Not Anymore Director: Matthew Van Dyke | USA, 14 min.
The Syrian struggle for freedom as experienced by a 32 year old rebel fighter and a 24 year old female journalist in Aleppo, Syria.
(Part of a program starting at 2pm, Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd.)
Out of Step Director/Producer: Lynn Estomin |USA, 6 min.
Out of Step features dance interpretations, original music and audio recordings of the personal stories by four female veterans dealing with the PTSD and the aftermath of war. Each woman’s writing and voice are interpreted in dance while the dance chorus evokes their changing views and breaking away from conformity and regiment.
(Part of a program starting at 2m Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
Out of the Fire Director/Producer: Courtenay Singer | USA, 76 min.
Out of the Fire offers a rare, absorbing look into the little-known world of wood-firing potters – artists who use ancient wood-firing techniques to achieve unique surfaces on their pots. Join Kevin Crowe, Krista Loomans and their crew for a four-day, high-temperature kiln firing, in which nearly 2000 handcrafted pots are at stake. Q&A with filmmaker follows.
People Live Here Director: Susannah Smith | USA, 22 min.
As communities and urban planners push to create livable, walk-able, and bike-able cities, this film asks the question: Livable for Whom?
(Part of program starting at 4 pm, Saturday Oct. 19, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
Posey Director: Billy DaMota | USA, 22 min.
Posey is the story of Linda Flemming, who must make the heartbreaking decision to take her grandmother, Posey (Oscar nominee and Golden Globe Winner Sally Kirkland), to a retirement home. Posey suffers from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease, and in a desperate move to avoid the inevitable, she escapes. While her loved ones desperately search for her, Posey finds herself in the middle of a unique situation...one that will profoundly change her outlook on her future. The film seeks to examine the seeming hopelessness of the disease and the fear from both the victim and their families, while at the same time finding hope and humor.
(Part of program starting at 2pm Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Rd.)
On March 11th, 2011 a 9.0 earthquake triggered a massive tsunami off the coast of Japan. This disaster resulted in an estimated 15,878 deaths and trillions of dollars in damage, including a partial meltdown at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. In April 2012, Yogi, Buddhist teacher and activist Michael Stone arrives on a pilgrimage to Japan in the wake of the tsunami and Fukushima meltdown to learn how the Japanese are responding to the crisis. Michael speaks with local residents, artists, activists, and researchers about life in the aftermath and reflects on the old Zen traditions and cities of beautiful temples. How we can embody the Bodhisattva vow in this time? This short film aims to uncover how and why we can let go of old stories, and move towards personal and social awakening by bringing to light our interconnectedness and showing us that our actions matter.
(Part of a program which starts at 2pm, Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd.)
Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War Directors: Alice and Lincoln Day/Producers Alice and Lincoln Day | USA, 68 min.
The environmental damage occasioned by war and preparation for war is routinely underestimated, underreported, even ignored. In Scarred Lands & Wounded Lives we witness the unprecedented scale of environmental damage over the last half century. We discover that the environment remains war's 'silent casualty. Followed by discussion.
(4pm Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd.)
Shoot the Moon Director: Alexander Gaeta | USA, 27 min.
Marcy Meyers is down on her luck. Faced with piling bills, the remnants of a failed marriage and an imminent home foreclosure, she places all of her hope in a national game show that promises a once-in-a-lifetiime chance to win it all.
(Part of program starting at 2pm Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Rd.)
Sosua: Make a Better World Co-Directors, Co-Producers: Peter Miller and Renee Silverman | USA, 56 min.
A group of Jewish and Dominican teenagers in New York City's Washington Heights neighborhood, along with legendary theater director Liz Swados, create a musical about the Dominican rescue of 800 Jews from Hitler. Award winning filmmakers, Peter Miller and Renée Silverman,interweave an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of the making of the theater production with this little-known Holocaust story. In a neighborhood where Jews and Latinos live side by side but rarely interact, this film charts the students’ extraordinary journey of discovery of what unites them – both in the past and in the present.
(Part of program starting at 4 pm, Saturday Oct. 19, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
Strong Enough to Fight Director: Bob Miller | USA, 35 min.
