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American Meth From the oil fields of Wyoming and New Mexico to the homeless in Oregon, the teens of Montana, and an American family who could be anywhere, the meth amphetamine epidemic is spreading across the United States. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 5:00 pm at the Greenbelt Municipal Building. |
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Americana Lost? Americana Lost is a humorous and provocative film that explores growing social isolation in America by looking at the state of four long-standing American activities -- quilting, scouting, square dancing and revival meetings -- and the people who remain devoted to them. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 1:30 pm |
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At the Wall A “people's history” of racial injustice, as protestors clashed daily with the Philadelphia police force in an effort to integrate Girard College, an important milestone of the American civil rights movement. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 noon |
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A Balancing Act "Delightful and enormously entertaining, A Balancing Act bursts with the energy and unexpected swerves of a motorcycle joyride." - Davy Rothbart, This American Life
Screening Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 noon at the Greenbelt Community Center Multipurpose Room |
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Behind Forgotten Eyes During World War II, more than 200,000 Korean women were taken into sexual slavery as "Comfort Women" for the Japanese Army. A half century later, some of these women are speaking out for the first time about a past that some would like to stay buried. The film is narrated by LOST's Yunjin Kim. Screening Sunday, October 28 at 4:00 pm at the Greenbelt Municipal Building |
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Big Bucks, Big Pharma What are the consequences of relying on a for-profit industry for our health and well-being. An inside look at the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry and how it has shaped the way both patients and doctors understand and relate to disease and treatment. Narrated by Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman. Screening Sunday, October 28 at 1:15 pm at the Greenbelt Municipal Building. |
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Bill's Big Pumpkins Bill Foss is a man on a mission: to grow Minnesota’s largest pumpkin. A look at one corner of American gardening and the dedicated, hard-working, quirky people who inhabit it. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 7:00 pm at the Greenbelt Municipal Building. |
Division Problems Screening Saturday, October 27 at 6:00 pm with D.O.P.E. at Beltway Plaza’s Academy Stadium Theaters. |
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Docs in Progress A vibrant addition to this year's Utopia program, Docs in Progress will allow audiences to watch and critique a documentary work in progress in an interactive session with the filmmaker. This program has been a popular film series in Washington, DC and we are thrilled to bring it to Greenbelt. The film to be screened is The Fixer by Aaron Rockett, which follows a BBC journalist and his local fixer as they navigate Afghanistan and Pakistan to help western viewers better understand a world that has been defined by war. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 6:15 pm at the Greenbelt Community Center Multipurpose Room |
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D.O.P.E. Four legendary skateboarders (Jay Adams from Dogtown's Z Boys, Christian Hosoi, Dennis Martinez, and Bruce Logan) rise to the top of their sport only to descend into drug and crime culture and slowly climb back to life. Narrated by Danny Trejo (Grindhouse, Delta Farce) and featuring the music of P.O.D. and Switchfoot. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 6:00 pm |
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Eli’s Liquor Store Cultural identity is at the heart of this story about an African-American man who opens a store in Los Angeles’ Korea town neighborhood. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 noon |
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The Fixer When foreign journalists are working in hostile environments, they often rely on locals to set up interviews, interpret conversations, and provide links and leads to people and stories. We follow a BBC journalist and his fixer as they navigate Afghanistan and Pakistan to help western viewers better understand a world that has been defined by war. See Docs in Progress for schedule information |
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Frank, Jeffry, Benji & Me Learning how to grow as a father, student director Joshua Wilkinson attempts to understand and reconcile the divide inside his own family going back two generations of fathers and looking ahead at his own son. A family that preaches peace and justice has been unable to follow the same rules at home, leading to Jeffry’s resentment for being neglected by his heroic father Frank; to Joshua’s pain over his father's physical abuse of his mother; and finally to Benji's (age 6) desire for his father to put down the camera and be a daddy. Screening Sunday, October 28 at 2:00 pm with THE MOTHER ROAD at The Greenbelt Municipal Building |
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Free Spirits: Beginning with a Hell's Angels dropout and eight friends in a tree house in 1968, the Renaissance Community grew into the largest, most controversial New-Age commune of its era. At its peak, it boasted 400 residents, its own airplane, national rock band, and a million dollar yearly income. The commune's story, both humorous and tragic, and that of the rise and fall of founder, Michael Metelica, reflected a generation. Screening Sunday, October 28 at 12:00 noon at the P&G Old Greenbelt Theatre |
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Freedom Dance Freedom Dance' chronicles the extraordinary sketchbook journal of a young artist's life-altering escape from Soviet-occupied Hungary during the riotous 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 1:30 pm with |
