer: Josh Salzman, Composer: Andrew McLean, Editor: Matt Martin

 
SHOWING:  Sunday, July 30th, 3 pm
LOCATION: Redfield Auditorium
Feature Documentary: Competition 

True Guts

True Guts really began in 1996, long before filming started. Standing five foot nine, weighing 93 pounds, unable to eat, and unable to go to school for more than 3 days in a row, 15-year-old Josh Golder realized there was something seriously wrong in his life. After his diagnosis of Crohn's disease, a chronic illness that he had NEVER HEARD OF, Golder embarked on a mission of self-discovery and self-improvement. True Guts, the first feature length film about Crohn's and colitis, is the inspirational story of Josh exploring life's most important issue: how do you react in the face of extreme challenge?

World Premiere, Year: 2006, Length: 45 min., Format: Mini-DV, Origin: Massachusetts, USA
Producer/Director: Josh Golder, John MacNeil, Writer: Josh Golder, Clenet Verdi Rose, Cinematographer: Clenet Verdi Rose, Michael Yip, Composer: Flynn, Editor: Rick DiGregorio

SHOWING: Wednesday, August 2nd, 5 pm
LOCATION: Redfield Auditorium
Feature Documentary: Competition 

Year: 2006, Length: 94 min., Format: MiniDV, Origin: State, U.S.A.
Producer: Dayna Hanson, Director: Linas Phillips, Cinematographer: Benjamin Kasulke, Linas Phillips, Editor: Dayna Hanson
Featuring: Linas Phillips

 
SHOWING: Saturday, August 5th, 5 pm
LOCATION: Fire Station
Feature Documentary: Competition 

Northeast Premiere, Year: 2005, Length: 66 min., Format: MiniDV, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Producer: Cara Marcous, Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Featuring: Blessing Brower, Dean Kulowiyi, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Sylvestor Ayek 

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Who Killed the Electric Car? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.  The year is 1990.  California is in a pollution crisis.  Inspired by a recent announcement from General Motors about an electric vehicle prototype, the Zero Emissions Mandate (ZEV) is born.  But the electric car threatened the status quo. The truth behind its demise resembles the climactic outcome of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express: multiple suspects, each taking their turn with the knife. WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? interviews and investigates automakers, legislators, engineers, consumers and car enthusiasts from Los Angeles to Detroit, to work through motives and alibis, and to piece the complex puzzle together.

Year: 2006, Length: 92 min., Format: various, Origin: California, USA
Producer/Director: Jessie Deeter, Chris Paine, Cinematographer: Thaddeus Wadleigh, Editor: Michael Kovalenko, Chris A. Peterson

 
SHOWING:  Sunday, July 29th, 9 pm   LOCATION: Redfield Auditorium
Feature Documentary: Competition

The Wrecking Season

The Wrecking Season is a film about people who live on the coast on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean and the flotsam and jetsam that travels between them. The North coast of Cornwall in the UK is one the best collection points in the world for long haul drift. When a SW gale blows for three days, artefacts and natural objects from Labrador down to the Amazon wash up on these shores. Playwright Nick Darke came from generations of beachcombers, or 'wreckers'. All he found he traced, via the telephone and internet, back to its source. He built up a unique picture of coastal communities around the Atlantic, making friends with fishermen, scientists, oceanographers and fellow beachcombers. This film follows Nick onto the beach during one stormy winter and records all his discoveries.

North American Premiere, Year: 2005, Length: 59 min., Format: Digital Video, Origin: Falmouth, England, United Kingdom
Producer: Jane Darke, Nick Darke, Director/Cinematographer: Jane Darke, Writer: Nick Darke, Composer: Paul Berrington, Editor: Mark Jenkin
Narrator: Nick Darke