Monday, February 11
New Year Baby
by Socheata Poeuv
This personal documentary by Socheata Poeuv uncovers the story of how her family survived the Cambodian genocide. When Socheata learned a family secret her parents had kept from her for 25 years, she began a quest to understand how her fractured family became whole during the turmoil of the Killing Fields. Throughout her journey to Cambodia, Socheata pushes her parents to tell her the truth, but it's when she lets go that healing begins. [Documentary]
Short Circuit Opening Short:
Flyaway
by Danny Oakley
A little wooden plane, despite the price it must pay, does the impossible and joins a world it could only dream of. [Animation]
Monday, March 10
Guerilla Radio: The Hip-Hop Struggle Under Castro
by Thomas Nybo & Simon Umlauf
Journey through a Cuba that few Americans know exists. Facing threats of jail and censorship, four hip-hop groups struggle to reveal the boundary of artistic expression in Castro's Cuba. [Documentary]
Short Circuit Opening Short:
The Cole Nobody Knows
by Clay Walker
This documentary profiles Chicago-native Freddy Cole, the virtually unknown, yet equally talented younger brother of Nat "King" Cole. At age 75, Freddy Cole is, at last, finally being recognized for his amazing musical talent.
Monday, April 14
Unoccupied Zone: The Impossible Life of Simone Veil
by Cathy Crane
Philosopher, trade-unionist, mystic. Following the 1940 German occupation of Paris, Simone Weil is forced to leave for the "unoccupied zone" of southern France. Under Vichy, she is denied the right to teach. For two years, she waits, she says, for God. The film stages the "theatre" of her thought through a mise-en-scene whose rear screen projections of live-feed video and archival newsreels antagonize the spectacle of biographical reconstruction being played out before it. [Experimental/Fiction]
Short Circuit Opening Short:
Theodore
by Jorge Moran
Theodore knows loneliness, but the challenge of his life is knowing love.
