College Campus Screenings
Raw Deal |
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| Related Issues: Campus Rape, Greek Life, Politics in Media, Social Justice | ||
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Billy Corben presents his powerful documentary Raw Deal which
graphically displays the circumstances of a wild party thrown
by a University of Florida fraternity and the events that led
up to what may or may not have been the raping of Lisa King.
Interspersed with actual footage shot by the fraternity
brothers on the night of the incident, including the sexual
acts with Ms. King. Raw Deal is a chilling real life experience
that will surely provoke heated discussion and debate among
college communities.
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Directed by: Billy Corben Produced by: Alfred Spellman Running Time: 90 min. |
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Shadow Company |
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| Related Issues: Middle East, War, International Issues, Government and Politics | ||
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Director Nick Bicanic paints an accurate picture
of how the distinction between soldier and mercenary became
blurred in the late 20th Century. The recent use of private
military companies (PMCs) in Iraq has been more extensive than
at any time in modern history. Shadow Company explores the
moral and ethical issues that private military solutions create
for PMC employees, the Western governments who foot the bill
for their salaries, and for everyday citizens like you. The
filmmakers traveled the globe to expose all sides of the issue,
interviewing PMC staff, owners and lobbyists, former
mercenaries, academics, journalists and top authors. So what is
really at risk? Decide for yourself.
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Directed by: Nick Bicanic Produced by: Remy Kozac Running Time: 86 min. |
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Confronting Iraq - Conflict and Hope |
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| Related Issues: Middle East, War, International Issues, Government and Politics | ||
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Roger Aronoff's powerful documentary attempts to
set the record straight by examining some of the big issues
related to this war. Did the U.S. really act unilaterally,
motivated by greed and politics, in an unnecessary war? Or is
it a just and necessary war - part of a larger war - against
the unrelenting forces of radical Islam? Was Saddam Hussein's
regime bent on developing and proliferating Weapons of Mass
Destruction? Or had he destroyed them all after the first Gulf
War? Did the Iraqi government have ongoing relations with Osama
bin Laden's terrorist organization, al Qaeda, among others, or
is this a pretext dreamed up in Crawford Texas to justify going
to war? The West is engaged, whether it likes it or not, in a
clash of civilizations, in a war it never sought. It is unlike
any war in our history.
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Directed by: Roger Aronoff Produced by: Roger Aronoff Running Time: 86 min. |
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HairKutt |
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| Related Issues: Drug Abuse, Rehabilitation, Urban Studies, Psychology | ||
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Curtis Elliott directs this painful and
disturbing look at himself and three of his friends from St.
Louis, MO who travel to a remote cabin in the Smokey Mountains
of Tennessee. Their plan is to help a friend, Bryant "HairKutt"
Johnson kick his 15-year addiction to heroin. This REEL LIFE
documentary follows HairKutt through his detoxification as
withdrawal turns into debilitating and life-threatening illness.
Eventually, he is so consumed by need for the drug that he
attempts to escape the mountain cabin and return home to the
streets of St. Louis, more than 500 miles away. Although
HairKutt's friends are able to coax him back to the cabin, his
condition worsens, and they must rush him to a hospital in an
effort to save his life. Is this his deathbed or is it a
springboard to a new life that is free from the drug that has
dominated his existence? This story climaxes almost two years
later with a tell-all truth about the trip and HairKutt's final
condition.
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Directed by: Curtis Elliott Produced by: Curtis Elliott Running Time: 77 min. |
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Death of Two Sons |
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| Related Issues: Death, Sociology, Africa | ||
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Filmmakers Micah Schaffer and Alrick Brown resurrect a dreary series of events in the
lives of two families. On February 4, 1999, four New York City police officers killed
Amadou Diallo on his own doorstep in a hail of 41 bullets. Jesse Thyne, an American
Peace Corps volunteer who lived and worked with Amadou's family in his home village
in Africa, died there less than a year after Amadou's shooting. "Death of Two Sons"
examines the political, personal, and spiritual implications of these two deaths.
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Directed by: Micah Schaffer Produced by: Alrick Brown Running Time: 64 min. |
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Whole |
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| Related Issues: Psychology, Women's Studies, Sociology, Physical Disabilities, Medical | ||
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Melody Gilbert's compelling documentary follows the story of "Baz", a man who had
a problem that no one seemed to understand, not even himself. For as long as he could
remember, he felt with absolute certainty that his leg was not part of his body, that it
was a foreign object. Eventually, he had it amputated. Whole looks at a condition that
does not exist in any medical textbooks, yet the symptoms and the patients who have
them are quite real, as are the widely varied reactions of those around them. This courageous film
dares to ask questions without obvious answers, questions about body image, cosmetic surgery, and
the lengths people will go to in order to complete themselves.
