Page 17 - 2022 WHFF Offical Program

Saturday, July 30 through Saturday, August 6, 2022

Free Renty: Lanier v. Harvard The Lake at the Bottom of the World MAU

Tamara Lanier, is an African-American woman An international team of scientists explores a subglacial Over the span of his career, creative dark horse Bruce
determined to force Harvard University to cede lake buried 3,600 feet beneath the Antarctic ice to Mau has completed the transformation from world-
ownership of daguerreotypes of her great-great-great reveal hidden truths about our planet’s dynamic past. As class graphic designer to designer of the world. From
grandfather, an enslaved man named Renty. The they struggle against the ferocity of the ice and wind, advising global brands like Coca Cola and Disney, to
images are emblematic of the inhumanity of slavery, the they consider how our relationship with nature – and rethinking a 1000-year plan for Mecca, Islam’s holiest
racist science that supported it, and the white with one another — will impact humanity’s future and site to working with the greatest living architects on
supremacy that continues to infect our society today. the future of all life on our rapidly changing planet. books and museums to rebranding nations such as
David Grubin • USA • 2021 • 95 min. Kathy Kasic • USA • 2022 • 91 min. Guatemala and Denmark, Bruce Mau is a pioneer of
transformation design and the belief that design can be
From the Hood to the Holler The Long Rider used to create positive change in our world.
Jono Bergmann,Benjamin Bergmann • Austria/USA •
2021 • 77 min.
Of Medicine and Miracles

Running in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate
seat held by Mitch McConnell, Charles Booker attempts
one of the biggest upsets in political history by When Filipe Leite leaves his adoptive home of Canada,
challenging establishment- backed candidate Amy the aspiring journalist sets out on an epic quest to ride
McGrath. His message is simple: Whether you are from from Calgary to his family’s home in Brazil - and later At the age of six, Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with
the city “hood” — like Booker — or the Appalachian beyond - entirely on horseback. Inspired by Aimé leukemia and the lives of her and her parents were
“holler,” you are not invisible. Tschiffely’s 1925 equestrian journey, Filipe’s 8 year suddenly thrust into uncertainty. Through bracingly
Pat McGee • USA • 2022 • 102 min. odyssey of over 25,000 kms across 12 international honest interviews and home videos, Of Medicine and
Miracles details her family’s experience bouncing from
borders, sees the young immigrant battle intense heat,
Girl Talk drought, speeding transport trucks, nature’s wrath and hospital to hospital, trying to stay hopeful amidst
corrupt border guards on his history-making long ride hopelessness, and their fateful correspondence with Dr.
home. Carl June, whose research could hold the key to her
Sean Cisterna • Canada • 2022 • 96 min. survival. But time is of the essence.
Master of Light Ross Kauffman • USA • 2022 • 96 min.
On These Grounds

Set in the cutthroat, male-dominated world of high
school debate, where tomorrow’s leaders are groomed,
five girls on a top-ranked Massachusetts high school
debate team strive to become the best debaters in the
US, reminding us that equal rights and freedom of
expression are worth fighting for, both within debate
and beyond. A video goes viral, showing a white police officer in
Lucia Small • USA • 2022 • 93 min. George Anthony Morton is a classical painter who spent South Carolina pull a Black teenager from her school
ten years in federal prison for dealing drugs. While
desk and throw her across the floor. Healer-Activist
The House We Lived In incarcerated, he nurtured his craft and unique artistic Vivian Anderson uproots her life in New York City to
ability. Since his release, he is doing everything he can support the girl and dismantle the system behind the
to defy society’s unlevel playing field and tackle the assault at Spring Valley, including facing the police
white-dominant art world. officer.
Rosa Ruth Boesten • USA • 2022 • 88 min. Garrett Zevgetis • USA • 2021 • 102 min.

Join us on Friday, August 5th following the screening of
FAIR PLAY for a discussion with filmmakers Jen Newsom (Fair Play)
A decade in the making, a young filmmaker confronts and Lucia Small (Girl Talk) hosted by Women and Film and Video
addiction, family, and memory as he chronicles his
father‘s journey to recover lost memories following a New England and moderated by Olivia Morgan.
traumatic brain injury. Using experimental approaches
with projected installations, he attempts to find those
missing memories in hopes of finding the dad he used
to know. As memories return in the form of dreams the
A Bringing Science to the Screen screening. family struggles with acceptance of this new version of
This film/program screens live only. their father.
Tim O’Donnell • USA • 2022 • 83 min.
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