Documentaries

The 2010 film program will be announced in March 2010.

A Soldier's Peace
Kristen Thompson, Marshall Thompson (US, 2008, 87 min)
When Army journalist Marshall Thompson came home from a tour of duty in Iraq, two things were clear to him – the war is wrong and he needed to do something to stop it. Marshall sets off on foot to walk the entire 500-mile length of his conservative home state of Utah in the hopes of getting people talking about war and peace.
Starring: Martin Sheen, Cindy Sheehan, Ron Kovic, Daniel Ellsberg, M.C. Hammer

Bi The Way
Brittany Blockman, Josephine Decker (USA, 2008, 87 min)
Journeying through the changing sexual landscape of America, the directors of Bi The Way investigate the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality, while following five members of the emerging “whatever generation”- teens and twenty-somethings who seem to be ushering in a whole new sexual revolution.
Starring: Josh Caouette, Jonathan Caouette, Joan Williams, Taryn Wayne, and others

Dark and Bloody Ground
Kevin King, Alex Farnsley (USA, 2008. 54 min 50 sec)
A brutal murder in a small town in Kentucky locks two families in a battle that will likely last until they all join the murdered woman in the grave.

Golden Days
Chris Suchorsky (USA, 2007, 95 min)
A struggling indie rock band signs a major record deal only to have their album and their career nearly destroyed by the people who signed them.
Starring: Alex Dezen, Ted Hudson, Steven Terry, David Chernis, The Fray, Augustana, Cary Brothers

Mardik, Baghdad To Hollywood
Ramy Katrib, Evan York (USA, 2007, 83 min)
Baghdad-born screenwriter Mardik Martin looks back on a life as tumultuous as those of the memorable characters he created for some of Martin Scorsese's most stunning masterpieces, including Mean Streets and Raging Bull.
Starring: Martin Scorsese, Amy Hecherling, Irwin Winkler, Gene Kirkwood

Moving Midway
Godfrey Cheshire (US, 2007, 95 min)
In Moving Midway, award-winning Southern film critic Godfrey Cheshire uses the relocation of his family’s North Carolina plantation as the occasion to examine the Southern plantation in American history and culture, including its impact on areas as diverse as music, movies and contemporary race relations.

Odyssey in Rome
Alex Grazioli (Italy/ US, 2007, 86 min)
Alex Grazioli follows bad-boy filmmaker Abel Ferrara as he spends three grueling years battling obstacles in Italy to direct Mary, a modern-re imagining of the life of Mary Magdalene. Featuring candid interviews and on-set footage with Forest Whitaker, Heather Graham, Matthew Modine, and Juliette Binoche.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Heather Graham, Matthew Modine, Heather Graham

One Bridge to the Next
Kim Snyder (US, 2007, 31 min 25 sec)
One Bridge To The Next addresses the burgeoning field of street medicine. In 1992, Dr. Jim Withers began doing night rounds on the streets of Pittsburgh, offering medical assistance and support to the homeless. . Fifteen years later, the organization he founded, Operation Safety Net, is a pioneering model in a growing movement to provide healthcare to the homeless. In a time when our national healthcare policy is under increasing scrutiny, this story illuminates the committed efforts within a single urban area to create a humane society and dignity for those on our streets.

Team Everest: A Himalayan Journey
Andrew Cockrum (US, 2007, 111 min)
Team Everest: A Himalayan Journey chronicles a remarkable group of trekkers on an expedition to the world's highest mountain.
Starring: Gary Guller, Gene Rodgers, Lakpa Sherpa

The Listening Project
Dominic Howes, Joel Weber (US, 2008, 76 min)
The film follows four unique Americans through fourteen countries – from a Shanghai hip-hop club to a war-ravaged Kabul neighborhood to a village at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro – in each place asking, "What do you think of America?"

Green Showcase

	FLOW: For Love of Water Irena Salina (USA, 2008, 83 min) Water is the essence of life, sustaining every being on this planet. Without water, there would simply be no plants, no animals, and no people. But the global water supply isn't just at risk, it's already in crisis.
	Mountain Top Removal Michael C O'Connell (US, 2007, 74 min) Michael C. O'Connell reveals how strip-mining in West Virginia is impacting local communities in the heart of coal-mining country. While the demolition of the ancient mountaintops alters the state's natural landscape, the transportation of the mountain debris to adjacent valleys is creeping into natural resources used by area residents. Filmed over a two-year period, Mountain Top Removal features citizen activists, such as Ed Wiley, Larry Gibson, Julia Bonds, Maria Gunnoe, and Mountain Justice Summer volunteers, in their efforts to stop the destruction of Southern Appalachia's natural landscape. The film also includes commentary from Jeff Goodell, author of Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future, geologists Dr. William Schlesinger and Dr. Peter Taft from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, and also Bill Raney, President of the West Virginia Coal Association.
	Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Fashion Environmental consciousness has hit the fashion world in a big way; from T-shirts and jeans to haute couture, style is coming to mean sustainable fabric and earth-friendly manufacturing practices. Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Recycle Recycling efforts have come a long way since the bottle bills of the 1970s – a good thing, since the U.S. produces 400 MILLION tons of garbage per year.

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