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Directed by: Melody Gilbert Produced by: Melody Gilbert Running Time: 55 min. |
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Life Without Pain |
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| Related Issues: Psychology, Women's Studies, Sociology, Physical Disabilities, Medical | ||
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Director Melody Gilbert sheds light on an unusual question. What happens when a
person can't feel pain? A Life Without Pain is an exploration into the day-to-day lives of
three children who literally feel no pain. Three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-yearold
Miriam from Norway, and 10-year-old Jamiah from Germany have a genetic defect
so rare that it is shared by only about one hundred people in the world. Their parent
must watch their every move, but even their vigilance hasn't shielded the girls from many serious,
life-altering injuries. As Filmmaker Melody Gilbert follows these families coping with this enormous
challenge, we learn that pain is really a gift that no one wants, but none of us can do without.
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Directed by: Melody Gilbert Produced by: Melody Gilbert Running Time: 73 min. |
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Racing Against the Clock |
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| Related Issues: Psychology, Geriatrics, Women's Studies, Sociology, Medical | ||
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Bill Haney's upbeat film that tells the story of five extraordinary women between the
ages of 50 and 82 who sprint, jump and pole vault their way through track and field
competitions on their quest to make it to the World Masters Athletics Championships.
These mothers, grandmothers and even great-grandmothers include a three time
cancer survivor, a sharecropper's daughter, a political refugee, a former cowgirl and
the oldest athlete to ever be honored as a finalist for the Sullivan Award which celebrates the top
amateur athletes in America. These women are vibrant, courageous and refuse to grow old quietly -
and in the process, they shatter preconceptions about aging and about the human spirit. Full of drama
and humor, this engaging film offers much to audiences both young and old and is proof positive that
it is never too late to start moving.
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Directed by: Bill Haney Produced by: Bill Haney Running Time: 80 min. |
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Transforming Energy |
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| Related Issues: Economics, Science, Environment | ||
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Dr. Chuck Davis's alarming documentary is about the hope of Alternative Energy as a
solution to the problems of Global Warming and the end of cheap oil and gas. It takes
us into the lives, the passion, the commitment and the hard work of the people who are
on the ground now, working to create a new energy paradigm. From political activist
Matt Baker of Environment Colorado to Dan Shugar, president of the largest solar panel
company in the world - to the student engineers racing their own designed solar cars - to
a family living off the grid in rural Iowa. These stories take on an added significance as the film also
goes to Alaska to document the experiences of Native Alaskans who must evacuate their village near
the Bering Sea because of the effects of Global Warming.
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Directed by: Chuck Davis Produced by: Chuck Davis Running Time: 60 min. |
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Trudell |
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| Related Issues: Native American Culture, Public Policy, Government | ||
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Filmmaker Heather Rae has spent more than a decade chronicling John Trudell, famed
Native American poet/historical activist. The film combines archival, concert and
interview footage with abstract imagery mirroring the coyote nature of Trudell himself.
Incorporating years of work, 16mm and Super 8 film, video, and archival footage,
Trudell begins in the late sixties when John Trudell and a community group, Indians of
All Tribes, occupied Alcatraz Island for 21 months creating international recognition of
the American Indian cause and birthing the contemporary Indian people's movement. The film goes
to Alcatraz, returning to what John refers to as his "birth." From Alcatraz we follow John's political
journey as the National Spokesman of the American Indian Movement (AIM) --this work making
him one of the most highly volatile political ësubversives' of the 1970's with one of the longest FBI
files in history (over 17,000 pages).
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Directed by: Heather Rae Produced by: Angelina Jolie Running Time: 80 min. |
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Wounded Heart: Pine Ridge and the Sioux |
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| Related Issues: Native American Culture, Poverty, Racism, Rural Issues | ||
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Acclaimed speaker Oliver Tuthill's eye opening film Wounded Heart: Pine Ridge and
the Sioux follows a group of American Indians who don't live past the age of 50. Many
die in their 20's and 30's. Pine Ridge has the highest mortality rate in the western
hemisphere outside of Haiti and is located in the poorest county in the United States. In
this penetrating look at Pine Ridge, American Indians and government officials discuss
poverty, racism, domestic violence, child abuse, inadequate health care, and drug and
alcohol problems that besiege Pine Ridge. Shot in ten days in the heart of Pine Ridge and Rapid
City, the film offers insight into how Native Americans, and the Sioux in particular, view life on Pine
Ridge. By Embracing their Lakota culture and language they seek to determine their own destiny in
the face of enormous challenges that lie before them.
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Directed by: Bill Haney Produced by: Bill Haney Running Time: 80 min. |
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