Dallas VideoFest 29 Program

OCT 18-23
ANGELIKA
FILM CENTER
CONTENTS
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brought to you by
2016 board of directors
sponsors and contributors
welcome by bart weiss
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about our jurors
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texas show jurors
16
kovacs awards
DALLAS
V I D E O F E S T
29
III
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Artistic Director
Barton Weiss
Managing Director
Raquel Chapa
Boxoffice
Prekindle
Technical Supervisor
Christian Vasquez
Kyle Kondas
Technical Assistant
Mark Aaron Sharon
Lauren Hendricks
Rebirth of Nation
Presented by
Ignite Arts Dallas,
Video Association
Dallas, Make Art
with Purpose,
MAP 2016;
Use Your Voice
Security
Billy Cunningham
Outreach/Community
Relations
Webpage
Stephanie Patrick
Dev Shapiro
Darren Dittrich
Program Editor
Andrew Holzschuh
Teresa Nguyen
Media Relations/
Entertainment
Publicity
Kelly J Kitchens
Program Editor
Dana Turner
Carol Huang
Newsletter Editor
Tamitha Curiel
Graphic Design
Sullivan Perkins
Program Design
Design Texas - UT Arlington

Pauline Hudel Smith - faculty
Hamid Hesami - lead designer
Festival Bumpers
Transportation
Jason Archip
Videography
Selig Polyscope
Company
Interns
Jade Basinski
Noah Brooks
Shenkwia Jones
Rachael Kite
Chris Lew
Programmers
Beth Jasper
Women in
Film Dallas
Alvin Hysong
Wes Sutton
Trophies
Redman I Am
Video Association of Dallas 2016 Board of Directors

Chair: Jeffrey A. Leuschel
Treasurer: Jim Nugent
Tim Capper
Alicia Chang
Patricia Davis
Darren Dittrich
Adam Donaghey
Janeil Engelstad
Sondra Golzad
David Leeson
Leslie Oschmann
Phil Pan
Mark Perkins
Andy Streitfeld
Emma Vernon
Advisory Board
Steve Alford
Mark Birnbaum
Marilyn Clark
Sylvia Komatsu
Charles Dee Mitchell

Carolyn Sortor
A Special Thanks to
Kelly Allen
Adam Conway
Barak Epstein
Mike and Stacey
Archip
Ellen Cotter
Susan Teegardin
Michael Nesmith
Richard McKay
Barbara Vance
Dena Hill
Scott Sura
CONTRIBUTORS
Major Sponsors
Media Sponsor
Jeff & Jani Leuschel

City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs
Texas Commission on the Art
Dallas Film Commission
The National Endowment for the Arts
AMS Pictures
Alford Media Services
KERA
CharlieUniformTango
Mockingbird Station
Prekindle
Selig Polyscope Company
Art&Seek
AMS Pictures
The Common Desk
Selig Film News
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SullivanPerkins
TheaterJones
Freeman
Sponsors
Angelika Film Center Dallas

FilmFreeway
Studio Movie Grill
Harry Moss Foundation
FREEMAN Audio Visual Solutions
Proof and Pantry
Jersey Mikes on Greenville
Instagram Cat Mom
Rebirth Of A Nation Co-Sponsors

Ignite Arts Dallas/SMU Meadows
School of the Arts
MAP - Make Art with Purpose
Dallas VideoFest 29
Lounge Sponsor
Dallas Film Commission
Special Programs Sponsors

Fort Worth Film Commission
Houston Film Commission
Texas Film Commission
Texas Association of Film Commission
Special Thanks
Jim & Deborah Nugent
Spencer Michlin
Andy Streitfeld
Texas Theatre
Members
Star
Jim & Deborah Nugent
Andy Streitfeld
Janeil Engelstad
Dallas Producers Association
Director $250
Sylvia Komatsu & George Stone
Kelly Randall
Judith Samson
Cattarulla, Kay & Elliot
North Texas Giving Day Donors
Jeffrey A. Leuschel
Chair of Board of Directors
Supporter
Darren & Christy Dittrich
Mark Birnbaum
Emma Vernon
Garry Potts
Mark Perkins
Pat Davis
Media
KERAs Art & Seek
Promotion and Public Relations

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Transportation
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Women in Film Dallas

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Barak Epstein
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A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM BART
Welcome to the 29th anniversary of the Dallas

VideoFest. Thank you so much for your support
I hope you will be inspired by all the possibilities
of the progressing film and video medium.
We embark on the journey on opening

night with Sunrise. The festival belonging
to you as the audience and to the Video
Association always strives to navigate
the intersection of technology and art
of moving pictures, this is why we felt
it appropriate to start with Sunrise. This
classic film was made in 1927 before
sound had invaded cinema and the art of
creatively moving and working the camera
was thrown out for singing and talking. F W
Murnaus Sunrise represents the very best
and most accomplished silent film ever

produced. We are truly honored to partner
with the innovative and inspiring Richard
McKay and the Dallas Chamber Symphony.
We will have the unique opportunity to
view and experience beauty in concert
with a wonderful performance. After a prior
collaboration with the Dallas Chamber
Symphony, we were brainstorming on what
to do next. I proposed showing Birth of a
Nation and finding an African American
Composer to subvert the racism in the
classic film. Raquel Chapa, our talented and

visionary managing director, recommended
that we instead show Re-Birth of a Nation
with DJ Spooky*. What a great idea a
one-two punch to start to the festival we
are not only offering engaging and thought
provoking films, but also ethereal cinematic
events. We are so fortunate to have Ignite
Arts Dallas and Make Art with Purpose /
MAP 2016: Use Your Voice and many other
great partners.
This year we are paying special tribune
to Kartemquin Films of Chicago who
have been making socially and politically
concourse documentaries for 50 years. We
are fortunate to have Gordon Quinn, one
of the founders, here for the screening of a
restored version of the classic documentary
Hoop Dreams. He will also show a very
old film (and I do mean film) project from
the old days and the Trials of Mohamed
Ali. We are also showing a new film from
Kartemquin on Sunday, Shattered Glass.
New this year we are working with Women
in Film Dallas a wonderful organization that
supports women filmmakers and provides
scholarships to students. We are hosting
their annual Chick Flix, which includes two
collections of short films and the feature
Quaker Oaths. We, once again, have the
Big D mobile fest folded into our program
as well.
There are so many films I am so excited for
you to see from Blur Cycles, a wonderful
film about what happens when you have
lost your child, Streets of Sicon, an original
film with the authenticity of street life,
and a battle between Black and Latino
cultures of on the street, To Last Laugh, a
doc that asks what can be funny about the
holocaust. One my favorite docs is the Two
Trains Running with mixes the battle for civil
rights with two almost converging searches
for amazing country blues singers do not
miss this! Then, there is Love Witch, which
you also must see.
You will also have the opportunity to view a
trending TV and technology program about
how the NY Times is working with virtual

reality. Who would have ever thought
that documentary would be a good place
for virtual reality? Dont miss a behindthe-scenes look at 60 Minutes. We also
have Chip Lord from Ant Farm (Cadillac
Ranch) with his new film and live musical
performance Greetings from Amarillo.
To experience the evolution of online
culture you must see Rooster Teeth for
older folks, this will give you street cred
with the future wave of filmmakers. Then,
we have a film about Chris Burden and
fair use in filmmaking, Trackton, which
is amazing. There is so much more, you
can see why I am truly exited about this
years festival!
We could not do this without the generous
support of our sponsors The National
Endowment for the Arts, The Texas
Commission for the Arts, Office of Cultural
Affairs Dallas and so many others.
A BIG D thank you to our board of
directors who lifts us up with support and
encouragement, and especially to board
chair Jeff Leuschel.
New this year we are

working with Women in
Film Dallas, a wonderful
organization that supports
women filmmakers and
provides scholarships
to students.
A special thanks to Robert Hower my

department chair at UTA. A special shout
out to what I call Team Bart this team of
doctors keep me going. To our dedicated
and great smiling volunteers and, of
course Raquel, who has the tough job
of working with me. To Susan Teegardin,
for many months of putting up with my
anxiety, long nights and for keeping me
going. IN ADDITION, thank you for
coming and sharing this with us! * thank
you Suza Kanon for bring the program to
our attention.
JURORS
documentary feature
narrative feature
shorts feature
texas show
Documentary Feature
RON SIMON
Ron Simon has been a curator of radio and
television at The Paley Center for Media
since the early 1980s. He is also an adjunct
associate professor at Columbia University,
New York University, and Hunt College,
where he teaches courses on the history
of media. Simon has written for many
publications, including The Encyclopedia
For Television and Thinking Outside of
The Box. A member of the editorial board
of Television Quarterly, he was recently
chair of the George Foster Peabody
Committee, Simon has lectured at
museums and educational institutions
throughout the world.
DANIEL GARCIA
Daniel E. Garca is a Peruvian filmmaker and
educator dedicated to the development
of visual storytelling curricula and socially
relevant filmmaking. He holds a MFA
degree in Film Production from Ohio
University, an MA in Communications from
Wheaton College and a Bachelors Degree
in Linguistics and Literature from The
Catholic University of Per - Lima.
He is also an AVID Media Composer
Certified Instructor.He is an Assistant
Professor of Film in the Art and Art History
department at The University of Texas Arlington. He has been the adjunct and
associate professor head of the video
production programs at Calvin College
(2003 20011) and Spring Hill College
(2011-2013). He has also taught courses
in Latin American political film history in
various universities in the US as well as
giving workshops on visual storytelling,
scriptwriting and video editing in Latin
America, Africa and Europe.
JURORS
Narrative Feature
CHRISTOPHER JASON BELL
Christopher Jason Bell is a former critic
for the blog The Playlist and an active
filmmaker. Starting in a small suburban
town in New Jersey, he made the big move
to Long Island and earned a bachelors
degree in film at the appropriately named
Long Island University. Upon graduation,
Christopher teamed with former classmates
Alex Megaro and Paul Taylor to form the
Fuzzy Heritage Films Collective. His first
feature, THE WINDS THAT SCATTER
premiered at Northside Festival and went
on to play in Madrid, South Korea (winning
Best International No Budget Feature Film
at the KIXFF), Cambodia, Chile, Argentina,
and numerous places in the USA.
His latest short film, ONE TIMES ONE,