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From Fire: An Odyssey of Glass From Fire: An Odyssey of Glass is a documentary with an unusual approach. It introduces you to the inner world of a leading female glass artist: a woman practicing one of the most dangerous glass techniques in a largely male-dominated field. This “artumentary” sweeps you along a wave of rich musical imagery, ending in a poetic crescendo that leaves you grasping for more. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 1:30 pm with NEVELSON, FREEDOM DANCE, and GLIMPSE |
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Greetings From the Shore Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love. Starring Paul Sorvino and Kim Shaw. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 8:00 pm at Beltway Plaza’s Academy Stadium Theaters |
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In Good Conscience A most unlikely and very funny rebel — an American nun — finds herself at the center of a human rights storm with leaders of one of the world's most revered institutions, the Roman Catholic Church. The film chronicles the true story of Sister Jeanine Gramick, who is defying a Vatican edict that she shut down her compassionate ministry to gay and lesbian Catholics, and silence herself permanently on the subject of homosexuality. Her battle takes her all the way to Rome where she attempts an audience with her key adversary over the years — none other than Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — the Inquisitor who would become Pope Benedict XVI. Screening Sunday, October 28 at 2:00 pm Sister Jeanine Gramick & Frank DeBernardo will host a Q&A following the screening |
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Komsomolsk mon Amour How does a utopian city struggle with its past and future? The city is not Greenbelt, but rather Komsomolsk, founded around the same time at in the Russian Far East. This town which started as a socialist experiment later became a major site of the Soviet Gulag and one of the most important hubs of the Soviet military-industrial complex. Today teenagers practice break-dancing and motocross in the shadows of monuments to the city's first builders. We take a trip into the city's history through the eyes of young people, aging Communists, former labor-camp prisoners, and a local avant-garde theater company. Screening Sunday, October 28 at 12:00 noon
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Land's End In this British road movie, Clare is a new mother facing postpartum depression and a cheating husband. On Christmas Eve, she enlists the help of two homeless men to drive her and her baby from London to her father's house in Cornwall. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 8:00 pm at the Greenbelt Community Center Multipurpose Room with ONE SKIN |
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Made in L. A. / Hecho en Los Angeles Made in L. A. follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a mega-trendy clothing retailer. In intimate verite style, Made in L. A. reveals the impact of the struggle on each woman’s life as they are gradually transformed by the experience. Compelling, humorous, deeply human, this is a story about immigration, the power of unity, and the courage it takes to find your voice. In Spanish and English with subtitles. Made in L. A. ("Hecho en Los Angeles") documenta la extraordinaria historia de tres inmigrantes Latinas, costureras en talleres de explotación en Los Ángeles, que se embarcan en una odisea de tres años para conseguir protecciones laborales básicas de una famosa tienda de ropa. Con un estilo de cine directo e intimista, Made in L.A. revela el impacto de esta lucha en la vida de las tres mujeres, a medida que la experiencia las transforma. Conmovedora, simpática y profundamente humana, Made in L.A. es una historia sobre la inmigración, el poder de la unidad, y el valor que se necesita para encontrar tu propia voz. En español y inglés con subtitulos. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 4:00 pm with MOTHER JONES: AMERICA’S MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN |
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Mother Jones: America's Most Dangerous Woman A biopic of the famed labor organizer of the early 20th century who was born in Ireland and passed away at age 100 in Adelphi, Maryland. The film looks at how she transformed personal and political grief and rage about class injustices into an effective persona that led workers into battles that changed the course of history. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 4:00 pm with MADE IN L. A. at Beltway Plaza’s Academy Stadium Theaters |
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The Mother Road Irene was born the same year as Historic Route 66. So it is appropriate that she heads out on a road trip along the famed byway, coming face to face with Americana, aging, and her relationship with her filmmaker daughter. Screening Sunday, October 28 at 2:00 pm with Frank, Jeffry, Benji, and Me at the Greenbelt Municipal Building |
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Nankama Life’s struggles can turn to joy through music which brings together a community. Featuring Farafina Kan, a djembe drum orchestra based in Washington DC. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 noon with ELI’S LIQUOR STORE and At the Wall at the P&G Old Greenbelt Theatre |
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Nevelson: Awareness in the Fourth Dimension A profile of sculptor Louise Nevelson, told in her own words and those of her family and friends who knew her well. A fresh look at art and an artist whose unyielding dedication allowed her to achieve the artistic success she knew was her destiny. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 1:30 pm with FROM FIRE, FREEDOM DANCE, and GLIMPSE at the Greenbelt Municipal Building |
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One Skin Mary is confronted by different paths of womanhood — independence at a cost or the confinement of traditional roles. In her efforts to rise above these limiting scenarios, Mary is offered a glimpse of freedom in the bird she seeks as well as a potential solution in the actions of a rebellious little girl. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 8:00 pm at the Greenbelt Community Center Multipurpose Room with LAND's END |
