BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//B-Side Presents: Woods Hole Film Festival 2009//iCal4j 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T190000 SUMMARY:Ice Bears Of The Beaufort DESCRIPTION:Ice Bears of the Beaufort documents a tragedy unfolding right in front of the camera. With its subjects oblivious to the impending lo ss of their arctic sanctuary\, this film shows a thriving polar bear soc iety on the edge of survival. This non-narrated\, high-definition docume ntary bears witness to Alaska's Beaufort Sea coast as critical polar bea r habitat. Five years in the making by a single resident of an Inupiat Eskimo village\, Ice Bears of the Beaufort is a color-intense\, cinemati c family portrait of Alaskan polar bears never before captured on film. The body of the movie chronicles polar bear activity and year-round util ization of the coastal and offshore areas of the Arctic National Wildlif e Refuge and the adjacent Beaufort Sea. This region of the Alaskan arct ic is not a blank slate. In the context of a raging world debate\, this film exposes the truth about the impact that an offshore oilfield would have as polar bears face climate change and receding polar ice is the gr eatest threat to their continued existence. The movie’s instrumental sco re\, Glaciation\, is a powerful musical mirror reflecting the austere ar ctic imagery of the film. In an unrivaled marriage of image and music\, filmmaker Arthur C. Smith III collaborated with Nashville composer/musi cian Patrick O’Hearn to create the fullest expression of the depth and s ubtlety that is the arctic - an arctic eden... a polar bear sanctuary. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/icebearsofthebeaufort_woodshole 2009 UID:2483016559-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T182300 SUMMARY:A Thing As Big As The Ocean DESCRIPTION:Salvaging a guitar and a backpack\, Lemmy leaves his life in New Orleans behind and travels West in an effort to re-start his minor m usical career. On the ride out of town he encounters the young and outgo ing Darlene\, who is relocating to her distant relatives in Arizona. A simple chance encounter intersects two lives in transition\, and sets Le mmy and Darlene off on a sprawling journey of self-discovery. Over the next three days the two strangers travel together in the Southwestern de sert\, where they are compelled to share and confront their half-realize d dreams. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/athingasbigastheocean_woodshole 2009 UID:2483016606-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T210000 SUMMARY:The Cove DESCRIPTION:The Cove begins in Taiji\, Japan\, where former dolphin train er Ric O’Barry has come to set things right after a long search for rede mption. In the 1960s\, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the 5 dol phins who played the title character in the international television sen sation “Flipper.” \n\nBut his close relationship with those dolphins – the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea mamm als that continues to this day -- led O’Barry to a radical change of hea rt. One fateful day\, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these dee ply sensitive\, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautiful ly adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human ca ptivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji\, a town that appea rs to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek\, playful dol phins and whales that swim off their coast. \n\nBut in a remote\, glist ening cove\, surrounded by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs\, lies a dar k reality. It is here\, under cover of night\, that the fishermen of Ta iji\, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry an d an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat\, engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling -- and the conse quences are so dangerous to human health -- they will go to great length s to halt anyone from seeing it.\n\nUndeterred\, O’Barry joins forces wi th filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Oceanic Preservation Society to get to the truth of what’s really going on in the cove and why it matters to everyone in the world. With the local Chief of Police hot on their tra il and strong-arm fishermen keeping tabs on them\, they will recruit an “Ocean's Eleven”-style team of underwater sound and camera experts\, spe cial effects artists\, marine explorers\, adrenaline junkies and world-c lass free divers who will carry out an undercover operation to photograp h the off-limits cove\, while playing a cloak-and-dagger game with those who would have them jailed. The result is a provocative mix of investig ative journalism\, eco-adventure and arresting imagery that adds up to a n urgent plea for hope. \n\nThe Cove is directed by Louie Psihoyos and p roduced by Paula DuPre Pesman and Fisher Stevens. The film is written b y Mark Monroe. The executive producer is Jim Clark and the co-producer is Olivia Ahnemann. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/thecove_woodshole2009 UID:2483017096-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T202200 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 1 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram1_woodshole2009 UID:2483022660-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T222700 SUMMARY:Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison DESCRIPTION:January 1968\; a year that would be saturated in violence and \nhistorical change. Tucked away in a gray prison cafeteria in Northern\ nCalifornia\, isolated from the tumult outside\, hard men doing hard tim e\nwitnessed the making of a legendary album that would catapult a count ry\nsinger to international stardom. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison\nremai ns one of the greatest live albums ever made\, and the man himself\none of America’s greatest troubadours and advocates for prison reform.\nFort y years later\, the album still resonates today with a rawness and\nauth enticity that few recordings have ever achieved. This film will\nexpose a lesser known “Man in Black” through an exciting\, visually\ncompelling examination of this historic concert. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/johnnycashatfolsomprison_woodsh ole2009 UID:2483017315-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T223700 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 2 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram2_woodshole2009 UID:2483023055-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090725T233000 SUMMARY:Captain Kidd Waterfront Opening Night Party DESCRIPTION:Opening night party\, featuring the music of Tripping Lily. CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:The Cap’n Kidd URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/captainkiddwaterfrontopeningnig htparty_woodshole2009 UID:2483017364-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T163000 SUMMARY:The English Surgeon DESCRIPTION:What is it like to have God like surgical powers\, yet to str uggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and save a life\ , and yet to fail? Shot in a Ukrainian hospital full of desperate patien ts and makeshift equipment\, “The English Surgeon “ is an intimate portr ait of brain surgeon Henry Marsh as he wrestles with the dilemmas of the doctor patient relationship. “It’s like selling your soul to the devil\ , but what can you do? My son had a brain tumour as a baby and I was des perate for someone to help me. I simply can’t walk away from that need i n others” With an original soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis\, “T he English Surgeon” openly confronts moral and ethical issues which touc h every one of us. And all in a country called the Ukraine which is stru ggling to do the same thing…. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/theenglishsurgeon_woodshole2009 UID:2483017453-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T183500 SUMMARY:Mow Crew DESCRIPTION:In this volatile relationship comedy\, Martha's Vineyard nati ve Eric Campbell has to make it through his last day of work as a landsc aper before he can move to Los Angeles with his girlfriend to capitalize on a recording deal they’ve been offered. But\, with a rival landscapin g crew\, a disaster prone co-worker\, and the reemergence of an ex-girlf riend\, this won’t be as easy as it sounds. Not to mention the fact he’s not sure he wants to leave. His girlfriend Sage on the other hand canno t wait to leave the home she feels trapped in. But in addition to discov ering her boyfriend/bandmate might bail on her\, she also has to find a way to be comfortable leaving behind her reckless twin sister and her in carcerated father. Faced with an opportunity they never expected\, will this young couple pull together and take the chance of leaving behind th e life they know\, or will they be torn apart by the weight of a decisio n neither is entirely sure how to handle? Filled with original music and comedy born from conflict\, Mow Crew explores the difficulties of becom ing an adult and the unexpected ways in which fear can manifest itself. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Community Hall URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/mowcrew_woodshole2009 UID:2483017531-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T182500 SUMMARY:A Sea Change DESCRIPTION:Imagine a world without fish. It’s a frightening premise\, an d it’s \nhappening right now. A Sea Change follows the journey of retire d \nhistory teacher Sven Huseby on his quest to discover what is happeni ng \nto the world’s oceans. After reading Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The \nDar kening Sea\,” Sven becomes obsessed with the rising acidity of the \noce ans and what this “sea change” bodes for mankind. His quest takes \nhim to Alaska\, California\, Washington\, and Norway as he uncovers a \nworl dwide crisis that most people are unaware of. Speaking with \noceanograp hers\, marine biologists\, climatologists\, and artists\, Sven \ndiscove rs that global warming is only half the story of the \nenvironmental cat astrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is \ndissolving in our oc eans\, changing sea water chemistry. The more \nacidic water makes it di fficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of \nthe food web to form their shells. The effects could work their way up \nto the fish 1 billion peo ple depend upon for their source of protein.