Violence gripped Kenya in 2007, but many young Kenyans are making grass-roots efforts toward community-building. The Kiberia Olympic Boxing Club, with adolescents from different tribes, is one group coming together toward this end.
(Part of program starting at 4pm, Saturday Oct. 19, Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
System Preferences Director: Anya Belkina | USA, 34 min.
Animated documentary about Russian computer pioneer Bashir Rameyev, who wanted to achieve something extraordinary to prove that he and his family were not 'enemies of the people.' He invented the computer used to launch Sputnik into space, spurring the development of Russian and American microelectronics – but did Russian policies hamper the evolution of computer possibilities?
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X Director: Paul Bunnell, Producer: John Duffy, Cast Will Keenan, Creed Bratton, De Anna Joy Brooks, Reggie Bannister, Kate Maberly, Paul Williams, Kevin McCarthy | Hollywood, U.S.A., 106 minutes
Banished to Earth for intergalactic juvenile delinquency, Johnny X and his gang of Ghastly Ones set off in search of a piece of alien technology that could change the fate of the universe forever – the so-called “resurrection suit.” Soon, the extraterrestrial no-goodniks are embroiled in a wacky scheme involving a femme fatale named Bliss, a shifty concert promoter with schemes of his own, and a recently deceased musician who won’t let a little decomposition stop him from rocking.
(Part of program starting at 8pm, Saturday Oct. 19, Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
The Singing City Director: Marko Simic | Spain, 63 min.
A vibrant documentary that introduces us to the unique life style of the people of Cádiz, a small-big city in the south of Spain by the Atlantic bay, where human relations and people's voices still come first. During the Cádiz street Carnival, with a lot of good humor, incredible energy, sincerity and musicality, "Los Gaditanos" (inhabitants of Cádiz) tell their stories in a symphonic mixture of street interviews and singing in the streets. A film that could inspire everyone's search for happiness, suggesting that material crisis does not have to lead to social crisis.
(With coffee and donuts: 10am Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
The Swamp Director: Theo Linder | USA, 12 min.
Miles tells his older brother about a dream he had as they travel through a swamp. Provoked by the dream, and strange apparitions, Delta's fragile grip on reality is questioned. Will he find his salvation or be consumed by the swamp?
(Part of program which starts at 2pm Sunday, Oct. 20, Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Rd.)
Urban Rural Landscapes 7 Curator: Chris H. Lynn; Directors: Chris H. Lynn, Nick Collins, Malia Murray, Matt McCormick, Lorenzo Gattorna, Bernd Luetzeler, Hope Tucker and others.| Filmed in many locations, 50 min.
A collection of diverse Landscape films from around the world.
Wheelchair Diaries: One Step Up Director: Reid Davenport | USA/Europe, 28 min.
In this moving – and sometimes humorous - documentary, a college student with a disability who was refused admission to an Italian study abroad program sets out to explore how Europe treats those in wheelchairs. What he finds is revealing not only of European attitudes but also of how society as a whole views disability. Q&A with director following film.
(Part of program which starts at 4 pm, Saturday Oct. 19, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
The Women Workers’ War Director: Massimo Ferrari | Italy, 67min.
When an Italian factory fires its all-female workforce, workers take over the factory for over a year. When one of those workers, Rosa, meets Margherita - who owns another factory - new possibilities are hatched.
(Part of program which starts at 12 noon, Sunday Oct. 20, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
The Worst of the Worst: Portrait of a Supermax Prison Directors/Producers/Editors: Jane Cooper, Valarie Kaur, Ally Lamb, Aseem Mehta, Eric Parrie, Sharat Raju, Ivy Wang | USA, 25 min.
An inside look at Connecticut’s sole supermax prison, where many inmates are held in solitary confinement for months and even years at a time. Hard-hitting interviews with a range of experts and administrators are interwoven with the powerful stories of those who spend their days within the walls of Northern: inmates and correctional officers.
(Part of program which starts at 12 noon, Sunday Oct. 20, Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Rd., Greenbelt)
Vital Voices Director: Aaron Kisner | USA, 3 min.
A poignant animation from India about a mother and child.
(Part of program which starts at 12 noon, Greenbelt Municipal Building, 25 Crescent Rd.,
