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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Alison Klayman, 2012

Categories:Documentary Buy Tickets: Fri Jun 15: 7:00 pm |

Opening Night! Filmmaker Alison Klayman in person!

An unprecedented look at Ai Weiwei and those close to him, capturing the controversial artist’s forthrightness and unequivocal stance against China’s various forms of oppression. New York Premiere! New York premiere followed by Opening Night reception.

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Bidder 70

Bidder 70

Beth Gage, George Gage, 2011

Documentary Buy Tickets: Tue Jun 19: 6:30 pm | Wed Jun 20: 9:15 pm | Fri Jun 22: 4:00 pm |

Filmmakers Beth and George Gage in person at all three screenings!

The story of Tim DeChristopher, who derailed the Bush Administration’s federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oil and Gas lease auction, effectively safeguarding thousands of acres of Utah land and putting himself at risk for a prison sentence.

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Bitter Seeds

Bitter Seeds

Micha X. Peled, 2011

Documentary Buy Tickets: Thu Jun 21: 9:15 pm | Fri Jun 22: 6:30 pm |

Filmmaker Micha X. Peled in person at June 21 screening!

An aspiring young journalist examines the causes of an epidemic of farmer suicides in India—including that of her own father—stemming from the introduction of genetically modified seeds to the Indian market.

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Brother Number One

Brother Number One

Filmmaker Annie Goldson in person at all three showings!

Through New Zealander Rob Hamill’s story of his brother’s death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, Brother Number One explores how the regime and its followers killed nearly 2 million Cambodians between 1975 and 1979.

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Call Me Kuchu

Call Me Kuchu

Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, 2012

Documentary Buy Tickets: Thu Jun 28: 7:00 pm |

Filmmakers Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall and subject Longjones Wambere in person!

Impassioned activist David Kato and his dedicated followers battle an oppressive government, a vicious media and a powerful church in the fight for gay rights in Uganda.

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Dante Ferretti: Italian Production Designer

Gianfranco Giagni, 2010

Documentary Buy Tickets: Sat Jun 9: 5:30 pm |

Dante Ferretti in person!

Recent winner of a third Oscar for his extraordinary work on Hugo, Fellini, Pasolini and Scorsese collaborator Dante Ferretti reveals his approach to creating a film’s look in this insightful tribute. 

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Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

Matthew Heineman , Susan Froemke, 2012

Documentary Buy Tickets: Sun Jun 24: 6:30 pm | Mon Jun 25: 6:30 pm | Wed Jun 27: 4:00 pm |

Filmmakers Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke in person at all three screenings! Film subject Dr. Erin Martin present on June 24!

How can the United States save its badly broken healthcare system? With consummate skill, filmmakers Heineman and Froemke use dramatic personal stories and the efforts of medical, industrial and government leaders to answer the question.

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Little Heaven

Little Heaven

Lieven Corthouts, 2011

Documentary Buy Tickets: Mon Jun 25: 4:00 pm | Tue Jun 26: 6:30 pm | Wed Jun 27: 9:00 pm |

Filmmaker Lieven Corthouts in person at June 26 & 27 screenings!

HIV is an everyday reality for the children at the Little Heaven orphanage in Addis Abada, Ethiopia, including 13-year-old Lydia, through whose eyes this surprisingly hopeful documentary unfolds.

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The Invisible War

The Invisible War

Kirby Dick, 2011

Documentary Buy Tickets: Mon Jun 18: 8:45 pm | Wed Jun 20: 6:30 pm |

Filmmaker Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering in person at June 18 & 20 screenings! Subjects Kori Cioca, Ariana Klay and Ben Klay in person June 20!

Directed by Kirby Dick (Twist of Faith, Outrage) and produced by Amy Ziering, The Invisible War undertakes a groundbreaking investigation into the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. Dick and Ziering are also the recipients of the festival’s Nestor Almendros Award for courage in filmmaking.

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