\n \nA Sea Change is also a touching portrait of Sven’s relationship with \nhis grandchild Elias. A s Sven keeps a correspondence with the little \nboy\, he mulls over the world that he is leaving for future \ngenerations. A disturbing and esse ntial companion piece to An \nInconvenient Truth\, A Sea Change brings h ome the indisputable fact \nthat our lifestyle is changing the earth\, d espite our rhetoric or \nwishful thinking.\n \nA Sea Change is the firs t documentary about ocean acidification. Chock \nfull of scientific info rmation\, the feature-length film is also a \nbeautiful paen to the ocea n world and an intimate story of a Norwegian- \nAmerican family whose he ritage is bound up with the sea. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/aseachange_woodshole2009 UID:2483017571-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T180300 SUMMARY:Shooting Beauty DESCRIPTION:Already the winner of two Audience Choice awards since its fe stival \npremiere in April 2009\, SHOOTING BEAUTY tells the unforgettabl e story \nof an aspiring fashion photographer named Courtney Bent whose career \ntakes a life changing turn when she discovers true beauty in a truly \nunexpected place: at a center for people living with significant \ndisabilities. When she begins inventing cameras her new friends can \ nuse\, a surprising story unfolds that initial reviewers are calling \n“ more than a film… a masterpiece.” [NewEnglandFilm.com] Many of \nthe pho tographers are non-verbal. Some take pictures using only \ntheir tongue. But when the group sets their sights on creating a \nmuseum-worthy exhi bit of their work\, they must overcome a skeptical \npublic\, relationsh ip issues\, and even death in the effort to bring \ntheir unique perspec tive to light. As the photographers strive to \nbreak down the barriers that too often keep them hidden from public \nview\, this film will make you rethink what it means to live with a \ndisability-- and without one . External Reviews \n"There are few times in cinema history that one i s swept away with a \nwave of emotions and taken on a journey that is so unique... The \nfilms that come to mind: “Elephant Man” “Cinema Paradis o” \n“Life is Beautiful”… and that is exactly what “Shooting \nBeauty” d oes with one exception – it is not scripted…" [Quick \nStop Entertainmen t.com] \n\n http://newenglandfilm.com/magazine/archives/2009/04/beauty \n\n http://www.loadedgunboston.com/2009/04/shooting-beauty-is-iffbost on-hidden-gem.html \n \n http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_768_Turn ing_It_Around.mp3/view \n http://www.thefilmtalk.com/2009/04/05/shooti ng-beauty-review-courtney-bent/ \n\n http://www.necn.com/Boston/Arts-E ntertainment/2009/04/23/Shooting-Beauty-Hidden/1240492804.html \n http ://www.disaboom.com/Living/movies/Disability-Awareness-Increases-with-Sh ooting-Beauty.aspx \n \n http://www.scccampusnews.com/home/index.cfm?ev ent=displayArticle&uStory_id=d485f290-d393-44f3-ae45-82a0de176c38 CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shootingbeauty_woodshole2009 UID:2483017622-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T203100 SUMMARY:Zombie Girl: The Movie DESCRIPTION:When eight-year-old Emily Hagins saw Peter Jackson’s “The Fel lowship of the Ring\,” it was life-altering. It was the moment she tran sformed from a mere fan of movies into someone desperate to make her own . She even wrote a fan letter to Peter Jackson to tell him so. To her surprise\, he actually wrote back.Jackson put Emily in touch with Harry Knowles\, editor of Ain’t It Cool News\, who also lived in Austin\, Texa s\, which opened Emily up to the local film community. She gained acces s to special movie screenings and began expanding her film palate. And then she saw “Undead.”“Undead” was a zombie import from Australia. A lo w-budget film with no stars. But Emily didn’t care. To her\, it was am azing. After that\, her appetite for horror was insatiable. She landed an internship on a horror film and even started writing her own feature -length movie about a mysterious zombie-inducing contagion in the water. Not long after her 11th birthday\, the script for “Pathogen” was compl ete\, and Emily had already set her mind to shooting it.It took a while to get things moving\, but she eventually held auditions\, casting 12-14 year-old kids. With a few adults thrown in there\, too. It was around this time that the logistics of a 12-year-old actually making a feature -length film started to catch up with Emily. Because of that\, her mom\ , Megan\, found her own role to be expanding.Megan and Emily had always been best friends. As a huge movie-lover herself\, it was Megan who int roduced Emily to “The Lord of the Rings” and sat by her side at every fi lm she ever saw -- including “Undead.” So\, naturally when Emily decide d to make a movie\, she wanted her mom’s help. And not just because she needed a chauffeur and a credit card. They had no idea how much the ne xt two years would test their relationship.Things started out simple eno ugh. Emily shot chronologically\, which meant that the climactic zombie apocalypse -- where everyone dies -- wouldn’t be a problem until later. Which was good\, because she was making every mistake in the book. On the first day she even forgot to say “cut” at the end of the scenes\, p roviding much confusion for the actors. Plus\, it wasn’t easy to coordi nate the schedules of half a dozen middle schoolers. And money was runn ing thin. Which is why\, after only a couple months of sporadic shootin g\, things ground to a halt.Despite Emily and Megan’s best efforts\, it appeared that “Pathogen” was dead. But\, come summer vacation\, Emily r esurrected it like the zombies she so loved and rallied her cast and cre w. She scheduled 7 days of back-to-back filming to wrap it up. Megan h ad to burn all of her vacation days at work\, but she was there to help. In a long-shot attempt to raise desperately need funds\, Megan even ta lked Emily into applying for a Texas Filmmaker grant\, though the compet ing applicants were mostly three times her age.Armed with new ideas\, th ey dove into the final week with a script more ambitious than it had eve r been -- which led to more problems. Some scenes had so many character s that Emily confused the actors’ schedules. And Megan’s endurance bega n to wane as the pressures of being a full-time employee\, movie produce r\, and mom took their toll. Emily was demonstrating a new confidence\, with her experience giving her better command of her actors\, but by th e end of the week they were all near their breaking points. And then th ings broke. The day after the epic climax -- where Emily directed two d ozen zombies in full makeup\, complete with an aerial crane shot -- she learned her hardest lesson\, yet. She forgot to cue her tape and record ed over some of the footage. It was heartbreaking. She had to reshoot the lost scenes and try to find the energy to start editing. By this po int the debt was mounting\, and Megan worried that they couldn’t afford to finish. As luck would have it\, the Texas Filmmaker’s Production Gra nt gave a welcome boost by making Emily its youngest recipient ever. It was just what they needed to help slug out the next nine months -- a gr ueling period of editing\, reshoots\, and more editing.After two years\, Emily’s directorial voice was maturing. She made decisions with confid ence and grappled with the difficult fact that she no longer shared a ci nematic vision with her mom. In the past\, Emily had defaulted to Megan on many decisions\, but now she stood her ground and insisted that the film be done her way. It marked a turning point in their relationship.A s they prepared to premiere “Pathogen” before a sold out crowd\, Emily r ealized that it was unlikely they’d ever work together again like they h ad on this. And Megan was coming to terms with the fact that thirteen-y ear-old Emily was growing up. “Pathogen” was once-in-a-lifetime experie nce\, but now it was over. As a filmmaking team\, Megan and Emily were through. But as a mother and daughter\, they had grown so much that it didn’t matter. And luckily\, the zombie movie that started out as the f ar-fetched dream of little girl would forever be there to remind them of that. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Community Hall URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/zombiegirlthemovie_woodshole200 9 UID:2483017639-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T201800 SUMMARY:I Need That Record! The Death (Or Possible Survival) Of The Indep endent Record Store. DESCRIPTION:Guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller unleashes 'I NEED THAT RECO RD! THE\nDEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE\,' a\ndocumentary feature examining why over 3000 independent record store s\nhave closed across the U.S. in the past decade.\n\nGreedy record labe ls\, media consolidation\, homogenized radio\, big box stores\, ecommerc e\, shoddy 'stars' pushed by big money\, and the digital\nrevolution all pose threats on the very well being of our favorite\nrecord stores. Wi ll these stores die? Will they survive?\n\nFeaturing- Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth\, Ian Mackaye of Dischord\nRecords Fugazi/Minor Threat\, act ivist/author Noam Chomsky\, Mike Watt\nof the Minutemen\, Lenny Kaye gui tarist of the Patti Smith Group\, Chris\nFrantz of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club\, guitar composer Glenn\nBranca\, Patterson Hood of Drive-By T ruckers\, Pat Carney of the Black\nKeys\, punk author Legs McNeil\, rock photographer Bob Gruen\, BP Helium\nguitarist from Of Montreal\, and ma ny many indie record stores across\nthe U.S. of A! CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/ineedthatrecord_woodshole2009 UID:2483017709-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T201400 SUMMARY:Waiting For Armageddon DESCRIPTION:WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON delves into the heart of America's 50- million member Evangelical community\, using intimate portraits and arch ival footage to explore how literal belief in Biblical prophecy -includi ng the Rapture and Armageddon - exerts a dangerous influence on U.S. rel ations in the Middle East. The film opens with portraits of three Evang elical families –James and Laura Bagg\, a Connecticut couple who work as military jet-propulsion engineers\, Tony and Devonna Edwards in McAlest er\, Oklahoma\, and Dr. H. Wayne House in Salem\, Oregon - all certain t hat upon Christ's Second Coming they will be 'raptured' or lifted into t he skies to join Christ while the rest of humanity suffers for seven yea rs during “The Tribulation.' “Christ will come back with a sword on his side. And\, he will come back as the ultimate judge of the world. We’r e going to be behind him with\, I believe\, swords in our hands and we’r e going to be his army. And\, this battle…the blood from this battle wi ll be as high as a horse’s bridle. It’s just something mankind has neve r witnessed before.” Laura BaggThe Edwards' daughters\, in particular\, struggle with their own future. If they are raptured soon\, how will t hey ever marry\, or have children of their own?