premiered on Filmmaker Magazine.
Christopher currently resides in Brooklyn
like everyone else and is probably a bit too
active on Twitter.
JOE DISHNER
Joe Dishner has worked in the film industry
for over 30 years as a Producer, Line
Producer, and Unit Production Manager.
He has had a diverse career, comprising
feature films, TV series, documentaries,
and TV commercials. His producing credits
include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(2003), and 22 episodes of the CBS series
The Ghost Whisperer. His UPM credits
include A Simple Plan, Road Trip, The
Mothman Prophecies, Dreamer: Inspired
by a True Story, The Evening Star, The Big
Green, Houseguest, the first two seasons
of the TNT series Dallas, 22 episodes
of the Fox series The Good Guys, and
the PBS documentaries The Fort Worth
Watergarden and Gimbles Swing.
He was a founding co-publisher of The
Austin Chronicle.
He currently serves on the project

committee for the Filmanthopy Fund of the
Dallas Foundation and Media Productions
Development Zone Advisory Committee
for the State of Texas. He is a long time
member of The Directors Guild of America
and Sams Club.
Shorts Feature
SHILYH WARREN
Assistant Professor of Aesthetic and Film
Studies at UT Dallas. Her teaching and
research areas of interest include womens
cinema, experimental and documentary
film. These days shes working on her
first book, an intensive study of womens
documentary filmmaking during the 1970s.
In another life, she also taught film studies
at North Carolina State University, worked
on the programming team at the Full
Frame Documentary Film Festival, and
learned radio production on Dick Gordons
show The Story at WUNC.
CHRIS REED
Award-winning writer and director. His
feature films have screened at festivals
throughout the United States and Canada,
have been released theatrically in Los
Angeles and New York, and have been
reviewed in the LA Times, The Village
Voice and the LA Weekly, among many
others. His films include The Proper Care
& Feeding of an American Messiah, Clean
Freak, Endings, Where We Started and Blur
Circle. Chris resides in Robinson, Texas with
his wife, Sherry, and their four daughters.
You can read more about his work in film
and screenwriting at his website, (http://
www.hansenfilms.com).
JURORS
Texas Show
JUSTINA WALFORD
Born and raised in Southern California,
Justina Walford started writing at a very
young age. After her degree in English
Literature at San Francisco State University,
Justina was the Artistic Director of Split
Id Staged Performances in Hollywood for
three years. During that time, she produced a dozen full-length productions and
countless one-night shows, many of which
were her original work. Praised by both the
LA Weekly and Backstage West, Justinas
Evolution of Sunday was described as a
thoughtful and affecting drama about faith,
love andforgiveness.
In 2004, Walford was a proud recipient of
the Women in Theater Red Carpet Award.
In 2010, Justina left Los Angeles for New
York and began creating movies with
husband John Wildman. Justina Walford is
co-writer and producer of the horror film

Ladies of the House, shot in Dallas and
available online. She now lives in Dallas,
where she is the Artistic Director of Women
Texas Film Festival.
CAMERON BRUCE NELSON

A 2014 IFP Narrative Labs Fellow who has
written, directed, edited, and produced
several short films that have screened on
the U.S. festival circuit. His first feature,
"Some Beasts," was chosen to participate
at the U.S. in Progress-Wroclaw and was
the recipient of an Austin Film Society
post-production grant. He served as the
technical director at the Lone Star Film
Festival and as an assistant programmer
for VideoFest. He lives in OakCliff, Texas.
Texas Show
GABRIEL DURAN
I'm proud to be Mexican American. I was
born In Wichita Falls TX and moved to
DFW in 2004. I started my college career
as a business major but found my niche in
film and video soon after. I am an award
winning filmmaker with a masters in film/
video from UTA. Currently I teach film
and video as an adjunct at Texas A&M
Commerce in Dallas and the Art Institute
of Fort Worth. As a writer and director
my films have won several awards and
have screened on more than 40 different
occasions all over the United States and
London including a television showing on
PBS (KERA). I am currently working on a
highly anticipated experimental feature
film called Streets of a Scion that is soon
to be out this October. As a successful
filmmaker I have been invited to be a
judge on several film festivals such as the
Fort Worth Independent Film Showcase,
Dallas VideoFest and the Denton based
Granatum. I am also a co-founder of an
acting and film production school called
C.T.C Cinema Group and the director of
the 1st annual Festival De Cine Latino
Americano in Fort Worth. My goal as the
director of the Festival De Cine Latino
Americano is to bring the independent
filmmakers of Latin America into the
spotlight. I strongly feel that not only do

these filmmakers need a place screen their
work but they also need an audience to
watch and listen.
As a filmmaker I want to breathe new
life into the underrepresented Chicano
experience and bring the audience closer
to me through my stories. I desire to use
storytelling as a tool to bring the audience
into my world, a world that mainstream
media ignores, or when it does "shedlight" on it, it's done from a stereotypical
outsiders point of view. Debunking those
stereotypes and connecting with people
emotionally is the reason I make films.
REBIRTH OF
A NATION
by Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky
"A hip-hop drum beat pulses. (It sounds African and

urban American.) A wash of industrial sound is joined by
bells and cymbals; a dissonant violin; blues fragments.
These are the sounds of history and racial complexity that
Griffith tried to suppress."
Margo Jefferson, New York Times
robably most well-known under

his "constructed persona" as DJ
Spooky That Subliminal Kid, Miller
has recorded a huge volume of music
and collaborated with a wide variety of
musicians and composers, among them
Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kronos
Quartet, Pierre Boulez, Steve Reich,Yoko
Ono,Thurston Moore and many others. He
also composed and recorded the score for
the Cannes and Sundance Award-winning
film Slam, starring acclaimed poet Saul
Williams, and produced material on Yoko
Ono's recent album Yes, I'm a Witch.
Conceived as a reimagining of director

D.W. Griffiths infamously racist 1915 silent
film The Birth of a Nation, DJ Spookys Rebirth of a Nation is a controversial and culturally significant project that examines how
...exploitation and political corruption still
haunt the world to this day, but in radically
different forms. Originally commissioned
in 2004 by the Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Wiener Festwochen, and
the Festival d'Automne a Paris, the project
was Millers first large-scale multimedia performance piece, and has been performed
around the world, from the Sydney Festival
About Paul Miller

AKA DJ Spooky
Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky is a

composer, multimedia artist and writer
whose work immerses audiences in a
blend of genres, global culture, and
environmental and social issues. His
written work has been published by The
Village Voice,The Source, and Artforum,
and he is the Editor of Origin Magazine.
Millers work has appeared in the
Whitney Biennial; The Venice Biennial
for Architecture; the Ludwig Museum in
Cologne; Kunsthalle,Vienna; The Andy
Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the Miami/
Art Basel fair, and other museums and
galleries. Millers award-winning book
Rhythm Science was published by MIT
Press 2004, and was followed by Sound
Unbound, an anthology about electronic
music and digital media, in 2008. The
Book of Ice, an experiential visual and
acoustic portrait of the Ant- arctic, was
published in 2011 by Random House.
to the Herod Atticus Amphitheater,
more than fifty times. The projects live
musical score by DJ Spooky, originally
recorded by Kronos Quartet, was made
available for the first time on CD from
Cantaloupe Records, in summer 2015.
Today, after more than one hundred
years since the release of The Birth of
a Nation, the project continues to be
presented internationally, engaging
audiences in themes of civil rights and
freedom, seen through the lens of DJ
Spookys unique art of remixing. Rebirth
of a Nation can be done as a film
screening with a personal introduction
by DJ Spooky; performed live by DJ
Spooky with three video screens; or
performed live with DJ Spooky, three
video screens, and a string quartet.
Millers large scale, multimedia

performance pieces include Rebirth of a
Nation, Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica,
commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of
Music for the Next Wave Festival 2009, and
Seoul Counterpoint, written during his
residency at Seoul Institute of the Arts in
2014. Miller was the first Artist in Residence
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
where he premiered his work A Civil War
Symphony in 2013. In 2014, Miller was
named a National Geographic Emerging
Explorer, an honor recognizing visionaries
at the forefront of global problem
solving. Current projects include Peace
Symphony, commissioned by UN Peace
Boat, a new planetarium work Hidden
Code commissioned by Dartmouth
College in collaboration with Museum of
Science Boston, the CD/DVD of Rebirth
of a Nation on Cantaloupe Music, a new
dancehall/reggae remix release from VP
Records, and the publication of his fourth
book The Imaginary App from MIT Press.
OPENING NIGHT
Sunrise
The Dallas Chamber Symphony
OCTOBER
DALLAS
CHAMBER
SYMPHONY
.W. Murnaus Academy Awardwinning classic film, Sunrise

(1927) at VideoFest 29. Youll
enjoy watching this bewitching story
of love and redemption from the
late silent movie era, accompanied
by The Dallas Chamber Symphony
performing a new musical score
composed by Joe Kraemer, whose film
credits includeJack Reacher and the
18
blockbuster hitMission Impossible:

Rogue Nation.Tickets give you
access to the premiere at Dallas City
Performance Hall where you can
meet the composer and join us for
the after party.Presented with thanks
for the generous support provided
by the Jean Baptiste (Tad) Adoue III
Fund of The Dallas Foundation.
JOE KRAEMER
Joe Kraemer has been scoring films since the age of 15, when he
composed the soundtrack for high school classmate Scott Storms
The Chiming Hour, a feature-length indie shot on Super 8 in
1986. It was during this time that he first met a young writer named
DALLAS
Christopher McQuarrie, a meeting that would lead to three careerCHAMBER
defining projects for Kraemer, The Way of the Gun, Jack Reacher,
SYMPHONY
and 2015s box office smash Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation
His recent work includes the documentary Liberating a Continent:
John Paul II and the Fall of Communism released earlier this year.
SCREENINGS
feauture film
short
documentary
narrative
experimental
Dallas Videofest |--
animation
presentation
special programs
music video
349
THE ACT
Re-Inventing the Image
Big D Mobile Phone
Director: Kristen Lauth Shaeffer
Director: Dorukhan Turan
Created with hundreds of pencils and

hundreds of hands, 349 is a collaborative
animated film that explores the idea that
were all imperceptibly connected. A dance
performance was videotaped and converted
into a series of still frames. 349 different
people each redrew one of these frames
to represent themselves and someone with
whom they have an important connection.
The resulting drawings were scanned,
sequenced, and synced to music to
create the short animated film.
Duygu is an actress and finally had a role

in a movie. However she is nervous for her
new role since the character is unusual for
her type. She is excited to screen the movie
to her friends for the first time and expects
to see the same excitement from them.
ANGELIKA FILM CENTER DALLAS