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The Price of Fuel The film depicts our nation's endeavors in the Middle East, predominately pertaining to oil and its effect on the American people. Quinn Wilson is also the founder of the "Far from Normal" Film Festival in Normal, Illinois that offers young filmmakers an opportunity to show their work. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 6:00 pm with DIVISION PROBLEMS and D.O.P.E at the Beltway Plaza Academy Stadium Theater |
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Subdivided: Isolation & Community in America Director Dean Terry moves to the suburbs and finds nothing but isolation in a landscape of big box stores and McMansions. He discovers that community has been declining everywhere in America, talks to urban planners and critics about design and sprawl, and finds a small neighborhood where community has managed to flourish. Opening Night Film: Screening Friday, October 26 at the New Deal Café. Pass holders and invited guests only. Second Screening: Saturday, October 27 at 1:30 pm with AMERICANA LOST? at the P&G Old Greenbelt Theatre. |
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Urban/Rural Landscapes A program of captivating and challenging experimental shorts by moving image artists from around the globe. The films include: Observation of a Satellite by Andrew Busti and Layne Garrett (4 minutes). An homage to the enchanted wanderer, Joseph Cornell. Interstate (part one) by Cortlund and Halperin (6 minutes). A night surveillance artifact. Elephants and zebras move in circadian rhythm while traffic flashes across the stream in waves. Iceland by Fabiene Gautier (4 minutes). Iceland's landsape seems to reflect a particular internlization of feeling. It speaks to the internal mind. London 6 by Chris Lynn (5 minutes). A typical Sunday near a London train station provides the backdrop to this meditative and transformative piece. Premonition by Dominic Angerame (10 minutes). Influenced by the avant garde filmmakers of the 1920s-30s, this is a city symphony that is haunting, lyrical, and serene. Berlin Warszawa Express by Caroline Koebel (19 minutes). A disappearance becomes a departure, but rather than attempting to reconstitute what is lost,the filmmaker follows the clues and signs framing the site with an anticipatory gaze. Midden by David Dinnell (20 minutes). Shot in rural Japan, a video that documents the rapidily disappearing landscape near Mt.Tsukuba. I'm Back by Robert Robertson (13 minutes). Spike Hawkins' poems are set to film in an attempt to capture what happens at the moment a poem is being written. Screening Saturday, October 27 at 12:00 noon at the Greenbelt Municipal Building |
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Abraham's Bakery A behind-the-scenes tour of one of the last old fashioned bakeries in Miami. |
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The Creatures from Outerspace Life through the eyes of a man who lives in a borderline reality where nothing is absolute, nothing is real, and anything is possible. |
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Diva Escaping a home-town that has completely rejected him, Vincent goes to Paris to be entirely Herself. But life is never that simple. In French with English subtitles. |
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Honey I'm Home He cheated...she knows. |
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I Dream in Stereo A multi-layered, light-hearted music video about the sonic aspects of dreaming. |
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Mr. Chen Hard-luck Paul is contacted out of the blue by an old friend, a mysterious man obsessed with all things Asian, who has come to town for a very special business deal. |
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See Rock City Annie heads on a day trip with best pal Diz and young lover Charlie, neither of whom can stand each other. Starring Broadway actress Annie Morrison and Steven Hill from MTV’s The Real World Las Vegas. |
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Shoe Fly What do your shoes dream about while you are sleeping? |
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Stealing Free Beer An art exhibition of free beer is ransacked and looted. Was it all just a terrible misunderstanding? Or is our consumer-culture thirsting for something new? |
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Code Blue At Flatline Medical, it's all about the patient as long as you pay the bill on time. Unfortunately if you let your insurance lapse, you may lose more benefits than you bargained for. |
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CYN Cynthia, a young woman, is taken by two psychopaths to an abandoned kindergarten. She quickly turns the tables on them. But who else is watching Cyn? |
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Dracula's Mother Dracula has invited his fiance, Lucy, home to the castle to meet his overbearing mother. When Lucy arrives, Mrs. Dracula clearly disapproves of her son's choice for a bride. When battle lines are drawn, Dracula is forced to choose between his mother or his one true love. Starring Mary Lechter, Ryan Mulkay and Mildred Langford |
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A Dream A young man has a recurring dream that leads the audience through a progressively tense landscape of sound and imagery building to a climax that circle back to the starting point. This animation uses Flash, drawing and video to create a narrative style expressing the hallucinations generated during hyper states of consciousness and post-traumatic stress. |
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Epicac Can a machine learn to fall in love? Based on a Kurt Vonnegut short story. |
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Feliz Cumpleaños Most people look forward to celebrating their birthdays with family and friends. But Valentino dreads the day which every year leaves him with unexplainable bruises, scratches, and nightmares. |
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Grandma Goth A gold toothed, magenta-haired, 64-year-old woman takes us on a tour through her personal collection of morbid memorabilia. |
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Jesse Brown Show A fantasy in stop-action. |
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Texas Chainsaw Musical Do you feel bored with your day-to-day routine? Like you're not fulfilling your true life potential? Pleatherface does. And he's got something to sing about it. Selected as a 2007 MTV Movie Awards Best Movie Spoof Nominee. |
