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2003
Highlights
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Boy's Life
Producer/Director: Rory Kennedy
This story about a poor Eupora, Mississippi
family begins with a seemingly obvious child
custody case and unfolds as a disquieting mystery.
The characters in the film will challenge your
perceptions as their roles change in strange
and fascinating ways. (77 min)
An Unlikely Friendship
Producer/Director: Diane Bloom
Ten days in 1971 transformed the lives of two
people and helped change a town in North Carolina.
A white Klansman and a black sharecropper's daughter
had nothing in common except to hope for their
children. (34 min)
Discovering Dominga
Producers/Directors: Patricia Flynn & Mary
Jo McConahay
Denese Joy Burck didn't begin life in Algona,
Iowa - once she was a young girl in Rio Negra,
Guatemala. The 1999 United Nations Truth Commission
declared acts of genocide were committed against
the Mayan people with 200,000 killed and 1.5 million
displaced...but a little girl named Dominga has
her own memories. (58 min)
Fair Phyllis
Producer/Director: Beth Portman
Once upon a time there was a shepherdess tending
her sheep. She was very, very good at what she
did, but she was very, very tired. A delightful
animated allegory about getting by with a little
help from your friends. (9 min)
Ferry Tales
Producer/Director: Katja Esson
For 30 minutes every weekday morning a unique
and unlikely social happening takes place in the
ladies' room on the Staten Island Ferry. Come
brave the waves, the pecking order and the rules
and meet the "girls of the powder room."
(40 min)
Heart of the
Sea
Producers/Directors: Charlotte Lagarde & Lisa
Denker
Growing up in Hawaii, Rell Sunn was famed for
her fluid finesse on the surfboard. She was a
single mother, first female lifeguard, founder
of the Women's Professional Surfing Association,
and a radio DJ. She fought an 18 year battle with
breast cancer. This film joyfully celebrates a
life lived to the fullest. (57 min)
Partners of the
Heart
Producer/Director: Andrea Kalin
A black carpenter's apprentice with a genius for
surgery and a white surgeon who dared to defy
status quo together take on the scientific establishment
of the 1930's. This is the extradinary story of
Dr. Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. Narrated
by Morgan Freeman. (58 min)
Ready
Producer/Director: Savina Dellicour
Naomi has known all her life she will succumb
to the same fate that has struck her family for
generations. She is determined not to make a fool
of herself as her ancestors have trying to avoid
the curse. A student film from England's National
Film and Television School. (20 min)
Shelter Dogs
Producers/Directors: Cynthia Wade & Heidi
Reinberg
This award-winning documentary provides a fresh,
provocative look at the complex, morally ambiguous
world of animal sheltering with a gripping exploration
of real-world ethical choices. (73 min)
Standing On My Sister's
Shoulders
Producer/Director: Laura Lipson
In Mississippi, the success and power behind the
civil rights movement was a grass roots foundation
of ordinary women whose small acts of defiance
and great acts of courage were able to turn Mississippi
around. Meet the unforgettable heroines. (60 min)
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