THEATER 7
SATURDAY OCT. 22 - 10:15 PM
Director: Chuck Workman
9546 KM.
Director: Sergio Garca Locatelli

Big D Mobile Phone
I keep looking into myself, as if Madrid is

my city. I came here more than 7 years ago
from a place 9546 km. far away. With the
daylight I feel like a foreigner, no matter no
one can tell unless I speak.
THEATER 3

THEATER 3
THE ADVENTURES
The Power of Stories Compilation

A man about to turn ninety, living in
a nursing home in Far Rockaway, talks
revealingly about the past, the present, and
the future, and the dying girl who chose
him to create one of her final
memories, a choice he remembers
decades later, although he doesnt always
remember her name. Mark Rydell creates
the character of Ed with compassion, humor, and gratitude for a long life of
adventures. Mario DiDonato plays his nurse,
a man with a secret adventure of his own
THEATER 3
349
SCREENINGS
feature
ANA WITH ELISIO
Director: Lizzette Barrera Austin

Its New Years Eve and Ana does not want
to go home after her much older boyfriend
Elisio simply takes her out to eat.
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
AUDIBLE STATIC
Director: Sai Selvarajan

Plays With The Maid
Thaddeus is a teenager in love. Love comes

with panic. Silence. Racing thoughts, but
no words. Just, audible static. In the last
days on analogue, Thaddeus finds a way
THEATER 2
to cheat the system.
SUNDAY OCT. 23 - 8:30 PM
THE ART OF DIRECTING:

FRANK CAPRA
Director: Allan Holzman
In the history of cinema, only the great

John Ford has won as many Academy
Awards for feature directing as Frank Capra
(Its a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith
Goes to Washington, and It Happened
One Night). From his early years as a
gag writer and director during the wildly
frenetic silent era to his beautifully choreographed cinema classics lasting until
the1960s, Mr. Capra delves into his art of
directing, revealing inspiring insights into
his methodology of storytelling, working
with actors, writers, and studio chiefs, while
offering gems of information still relevant
to todays filmmakers. Directed and edited
by two time Emmy winner Allan Holzman.
Director in Attendance
THEATER 3
THE ART OF FRANK CAPRA

THEATER 3
FRIDAY OCT. 21 - 9:45 PM
BABA YAGA
Director: Cydney Cox
Stories from the Edge Compilation

THEATER 7
THE BAHIAN
Director: Camilo Estrada

Big D Mobile
In Brazil, a country currently going through

a severe economic crisis, special people
like Ivan appear to give some hope. From
the state of Bahia, (northeast Brazil) he
goes to Rio de Janeiro on vacation and
visits the beautiful beaches of Copacabana
and Ipanema, where he learns to enjoy
what was once work to him: fishing.
THEATER 3
THE BIG SECRET
experimental
animation
presentation
BALL IS LIFE
Director: Terry bluez
Plays with Temple Shalom Softball

Ball is Life is the story of a young female
basketball star on the verge of earning a
Division I scholarship under the intense
coaching of her overbearing father. But
when her hoop dreams are jeopardized by
an unplanned pregnancy, she must decide
which is more important, Ball or Life?
THEATER 7
THE BIG SECRET

Directors: Alex Voss,
Susan Downs, M.D.
The Big Secret is the latest work by

five-time Emmy Award-winning producer
Alex Voss with the assistance of multi
award winning filmmaker and integrative
physician, Susan Downs. Vosss personal
journey to regain his health brought him
face-to-face with the impacts big money
has had on the American healthcare
system. Join Voss as he looks at the history
of medicine in the US and how wealth and
power affect the decisions doctors make.
My goal, says Voss, is to empower
people with knowledge and start a
conversation that will ultimately lead
to life-saving changes to our personal
BLUR CIRCLE
special program
music video
health, and reform in our healthcare

system. The Big Secret is only the
beginning.
THEATER 7
SUNDAY
OCT. 23 - 7:30 PM

Black History Re-imagined

Hymns of Three Cities by Lisa Mills
Juke Passages From The Films
of Spencer Williams by Thom Anderson
SUNDAY OCT. 23
ANGELIKA 3, 6:45 PM
BLUR CIRCLE
Director: Chris Hansen

Jill Temple is a single mother still
grieving the loss of her young son after he
disappeared two years ago. Unable to face
the possibility that she has lost him forever,
she pursues every lead and meets Burton
Rose, a man with a shrouded past. The
details of that past and how Burton has
responded to it force Jill to look at her
life in a completely new way.
THEATER 3
THURSDAY OCT. 20 - 7:00 PM
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
BOSSMAN
BRINSTON: FREE AF
Chick Flicks Short Block
Performance Value Compilation
Director: Theresa Varga

A spaced out but wildly imaginative stoner
goes on a quest to the seek the truth about
Bossman a local chicken shop owner and
his secret chicken shop plans that seem out
of this world.
THEATER 7
THE BOY ON THE TRAIN

Director: Roger Deutsch
An American experimental film director

screening his new film in Budapest meets
one of the subjects of that film. What starts
as a simple chat over coffee turns into
an alternately comic and suspenseful
road trip.
THEATER 7
BREAKFAST IN BED
Director: Payton Thropp
2016 Texas Filmmaker's Showcase

A young girl faces changes in her family
with bravery and hope.
THEATER 7
BRINSTON:FREE AF
narrative
Director: Sierra Sintic
Matthew Brinston is a Dallas-based visual

artist who leaves clues to the locations
of his latest, free-art drop via Instagram
(MatthewBrinston). He travels to Los
Angeles, leaving his art scattered
across the Southwestern landscape.
THEATER 2
BUBBLES DONT LIE

Director: Stepan Etrych
Big D Mobile Phone
A typical day starts as engineer Cmiral

wakes and brushes his teeth in the
bathroom. Then a comic book bubble
appears above his head with 6 inside
it. Soon everyone in the world has an
overhead bubble and a number, but
no one knows why.
THEATER 3
BURDEN
Directors: Tim Marrinan

& Richard Dewey
For more than 45 years, Chris Burdens
work has challenged ideas about the limits
and nature of modern art. His pioneering
and often dangerous performance works of
the 1970s earned him a place in art history
books while he was still in his early 20s. He
experimental
animation
presentation
had himself shot (Shoot, 1971), locked up

(Five Day Locker Piece, 1971), electrocuted,
(Doorway to Heaven, 1973), cut (Through
the Night Softly, 1973), crucified (Transfixed, 1974), and advertised on television
(4 TV Ads, 197377). But as the 70s
progressed Burden became disillusioned
with expectations and misconceptions
based on his early works, and as the
pressure grew, the line between his life
and his art blurred.
THEATER 3
special program
music video
BIG D MOBILE III

Saturday Oct. 22nd
1 pm at the Angelika Dallas
Theater 3
Dreams about Kimono

by Nikolay Kozlov
The Act
by Dorukhan Turan
Lonely Logan
by Daniel Duerto
Bubbles Doesn't Lie

by Stepan Etrych
The Moment
CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL

Director: Mark Birnbaum
Ritual Beauty Compilation
Reflections on the Dallas Shooting

THEATER 3
by Sven D.
Miracle ofHanukkah
by Adi Spektor
8546km
by Sergio Garca Locatelli
Wake Up
by Wes Sutton
Dancing in Hell
by Tim Nicholas
Open Table
by Tim Nicholas
The Bahian
by Camilo Estrada
Parametric
by Amila C. Kumarasinghe
Happy BirthdayKevin-John Psathas

by John Psathas
Spectratta
by Susan Maughlin Wood
THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT
BURDEN
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
THE 15TH ANNUAL

CHICK FLICKS
FESTIVAL:
We are shining a light on some
FANTASTIC female filmmmakers from Texas, as well as, from
around the globe.
BOSSMAN
By Theresa Varga
HUMMINGBIRD & CRANE

By Veronica Rodriguez
PRIYANATH
By Anietie Antia-Obong
DOOR
by Andrea Schmitz
SPUNKLE
by Lisa Donato
MUSCLE
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
THE CAMBODIAN
SPACE PROJECT
Director: Richard Kuipers

Community Partner:
Asian Film Festival Dallas
A wandering Australian musician walks

into a Phnom Penh karaoke bar. What
happens next is the story of Julien Poulson
and Srey Thy, a poor village girl with
an incredible voice. Using wonderfully
inventive graphics and archival footage
from the personal films of Cambodias King
Sihanouk, this is an intimate story of music,
love and the cross-cultural challenges
faced by two struggling performers as
success takes them from the ancient
Khmer Kingdom of Angkor, to the streets
of Brixton and all the way to the Motown
Studios of Detroit.
THEATER 3
by Heidi Miami Marshall
CHASING LIGHT
UNDERTOW
A Different Perspective Compilation
byVeronica Rodriguez
LA PETITE MORT
by Anna Maria Alaimo
Director: Jeff Bednarz
Wyman Meinzer is one of a kind. Hes part

cowboy, conservationist, biologist, hunter,
trapper, and world class photographer. A
jack of all wild trades, he doesnt fit any
traditional mold.
THEATER 7
CHIKA DOG FROM THE GHETTO
experimental
animation
presentation
CHIKA DIE HNDIN IM

GHETTO (CHIKA DOG
FROM THE GHETTO)
Plays with Last Laugh
The film is based on the book of the

Shoa survivors Batsheva Dagan and
insights into life in the Warsaw Ghetto
from the perspective of a little Jewish boy.
THEATER 2
CINERAMA
On Film Compilations
Cinerama is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously from
three synchronized 35 mm projectors onto
a huge, deeply curved screen, subtending
146 of arc. The trademarked process was
marketed by the Cinerama corporation. It
was the first of a number of novel processes introduced during the 1950s, when the
movie industry was reacting to competition
from television. Cinerama was presented
to the public as a theatrical event, with reserved seating and printed programs, and
audience members often dressed in their
best attire for
the evening.
special program
COLD CITY HEAVEN
Director: Donald Rubinstein

We hold heaven and hell together, shaking
one and then the other. There is mystery in
memory. A meditation on life and death.
THEATER 2
CONCEALED
Director: Dakota Ford

Students can carry concealed handguns on
campus; she uses her right in doing so. She
goes to campus to work on a project and
stays late into the night. She has to decide
quickly if hes a threat or not.
THEATER 7

THEATER 7
CONFESSIONS OF A BREASTIMATOR
music video
CONTIGO
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
CONFESSIONS OF A
BREASTIMATOR
THE CONTROL ROOM
Drew gets the feeling that something in his

hotel is wrong...and it might just be him.
He uses drugs to suppress his normal
personality and talks to a voice he thinks
is in his head. When things start to get
strange, and the drugs wear off, he realizes
the world he has been obliviously forced
into is not real. Director in Attendance
Director: Jisu Kim
Confessions of a Breastimator is a story

of a breast aficionado who reflects back
on her life as an animator with a passion
for cartoons and animating double Ds.
Although created fully digitally, the film
uses traditional hand-drawing methods
that pay tribute to the limited animation
style of the 50s.
THEATER 7
CONTIGO
Director: Luis Valdovino

Re-inventing the Image
Contigo is a waltz with family and tradition,

close to the South Texas border. This film
explores a musical style that evolved in the
lower Rio Grande Valley in the early 19th
Century after local musicians began using
accordions brought by German settlers.
The project is based on a song written by
one of the pioneers of conjunto music, Don
Santiago Jimnez. It is performed in this
video by his son, Santiago Jimnez Jr.
THEATER 7
Director: Calvin Herbst
Texas Show 2016 - Dallas

THEATER 2
CRYSTAL LAKE
Director: Jennifer Reeder

When a struggling young Muslim girl feels
unsafe at the skate park, a group of girls
takes over, forming an all-female force
field on the half pipe. Maximum daylight,
zero boys: a group of girls band together
to help a friend in need. This film is a grrrl
power anthem.
THEATER 3
DEAD MALL
Director: Dustin Morrow
Re-inventing the Image Compilations

Once bright and shiny temples of
commerce, malls across America have
become virtual ghost towns ravaged by
online shopping, new upmarket urban
BRINSTON:FREE AF
experimental
animation
presentation
shopping communities, and big box discount stores. A Target and a Wal-Mart are
among the factors that have pulled traffic
away from the mall featured in this film.
THEATER 7
DEAFBLIND COUPLE
special program
music video
Differently Abled Performers

First Person Singular with Roland Steel
by Paul Wahlstrom
Deaf Blind Couple by Dustin Morrow

Ode to the Port by Desiree Kapler
Min Maestro by Cheryl Allison
White Cane by Laith Sami
SATURDAY OCT 22
ANGELIKA THEATER 3, 2:30 PM
Director: Esteban Pedraza

Compilations
A Different Perspective
Official Selection 2016 Woods Hole

Film Festival. Deafblind Couple is a short
cinematic ode to the sensation of touch
and the feeling of intimacy with another
human being. A man and woman who can
neither see nor hear wake up in bed next
to each other, communicate, and rekindle
their relationship through touch alone.
Through the use of experimental sound
design and increasingly intimate
cinematography, Deafblind Couple
illustrates the simultaneous deep isolation
and true moments of connection between
its two characters.
Please Forgive my Pain by Sheldon E Schiffer

The Itching by Dianne Bellino
Mu by Tom Ludwi
Like a Photograph by Tom Varisco
Molly Blooms by Elena Megalos
Confessions of A Breastimator by Jisu Kim
Two Landscapes by Neil Ira Needleman
Chasing Light by Brian Newman

THEATER 3
SATURDAY OCT. 22
DIVIDED TOGETHER AGAIN

Director: Christian Vasquez
Divided Together Again chronicles a mass

shooting in Dallas, Texas in which five
police officers were killed during a Black
Lives Matter protest.
THEATER 2
DEAFBLIND COUPLE
A DRAG QUEEN FOR KIDS
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
DOOR
DREAMS ABOUT KIMONO

Gaia is a teenager who has moved into
a creepy house with her mother and is
determined to hate it, despite her mothers
reassurances. When a mysterious green
door begins to stalk Gaia, she literally
stumbles through it into another world,
one that manifests a persons greatest
fear in Gaias case, spiders. Gaia must
summon the bravery to face her fears and
come together with her mother to defeat
the evil living just behind the door.
Big D Mobile Phone
Director: Andrea Schmitz

THEATER 7
A DRAG QUEEN FOR KIDS

Director: Byron Karabatsos

A Drag Queen for Kids follows Dito Van
Reigersberg and his alter ego, Martha
Graham Cracker, as they perform. Jokes
are reshaped, songs carefully altered, and
innuendos abound. This short film shows
that what makes a drag queen powerful
and dangerous isnt her clothes. Its
her empathy.
THEATER 2
EDWARD SNOWDEN AND THE YES MEN
Director: Nikolay Kozlov
In a small provincial town in Central Russia,

a teenager is passionate about judo, but
his mother is too poor to buy him a new
robe. The teenager enters competitions
to win the first place prize a new robe.
THEATER 3
EL SUBMARIN
Director: Wenceslao Scyzoryk

Even at 95 years old, Juan Marin goes

to work every day at the School of Cinema,
where he enters a laboratory called
The Submarine to painstakingly create
a colossal machine whose one goal is
to restore the splendor of damaged
celluloid films.
THEATER 7
ELECTRIC PILGRIMS
Director: Van McElwee

Shot over many years in numerous
locations, the piece was edited for two
years and finished under a Regional Arts
Commission Artist Fellowship. McElwee
describes the new work as an intersection
of worlds, swollen with apparitions.
experimental
animation
presentation
He adds The monumental setting of

the Public Media Commons is the ideal
venue to premier Electric Pilgrims.
THEATER 7
AN ERRAND OF HIP AND CHIN

Director: Richard Bailey

Casey enjoys hooping and playing drums.
One day a mysterious phone call sends him
on an errand. Borrowing loosely from the
Book of Amos, the film takes viewers on
an adventure that blends the prophetic
imagination with the popular enthusiasm
of hooping.
THEATER 7
FIRST PERSON SINGULAR

WITH ROLAND STEEL
Director: Paul Wahlstrom

Compilations
Prog Rock + Outsider Art + Cool Name
= Talented Person. This film explores the
life and music of Roland Steele, who died
in 2011 and is remembered for his videos
Non-Sectarian and Messiah Complex.
Video courtesy of Irving Community
Television Network, 1985.
THEATER 3
special program
music video
FULL COURT:
THE SPENCER HAYWOOD
STORY-TEXAS PREMIER
Director: Martin Spirit
Community partner: AMS Pictures

Spencer Haywood went from picking
cotton in rural Mississippi to being inducted
into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall
of Fame. Along the way he won Olympic
gold, married one of the most famous
supermodels in the world and dominated
professional basketball. But he had to fight
every step of the way for his civil rights,
against addiction and even against
the NBA itself.
In 1970, young Haywood challenged the
NBAs four-year rule, which stated that
players could not enter the league until
they were four years removed from high
school. Because of this, young, poor
players were excluded from the business
of basketball. Haywoods case went all
the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and
his victory forever changed professional
basketball. But Haywood paid a price
for making waves. His stand-out stints
with the Sonics, Knicks, and Lakers were
overshadowed by the case and Haywood
was ostracized for many years.
FULL COURT seamlessly parallels
Haywoods personal and professional
struggles with the civil-rights struggles of
the time. His untold, human-interest story
will come to life through rare archival video,
photography, and music. Interviews with
Haywoods peers and talented, young
players - for whom he paved the way will bring this compelling documentary
full circle. The story culminates with
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
Haywoods long overdue enshrinement

into the Basketball Hall of Fame.
wind-swept landscape of Amarillo that

begins and ends at Cadillac Ranch.
FULL COURT features celebrity interviews

with notable sports figures: Lenny Wilkens,
Charles Barkley, Bill Bradley, Pat Riley,
President of The Golden State Warriors
Rick Welts, Dr. Harry Edwards and
Michele Roberts.

THEATER 3

THEATER 2
THE GABRIELLA ORDER

Director: Robert Bell

When lonely guy Patrick calls a random
number in the middle of the night to
meet a beautiful stranger, he gets
much more than he bargained for.
THEATER 3
GREETINGS FROM
AMARILLO
Director: Chip Lord
Performance
GUILLO
Director: Abigail Hagan
Texas Show 2016 - Pasadena

Guillo tells the story of Dr. Gregorio
Guillo Yanez, a doctor at the Shoulder
to Shoulder clinic in Santa Ana,
Honduras, who overcame poverty
to get a medical education.
THEATER 2
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN

Director: John Psathas
Big D Mobile
At 15, Kevin risks it all for a shot

at greatness.
THEATER 3
Chip Lord has partnered with Hayden

Pedigo, a young musician and native of
Amarillo, TX, to produce a video portrait
(with live musical accompaniment) of the
GREETINGS FROM AMARILLO
HAPPY F-ING VALENTINE'S DAY
experimental
animation
presentation
special program
music video
HAPPY F-ING
VALENTINES DAY
HUAN NUO YUAN

Valentines Day provides the backdrop for
this comedy short that asks the question:
How can trying to do something so good
turn out so f-ing wrong?
A documentation of the Huan Nuo Yuan

ritual of the Miao people who live deep
in the Wu Ling Mountains of western
Huan, China. The Badai conduct the
two day ritual, a practice that goes
back thousands of years.

THEATER 3

THEATER 3
HIT & RUN
HUMMINGBIRD & CRANE
Director: Sheila Schroeder
Director: Jason Neulander

In this Lovecraft-inspired short, Katie finds
an amulet by the side of the road and
suffers the consequences of picking it up.
THEATER 7
HOOP DREAMS
Director: Steve James
Kartemquin 50 Year Celebration

A film following the lives of two inner-city
Chicago boys who struggle to become
college basketball players on the road
to going professional.
Director: Thomas Riccio
Director: Veronica Rodriguez

Chick Flicks
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the first

event of the 54th World Series of Youth
Birding, Bird Call Replication takes place.
Underdog Dorrie Davis plans to dethrone
reigning champion Heidi Hammerstein.
Humiliated in the first round, Davis considers
quitting but is reignited by her teammate
Olivia to prove the naysayers wrong. Davis
squawks her way to victory,
leaving Hammerstein set on revenge
in the next event.
THEATER 7

THEATER 2
HUAN NUO YUAN
GUILLO
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
HYMNS OF THREE CITIES
JACKDAW
Director: Lisa Mills
Orlando and its tourist destinations impose

a celebratory narrative on Central Florida,
but dark corners of history reveal racial
violence and injustice. This film explores a
personal narrative of three cities and uses
the poetry of Dr. Stephen Caldwell Wright
to address our collective past.
THEATER 3
THE ITCHING
Director: Dianne Bellino

The Itching is about a shy wolf who attends
a dance party thrown by a group of hip,
freewheeling bunnies. Though the wolf
longs to connect with the exotic strangers,
anxiety overwhelms her and she descends
into obsessive itching. An intensely
visceral film, warm-hearted, and disturbing,
The Itching investigates our primal longing
for connection and reveals the vulnerability,
anxiety, and ambivalence embedded there.
THEATER 7
THE ITCHING
Director: Travis Champagne
A father mourns on the one year anniversary of his wifes disappearance.

THEATER 7
JENNY & TOM
Director: Ford Gunter
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE

Jenny and Tom have found the happiness
that eludes others by living life on their
own terms. But sometimes doubt comes
from the warmest of places.
THEATER 7
JUKE PASSAGES
FROM THE FILMS OF
SPENCER WILLIAMS
Director: Thom Anderson
Juke, in which Thom Andersen (Los

Angeles Plays Itself, Red Hollywood)
reconsiders the films of Spencer Williams,
the pioneering African American
JACKDAW
experimental
animation
presentation
screenwriter, director, and actor whose

1940s melodramas centered on sinners
and saintsBeale Street mamas and
storefront preachers, crime bosses and
upwardly striving lawyers and soldiers
who are tempted by jazz and sex and then
set back on the glory road to salvation. I
began to notice a remarkable documentary
record of black life in the 1940s in these
films, Andersen observes. There are the
nightclub scenes, of course, but there is
also a precious recording of residential
spaces, from the shack in The Blood of
Jesus to the comfortable middle-class
rooming house in Juke Joint. [My] film
brings out these documentary qualities
by looping shots of empty interiors and
showing actions freed from the plot. I am
not trying to make some new meaning
from these films; I am striving to bring out
the meanings that are there but obscured
by the plot lines: the dignity of black life
and the creation of dynamic culture in the
segregated society in small-town north
Texas. I regard my movie as akin to Walker
Evans photographs of sharecroppers
home in 1930s and George Orwells
essays on English working class interiors.
THEATER 3
THE LAST LAUGH
special program
music video
THE LAST LAUGH
Director: Ferne Pearlstein
Community Partner 3 Stars Jewish

Cinema Texas Premier
The Last Laugh pairs clips from films,
performances, and interviews with top
comedians and prominent Jewish leaders
-- including Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman,
Joan Rivers, Louis C.K., Chris Rock,
Abraham Foxman, and Shalom Auslander
-- to ask the ultimate taboo question:
Can the Holocaust be funny?
THEATER 2
LAST NIGHT
Director: Shannon Cloud

On the final night of their DIY stand up
comedy tour around Texas, five comics
grow closer as friends.
THEATER 3
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
LA PETITE MORT
Director: Anna Maria Alaimo

Two eighty-year-old ladies have been

best friends for decades. When they are
given an opportunity of a lifetime only one
of them may claim whats been lurking
beneath the surface of their friendship
is exposed with unexpected and
funny results.
THEATER 7
LEFT ON PEARL
Director: Susan Rivo
Community Partner Chick Flicks

What happens when Bostons 1971
International Womens Day marchers turn
Left on Pearl Street in Cambridge and
seize a building for a womens center
that lies on land that an African-American
neighborhood wants for creating affordable
housing? This film explores the legacy
of this event 45 years later.
THEATER 2
LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
LITTLE MATCH GIRL

Director: Carlos Arreola

A drama short-film adaptation. The greatest
female magician, Ellie The Enchantress lost
her husband a long time ago. It is through
the memory of Daniel and a few matches
that she will be able to bring back her lost
magic.
THEATER 7
LONELY LOGAN
Director: Daniel Duerto

Big D Mobile
My friend Logan is lonely

THEATER 3
LONG DEPARTURE
Director: David Ellis

Award-winning filmmaker David Ellis
explores the relationship between moving
image and sound. Long Departure is a
visual poem about time, aging, and the
Director: Tom Varisco

THEATER 7
LEFT ON PEARL
experimental
animation
presentation
blur between departure and destination.

In this non-traditional storytelling
portrayal, the interplay of image, sound
and atmosphere lets viewers create their
own narrative, in a cinema created as pure
visual poetry. Shot on B&W super8 film in
Paris, with video montage and a minimalist
musical score from Hanois Nhung Nguyen.
(soundawakener.com).
THEATER 7
A LONG WAY FROM HOME

Director: Jay Rosenblat

A hand processed celluloid invocation
of Jesus last hours that hints at the
relationship between the spirit and the
flesh. Had there been actual footage of
the Crucifixion dug up by archaeologists, it
might have looked like this.
THEATER 7
THE LOVE WITCH
special program
her gothic Victorian apartment she makes

spells and potions, then picks up men, and
seduces them. However her spells work
too well and she ends up with a string of
hapless victims. When she finally meets the
man of her dreams, her desperation to be
loved drives her to the brink of insanity and
murder. With a visual style that pays tribute
to Technicolor thrillers of the 60s, The Love
Witch explores female fantasy and the
repercussions of pathological narcissism.
THEATER 2
MAID
Director: Julia Dyre

WORLD PREMIERE!
An imaginative retelling of the spiritual

journey of Joan of Arc, transposed to
modern-day Marfa, Texas. In one long
night, Joans enemies, her saints, and
the mysterious Marfa Lights all converge
to chase her toward the fire that will
complete her mythic destiny.
Filmmaker in Attendance
THEATER 3
Director: Anna Biller
Community Partner
Women Texas Film Festival
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is
determined to find a man to love her. In
THE LOVE WITCH
music video
MAID
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY

Director: Jennie Lyn Hamilton
A poetic and personal search for human

connection, Man Without Country shows
a vast and desolate landscape through the
eyes of an Alien Being.
THEATER 2
MINI MAESTRO
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
MINOR SETBACK
Director: Augustine Frizzell

High school dropouts and BFFs, Jessie and
Angela come up with a brilliant excuse to
skip out on work so they can spend a day
at the beach. The pleasures of laying in the
sand, smokin fatties, and eating donuts
are so close they can almost taste them ...
until something unexpected goes down.
THEATER 7
Director: Cheryl Allison

Compilations
A MIRACLE OF HANUKKAH
The power of imagination as seen through

the eyes of a three year old boy.
Big D Mobile

THEATER 3
MINING THE MOTHER LODE
Director: ADI SPEKTOR
A man arrives home early from a business

trip to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah
and he finds a supernatural surprise.
THEATER 3
Director: H. Paul Moon
Combining cinematic western landscapes

with intimate poetry recitation, Mining the
Mother Lode is an agrarian dirge on wasted
resources, our culture of consumption, and
brokers who trade on our most precious
resource, water.
THEATER 7
MOLLY BLOOMS
Director: Elena Megalos

Molly, proprietress of a small flower shop,
makes three bouquets over the course of
her day, confronting a private experience
in the process. Story, artwork, and stopmotion animation by Elena Megalos.
Sound by David Scott. Music by Tim Or.
THEATER 7
experimental
animation
presentation
special program
music video
THIS MOMENT
Director: Sven D.
Big D Mobile Phone

THEATER 7
This Moment is a visual poem dedicated

to surfing and the search for that moment
when your body and soul become one
with nature.
MUSCLE

THEATER 3
On his first day on the job, a high school

algebra teacher mixes up his medications
to disastrous results.
AMANDA is married to CRAIG, a terminally

ill man. She has been by his side, bathing
and feeding him for the past seven years.
She cares for him day in and day out, the
weight of it all taking a toll on her life
and her marriage. But their marriage
was broken long before the disease and
those cracks have never gone away. Now,
frayed by a life in stasis Amanda realizes
its time to make a choice. A meeting with
a stranger becomes Amandas final chance
to regain her hope.

THEATER 7

THEATER 7
MORE THAN FOUR HOURS

Director: Bryan Poyse
MU
Director: Tom Ludwig

A meditation on impermanence inspired
by the destruction by fire of a neighbors
house and life expressed through personal/lyrical imagery and the thoughts and
poems of Ed Sanders.
A MIRACLE OF HANUKKAH
DIirector: Heidi Miami Marshall

ODDBALL
Director: Joshua Moore

On Film compilation
A creative profile on Stephen Parr, the
THIS MOMENT
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
Oddball behind San Franciscos

Oddball Films.
THEATER 7
ODE TO THE PORT
Director: Desiree Kapler

Compilations
A filmmaker recalls her experience
with childhood cancer and explores
the relevance of life, death, loss, and
survivorship.
THEATER 3
OLD TABLE DANCIN IN HELL

(OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
Director: Tim Nicholas
Big D Mobile Phone
Official music video for Dancin in Hell by

Old Table. Shot in 120fps slow motion on
an iPhone 6S in a single take.
ANGELIKA FILM CENTER D.ALLAS
THEATER 3
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
On Film
Submarine by Wenceslao Scyzoryk
Sweet Love by Stephen Crompton
Oddball by Joshua Moore
Cinerama
SATURDAY OCT. 22
OTHER PEOPLES FOOTAGE:

COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE
Directors: Diane E. Carson,

Robert Johnshon
This film explores critical questions around

fair use exemptions for art. It uses pre-existing footage, music and sound created by
others -- without permission or paying fees.
Through on-camera interviews with noted
documentarians, film and legal experts,
OPF also reviews relevant court cases and
tries to clarify legal issues regarding trademark, parody, and shooting on location or
in a controlled setting.
THEATER 3
PALETA POWER
Director: Ruben Chang

An Inspiring story about a single mother,
Rosa and her daughter Lily. Rosa makes
a living selling paletas and is in disbelief.
Lilys misfortune finally brings the
ODE TO THE PORT
experimental
animation
presentation
community in and pushes Rosas faith

against the establishment with a voting
campaign that brings community together,
overcoming adversity and defeating the
establishment.
THEATER 7
PARAMETRIC
Director: Amila Kumarasinghe

Big D Mobile Phone
The endless needs of man have destroyed

nature and turned us blind to the fact that
humans are part of nature. If you were the
last person on earth, how would you ensure
your survival?
THEATER 3
PEN
Director: Diego Rico & Carlos Corra

Richard, a young college graduate, is

moving into his new apartment to begin his
life away from home. After speaking with
his brother over the phone, Richard recalls
an old girlfriend who also lives in the same
city. Before he can finish writing down the
phone number, Richard is interrupted by his
new neighbor Frankie, who invites him for
a bike ride.
special program
music video
(NOTHINGS WORSE)
Director: Gabriel Duran

Marco is determined to get to the U.S. and
be reunited with his wife and new baby. He
makes a deal with a local coyote and ends
up in the U.S., but he has no idea how he
got there. With a metal box attached to
his arm, he must find his way to his family.
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Performance Value
A Drag Queen For Kids by Byron Karabatsos
The Prodigy by Richard Krall
Man Without Country by Jennie L Hamilton
The Last Night by Kent Juliff
Brinston: "Free AF by Sierra Sintic
Cold City Heaven by Donald Rubinstein
Rebel Skeletal by Mark Ridlin
SATURDAY OCT 22

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PEOR ES NADA
OTHER PEOPLE'S FOOTAGE
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
PIECE OF NAAN
Director: Rijaa Nadeem

An outcast in Pakistan, Rafi is a transvestite

who earns a living through begging and
selling his body. He meets Nadia,
a member of the upper class forced
into prostitution by her indebted father.
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The Power of Stories

Crystal Lake by Jennifer Reeder
Happy F-ing Valentine's Day
by Jeremy Dehn
The Adventures by Chuck Workman

Roadside Assistance by Bears Fonte
Yochi by Ilana Lapid
The Gabriella Order by Robert Bell
SATURDAY OCT. 22
PLEASE FORGIVE MY PAIN
Director: Sheldon Elias Schiffer

A father uses phone messages to earn

his sons love and attention, trying poetic
inspiration, bald emotional honesty,
PEOR ES NADA
FORGIVE MY PAIN
experimental
animation
presentation
and gut wrenching threats of mayhem to

reach a son who is afraid of his fathers
unstable mind.
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PRIYANATH
Director: Anietie Antia-Obong

Chick Flicks
Six year-old Priyanath imagines himself

to be a superhero taking down imaginary
villains with his extraordinary powers. But
when he learns of a real danger near his
home, Priyanath must decide if hes actually
got what it takes to be a real life superhero.
special program
music video
PUSH PULL
Director: Edward Ramsay-Morin

Push Pull is a collage film created using
clips from the Prelinger Archives. It taps
footage from scientific films to explore
themes of power and control and combines
them to imply fragmented and distorted
physiologies and create spatial and psychological tension.
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QUAKER OATHS
Director: Louisiana Kreutz,

When Quakers get married, they ask every
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wedding guest to sign their marriage certif SATURDAY OCT. 22 - 5:45 PM
THE PRODIGY
Director: Richard Krall

A young female scientist creates a clone of
herself as she had always hoped to be seen
by the world.
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QUAKER OATHS
icate. Its a sweet tradition that signifies the

importance of community. But when Joe
and Emily want to get divorced, that sweet
tradition creates an unexpected challenge:
now every guest must cross off their name
to make the split official. In this off-beat
comedy, our two would-be divorcees hit
the highway to track down friends and relatives, revisiting old feelings and discovering
new ones along the way.
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RANDOM ACCESS ARCHIVE
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
RAISING BERTIE
RASHAD RELEASED
Kartemquin 50th anniversary
Texas Show 2016 - Arlington
Director: Margaret Byrne
Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young

African American boys over the course of
six years as they grow into adulthood in
Bertie County, a rural African American-led
community in Eastern North Carolina.
Through the intimate portrayal of these
boys, this powerful vrit film offers a rare
in-depth look at the issues facing America's
rural youth and the complex relationships
between generational poverty, educational
equity, and race. The evocative result is an
experience that encourages us to recognize the value and complexity in lives all
too often ignored.
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RANDOM ACCESS
ARCHIVE NO. 1
Director: John Di Stefano

Random Access Archive No.1 is an ode

to structuralist filmmaking and to theories
of the gaze in cinema. Random Access
Archive No.1 uses gifs from varied and
random sources that have been assembled
in a perpetual montage process.
narrative
Director: Fatimah Films
Released from prison after 5 years, Rashad

Abdul-Walee seeks difficult challenges in
adjusting to the real world. Rashads biggest obstacle is gaining trust and respect
from his 4 children whom he fathered by
four different women. However, with faith,
love, and support by his family and religious values, he will continue to strive for a
new beginning. Director in Attendance
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REBEL SKELETAL
Director: Mark Ridlen

A loving tribute to David Bowie and a few
of the different forms of mystical religions
he followed during the 1970s. Through the
dream lens of two of his young fans you too
will wonder - what is real and what is
imagined? Music by Lithium X-mas.
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ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
experimental
animation
presentation

When You Awake By Jay Rosenblatt
Mining The Mother Lode By H. Paul Moon
Contigo By Dan Boord And Luis Valdovino
Random Access Archive No. 1
By John Di Stefano
So's Nephew By Remes
(Thanx To Michael Snow) By Jennifer Proctor
Push Pull By Edward Ramsay-Morin

Some Dark Place By Cecelia Condit
An Errand Of Hip And Chin By Richard Bailey
Electric Pilgrims By Van Mcelwee
A Long Way From Home By Jay Rosenblatt
Wintry Mix Ep Ii: Las Posadas
De Los Muertos By Mark Aaron Sharon
Long Departure By David Ellis
Dead Mall By Dustin Morrow
349 By Kristen Lauth Shaeffer
SATURDAY OCT 22
REMEMBERING TRACY HICKS

Director: Mark Birnbaum
Remembering Tracy Hicks is a short film

by award-winning Dallas filmmaker Mark
Birnbaum. The 35-minute film focuses on
a memorial and career retrospective of
artist Tracy Hicks which was held shortly
after Hicks death, and includes interviews
with those who were closest to him.
special program
music video
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE
Director: Bears Fonte

A mysterious woman stranded by the
side of the road hitches a ride with a
passing stranger.
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SPOTLIGHT SCREENING
ROOSTER TEETH
A pioneering Austin studio responsible

for some of the biggest online series in
history, such as the award-winning and
longest-running web series, Red vs. Blue.
Connected follows two people who give up
their smartphones, laptops and the internet
for 24 hours. Cast Member Blaine Gibson
in Attendance. Day 5, Episode 1, Waking
Nightmare, set in the aftermath of a fatal
sleep epidemic and encroaching apocalypse, fuses serial drama and thriller around
a human story of survival and redemption.
Co-creators Josh Flanagan and Chris
Demarais in Attendance.
roosterteeth.com
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ROOSTER TEETH
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
SACRED WATERS OF BALI

Director: Mara Alper
Plays with Ritual Beauty

Water is sacred in Bali and graces every
offering and ceremony and purifies each
prayer. This short entwines sensual images
with sounds to reveal rich Bali Hindu
traditions that endure in the modern day.
THEATER 3
A SONG FOR DANNY

Director: Andrew Garbus
Texas Show 2016 - Austin
Danny, a jazz pianist in Austin, Texas gets

an offer to sign with a big recording label
in New York. Over the course of one
night, Danny must decide whats more
important, his career or his relationships
with those
he will have to leave behind.
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A SONG FOR DANNY
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
SOS NEPHEW BY REMES

(THANX TO MICHAEL SNOW)
BY JORRIE PENN CROFT
Director: Jennifer Proctor

In collaboration with Justin Remes from
his essay, "Boundless Ontologies: Michael
Snow, Wittgenstein, and the Textual Film
and Michael Snows classic text-based film,
"So Is This," this video examines the nature
of the textual film on both theoretical and
formal levels.
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SOME DARK PLACE

Director: Cecelia Condit

In Some Dark Place, filmmaker Cecelia
Condit explores the dislocations of identity
and memory that aging forces upon us,
without losing sight of lifes beauty.
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experimental
animation
presentation
special program
SOUND AND TIME
SPIDER VEINS
Plays with Maid
Director: Angela & Mark Walley
Inspired by his sensitivity to sound at a very

young age, artist Justin Boyd has been
recording and working with sound and
music since the mid 90s. This film follows
Boyd as he captures field recordings and
integrates sound with found objects.
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music video
Director: Frank Mosley

A mercurial narrative about the reunion of
two old friends. Loosely inspired by Ibsens
"A Dolls House."
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SPLIT DECISION
Director: Kel Davis
SPECTRATTA
Director: Susan Maughlin Wood

Big D Mobile
Spectratta, is a video companion to Sonatina for Violin and Piano Parallel Plaid,
in which time stretches and compresses in
ways that will be familiar to those affected
by Autism SD and ADHD/ADD. The film
seeks to celebrate the spectrum of
neurodiversity.
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SOUND AND TIME

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SPUNKLE
Director: Lisa Donato

A brother contemplates fatherhood when
his older sister and her free-spirited wife
ask him to be their sperm donor.
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SPECTRATTA
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
STENOGRAPHY
STREETS OF A SCION
This is an experimental comedy using

poetry and prose and is inspired by events
in Germany in 1923 when right- and
left-wing revolutionaries fought for the
soul of Germany and the world. The
revolutionaries failed and their leaders
were imprisoned. The play opens with a
description of revolutionary circumstances
and concludes with an exchange of insults
between representatives of the political
left and right. That exchange of insults
is named in the text as flyting. The
dialogue of the revolutionaries and
language of a chorus of stenographers
and jailers is written in the Norse Song
Meter of Flyting of Loki from the Poetic
Edda. The dense faceted narrative is
intersected at intervals with a poem of
love describing the romantic triangle
between mind, words, and writing at
the origin of consciousness.
Award-winning graduate filmmaker Gabe

Duran is releasing a hood drama for his
latest film, Streets of a Scion. In Streets of
a Scion, a young man named Bobby loses
his father and moves into an unfamiliar
neighborhood. He tries to find himself
in Cee, a neighborhood thug.
Director: Lee Murray and David Smith

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Director: Gabriel Duran

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Stories from the Edge

Paleta Power by Ruben Chang
Little Match Girl by Carlos Arreola
PEN by Carlos Corral
Concealed by Dakota Ford
Baba Yaga by Cydney Cox
Split Decision by Kel Davis
SUNDAY OCT. 23
SWEET LOVE
Director: Stephen Crompton

From a sprawling Florida retirement community, entertainment producer Alvin Bojar

recounts his brief foray into softcore porn
production in the early 1970s.
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STREETS OF SCION
experimental
animation
presentation
SYZYGY QUARTET
Director: Stephen Crompton

SYZYGY is the name of the Meadows
New Music Ensemble, directed by Dr.
Lane Harder. It performs the music of
living composers, creating high-quality
encounters with new music that is
innovative, engaging, and relevant
to a diverse audience.
TEMPLE SHALOM SOFTBALL:

THE FIRST INNING
Director: Randy Kramen
This parody of Ken Burns Baseball

chronicles the 40-year history of a mens
recreational softball league. Narration by
MLB Hall-of-Fame radio announcer Eric
Nadel and Brad Sham, radio voice of the
Dallas Cowboys. Ringers, rivals, replicas of
iconic baseball moments, and mustached
reenactments bring the color and comedy
of this storied league to life. The First
Inning charts the origins of the league:
From its roots as a parking lot pickup
game to its schoolyard-style draft and the
evolution of the first Editor: Stephanie
Palewski player evaluations.
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SUNDAY OCT. 23 - 1:00 P
TEMPLE SHALOM
special program
music video
TEXAS SHOW 2016

GUILLO
Director: Abigail Hagan
CONTROL ROOM
Director: Calvin Herbst
PIECE OF NAAN
Director: Rijaa Nadeem
ANA
Director: Lizzette Barrera Austin
RASHAD RELEASED
Director: Fatimah Films
DIVIDED TOGETHER AGAIN

Director: Christian Vasquez
THREAD
Director: Eric Clapp
WAKINYAN
A SONG FOR DANNY
Director: Andrew Garbus
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
Texas Filmmaker's Showcase

Breakfast inBed
by Payton Thropp - Conroe, TX
Hit & Run
byJason Neulander - Austin, TX
Jackdaw
byTravis Champagne - The Woodlands, TX
Jenny & Tom
by Ford Gunter - Houston, TX
Minor Setback
by Augustine Frizzell- Dallas, TX
More ThanFour Hours
by Bryan Poyser - Austin, TX
Peor Es Nada
by Gabriel Duran - Arlington, TX
Sound and Time
by Angela and Mark Walley - San Antonio, TX
SUNDAY OCT 23
THREAD
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
TICK, TICK, TICK WITH 60

MINUTES EDITOR
Stephanie Palewski offers an inside look
into the respected and award-winning
television news magazine, 60 Minutes,
now in its 49th season. Ms. Palewski, 60
Minutes editor for the last 17 years, will
explain and demonstrate how a 60 Minutes story is created from concept to
broadcast. This is a rare opportunity to see
what it takes to produce the program that
is regarded as the gold standard of network
journalism.
THEATER 2
TITO
Director: Yes Men
Director: Eric Clapp
Catching Up with the Yes Men, Snowden

and Julian. A collaboration with Native
Comedian Tito Ybarra.
Texas Show 2016 - Fort Worth

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TICK, TICK WITH 60 MIN

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TRACKTOWN
experimental
animation
presentation
TRACKTOWN
Director: Jeremy Teicher

and Alexi Pappas
special program
music video
TWO LANDSCAPES
Director: Neil Needleman
TRACKTOWN stars Alexi Pappas, co-writer/

co-director, an actress and elite athlete
who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
A clash between the landscape the eye

perceives and the one thats deeply
embedded in the mind. Starring Herb
Rogoff as the artist.

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THE TRIALS OF
MUHAMMAD ALI
TWO TRAINS RUNNIN
Director: Bill Siegel

The Trials of Muhammad Ali covers the
explosive crossroads of Alis life. When
Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali, his
conversion to Islam and refusal to serve
in the Vietnam War leave him banned
from boxing and facing a five-year prison
sentence. Alis choice of belief and conscience over fame and fortune resonates
far beyond the boxing ring, striking issues
of race, faith and identity that continue to
confront us all today.
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Director: Sam Pollard
Mississippi was a dangerous place in the

summer of 1964, when hundreds of college
students traveled south to challenge the
Ku Klux Klan and a violent police force.
Against this backdrop, two groups of young
menneither aware of the otheralso
headed to Mississippi on a mission to find
two forgotten blues singers and bring them
out of retirement. In this searing documentary, Sam Pollard explores the Freedom
Summer in Mississippi and the captivating
hunt for the musicians, Son House and Skip
James -- two campaigns that collided in
tragic fashion. Narrated by Common, and
featuring new music by Buddy Guy, Gary
Clark Jr., Lucinda Williams, and others,
TWO TRAINS RUNNIN is a must-see film
about hot-button issuespolice brutality,
racism, civil rights, and the legacy of black
musicthat are as urgent today as they
were in 1964.
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TWO TRAINS RUNNIN
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
UNBROKEN GLASS
Director: Dinesh Sabu

When he was six-years-old, Dinesh Sabus
parents died. Raised by his siblings, he had
little idea who his parents were or where he
came from. Now as an adult, Dinesh sets
out on a journey to piece together their
story. Uncovering a silenced family history
and disturbing truths, Dinesh and his
siblings must reconcile themselves with the
past and confront the trauma of losing their
parents and the specter of mental illness.
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UNDERTOW
Director: Shelly Brandon

A visual and emotional journey through

one womans experience with depression.
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UNBROKEN GLASS
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
VR FROM NYT
Director: Doug Latino

The New York Times has taken aggressive
steps in confronting the new world and
opportunities of the new digital news landscape. First by creating a new way to think
about video and journalism with Op- Docs,
and then moving into the world of Virtual
Reality. VR, is often used for visceral thrills
like a roller coaster, but the Times vision
puts you into the world where news is
happening in an unprecedented way. They
took the extraordinary step of sending a
player to every NYT subscriber. Doug Latino who has been working closely with this
and other moves into the digital word, will
tell you why and how the paper has done
it. Also, shows what they have learned
what works and what does not work. VR is
all the buzz now but we are still waiting to
learn what the visual language is. Doug will
tell us all about it
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VR FROM NYT
experimental
animation
presentation
WAKE UP
Director: Wes Sutton

Big D Mobile Phone
A man wakes up to a new job and a perfect

day with his family, but all may not be as it
seems. Director in Attendance
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WAKINYAN
Texas Show 2016 - Arlington
special program
music video
WFAA/SMU PROGRAM
How the News Got Made:

A Rare Look at SMU's WFAA Newsfilm
and a Conversation with
the People who Created It
Presenter: Jeremy Spacklen
Discover how the news was captured and

shared in the days before the internet and
24-hour news networks. A panel of notable
WFAA staff, including on screen personalities and behind the scenes personnel,
present clips and share stories of how news
was gathered in the 1960s and 1970s.
Wakinyan is a Lakota word meaning thunder, or thunder spirit. The language is one
used by native people of the American
Great Plains.

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I chose Wakinyan as the title of this short

film because it describes one of the
few things that still exists on the Plains
unaltered by man. It has always existed,
and will hopefully - remain unchanged.
Wakinyan offers a glimpse into a pristine,
natural world displayed on a canvas as big
as the sky.
WHEN YOU AWAKE

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Director: Jay Rosenblatt
Re-inventing the Image Compilation

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with
one-seventh of its bulk above water.
Sigmund Freud
An unscientific study of what happens when
two people are hypnotized leading into an
exhilarating journey into the unconscious
mind (the repository for fears, desires,
aggression, dreams) where all the images,
sounds and music are from found footage.
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WAKE UP
WFAA/SMU PROGRAM
SCREENINGS
SCREENINGS
feature
shortfilm
documentary
narrative
WHERES I.W. ABEL?
WIKILEAKS V6.1

Plays with The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Director: Gordon Quinn
Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file

steel workers caucus, the film documents
the opposition of the rank-and-file to the
no-strike agreement between Steelworkers
President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel
companies, made without a vote by the
membership of the union.
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WHITE CANE
Director: Katie McCullough

Compilation
Vanessa, a passionate would-be dancer who is is blind and develops a deep

friendship with Danielle, who struggles to
translate her love of dance into movement.
THEATER 3
WINTRY MIX EP II: LAS

POSADAS DE LOS MUERTOS
Director: Mark Aaron Sharon
Director: Yes Men
Catching Up with the Yes Men, Snowden

and Julian
THEATER 3
Ritual Beauty/Yes Men

Candle Light Vigil by Mark Birnbaum
Huan Nuo Yuan by Thomas Riccio
Sacred Waters of Bali by Mara Alper
SUNDAY OCT 23
ANGELIKA THEATER 3, 8:00PM
YOCHI (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Director: Ilana Lapid

Yochi, an 8 year-old selectively mute Mayan
boy, guards a nest of yellow-headed parrot
chicks on sacred land entrusted to him by
his grandfather, only to discover that his
beloved older brother is poaching birds in
order to pay his debts.
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The singing always brings him back. The

most joyous time of year for most, but
for ramiro, the posadas (mexican carols)
remind him of a costly mistake.
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WIKILEAKS V6.1
Tito by
Edward Snowden and The Yes Men
WHITE CANE
EDWARD SNOWDEN
AND THE YES MEN
Director: Yes Men
Catching Up with the Yes Men,

Snowden and Julian.
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ESSAY
A BEACON
IN THE SWAMP
BY KIRSTEN BASQUEZ
inema began as documentary :

Muybridges horse, Edisons sneeze,
The Lumiere Brothers train. They
all transcribed mundane phenomena
onto celluloid via radical technologies,
introducing a new kind of wonder to the
world. Nearly a century and a half later,
the cinema is in a delicate state. Although
it could also be said that the cinema
perpetually exists in delicacy, as echoed
by Louis Lumiere who declared in 1895 :
the cinema is an invention without
a future.
In these times, moving-images bombard
an eye within its first few morning blinks.
Cinema attendance is on a seemingly
irreversible decline, as the consumption of
movies has evolved in ways inconceivable
generations prior, away from the movie
houses. There is no need to seek an image,
the image comes to you. Young eyes are
often ill-equipped to critically evaluate
moving-images that dazzle before them
in ultra high definition, to discern reality
from a construction of reality. These days,
people make their own films, about their
own lives, in real time, that beam directly to
the phones of friends and strangers, films
that often disappear within twenty four
hours and leave no (visible) record of

having ever existed, as is their intent.
Its become commonplace to find paidposts, advertisements in camouflage,
amongst the most esteemed newspaper
columns. News industries have been
forced to adjust to the rapid evolution of
consumption, or else risk extinction. These
advertisements often go undetected and
are consumed as journalism. As a result,
the world is flooded with more images
than ever whose immediate goal is to
sell, or sway, under the guise of news and
documentary. In this swamp of content,
how do we, as a viewership, declare whats
worth watching and what isnt? Today, all
images exist on an even plane. This equal
plane is essential to the full, but still far
away, democratization of filmmaking but for
now acts like a forest fire beyond control,
which begs the question : Whose role is
it to shape the wildfire and chart the
fresh ash?
Kartemquin Films was founded in 1966
by Chicagoan college filmmakers amidst
national unrest. Emerging a generation
after the pioneering work of Richard
Leacock, Robert Drew, and the Maysles
brothers, a primary goal of the filmmaking
collective is to confront social maladies

through documentary cinema. By
reflecting life back at itself, their aim
is to motivate social change through the
stories of everyday people, told with an
approach that illuminates dimensions
of the issues often buried by traditional
news media. The work of Kartemquin
Films enables viewers to sit with the
paradoxes, ambiguities, and disorientations
that constitute the core of sociopolitical
problems. By framing national issues within
the lives of ordinary individuals a deeper
consideration is felt by viewers for people
far away from their own experience, rather
than the thin takeaways too often left by
commercial documentaries, cable news
programs, and reality television shows. For
an individual to see slivers of themselves
in the jovial face of a nun, in the trek of
a twenty first century immigrant, or in a
boy navigating his basketball dreams is
to essentially expand the definition of
what it means to be human. Empathy
drives the work at Kartemquin Films,
which is made with a level of integrity and
transparency absent from most media.
Good documentaries invite accountability,
scrutiny, and engagement, they ask
viewers to accompany the filmmakers
as they engage with complex problems

that hold no clear answers. For fifty years,
Kartemquin Films has made documentaries
that paint a portrait of America as seen by
artists who care deeply for their subjects
and follow the story wherever it goes.
The wonder born from moving-images is
as present as ever, but is easily corrupted
by moving-images that seek not to
engage, but to sell, or contain, under
the costume of convention. Corporate
news giants have deemed irrelevant the
evanescent moments of life that shape
our experiences. Make no mistake, these
practices, and willful omissions, are not
benign, they encourage division and have
real impact on the direction of communities
and on the direction of nations. There
are not enough incentives for students
of today to aspire to make films outside
of this system which is precisely why
Kartemquin Films, and organizations
alike, are crucial for the continuation of
nonfiction filmmaking, the acceleration
of social change , and for the assurance
that the Lumiere train will roll towards new
centuries. Kartemquin films is a beacon
in the swamp.
ESSAY
HOOP DREAMS FROM

THE CURRENT GENERATION
RACHEL KITE
NOAH BROOKS
Hoop Dreamsis a gripping film that

became less about basketball and more
about poverty and unequalopportunity
within the United States. It unveils
majorsocial issues that are occurring
in lower economic communitiesby
introducing the audience totwo young
men who encounter struggle, success,
and heartbreak. Personally, this film furthers
the discussion of injustice, which persistsin
our country. WatcingHoop Dreamswill
open your mind as well as your heart to
changes that must happen in order to
further our country for the better.
As a story about basketball, Steve James

Hoop Dreams is a fascinating look into a
world that an audience might not think
about when theyre watching their favorite
NBA star take the floor. It shows how youth
develop (or sometimes dont) from their
hoop dreams in the inner-city basketball
court to the big leagues of private high
school ball.
NICK ASKAM
Sometimes its easy to forget that sports
athletes are people, too. Steve James does
the exact opposite by using parallelism
to show the different lives between two
boys who grew up in the same area with
one minor difference, their education.
William Gates is a rising star who gets a
private education with the best facilities,
while Arthur Agee suffers hardship in his
first year and remains in public school
for the rest of the education. Gates has
all the opportunities in the world and all
of the medical help that he needs. Agee
barely gets enough education to graduate.
James shows the boys main problems in
a nuanced way. Gates has everything but
cant get away from Isiah Thomas shadow
(an NBA star). The pressure to be great
stifles any growth for him and eventually
the game takes its toll. Agee has nothing
but finds the escapes his situation through
basketball and his home life eats away
at him. James captivates his audience by
showing this human story and gives the
varying perspectives of their lives without
feeling heavy handed. Overall, James does
a great job creating more than a sports
story; he creates a human story.
More than that, Hoop Dreams examines

in detail the culture and economics of
private schools versus public schools,
how some schools take advantage of an
athletes situation, while other athletes take
advantage of the school to better their own
situation. James pulls no punches, but he
presents both sides to the argument.
But what truly separates Hoop Dreams from
a very good ESPN 30 for 30 documentary
is the humanity, the heart, and the reality
of the film. James shows the films two
subjects, William Gates and Arthur Agee,
as complete people who experience ups,
downs, struggles, and triumphs. The film
offers understanding when Gates becomes
a father while in high school and sympathy
when Agees mother can no longer afford
to pay the electric bill. The audience
experiences the glee when both are
receiving interest and money from colleges,
as well as the heartbreak when they have
suffered injuries and tough losses.
Hoop Dreams is essentially a human story,
not just a sports story or a social story.
You get invested in both Gates and Agee
and their families. That is what makes
Hoop Dreams not only one of the greatest
documentaries ever made, but also one of
the greatest films ever made.
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Texas Theatre
7PM
7PM
Rebirth of
a Nation
8PM
9PM
7:00 PM
8PM
9PM
10PM
10PM
11PM
11PM
12AM
12AM
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SCHEDULE
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T H U R
Angelika 2
Angelika 3
7PM
8PM
7PM
Blur Circle
Chika the
Ghetto Dog
7 PM
8PM
Last Laugh
Q&A
7 PM
9PM
Quaker Oathes
Q&A
WIFD
Streets of a Scion
10PM
9:15 PM
9 PM
9PM
10PM
Q&A
Q&A
11PM
11PM
12AM
12AM
21
F
Angelika 2
7PM
Left on Pearl
7 PM
8PM
I
Angelika 3
7PM
The Trials of
Muhammad Ali
7 PM
9PM
10PM
Q&A
8PM
9PM
Two Trains Runnin'

9:30 PM
Maid
10PM
9:45 PM
11PM
11PM
12AM
12AM
22
S
Angelika 2
1PM
Angelika 3
Angelika 7
Hoop Dreams
Big D Mobile
Stenography
1 PM
1 PM
1 PM
2PM
2PM
Differently Abled
Performers
3PM
2:30 PM
4PM
5PM
The Art of
Directing Capra
3:45 PM
Rooster Teeth
4:45 PM
6PM
7PM
8PM
Q&A
Tick, Tick,Tick
with 60 Min
7 PM
VR from NYT
11PM
12AM
1AM
9 PM
Performance
Value Comp
How the News

got Made
5:15 PM
11:30 PM
2:30 PM
3PM
Hardy
4PM
3:45 PM
5PM
Chick Flicks
6PM
5:45 PM
7PM
Greetings From
Amarillo
8PM
7:15 PM
The Power
of Stories
A Different
Perspective
8:45 PM
9:15 PM
Re-inventing the
Image Comp
10:15 PM
The Love Witch
On Film Comp
Q&A
9PM
10PM
1PM
Cambodia Space
Project
9PM
10PM
11PM
10:15 PM
12AM
11:15 PM
1AM
SCHEDULE
23
S U N
Angelika 2
1PM
Siggraph
Other People
Footage
1 PM
Angelika 7
1PM
Temple Shalom
Sacred Waters
1 PM
1 PM
2PM
3PM
Angelika 3
2PM
Texas Filmmakers
Showcase
Tracktown
2:15 PM
Burden
2:45 PM
3 PM
4PM
3PM
Q&A
4PM
Boy on a Train
5PM
6PM
Full Court
The Spencer
Haywood Story
5 PM
Black History
Remembering Tracy
9PM
4:45 PM
Q&A
7PM
8PM
Unbroken Glass
6:45 PM
7:15 PM
Texas Show
8:30 PM
Ritual Beauty
Catching
Yes Men
8 PM
4:15 PM
5PM
Q&A
Stories from
the Edge
6 PM
Big Secret
7:30 PM
6PM
7PM
8PM
9PM
10PM
10PM
11PM
11PM
12AM
12AM
1AM
1AM
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spotlight. I strongly feel that not only do

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The Power of Stories Compilation

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