Hollywood & Wine
LFAII presents Hollywood & Wine starring Chris Kattan, Horatio Sanz, and Leslie Easterbrook, who will be in attendance. Friday, October 7th at 8:00PM
Documentary Short
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A Surgeon's CallingDocumentary Short - United Kingdom - 00:19:15 Annotto Bay Hospital situated in a small Jamaican parish, makes and unlikely location for a laparoscopic surgical training program. However, a team of individuals local and abroad demonstrates exceptional dedication to this program. In the operating room surgeons teach, learn and share resources. Outside the operating room they share their story. Their journey to becoming surgeons has created a connection between them extending far beyond the microcosm of laparoscopy, and this bond has solidified the program. |
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Challenging ImpossibilityDocumentary Short - USA - 00:28:11 Challenging Impossibility chronicles the weightlifting odyssey of the late spiritual teacher and peace advocate Sri Chinmoy. Surprisingly, at the age of 53, this Indian-born mystic took up weightlifting. Already an advocate of the necessity of physical fitness in the spiritual life, this New York City-based Guru was inspired to demonstrate the tangible power of inner peace by performing incredible, but real feats of strength. His lifts were featured on hundreds of newscasts globally, including on CNN, Fox, ESPN and NBC affiliates. |
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DAMs: Lethal Water BombsDocumentary Short - United Arab Emirate 00:19:28 Water Bombs gives a scientific explanation on the disastrous nature of the Mullaperiyar Dam thereby bringing out those who turn a blind eye towards the reality of a possible natural disaster and sustaining the need for a secured future of those people who render sleepless nights under the uncertain situation of the Mullaperiyar dam. |
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Fanning FireDocumentary Short - USA - 00:19:57 Fanning the Fire is a vibrant documentary short that features a young Texas teen who followed his dreams from being a fan of bluegrass music all the way to opening for some of the greatest entertainers in the business - in less than three years. Along the way, the documentary explores why people young and old get hooked on playing this music and enjoying companionship at festivals around the world. Viewers enjoy behind-the-scenes visits with master musicians from across the USA and Europe who explain how they came to appreciate this uniquely American form of music and why it has broad appeal to beginning players and professionals alike. Fanning the Fire is a fast-moving look at where bluegrass music has been and where it's going. |
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Finding KalmanDocumentary Short - France, USA - 00:28:46 In this moving documentary a charismatic Holocaust survivor inspires her family to connect to relatives they never met. Focusing on her brother, Kalman, Anna recounts tales of a mischievous boy who escaped the Warsaw ghetto with her. Her daughter, an artist, devours the stories and paints his portrait over and over again. As Kalman's face emerges on canvas, the film travels back and forth in time from archival Warsaw ghetto footage to summers in a Catskills bungalow colony; from life before World War II to now. Four generations find light even in the darkest places-and so many reasons to go on. |
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For Such A Time As ThisDocumentary Short - USA - 00:09:50 Genie Hargrove is the out lesbian pastor of a little country Baptist church in rural Devereux, GA, the poorest county in the state. ORDAINED A SOUTHERN BAPTIST MINISTER IN 2004, she tells the story of her ordination and the subsequent ouster of her church. Genie was interviewed for StoryCorps on Public Radio. On March 30, 2011 the interview was featured on Georgia Public Broadcasting. This is a video companion to that interview. |
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Last Glimmer of DayDocumentary Short - USA - 00:13:00 Last Glimmer of Day is a concise and compelling documentary that tells the story of one family's struggle with depression and the impact of the revelation of a long held family secret. It is a deeply personal story that opens a new window on the universal struggle to overcome depression. |
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MinkaDocumentary Short - USA - 00:15:07 MINKA is a film about place and memory, a farmhouse in Japan and the bond between two men. Its story begins in 1967, when Associated Press foreign correspondent John Roderick became the unlikely owner of an enormous rundown farmhouse, a building type known as a “minka.” Working with his friend and housemate, a young university student named Yoshihiro Takishita, Roderick transported the massive timber house from the Japanese Alps to the Tokyo suburb of Kamakura. It defined both their lives: for Roderick, it was the backdrop for a remarkable career as the leading “China watcher” of the Mao era. For Takishita, it inspired a life spent collecting and rebuilding similar houses, work that continues today. MINKA is more meditation than history. Filmed just following Roderick's death at ninety-three, it uses this one house as a vessel of memory to explore the power of place and the meanings of home. |
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Rovers, Wrestlers and Stars; The Quonset Auditorium in Post WWII KentuckyDocumentary Short - USA - 00:35:40 This character driven documentary provides a glimpse into the cultural landscape of the Upper South after the Second World War when R&B, country and gospel music was booming, racial boundaries were beginning to loosen, and professional wrestling was on the rise. |
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South Will Rise AgainDocumentary Short - USA - 00:15:33 A short documentary about race, and the symbols of racism at the University of Mississippi as told through the experiences of two female undergraduate students in the fall of 2009 and the Chancellor of 'Ole Miss.' |
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What's UpDocumentary Short - USA - 00:08:10 A small film crew looks up at the sky and contemplates what's really going on with our environment. This film was created as part of the 2010 International Documentary Challenge, in which a short non-fiction film had to be written, filmed, and produced within a five-day period. First-time documentary filmmaker Kim Sheridan accepted this challenge, but took it one step further. She chose to do it all with a crew of only two: herself and her husband. Kim wrote, directed, produced, co-edited, co-filmed, narrated, and even created the musical score for 'What's Up?' It is her intention that the film will encourage viewers to open their eyes and their minds, and to take action to make a positive difference in the world around us. |
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You Have the Right to an AttorneyDocumentary Short - USA - 00:12:45 You Have the Right to an Attorney' enters the daily grind of two young public defenders in the South Bronx. Matt and Scott strive to resolve hundreds of client cases, while also facing the weighty emotional burden of working within a system they consider fundamentally broken. |
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Zen FuranceDocumentary Short - USA - 00:21:40 Zen Furnace examines a group of Zen Buddhists in rural Eastern Kentucky. Hidden away inside the mountains is the Furnace Mountain Zen Retreat Center. Led by Zen Master Dae Gak. The retreat center and the Zen Buddhists have lived peacefully in the Appalachian mountains for 25 years now. After 25 years locals of the region still have many doubts and thoughts of what occurs on the mountain. Zen Furnace focuses on the negative thoughts and views of the locals. Then comes full circle with the beauty, peace, and tranquility of being Zen in a world of dissidence. |