“It doesn’t seem fair. I mean\, you know\, your grandparents have lived these long lives\, have a ll these stories to tell you. And\, they’ve kind of adjusted to the fac t that\, you know\, they’re not going to live terribly much longer. And \, so\, you’ve grown up hearing all these stories and you want your own stories. And\, you want to live these experiences yourself. And\, if y ou’re done at 24\, then there’s only so many experiences you get to have .” Despite their very different lives and locations\, all three families find the modern world laden with symbolism that suggests the End Times are at hand\, and they proclaim the immense importance of Israel\, where the battle of Armageddon will leave the earth ravaged\, before Christ c reates a new and perfect world. The film then follows Wayne House and fe llow minister Robert Dean as they lead a Christian Study Tour group to I srael -- among the tens of thousands of Evangelicals who pour into the H oly Land each year. As Wayne and Robert baptize their entourage in the River Jordon\, sing the US national anthem on the Sea of Galilee\, procl aim love for Israel\, and describe how the Dome of the Rock\, one of the holiest sites in Islam\, must be destroyed in order for Jesus to return \, a revealing and controversial relationship between Christian Evangeli cals\, Jews\, and Muslims emerges. Finally\, we follow Wayne House and R obert Dean to a massive gathering in Dallas\, Texas\, where Evangelicals debate\, in highly sophisticated terms\, the need to spread Biblical li teralism to counter the dangerous effects of post-modernism. The climax of the conference comes as Pastor John Hagee\, the enormously influenti al Texas Minister of an 18\,000-member megachurch\, declares\, 'World Wa r III has started.' “There is a war between Islamofascism and freedom. There is a war between the culture of death and those who love life\, li berty and the pursuit of happiness. It is a war WE MUST WIN. The Bible says that you\, ladies and gentlemen\, are the light of the world. May God anoint each of you and there can be a spiritual awakening in this co untry. That Christ will be seen as the answer. For there is no other n ame given among men whereby we might be saved.” Pastor John HageeBy por traying the Evangelical apocalyptic worldview from within their communit y\, WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON seeks to clarify the elusive relationship bet ween Christian Zionists and Jews\, and foster dialogue among dissenting groups. In the end\, the film asks whether this large American voting b lock is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of international holy war. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/waitingforarmageddon_woodshole2 009 UID:2483017739-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T223900 SUMMARY:The Voice DESCRIPTION:Rescued by a concerned neighbor from his abusive father\, 7-y ear old Onyok is brought to a shelter for abused children. Amanda\, the shelter's owner-founder realizes that Onyok is unable to speak\, caused by a physical trauma that damaged his larynx. On the first day of his st ay in the shelter he hears the faint sound of a violin being played from far off. This strange but beautiful music that has captivated Onyok's a ttention comes from Amanda's reclusive brother Ariel\, who has turned ba ck on his career as a concert violinist in Manila and came back to the f amily house bearing a terrible guilt.This is the beginning of a simple\, yet moving friendship between Onyok and Ariel. Ariel's initial cynicism over his sister's commitment to caring for abused children slowly melts when he sees Onyok's intrinsic inclination to the violin. Onyok proves to have inborn talents to the instrument that leads Ariel to teach the m ute little boy.Amanda begins to worry\, however\, when Ariel begins to p ush Onyok beyond his limits\, leading the boy away from dealing with his own emotional issues as well as straining his new-found friendship with Shirley\, a young precocious child in the shelter.In the course of the film\, Ariel's secret guilt over the death of his sweetheart protege is revealed. The question of Ariel's motives about him pushing Onyok's gift ed talents to a similar level comes to the fore. Does Ariel really care for Onyok's condition\, or is he pushing Onyok to fulfill a shattered dr eam?Onyok's abusive father is slowly rehabilitated and the shelter is ev entually preparing for a reconciliation between father and son. Ariel re alizes that he does not own the child. And their friendship will have to encompass both their individual issues -- hardly similar and yet resona nt to both of them.Nobody knows whether Onyok's reconciliation with an a busive parent will succeed. But one thing has remained inevitably clear: he has regained his voice. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Community Hall URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/thevoice_woodshole2009 UID:2483017764-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T222200 SUMMARY:Trust Us\, This Is All Made Up DESCRIPTION:Immortalized in the world of improv comedy\, Second City vete rans TJ Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi explore the unique partnership and transcendental forces that govern their legendary performances. Two of Chicago's most highly regarded Second City veterans\, TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi continue to break new ground in the field of improv comedy . For the past six years\, their performances of entirely improvised\, a lways hilarious and wholly original one-hour plays have mesmerized audie nces worldwide.\nExploring the folds of trust and faith that underlie th eir relationship as well as the transcendental forces that govern their improvisation\, TRUST US\, THIS IS ALL MADE UP features an unforgettable live performance recorded at New York's Barrow Street Theater earlier t his year. Whether you're a student of improvisation or simply interested in the underpinnings of human imagination and the depths of mutual unde rstanding\, this journey will leave you laughing\, guessing\, and in awe of this altogether remarkable feat. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/trustusthisisallmadeup_woodshol e2009 UID:2483017999-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090726T223200 SUMMARY:The War Boys DESCRIPTION:The heart knows no borders.\n \nDavid\, George\, and Greg\, best friends since high school\, make up 'The War Boys.' They used to p erch on the US-Mexican border\, waiting to spot illegal immigrants who w ere trying to run into the United States. Sometimes\, without a thought for the plight of the immigrants\, the boys chased them across the wast eland and back across the border - just for fun. It was just one of tho se games boys played to make themselves feel big. But high school's ove r now. David is unexpectedly home from his freshman year of college\, a nd the War Boys have been reunited. Now the boys come up with a new pla n -- they steal a truck from David's father's trucking company\, filled with what they believe to be black market televisions. Their plan to se ll them\, make a quick buck\, and move to New York is complicated\, howe ver\, when the contents of the truck prove to be much more sinister than the boys had thought. Meanwhile\, new feelings and relationships are f orming between them\, their friends\, and their families. The young vig ilantes come to realize that they are as vulnerable and as helpless as t he immigrants they once chased across the border. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/thewarboys_woodshole2009 UID:2483018019-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T170000 SUMMARY:Kid's Day DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Event LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/kidsday_woodshole2009 UID:2483018076-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T180000 SUMMARY:Women Of Faith DESCRIPTION:The image of the Catholic nun brings to mind a lot of things. Each person has their own view\, but there is a collective sense about these women - that they are not like the rest of us. That they are so dr iven by great faith and devotion to the Church that we cannot relate to them. As the Church continues to play a role in a number of controversia l areas of modern life\, the nun in her habit stands as a symbol of the Church's positions on everything from abortion to war. In the process\, she loses her own identity\, her own thoughts and opinions\, in the eyes of the rest of us. 'Women of Faith' is a film that seeks to pull back t he veil and allow women with intimate knowledge of the Church to speak t heir minds about everything from homosexuality to women's ordination to the Church's role in Latin America. Interviews include several active an d contemplative nuns\, a former lesbian nun\, and a woman who became an illicit Roman Catholic priest in the face of possible excommunication. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/womenoffaith_woodshole2009 UID:2483018139-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T180000 SUMMARY:Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist DESCRIPTION:Mixing humor with heartbreak\, Naturally Obsessed tells a pro foundly real yet intensely dramatic story about three irrepressible grad uate students in a race to beat the competition to discover the switch t hat controls appetite in the human body. The pressure is on\, as they ea ch have to deal with their own personal challenges. Rob\, a perennial dr opout\, dares himself to stay the course. Kilpatrick has to choose betwe en the easy life and academic success. Gabriele hovers between high aspi rations and self-doubt. Their guide and mentor\, Larry\, is a young prof essor deeply committed to passing on the baton of science. He urges his students to apply their creativity to solve problems\, while encouraging them to embrace the emotional roller coaster of doing science. Over thr ee years of filming\, verite scenes of intense hands-on research reveal the ups and downs of the mentor-student relationship\, the collaboration that science depends on\, and the self-knowledge that success requires. Gabriele finally admits that she prefers to work in a team rather than put herself on the line and quits the PhD program. Kilpatrick\, having b attled Larry to get him through the PhD quickly\, takes a job in busines s. Rob comes close to dropping out\, but driven by his passion to make a n impact and sustained by Larry's unreserved confidence in him\, scores a breakthrough success and discovers himself as a scientist. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Lillie Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/naturallyobsessedthemakingofasc ientist_woodshole2009 UID:2483018246-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T181500 SUMMARY:Li Tong DESCRIPTION:An eight-year-old girl\, Li Tong\, loses her bus pass one day after school. Penniless\, she decides to walk home. On her way\, she en counters a warm-hearted old lady who tries to help her\, a security guar d in front of a bar\, a trendy young woman\, a man wearing a panda costu me\, and even a little thief attempting to steal a pet dog from an old m an. After getting a ride to the wrong address\, Li Tong's journey become s more complicated as she soon finds herself hopelessly lost. Only the s on of a migrant worker who begs in the city offers her a helping hand. T he two of them become unlikely companions\, each learning a bit about th e world of the other as the little beggar helps Li Tong on her quest hom e. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/litong_woodshole2009 UID:2483018377-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T195900 SUMMARY:Fishermen Of Plum Island DESCRIPTION:"Who fishes Plum Island and why?" The answers bring light to a\nwonderful\, intermingled sub-culture revolving around the single-mind ed\npursuit of the big one. Explore the culture of fishing\, and what ma kes\nanglers tick. A film about fishermen more than fishing\, it’s setti ng\nis Plum Island\, Massachusetts\, a barrier island just off the coast of\nNewburyport. The island is one of the finest fishing locales in the \nNortheast and draws an exceptionally diverse group of people searching \nfor Striped Bass\, Bluefish\, Cod\, Flounder\, Mackerel\, and others.\ n \nThe film introduces you to people who find their excitement at the end\nof a piece of string. Plum Island Fishermen take all shapes and for ms\,\nfrom bait throwers and fly casters\, women and men\, children and\ noctogenarians. The unique and entertaining characters all have their\no wn rationale for time on the water. At the heart of Plum Island's\nfishi ng community lies the nearly fifty-year-old shop Surfland Bait\nand Tack le. Local legend Kay Moulton shares stories and photographs\nfrom season s past.\n \nThe film mixes studio and on-site interviews with action fo otage\,\narchival photographs\, and amateur film spanning 60 years of fi shing on\nPlum Island. The film is entertaining for both fishermen and t hose\nthat simply enjoy a good story CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Lillie Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/fishermenofplumisland_woodshole 2009 UID:2483018520-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T202800 SUMMARY:Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie DESCRIPTION:Saint Misbehavin' reveals the true story of cultural phenomen on Wavy Gravy\, a man whose commitment to making the world a better plac e has never wavered. We experience the impact one person can have and co nnect to the hope that each one of us can make a difference while keepin g our sense of humor.\n\nWavy Gravy is known as the MC of the Woodstock Festival\, a hippie icon\, clown and even a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flav or. In Saint Misbehavin' we meet a true servant to humanity who carries his message through humor\, compassion and a song he sings\, called 'Bas ic Human Needs.'\n\nSaint Misbehavin' weaves together intimate verite fo otage\, reflections from an array of cultural and counter-cultural peers \, and never-before-seen archival footage to tell a story that is bigger than the man himself. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/saintmisbehavinthewavygravymovi e_woodshole2009 UID:2483018609-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T201700 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 3 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram3_woodshole2009 UID:2483023517-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T230000 SUMMARY:Oh My God\, It's Harrod Blank! DESCRIPTION:Explores the life and adventures of the eccentric artist and entrepreneur Harrod Blank\, a creator of spectacles such as the Camera V an-- a Dodge van with 2000 cameras attached to it – and The Flash Suit- a man’s suit festooned with hundreds of photo flash bulbs going off. The film follows Blank from his youth spent in the woods with chickens\, to his current multi-faceted career as filmmaker and art-car maven extraor dinaire. A tireless champion of self-expression\, Blank chases dreams an d attacks obstacles with a creative vigor that is refreshing to witness. The first documentary feature by Berkeley filmmaker David Silberberg\, Oh My God! It’s Harrod Blank! uses footage spanning two decades to celeb rate the man just as it exposes his naivete\, and the particularly tryin g effects his extroversion has on those around him. Blank's family\, fri ends\, and girlfriends take turns criticizing\, advising\, and explainin g a guy whose uncommon openness and resilience can tolerate such a forum \, even as viewers laugh and squirm. Rounding out the film's point of vi ew is Blank's own painful\, often hilarious examination of his personal life and challenges\, from his need for attention to such obsessions as encroaching baldness. Blank's spirited outlook is undeniably inspiring\, and the film embodies a contagious affection for him as both bigger-tha n-life and so very human. 'The pressure to conform is incredible\,' says Blank\, 'but I don't care what other people think. The reason I'm alive is to create.' With special appearances from Harrod Blank’s filmmaking father Les Blank\, revealing details of his early career. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Lillie Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/ohmygoditsharrodblank_woodshole 2009 UID:2483018852-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T222600 SUMMARY:Children Of Invention DESCRIPTION:After being evicted from their home\, the Cheng family finds that times are tighter than ever. Hardworking single mom and recent Bost on transplant Elaine tries desperately to find the means to support her young children\, Raymond and Tina. They squat in a model apartment in an unfinished building\, but try to maintain a normal life. Elaine juggles a number of jobs\, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. Meanwhile\, Raymond and Tina become latch-key kids and find amusement in building childish inventions. When Elaine doesn't return home one nig ht\, things take a turn for the worse. Nobody knows the kids are home al one\, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass\, Raym ond realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister. Based on Tze Chun's own award-winning short film\, “Windowbreak er\,' which screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and the Woods Ho le FIlm Festival\,'Children of Invention' is a drama about the influence of an adult world on children\, the immigrant mentality\, and shortcuts to the American dream. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/childrenofinvention_woodshole20 09 UID:2483018864-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T222400 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 4 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram4_woodshole2009 UID:2483023699-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090727T233000 SUMMARY:Party at Phusion DESCRIPTION:A Wavy Gravy Bash featuring the music of the Pat Ryan jam ban d. CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:Phusion URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/partyatphusion_woodshole2009 UID:2483018992-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T175200 SUMMARY:Homegrown DESCRIPTION:By dawn\, the interchange of the 134 Freeway and Interstate 2 10 is already starting to thrum with traffic. But only a hundred feet a way\, the Dervaes family has been up for hours. Their surprisingly tiny green oasis is a working farm right in the middle of Pasadena. Once se en as a nutty idea\, the family homestead now produces three tons of org anic produce a year. Jules and his adult children\, Justin\, Ana and Jor danne speak candidly about what shaped their family and their need for i ndependence. We learn about Jules’ father\, an oil executive with a gre en thumb\, Jules’ adventures as a young man homesteading in New Zealand\ , and the sorrows and hardships their family has faced over the years\, including divorce\, lawsuits and a stint foraging for recyclable cans. We watch them wrestle with their quest to live a simple lifestyle even a s their website\, “Path To Freedom\,” demands more attention from follow ers around the world. Originally set up to share farming tips\, it now dangles tantalizing prospects of a financial windfall. But what would it mean to sell ad space on their website instead of getting their hands dirty? Would it change their way of life if they got used to easy mone y? And how will Jules’ children be able to buy their own homesteads and carry on in the future?There are no easy answers. But along the way\, the Dervaes have grown stronger and found a tight knit community based o n family\, friends\, good food\, hard work\, and the commitment to tread lightly upon the earth. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/homegrown_woodshole2009 UID:2483019303-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T183400 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 5 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram5_woodshole2009 UID:2483023927-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T202900 SUMMARY:American Casino DESCRIPTION:In the past year the federal government committed over 12 tri llion dollars of taxpayer money to bail out Wall Street. Many people wo uld like to know why. “I don’t think most people really understood that they were in a casino” says award-winning financial reporter Mark Pittm an. “When you’re in the Street’s casino\, you’ve got to play by their r ules.” American Casino takes a look at who profited from those rules an d who lost the game. \n\nBeginning on the dark December evening in 2000 in the U. S. Senate chamber\, when a friend of Wall Street slipped the casino’s rules into American law\, we meet the players. A former Bear S tearns banker candidly explains that the complex securities he designed were “fourth dimensional” and sold to “idiots.” A senior Wall Street r atings agency executive describes how he finally resigned rather than “g uess” the worth of billion dollar securities. A mortgage loan salesman admits how borrowers’ incomes were casually inflated to justify a loan. A billionaire describes how he made a massive bet that people would los e their homes and has won $500 million\, so far. \n\nWe also meet the casino’s “chips.” Ordinary people in the city of Baltimore whose investments in what was sold to them as the "American D ream" turned into nightmares of debt and disaster. These are not the h omebuyers of Wall Street legend who heedlessly “bought houses they could n’t afford\," but instead these people took out loans they could probabl y have afforded\, if the terms had not been obscured and if the casino r ulebook had not classified them and their neighbors as “sub-prime.” As American Casino reveals\, this is the grim truth at the heart of our cur rent financial disaster. Filmed over twelve months in 2008 American Cas ino takes you inside a game that our grandchildren never wanted to play. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/americancasino_woodshole2009 UID:2483019357-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T203000 SUMMARY:Dirt! The Movie DESCRIPTION:For billions of years on planet earth\, Dirt leads a simple p redictable existence until humans appear. Unlike other species they exp ress a conscious love of Dirt. And Dirt\, couldn't be happier. But hum ans turn greedy and indifferent. They slash away at vast tracts of fore sts\, strip the land bare for huge\, single crop farms\, and level entir e mountains for mining. When Dirt can no longer produce what they need\ , they try to revive Dirt with chemicals or move onto other lands. They turn Dirt into something dirty. Unwanted. Distant. Disposable. Dirt des pairs that humans are destroying themselves along with the ancient bond they share. Perhaps this fascinating species is only meant to be compos t for other life forms. In a last ditch effort\, Dirt searches for human s who might save the relationship. Maybe--just maybe--a few humans can reignite the love and respect that seems to be lost or forgotten before it's too late. Based on William Bryant Logan's acclaimed book\, Dirt\, T he Ecstatic Skin Of the Earth\, Dirt\, The Movie! offers a new perspecti ve on the ground beneath our feet. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/dirtthemovie_woodshole2009 UID:2483019426-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T222600 SUMMARY:Good Dick DESCRIPTION:GOOD DICK is a modern love story about a troubled\, reclusive young woman and the persistent video clerk who draws her out of her cla ustrophobic world by starting up a unique courtship with her. As they be come closer\, her sexual antipathy is met with his unflinching optimism\ , until finally her aggressive defenses overwhelm them and the relations hip bursts apart. Profoundly affected by his presence in her life\, she finds that she has the courage to face her past. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/gooddick_woodshole2009 UID:2483019561-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090728T222000 SUMMARY:The Full Picture DESCRIPTION:Like many guys\, Mark Foster struggles with the idea of marri age\, but his\nambivalence about proposing to his girlfriend Erika may h ave more to do with an unusually dysfunctional family history than just a health fear of\ncommitment. His parents’ messy divorce fifteen years earlier has left a\nhefty emotional scar on Mark’s psyche\, and he’s opt ed to keep his family\nsecrets from Erika. \n\nBut a weekend visit from Mark’s embittered mother Gretchen\, whom Erika will be meeting for the first time\, will make it virtually impossible for Mark to keep the past from resurfacing. His obnoxious brother Hal only makes matters worse\, as Gretchen’s hostility grows and poor panic-attack-prone Erika is thro wn completely of balance. Gretchen’s obsession with snapping digital ph otos at inopportune moments only adds to the emotional turmoil. Can trut h and sanity win out over domestic chaos? CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/thefullpicture_woodshole2009 UID:2483019785-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T163000 SUMMARY:Documentary Filmmaking:Making a Living DESCRIPTION:One would have to be a slight be deluded to go into documenta ry filmmaking for riches or fame\, but is it possible to even make a sus tainable living as a non-fiction filmmaker? A recent Oscar nominated doc umentarian was quoted as saying that she envied farmers\, because "at le ast they are subsidized." Non-fiction films\, often expensive\, challen ging\, years-long in the making\, are very taxing financially. Filmmake rs often have to take on other jobs and find creative ways of funding. This panel gets down in the trenches and looks at how to make a decent l iving as a documentarian. CATEGORIES:Documentary LOCATION:Community Hall URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/documentaryfilmmakingmakingaliv ing_woodshole2009 UID:2483608884-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T190000 SUMMARY:ICA: The Best of New England Animation DESCRIPTION:Twelve of the best recent animated films made in New England\ , curated by Branka Bogdanov\, director of Film and Media at the Institu te of Contemporary Art in Boston. CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/icathebestofnewenglandanimation _woodshole2009 UID:2483020389-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T181100 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 6 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram6_woodshole2009 UID:2483024081-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T202400 SUMMARY:Home DESCRIPTION:Inga (Marcia Gay Harden) is a poet and mother to a young daug hter (Eulala Scheel\, Ms. Harden's real life daughter). Inga is drawn to a house that reminds her of her childhood home\, and here she realizes that many things in her life are coming full circle. She wants to buy an d restore this old house but her distant husband Hermann sees little val ue in old houses or many of the things Inga loves and writes about.Inga' s barren marriage is in stark contrast to her closeness with her 8 year old daughter with whom she shares her hopes\, fears and innermost though ts. By day their relationship seems magical\, full of cloud watching\, k ite flying and lazy summer drives. But at night Inga is troubled by her marriage\, it's lack of intimacy and her fears of her own mortality.Inga 's childhood was marred by her mother's illness and use of morphine to c ontrol her pain. Now facing recent breast cancer Inga is using alcohol i n much the same way. And just as she watched her mother\, her daughter i s now anxiously watching her. Like many artists Inga's struggle is refle cted in her poems which she writes on scraps of paper and then discards. But it is in her own poems that she hears the echo of what her mother m ust have gone through and it is this revelation that allows Inga to tran sform. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/home_woodshole2009 UID:2483020458-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T202500 SUMMARY:The Way We Get By DESCRIPTION:'The Way We Get By' is a deeply moving film about life and ho w to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop g reeters — a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq\, the film quickly turns into a moving\, unsettling and compassionate story about aging\, loneliness\, war and mortality. When its three subjects aren't a t the airport\, they wrestle with their own problems: failing health\, d epression\, mounting debt. Joan\, a grandmother of eight\, has a deep co nnection to the soldiers she meets. The sanguine Jerry keeps his spirits up even as his personal problems mount. And the veteran Bill\, who clea rly has trouble taking care of himself\, finds himself contemplating his own death. Seeking out the telling detail rather than offering sweeping generalizations\, the film carefully builds stories of heartbreak and r edemption\, reminding us how our culture casts our elders\, and too ofte n our soldiers\, aside. More important\, regardless of your politics\, ' The Way We Get By' celebrates three unsung heroes who share their love w ith strangers who need and deserve it. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/thewaywegetby_woodshole2009 UID:2483020490-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T205300 SUMMARY:Ice Bears Of The Beaufort DESCRIPTION:Ice Bears of the Beaufort documents a tragedy unfolding right in front of the camera. With its subjects oblivious to the impending lo ss of their arctic sanctuary\, this film shows a thriving polar bear soc iety on the edge of survival. This non-narrated\, high-definition docume ntary bears witness to Alaska's Beaufort Sea coast as critical polar bea r habitat. Five years in the making by a single resident of an Inupiat Eskimo village\, Ice Bears of the Beaufort is a color-intense\, cinemati c family portrait of Alaskan polar bears never before captured on film. The body of the movie chronicles polar bear activity and year-round util ization of the coastal and offshore areas of the Arctic National Wildlif e Refuge and the adjacent Beaufort Sea. This region of the Alaskan arct ic is not a blank slate. In the context of a raging world debate\, this film exposes the truth about the impact that an offshore oilfield would have as polar bears face climate change and receding polar ice is the gr eatest threat to their continued existence. The movie’s instrumental sco re\, Glaciation\, is a powerful musical mirror reflecting the austere ar ctic imagery of the film. In an unrivaled marriage of image and music\, filmmaker Arthur C. Smith III collaborated with Nashville composer/musi cian Patrick O’Hearn to create the fullest expression of the depth and s ubtlety that is the arctic - an arctic eden... a polar bear sanctuary. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Waterfront Park URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/icebearsofthebeaufort_woodshole 2009 UID:2483020526-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T222200 SUMMARY:Luckey DESCRIPTION:In September 2005\, Tom Luckey was designing a three-story-ta ll climbable sculpture for the Boston Children’s Museum. It was to be t he culminating masterpiece of a career building interactive art. Then o ne morning\, Tom fell through a window in his house. When he regained c onsciousness\, he could move only his head. Now he’s a quadriplegic. D etermined to finish his sculpture\, Tom turns to his son Spencer for hel p. Over the years\, Spencer had helped install several of Tom’s sculptu res\, but their egos clash. At the time of Tom’s fall\, Spencer was fol lowing his own career path as an architect. Tom’s accident and Spencer’ s sense of a son’s obligation brings them back together\, but they are f iercely competitive. Spencer wants to help\, but he also wants to play a dominant role in his father's work. Since Tom can no longer move his hands he needs Spencer\, but he doesn’t want Spencer to take over. Furt her complicating matters is the fact that Spencer and Tom’s wife (Spence r’s stepmother) don’t get along. Over the years\, they have learned to avoid each other\, but Tom’s paralysis brings them into frequent contact because they are Tom’s primary companions. As Tom and Spencer build th e sculpture\, their relationship becomes increasingly stressed and fract ured. Against the backdrop of Tom’s efforts to rebuild his life after h is paralysis\, LUCKEY is a story of intense love and rivalry between a f ather and son. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/luckey_woodshole2009 UID:2483020580-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090729T223000 SUMMARY:Trucker DESCRIPTION:Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan)\, a vivacious young truck driv er\, leads a carefree life of long-haul trucking\, one night stands and all-night drinking until the evening her estranged 11-year-old son shows up at her door. Peter (Jimmy Bennett) hasn't seen his mother since he w as a baby and wants Diane as little as she wants him\; but with his fath er Len (Benjamin Bratt) in the hospital\, Diane and Peter are stuck with each other - at least for a while. Burdened with this new responsibilit y and seeing the life of freedom she’s fought for jeopardized\, Diane st eps reluctantly into her past and looks sidelong at a future that is not as simple or straightforward as she had once believed. Trucker\, writte n and directed by James Mottern\, in his directorial debut\, also stars Nathan Fillion and Joey Lauren Adams.\n\nLead actress\, Michelle Monagha n (Eagle Eye\, Made of Honor\, The Heartbreak Kid\, Gone Baby Gone\, Mis sion Impossible: III) and Writer\, Director James Mottern will attend th e screening. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/trucker_woodshole2009 UID:2483020616-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T183800 SUMMARY:Shout It Out DESCRIPTION:Shout it Out is an original musical based on the lives of Ver mont teens.The feature film is an adaptation of the groundbreaking origi nal stage musical The Voices Project that toured to thirteen towns acros s Vermont in 2005 and was based on writings by Vermont teenagers with or iginal music by teens. The stories and characters were developed during an intensive\, yearlong statewide research phase in which more than 1000 teens participated.Shout it Out tells the story of a group of teenager s making their way through high school. The film follows them through so me of the more tumultuous moments of teenagehood: academic pressure\; fr iction with peers\, teachers\, and parents\; trying to fit in\, trying to find one’s self\, fear of the future\; nostalgia for the past\; frien dship\; and first love.Shout it Out is a raw\, real\, revealing\, compas sionate\, powerful\, funny and ultimately affirmative look at the transf ormative powers of young people The songs are dynamic and range from lov e songs to rap and hip-hop.Shout it Out is about listening to the voices of youth\, respecting and honoring their struggles and aspirations and hearing their voices loud and clear! CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shoutitout_woodshole2009 UID:2483020694-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T182800 SUMMARY:Tricks of Love DESCRIPTION:Rex\, a fashion photographer is challenged by his rival to ac cept a bet that he can transform any girl into a fashion-model. Rex spie s Dessi\, a down and out young woman who works at a fish market and deci des that she is the perfect woman to transform from an ugly ducking into a super model. In this story the fish and fashion world meet in a fun a nd entertaining manner\, particularly when the fashion photographer Rex teaches the fish woman Dessi tricks of a beautiful woman. Rex\, however\ , wasn’t planning on falling for the fish woman and Dessi did not know s he was an object of a bet. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Lillie Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/tricksoflove_woodshole2009 UID:2483669925-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T204700 SUMMARY:Deadland DESCRIPTION:Intertwined within its sci-fi action-thriller roots\, at it’s core DEADLAND is a love-story set in a post-apocalyptic world. After f ive years of searching\, survivor Sean Kalos stumbles upon proof that hi s missing wife may still be alive in the new United Provinces. Nuclear strikes on the US during World War III set the nation back 200 years\, and hope is all but lost when every survivor of the war is infected by a fatal nuclear plague. What was designed to be the new rebirth has beco me martial law\, and the Officers of the Province wield their power with cruelty. When Sean crosses them\, he finds himself in the middle of a p ersonal war\, and his quest for his wife inspires hope in a land that ha d forgotten what that word meant. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Lillie Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/deadland_woodshole2009 UID:2483021099-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T203000 SUMMARY:No Kidding\, Me Too! DESCRIPTION:No Kidding\, Me Too! is a film that will take the viewer into a world that most know nothing about but have endless prejudices agains t it. It’s purpose is to remove the stigma attached to brain dis-ease th rough education and the breaking down of societal barriers. The goal is to empower those with brain dis-ease to admit their illness\, seek treat ment\, and become even greater members of society. Those suffering from brain dis-eases including anxiety disorder\, post-traumatic stress disor der (PTSD)\, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)\, panic disorder\, soci al anxiety disorder\, specific phobias\, depression\, bipolar disorder\, schizophrenia\, anorexia nervosa\, bulimia nervosa\, binge eating\, pyr omania\, kleptomania\, compulsive gambling\, addictions\, paranoia\, mul tiple personality disorder\, gender identity disorder\, Down's syndrome\ , psychosomatic disorder\, tic disorders\, and others. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/nokiddingmetoo_woodshole2009 UID:2483021142-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T201100 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 7 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram7_woodshole2009 UID:2483024273-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T222600 SUMMARY:Tales From The Catholic Church Of Elvis! DESCRIPTION:The Mother Lode of all Dichotomies: the One Holy Roman Cathol ic Apostolic Church\, and Fabulous Las Vegas! In 'Tales from the Catholi c Church of Elvis!'\, Mercy Malick wraps the two together in a tightly-w ound package that skips happily and harrowingly through eleven years as a Catholic schoolgirl living in Sin City\, USA. With a passing nod to ev erything from Monty Python to Benny Hill\, way beyond South Park and Nap oleon Dynamite\, and well on the far side of recent films like Little Mi ss Sunshine and the Farrelly Brothers fare\, 'Tales' is a remarkable imm ersion in a world all its own. Staged within the framework of a shocking ly schlock Vegas stage show at the eponymous Catholic Church of Elvis\, 'Tales' follows a young girl from her early fascination with Vegas glitz \, accompanied by prayer\, of course\, along a time-twisting series of a dventures that bring into delightful juxtaposition brain-boggling epipha nies that include colostomy bag as alternative to babies\, and pizza box as indoor-outhouse. Much like our surrogates\, the peripatetic audience of the Catholic Church of Elvis\, we stagger out of 'Tales' into the ga rish neon night among the crowds of loafers\, losers\, and legitimately weird\, our consciousness raised a bit\, and our heads still reeling at what it must have been like to grow up Catholic in the least Catholic pl ace on the map\, and marvelng about the inspirational true story of turn ing bad experiences into strengths. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/talesfromthecatholicchurchofelv is_woodshole2009 UID:2483021166-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T221000 SUMMARY:Atom Age Vampire DESCRIPTION:Scott Bateman has taken the sound from the 1960 horror film A tom Age Vampire and given it new animated visuals\, revealing that the m ovie is really just a love triangle between a pirate\, a stripper\, and an evil doctor who sometimes turns into a radioactive monster. Bateman h as also provided hilarious onscreen commentary about the action\, or lac k of it. Scott Bateman animated every frame of the film in Flash\; the b udget for this movie was quite literally zero. CATEGORIES:Animation LOCATION:Lillie Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/atomagevampire_woodshole2009 UID:2483021204-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090730T233000 SUMMARY:Party at the Kidd DESCRIPTION:Party with the cool jazz of Quasi Modal CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:The Cap’n Kidd URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/partyatthekidd_woodshole2009 UID:2483021355-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T181500 SUMMARY:Li Tong DESCRIPTION:An eight-year-old girl\, Li Tong\, loses her bus pass one day after school. Penniless\, she decides to walk home. On her way\, she en counters a warm-hearted old lady who tries to help her\, a security guar d in front of a bar\, a trendy young woman\, a man wearing a panda costu me\, and even a little thief attempting to steal a pet dog from an old m an. After getting a ride to the wrong address\, Li Tong's journey become s more complicated as she soon finds herself hopelessly lost. Only the s on of a migrant worker who begs in the city offers her a helping hand. T he two of them become unlikely companions\, each learning a bit about th e world of the other as the little beggar helps Li Tong on her quest hom e. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/litong_woodshole2009 UID:2483021388-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T220000 SUMMARY:Screenplay Reading DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Reading LOCATION:Community Hall URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/screenplayreading_woodshole2009 UID:2483021463-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T190300 SUMMARY:Alien Abduction DESCRIPTION:An hungry alien travels alone in his spaceship. He spies a lo ne cow on a small floating island and daydreams about how he can take th e cow to his home planet and prepare for himself a big dinner made from the cow. When he tries to put his plan into action things quickly go awr y. And his dream of having a cow for dinner goes by the wayside. CATEGORIES:Animation LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/alienabduction_woodshole2009 UID:2483021577-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T202300 SUMMARY:For The Love Of Movies: The Story Of American Film Criticism DESCRIPTION:For one hundred years\, literally the entire history of Ameri can movies\, critics have championed this medium they so unabashedly lov e. They began as consumer reporters\, advising on which movies were imp ortant to see\, and why. Over time their role evolved and they became a n essential part of the film-going experience by challenging audiences t o think more deeply – aesthetically\, politically\, spiritually\, intell ectually – about the cinema. \n\nBut today\, film criticism is a profess ion under siege. Within the construct of our dire economic crisis\; and\ , as newspapers and magazines lose advertisers and pages by the week\, f ilm critics\, both old and young\, are losing jobs at an alarming rate: 28 reviewers have been fired or retired in the last several years\, acco rding to Variety. There’s also an intellectual crisis: as young American s read less and less each year\, and certainly read less seriously\, fil m criticism is marginalized\, and critics dismissed as pompous intellect uals\, out of touch with everyday\, blockbuster moviegoers. And yet\, fo reign films\, documentaries\, small independents depend\, as ever\, on l earned reviewers to articulate their cause for an audience. What happens to alternative cinema if film critics vanish? Or if\, as is increasing ly true\, the Internet becomes the place for all discourse about the cin ema? Can thousands of movie websites\, mostly amateur\, substitute for t he cultural influence of knowledgeable professional critics? In the mids t of this cultural crisis\, 'For the Love of Movies: The Story of Americ an Film Criticism\,' the first documentary on this subject\, explores th ese issues while tracing the little know but rich and sociologically fas cinating history of film criticism. From the raw beginnings of criticis m before 'The Birth of a Nation' to Bosley Crowther’s 27-year reign at ' The New York Times\,' from the incendiary Kael-Sarris debates of the 196 0s and 70s to the battle for audience between youthful on-liners and the print establishment\, this documentary tells all.Produced by Amy Geller (PBS’s 'Murder at Harvard' and 'The War that Made America')\, written a nd directed by veteran 'Boston Phoenix' critic Gerald Peary\, 'For the L ove of Movies' offers a unique insider’s view of the film critics’ profe ssion\, with commentary from America’s best-regarded reviewers\, includi ng Roger Ebert ('The Chicago Sun-Times')\, A.O. Scott ('The New York Tim es')\, Lisa Schwarzbaum ('Entertainment Weekly')\, Kenneth Turan ('The L os Angeles Times'). We also hear from young\, articulate\, Internet voic es\, including Harry Knowles (ainitcoolnews.com) and Karina Longworth (s pout.com). CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/fortheloveofmoviesthestoryofame ricanfilmcriticism_woodshole2009 UID:2483021837-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T201100 SUMMARY:Shorts Program 8 DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shortsprogram8_woodshole2009 UID:2483024518-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T210000 SUMMARY:Shooting Beauty DESCRIPTION:Already the winner of two Audience Choice awards since its fe stival \npremiere in April 2009\, SHOOTING BEAUTY tells the unforgettabl e story \nof an aspiring fashion photographer named Courtney Bent whose career \ntakes a life changing turn when she discovers true beauty in a truly \nunexpected place: at a center for people living with significant \ndisabilities. When she begins inventing cameras her new friends can \ nuse\, a surprising story unfolds that initial reviewers are calling \n“ more than a film… a masterpiece.” [NewEnglandFilm.com] Many of \nthe pho tographers are non-verbal. Some take pictures using only \ntheir tongue. But when the group sets their sights on creating a \nmuseum-worthy exhi bit of their work\, they must overcome a skeptical \npublic\, relationsh ip issues\, and even death in the effort to bring \ntheir unique perspec tive to light. As the photographers strive to \nbreak down the barriers that too often keep them hidden from public \nview\, this film will make you rethink what it means to live with a \ndisability-- and without one . External Reviews \n"There are few times in cinema history that one i s swept away with a \nwave of emotions and taken on a journey that is so unique... The \nfilms that come to mind: “Elephant Man” “Cinema Paradis o” \n“Life is Beautiful”… and that is exactly what “Shooting \nBeauty” d oes with one exception – it is not scripted…" [Quick \nStop Entertainmen t.com] \n\n http://newenglandfilm.com/magazine/archives/2009/04/beauty \n\n http://www.loadedgunboston.com/2009/04/shooting-beauty-is-iffbost on-hidden-gem.html \n \n http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_768_Turn ing_It_Around.mp3/view \n http://www.thefilmtalk.com/2009/04/05/shooti ng-beauty-review-courtney-bent/ \n\n http://www.necn.com/Boston/Arts-E ntertainment/2009/04/23/Shooting-Beauty-Hidden/1240492804.html \n http ://www.disaboom.com/Living/movies/Disability-Awareness-Increases-with-Sh ooting-Beauty.aspx \n \n http://www.scccampusnews.com/home/index.cfm?ev ent=displayArticle&uStory_id=d485f290-d393-44f3-ae45-82a0de176c38 CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Community Hall URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/shootingbeauty_woodshole2009 UID:2486545527-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T223000 SUMMARY:Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo DESCRIPTION:Imagine cramming 128 million people onto an island the size o f Montana – you would be pretty close to replicating the density of Japa n. Not surprisingly\, space is at a premium and ergonomic design is nex t to godliness. Yet\, even in Tokyo\, the pinnacle of this figurative “ can of sardines\,” people of all ages still make room for a little bit o f wilderness. It is only fitting that they have become captivated by nat ure’s most efficient invention in space\, design and function – insects. \n\nSold live in vending machines and department stores\; plastic re plicas included as prizes in the equivalent of a McDonald’s Happy Meal\; the subject of the No.1 videogame MushiKing\; and from the smallest bac kyard to the top of Mt. Fuji\, insects inspire an enthusiasm in Japan se en nowhere else in this world. “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo” explores t he mystery of why Japan developed this unique enriching social relations hip with insects. Working backward like a detective story\, the film unl ocks the mystery behind Japan’s love affair with insects. First stop is modern Japan where a single beetle recently sold for $90\,000. From the re we are transported to the Edo period and the consequent explosion of nature in art and war. Peering back to the early 1800s\, the first cric ket selling business and the development of haiku and other forms of ins ect literature are revealed. The historical adventure travels all the w ay back to the 8th century and the stories of Emperor Jimmu who named Ja pan the “Isle of the Dragonflies.” Along the way the film takes side tr ips to Zen temples and Buddhist Shrines\, nature preserves and art museu ms in its quest for the inspirations that sent Japan in this direction w hile other cultures hurtled off towards an almost universal and profound fear of insects. Interspersed with the philosophies of one of Japan’s best-selling authors and anatomist\, Dr. Takeshi Yoro\, and scattered wi th poetry and art from Japan’s history\, this film becomes about much mo re than insects. The film quietly challenges the viewer to observe the world from an uncommon perspective that will shift the familiar to the fantastic and just might change not only the way we think about bugs\, b ut the way we think about life. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/beetlequeenconquerstokyo_woodsh ole2009 UID:2483021866-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T223300 SUMMARY:Buzzkill DESCRIPTION:Ray Wyatt\, a once promising screenwriter\, refuses to ”sell out” and get a job in advertising much to the dismay of his wife Sara. J ust when he is about to write the ending to his own life story\, he gets a break from an LA producer who wants to meet with him in about his n ew script\, “Great Shame." The meeting is supposed to take place in LA i n one week. With little money to spare\, Ray loads up his beat-up car\, leaves New Jersey and heads to Hollywood. \n\nHis trip takes a drastic detour after his rambunctious companion\, a young waitress from the loc al diner\, abandons him and an infamous serial killer steals his car wit h the only copy of his script with the new ending. With his entire futu re on the line\, Ray desperately tracks searches for the serial killer. As luck would have it\, he tracks him down but initially forgoes turning him into the police until he finds out what he thinks about the new end ing. His journey\, with its unexpected twists and turns\, gives his stor y an ending he would never have been able to make up. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/buzzkill_woodshole2009 UID:2483021889-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090731T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T000000 SUMMARY:Party at the The Nimrod DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:Nimrod Restaurant URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/partyatthethenimrod_woodshole20 09 UID:2483021955-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T163200 SUMMARY:The War Boys DESCRIPTION:The heart knows no borders.\n \nDavid\, George\, and Greg\, best friends since high school\, make up 'The War Boys.' They used to p erch on the US-Mexican border\, waiting to spot illegal immigrants who w ere trying to run into the United States. Sometimes\, without a thought for the plight of the immigrants\, the boys chased them across the wast eland and back across the border - just for fun. It was just one of tho se games boys played to make themselves feel big. But high school's ove r now. David is unexpectedly home from his freshman year of college\, a nd the War Boys have been reunited. Now the boys come up with a new pla n -- they steal a truck from David's father's trucking company\, filled with what they believe to be black market televisions. Their plan to se ll them\, make a quick buck\, and move to New York is complicated\, howe ver\, when the contents of the truck prove to be much more sinister than the boys had thought. Meanwhile\, new feelings and relationships are f orming between them\, their friends\, and their families. The young vig ilantes come to realize that they are as vulnerable and as helpless as t he immigrants they once chased across the border. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/thewarboys_woodshole2009 UID:2483021999-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T180000 SUMMARY:Writing and Producing The Simpson's Ian Maxtone Graham DESCRIPTION:Q&a with ian maxtone-graham.\nIf you have ever wondered what makes Bart tick or when Homer will\nbecome a metrosexual\, now is your o ne and only chance to ask. On\nSaturday\, August 1st\, the Woods Hole Fi lm Festival and Quicks Hole\nRestaurant are proud to present a Q&A with writer\, producer Ian\nMaxtone-Graham. If your kids are messed up from w atching too\nmuch of The Simpsons on TV\, this is a great chance to lear n why.\nIan Maxtone-Graham has been a writer for The Simpsons since 1995 .\nBefore that\, he wrote for Saturday Night Live for three years\, wher e\nhe co-wrote Adam Sandler’s “The Chanukah Song”. At The Simpsons\,\nhe has received five Emmy Awards as a producer\, and two as a writer\, for “Trash of the Titans\,” and “The Seemingly Neverending Story.” He has a lso won three Annie Awards and a Writer’s Guild Award. Last season\, he and his writing partner\, Billy Kimball\, wrote the episode “Gone Maggie Gone\,” a spoof of Da Vinci Code-type\nmovies. CATEGORIES:Panel LOCATION:Quick Hole URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/writnganddirectingthesimpsonsia nmaxtonegraham_woodshole2009 UID:2483022049-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T182800 SUMMARY:Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie DESCRIPTION:Saint Misbehavin' reveals the true story of cultural phenomen on Wavy Gravy\, a man whose commitment to making the world a better plac e has never wavered. We experience the impact one person can have and co nnect to the hope that each one of us can make a difference while keepin g our sense of humor.\n\nWavy Gravy is known as the MC of the Woodstock Festival\, a hippie icon\, clown and even a Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flav or. In Saint Misbehavin' we meet a true servant to humanity who carries his message through humor\, compassion and a song he sings\, called 'Bas ic Human Needs.'\n\nSaint Misbehavin' weaves together intimate verite fo otage\, reflections from an array of cultural and counter-cultural peers \, and never-before-seen archival footage to tell a story that is bigger than the man himself. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/saintmisbehavinthewavygravymovi e_woodshole2009 UID:2483022093-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T182200 SUMMARY:Trust Us\, This Is All Made Up DESCRIPTION:Immortalized in the world of improv comedy\, Second City vete rans TJ Jagodowksi and David Pasquesi explore the unique partnership and transcendental forces that govern their legendary performances. Two of Chicago's most highly regarded Second City veterans\, TJ Jagodowski and Dave Pasquesi continue to break new ground in the field of improv comedy . For the past six years\, their performances of entirely improvised\, a lways hilarious and wholly original one-hour plays have mesmerized audie nces worldwide.\nExploring the folds of trust and faith that underlie th eir relationship as well as the transcendental forces that govern their improvisation\, TRUST US\, THIS IS ALL MADE UP features an unforgettable live performance recorded at New York's Barrow Street Theater earlier t his year. Whether you're a student of improvisation or simply interested in the underpinnings of human imagination and the depths of mutual unde rstanding\, this journey will leave you laughing\, guessing\, and in awe of this altogether remarkable feat. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/trustusthisisallmadeup_woodshol e2009 UID:2483022121-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T202600 SUMMARY:Children Of Invention DESCRIPTION:After being evicted from their home\, the Cheng family finds that times are tighter than ever. Hardworking single mom and recent Bost on transplant Elaine tries desperately to find the means to support her young children\, Raymond and Tina. They squat in a model apartment in an unfinished building\, but try to maintain a normal life. Elaine juggles a number of jobs\, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. Meanwhile\, Raymond and Tina become latch-key kids and find amusement in building childish inventions. When Elaine doesn't return home one nig ht\, things take a turn for the worse. Nobody knows the kids are home al one\, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass\, Raym ond realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister. Based on Tze Chun's own award-winning short film\, “Windowbreak er\,' which screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and the Woods Ho le FIlm Festival\,'Children of Invention' is a drama about the influence of an adult world on children\, the immigrant mentality\, and shortcuts to the American dream. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/childrenofinvention_woodshole20 09 UID:2483022134-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T202500 SUMMARY:The Way We Get By DESCRIPTION:'The Way We Get By' is a deeply moving film about life and ho w to live it. Beginning as a seemingly idiosyncratic story about troop g reeters — a group of senior citizens who gather daily at a small airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq\, the film quickly turns into a moving\, unsettling and compassionate story about aging\, loneliness\, war and mortality. When its three subjects aren't a t the airport\, they wrestle with their own problems: failing health\, d epression\, mounting debt. Joan\, a grandmother of eight\, has a deep co nnection to the soldiers she meets. The sanguine Jerry keeps his spirits up even as his personal problems mount. And the veteran Bill\, who clea rly has trouble taking care of himself\, finds himself contemplating his own death. Seeking out the telling detail rather than offering sweeping generalizations\, the film carefully builds stories of heartbreak and r edemption\, reminding us how our culture casts our elders\, and too ofte n our soldiers\, aside. More important\, regardless of your politics\, ' The Way We Get By' celebrates three unsung heroes who share their love w ith strangers who need and deserve it. CATEGORIES:Documentary Feature LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/thewaywegetby_woodshole2009 UID:2483022170-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T222300 SUMMARY:A Thing As Big As The Ocean DESCRIPTION:Salvaging a guitar and a backpack\, Lemmy leaves his life in New Orleans behind and travels West in an effort to re-start his minor m usical career. On the ride out of town he encounters the young and outgo ing Darlene\, who is relocating to her distant relatives in Arizona. A simple chance encounter intersects two lives in transition\, and sets Le mmy and Darlene off on a sprawling journey of self-discovery. Over the next three days the two strangers travel together in the Southwestern de sert\, where they are compelled to share and confront their half-realize d dreams. CATEGORIES:Narrative Feature LOCATION:Old Fire Station URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/athingasbigastheocean_woodshole 2009 UID:2483022199-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T230000 SUMMARY:Best of 20 Shorts In 2 Hours DESCRIPTION: CATEGORIES:Shorts Program LOCATION:Redfield Auditorium URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/bestof20shortsin2hours_woodshol e2009 UID:2483022264-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20091125T141958Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20090801T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20090802T000000 SUMMARY:Party at The Landfall DESCRIPTION:Closing night party and award's ceremony. Featuring the musi c of Lydia Warren\, solo blues. CATEGORIES:Party LOCATION:Landfall Restaurant URL:http://woodshole.bside.com/2009/films/partyatthelandfall_woodshole200 9 UID:2483022322-woodshole.bside.com/2009 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR