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4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM | 75 min 6-7:15PM The Jubilee
7:30 pm
The Jubilee (w/ Benda Bilili!)Let the Jubilee begin: Having reached the ripe old age of eight, True/False is ready to kick off the Fest with a fancypants gala. Those with a Lux pass or above are invited to the Missouri Theatre. Catch one of the first screenings of the fest, the film "Benda Bilili!", and partake of the plentiful libations, provided by downtown's finest bartenders. 85 min 7:30-8:55PM The Jubilee (w/ Benda Bilili!) SNEAK PREVIEW A real-life fairy tale, Benda Bilili! is a five-years-in-the-making look at a group of paraplegic Congolese musicians who go from sleeping on cardboard boxes to worldwide attention. | 95 min 7-8:35PM Secret Screening Black
9:30 pm
ZielinskiFriendship, betrayal and government oppression at the twilight of the Bush era. 72 min 9:30-10:42PM Zielinski Hometown heroes Chase Thompson and Ryan Walker probe the fascinating, surprising life of John Zielinski, "the most blacklisted author in the history of Iowa." | 94 min 4:30-6:04PM
The Arbor
7:00 pm
Habana MudaTeen playwright Andrea Dunbar lived fast, died young and left an exquisite body of work: Clio Barnard’s theatrically bold film brings her back to life. 70 min 7-8:10PM Habana Muda
9:30 pm
Secret Screening PurpleSNEAK PREVIEW A complex love triangle between a deaf Cuban couple and a gay Mexican man. 74 min 9:30-10:44PM
Secret Screening Purple Beautiful losers in a suburban wasteland. | 82 min 5:30-6:52PM
Blood in the Mobile
8:00 pm
Secret Screening GreenSNEAK PREVIEW T/F alum Frank Piasecki Poulsen (Guerilla Girl) returns with an equally courageous work of journalism: an immersive, troubling investigation of the precious minerals used in cell phones. 99 min 8-9:39PM Secret Screening Green
10:30 pm
Resurrect DeadCorruption, exploitation and media hysteria confront a child prodigy. 88 min 10:30-11:58PM
Resurrect Dead A detective story about an obsessed team's investigation of mysterious and alarming tiles embedded in public streets throughout the hemisphere. | 97 min 5-6:37PM
Fake It So Real
7:30 pm
Foreign PartsSNEAK PREVIEW In small town America, a ragtag federation of independent wrestlers put on a show. 80 min 7:30-8:50PM
Foreign Parts
10:00 pm
Subway PreacherThis powerful but understated film presents a verite portrait of the down-but-not-out residents of an endangered neighborhood on the fringes of Queens, NY. 90 min 10-11:30PM
Subway Preacher SNEAK PREVIEW A fiery New York City subway preacher falls in love in this gritty, sharp portrait of fanaticism. | 180 min 9-12AM Thursday Night Showcase
10:00 pm
Eastside ShowcaseAnd it all begins with a hoot and a holler at The Berlin Theater/Cafe Berlin . . . Our Thursday night kick-off concert will feature fest favorites. Doors at 8pm. Show at 9 pm. 210 min 10-1:30AM Eastside Showcase The Eastside Tavern hosts a kick-off show a number of bands. Doors at 8pm. Show at 10pm. |
10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM | 90 min 5:30-7PM Reality Bites
7:30 pm
BuckDirectly following the March March, come sample tasty appetizers from some of Columbia's finest downtown restaurants in the Missouri Theatre lobby. (Open to Super and Silver Circle and Lux passholders) 88 min 7:30-8:58PM Buck
10:00 pm
Troll HunterBuck Brannaman travels the country dispersing simple but profound wisdom about the relationship between man and horse in this beautifully photographed film. 103 min 10-11:43PM Troll Hunter Three intrepid film students document the unusual life of Norway’s only working troll hunter. | 88 min 7-8:28PM
Resurrect Dead
9:30 pm
KNUCKLEA detective story about an obsessed team's investigation of mysterious and alarming tiles embedded in public streets throughout the hemisphere. 97 min 9:30-11:07PM KNUCKLE Filmed over the course of twelve years, KNUCKLE follows two feuding families as they engage in the Irish Traveller ritual of bare-knuckle fighting. | 93 min 5-6:33PM
The Woman With Five Elephants
7:30 pm
Project NimThe remarkable Svetlana Geier wrestles with translating Dostoyevsky's novels -- her "5 Elephants" -- but she must also come to grips with the ghosts of Stalin and the Nazis. 93 min 7:30-9:03PM
Project Nim
10:00 pm
Secret Screening WhiteFrom True Vision winner James Marsh (Man On Wire) comes the strange story of Nim, a chimpanzee taught sign language and raised by human beings. 76 min 10-11:16PM
Secret Screening White A funny and moving story of a girl who finds a family she never knew she had. | 108 min 12:30-2:18PM
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
3:00 pm
The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975We are given entre into one of the world's most imaginative restaurants where kooky cook Ferran Adria and crew prepare an experimental menu designed to expand minds and palates. 96 min 3-4:36PM
The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975
5:30 pm
Long Distance DedicationA surprisingly fresh reevaluation of the Black Power movement --including a star turn by Stokely Carmichael -- made possible by the discovery of 16mm films found in a Swedish archive. 80 min 5:30-6:50PM
Long Distance Dedication
8:00 pm
Subway PreacherSHORTS PROGRAM. Whether it’s harvesting guano or cloudberries, cooking a roast or robbing a bank, these great short docs carry us to to new places and immerse us in new experiences. 90 min 8-9:30PM
Subway Preacher
10:30 pm
La Bocca del LupoSNEAK PREVIEW A fiery New York City subway preacher falls in love in this gritty, sharp portrait of fanaticism. 75 min 10:30-11:45PM
La Bocca del Lupo The dazzling history of a port city and an unlikely love story unfold in this Italian gem. | 87 min 12-1:27PM
Family Instinct
2:30 pm
The Burger and the KingSNEAK PREVIEW An unpredictable, off-the-wall portrait of rural Latvia that recalls the greatest works of Harmony Korine. 69 min 2:30-3:39PM
The Burger and the King
5:00 pm
At the Edge of RussiaJames Marsh explores a time-honored story of indulgence and excess: Elvis Presley's ravenous appetite for life and for cuisine. 83 min 5-6:23PM
At the Edge of Russia
7:30 pm
To Be HeardSNEAK PREVIEW Surrounded by the frozen tundra of Siberia, a young soldier comes of age at an almost forgotten military outpost. 87 min 7:30-8:57PM
To Be Heard
10:00 pm
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio MisadventureThree charismatic poets strive to maintain a rare friendship and write their own destiny on the hard-luck streets of the Bronx. 85 min 10-11:25PM
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure When two Midwestern punks moved to San Francisco in the mid-80’s, they hardly imagined they’d make their neighbors into underground legends. | 97 min 5:30-7:07PM
Bobby Fischer Against the World
8:00 pm
Secret Screening GreenUnravelling the complex relationship between genius and madness as embodied in chess's first rock star. Sponsored by the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum. 99 min 8-9:39PM Secret Screening Green Corruption, exploitation and media hysteria confront a child prodigy. | 72 min 3:30-4:42PM
Zielinski
7:30 pm
Landmarks & MonolithsHometown heroes Chase Thompson and Ryan Walker probe the fascinating, surprising life of John Zielinski, "the most blacklisted author in the history of Iowa." 73 min 7:30-8:43PM
Landmarks & Monoliths SHORTS PROGRAM. Six landmark films -- capped by “Il Capo” about an Italian marble quarry -- examine the personal meanings of the natural and built environment. | 89 min 3-4:29PM
An African Election
7:00 pm
The Redemption of General Butt NakedAfrica as you’ve never seen it before: Ghana’s fragile democracy is captured during the 2008 presidential elections, from tense closed-door vote tallies to explosive street scenes. 84 min 7-8:24PM The Redemption of General Butt Naked
9:30 pm
The Pruitt-Igoe MythA former Liberian warlord responsible for the deaths of thousands discovers Jesus and seeks forgiveness in this complex and visceral work. 83 min 9:30-10:53PM The Pruitt-Igoe Myth This film elegantly explodes misconceptions about the rise and fall of a utopian St. Louis housing project. | 75 min 6:30-7:45PM
North From Calabria
10:00 pm
Campfire StoriesSNEAK PREVIEW A charming, whimsical portrait of a small Polish village as it puts on its annual festival. 75 min 10-11:15PM Campfire Stories Join us in the Chapel for a new, cozy tradition: eight filmmakers gather around a "campfire" to swap tales of the scene that got away, complete with s'mores. Sponsored by HBO Documentary Films | 60 min 10:30-11:30AM At the Edge of Truth: Hybrid documentaries
12:30 pm
Africa '11... The pulse of a continentReenactments, dramatizations, introduced actors, staged scenes -- what are documentaries coming to? And where are they going? Join moderator/critic Robert Koehler as he speaks with four new purveyors of the slash between true and false: Michal Marczak (At the Edge of Russia), Marcin Sauter (North From Calabria), Clio Barnard (The Arbor) and Brigitte Staermose ("Out of Love"). 60 min 12:30-1:30PM Africa '11... The pulse of a continent
2:30 pm
Are you laughing at me?How can outsiders tell stories about Africa? What will they miss? Is there anything that their foreign perspective might gain them? Join moderator and filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar (Reporter) as he talks with four other directors who have made films on the continent. 60 min 2:30-3:30PM Are you laughing at me? Grand and tragic figures make for documentary subjects. But the relationship those subjects have with filmmakers sometimes raises uncomfortable questions. Join moderator Beadie Finzi, Robert Greene (Fake It So Real), Andris Gauja (Family Instinct), Dennis Ho (Subway Preacher) and Chase Thompson (Zielinski) as they squirm in their chairs. | 30 min 5:15-5:45PM March March
8:00 pm
Friday Night ShowcaseThe festival's signature kickoff parade through the streets of Columbia. All are welcome to watch and participate! It's free! For more info, check out: http://www.offtrackevents.com/marchmarch.php 240 min 8-12AM Friday Night Showcase
10:00 pm
@CTION Party!Roots music lovers, this is the showcase for you. Doors at 8, Show at 9pm. Berlin Theater/Cafe Berlin. 180 min 10-1AM @CTION Party! The now-legendary Friday night party held at a downtown nightclub. Sponsored by Schlafly Beer. Music by DJ Name Names and the Chances DJ Collective.The party begins at 10 pm and the design is a fantastical forest of dots, spots & altered perceptions inspired by the work of Yayoi Kusama, designed by a Chicago/Columbia collective. |
8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM 1AM 2AM | 87 min 10-11:27AM To Be Heard
12:30 pm
The InterruptersThree charismatic poets strive to maintain a rare friendship and write their own destiny on the hard-luck streets of the Bronx. 162 min 12:30-3:12PM The Interrupters
4:30 pm
The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975Three former gang members trade on their street reps to prevent violence as part of the innovative approach of the group CeaseFire. (True Life Fund recipient - sponsored by The Crossing) 96 min 4:30-6:06PM The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975
7:00 pm
Project NimA surprisingly fresh reevaluation of the Black Power movement --including a star turn by Stokely Carmichael -- made possible by the discovery of 16mm films found in a Swedish archive. 93 min 7-8:33PM Project Nim
9:30 pm
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio MisadventureFrom True Vision winner James Marsh (Man On Wire) comes the strange story of Nim, a chimpanzee taught sign language and raised by human beings. 85 min 9:30-10:55PM Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure When two Midwestern punks moved to San Francisco in the mid-80’s, they hardly imagined they’d make their neighbors into underground legends. | 88 min 10:30-11:58AM Buck
1:00 pm
Bobby Fischer Against the WorldBuck Brannaman travels the country dispersing simple but profound wisdom about the relationship between man and horse in this beautifully photographed film. 97 min 1-2:37PM Bobby Fischer Against the World
3:30 pm
The Burger and the KingUnravelling the complex relationship between genius and madness as embodied in chess's first rock star. Sponsored by the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum. 69 min 3:30-4:39PM
The Burger and the King
6:00 pm
Secret Screening GreenJames Marsh explores a time-honored story of indulgence and excess: Elvis Presley's ravenous appetite for life and for cuisine. 99 min 6-7:39PM Secret Screening Green
9:30 pm
Gimme Truth!Corruption, exploitation and media hysteria confront a child prodigy. 75 min 9:30-10:45PM Gimme Truth!
11:15 pm
Comedy NightThe world's greatest documentary game show returns with host Johnny St. John. 120 min 11:15-1:15AM Comedy Night Lee Kern is an artist, writer, comedian and filmmaker. He is crap at all of them. Jonathan Gotsick, the inventor of aisling, is known in certain circles as Johnny St. John. Passholders get in free; others are $5. | 98 min 10-11:38AM
Secret Screening Orange
12:30 pm
You Are All CaptainsA wrongly convicted man struggles to get justice. 79 min 12:30-1:49PM
You Are All Captains
3:00 pm
Secret Screening WhiteSNEAK PREVIEW A Spanish teacher/filmmaker and his mischievous Moroccan students blur reality in this beautiful, wildly imaginative hybrid. 76 min 3-4:16PM
Secret Screening White
5:30 pm
La Bocca del LupoA funny and moving story of a girl who finds a family she never knew she had. 75 min 5:30-6:45PM
La Bocca del Lupo
8:00 pm
North From CalabriaThe dazzling history of a port city and an unlikely love story unfold in this Italian gem. 75 min 8-9:15PM
North From Calabria
10:00 pm
Fake It So RealSNEAK PREVIEW A charming, whimsical portrait of a small Polish village as it puts on its annual festival. 97 min 10-11:37PM
Fake It So Real SNEAK PREVIEW In small town America, a ragtag federation of independent wrestlers put on a show. | 75 min 10:30-11:45AM
North From Calabria
1:00 pm
Wisconsin Death TripSNEAK PREVIEW A charming, whimsical portrait of a small Polish village as it puts on its annual festival. 76 min 1-2:16PM
Wisconsin Death Trip
3:30 pm
Secret Screening OrangeInspired by Michael Lesy's book which located a treasure trove of photographs from the last part of the 19th century, James Marsh takes a darkly humorous look at one very curious small town. 98 min 3:30-5:08PM
Secret Screening Orange
6:00 pm
El Bulli: Cooking in ProgressA wrongly convicted man struggles to get justice. 108 min 6-7:48PM
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
8:30 pm
Family InstinctWe are given entre into one of the world's most imaginative restaurants where kooky cook Ferran Adria and crew prepare an experimental menu designed to expand minds and palates. 87 min 8:30-9:57PM
Family Instinct
11:00 pm
Troll HunterSNEAK PREVIEW An unpredictable, off-the-wall portrait of rural Latvia that recalls the greatest works of Harmony Korine. 103 min 11-12:43AM
Troll Hunter Three intrepid film students document the unusual life of Norway’s only working troll hunter. | 83 min 10-11:23AM
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
12:30 pm
Habana MudaThis film elegantly explodes misconceptions about the rise and fall of a utopian St. Louis housing project. 70 min 12:30-1:40PM
Habana Muda
3:00 pm
The Woman With Five ElephantsSNEAK PREVIEW A complex love triangle between a deaf Cuban couple and a gay Mexican man. 93 min 3-4:33PM
The Woman With Five Elephants
5:30 pm
You Are All CaptainsThe remarkable Svetlana Geier wrestles with translating Dostoyevsky's novels -- her "5 Elephants" -- but she must also come to grips with the ghosts of Stalin and the Nazis. 79 min 5:30-6:49PM
You Are All Captains
8:00 pm
The ArborSNEAK PREVIEW A Spanish teacher/filmmaker and his mischievous Moroccan students blur reality in this beautiful, wildly imaginative hybrid. 94 min 8-9:34PM
The Arbor
10:30 pm
ZielinskiTeen playwright Andrea Dunbar lived fast, died young and left an exquisite body of work: Clio Barnard’s theatrically bold film brings her back to life. 72 min 10:30-11:42PM
Zielinski Hometown heroes Chase Thompson and Ryan Walker probe the fascinating, surprising life of John Zielinski, "the most blacklisted author in the history of Iowa." | 90 min 10-11:30AM
Life in a Day
12:30 pm
The ArborThe most elaborate crowdsourced arts project in history, LIAD draws from 80,000 slice-of-life videos, all shot on July 24, 2010 by you and me and edited by Kevin Macdonald’s (Touching the Void) team. 94 min 12:30-2:04PM The Arbor
5:00 pm
Gravity Was Everywhere Back ThenTeen playwright Andrea Dunbar lived fast, died young and left an exquisite body of work: Clio Barnard’s theatrically bold film brings her back to life. 72 min 5-6:12PM
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
7:30 pm
The Pruitt-Igoe MythLIVE PERFORMANCE A live soundtrack by director Green and an all-star group of musicians highlights this animated love story 83 min 7:30-8:53PM
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
9:45 pm
Page One: Inside the New York TimesThis film elegantly explodes misconceptions about the rise and fall of a utopian St. Louis housing project. 88 min 9:45-11:13PM
Page One: Inside the New York Times With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi embeds himself with Times reporters -- including the irrepressible David Carr -- during a time of intense upheaval. Presented by the University of Missouri | 97 min 10-11:37AM
KNUCKLE
12:30 pm
Foreign PartsFilmed over the course of twelve years, KNUCKLE follows two feuding families as they engage in the Irish Traveller ritual of bare-knuckle fighting. 80 min 12:30-1:50PM
Foreign Parts
3:00 pm
Long Distance DedicationThis powerful but understated film presents a verite portrait of the down-but-not-out residents of an endangered neighborhood on the fringes of Queens, NY. 80 min 3-4:20PM
Long Distance Dedication
5:30 pm
The Redemption of General Butt NakedSHORTS PROGRAM. Whether it’s harvesting guano or cloudberries, cooking a roast or robbing a bank, these great short docs carry us to to new places and immerse us in new experiences. 84 min 5:30-6:54PM
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
8:00 pm
At the Edge of RussiaA former Liberian warlord responsible for the deaths of thousands discovers Jesus and seeks forgiveness in this complex and visceral work. 83 min 8-9:23PM
At the Edge of Russia SNEAK PREVIEW Surrounded by the frozen tundra of Siberia, a young soldier comes of age at an almost forgotten military outpost. | 84 min 10:30-11:54AM
Hula & Natan
1:00 pm
Blood in the MobileSNEAK PREVIEW Two Israeli car mechanics living next to the Gaza Strip struggle to survive in this stunning tragicomedy. 82 min 1-2:22PM
Blood in the Mobile
3:30 pm
Secret Screening BlackSNEAK PREVIEW T/F alum Frank Piasecki Poulsen (Guerilla Girl) returns with an equally courageous work of journalism: an immersive, troubling investigation of the precious minerals used in cell phones. 95 min 3:30-5:05PM
Secret Screening Black
6:00 pm
Page One: Inside the New York TimesFriendship, betrayal and government oppression at the twilight of the Bush era. 88 min 6-7:28PM
Page One: Inside the New York Times
8:30 pm
Benda Bilili!With unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi embeds himself with Times reporters -- including the irrepressible David Carr -- during a time of intense upheaval. Presented by the University of Missouri 85 min 8:30-9:55PM Benda Bilili! SNEAK PREVIEW A real-life fairy tale, Benda Bilili! is a five-years-in-the-making look at a group of paraplegic Congolese musicians who go from sleeping on cardboard boxes to worldwide attention. | 73 min 10-11:13AM
Landmarks & Monoliths
12:30 pm
ArmadilloSHORTS PROGRAM. Six landmark films -- capped by “Il Capo” about an Italian marble quarry -- examine the personal meanings of the natural and built environment. 100 min 12:30-2:10PM
Armadillo
3:00 pm
Subway PreacherBreathtakingly beautiful and truly frightening, this portrait of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan raises the bar for filmmaking in a warzone. 90 min 3-4:30PM Subway Preacher
5:30 pm
Secret Screening PurpleSNEAK PREVIEW A fiery New York City subway preacher falls in love in this gritty, sharp portrait of fanaticism. 74 min 5:30-6:44PM
Secret Screening Purple
8:00 pm
An African ElectionBeautiful losers in a suburban wasteland. 89 min 8-9:29PM
An African Election Africa as you’ve never seen it before: Ghana’s fragile democracy is captured during the 2008 presidential elections, from tense closed-door vote tallies to explosive street scenes. | 60 min 10:30-11:30AM Mysteries...How to tell a real-life whodunit
12:30 pm
Beyond Burns: The next wave of historical documentariesJoin immoderate moderator Josh Fox (GasLand) as he chats up four mysterious visiting directors about how one builds suspense in a doc. 60 min 12:30-1:30PM Beyond Burns: The next wave of historical documentaries
2:30 pm
Auteur Theory Exploded: The role of creative producersUsing archival footage and a variety of fresh techniques to tell big stories from the past, filmmakers must balance artistry and “authenticity.” Join moderator and producer Simon Chinn (Man on Wire) as he talks about the new way of doing old with James Marsh (Project Nim), Chad Friedrichs (The Pruitt-Igoe Myth), Goran Olsson (Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975) and Pietro Marcello (La Bocca Del Lupo) 60 min 2:30-3:30PM Auteur Theory Exploded: The role of creative producers Are directors really solely responsible for the creative direction of a film? Join us as we take apart and take down the auteur theory, with four producers partly responsible for a slew of landmark docs in the last 10 years. Moderator and filmmaker Judith Helfand (Chicken and Egg) talks with Jess Search (Unknown White Male), Julie Goldman (Buck, Motto Pictures) Molly Thompson (A&E), Diane Weyermann (Participant Pictures) and Deborah Shaffer (To Be Heard). Presented by Chicken & Egg Pictures | 120 min 8-10AM True Life Run
11:45 am
The Speculative StrollA new, bright-and-early tradition at T/F, the True Life Run challenges all runners and walkers to start Saturday, March 5 with a mad dash through the streets of downtown Columbia. 30 min 11:45-12:15PM
The Speculative Stroll
2:30 pm
The Speculative StrollFree-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film "The Cruise," accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn't know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office. 30 min 2:30-3PM
The Speculative Stroll
4:00 pm
Filmmaker FeteFree-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film "The Cruise," accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn't know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office. 120 min 4-6PM Filmmaker Fete
8:00 pm
Saturday Night ShowcasePS:Gallery, in its new home on Walnut Street, hosts this year's banquet in honor of our visiting filmmakers. Mike Odette and Sycamore provide the food. Sponsored by the MIssouri Film Commission 240 min 8-12AM Saturday Night Showcase
10:00 pm
Mojo's A-Go-GoThe omelette flippers at Cafe Berlin flip out to three new bands. Doors at 8pm, Show at 9 pm 180 min 10-1AM Mojo's A-Go-Go Stomp out a day's documentaries with soul sensations Kings Go Forth, plus Netherfriends and Hai Usagi. Doors at 8pm. Show at 10pm |
9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM | 88 min 10-11:28AM
Page One: Inside the New York Times
12:30 pm
The Redemption of General Butt NakedWith unprecedented access, filmmaker Andrew Rossi embeds himself with Times reporters -- including the irrepressible David Carr -- during a time of intense upheaval. Presented by the University of Missouri 84 min 12:30-1:54PM The Redemption of General Butt Naked
3:00 pm
The InterruptersA former Liberian warlord responsible for the deaths of thousands discovers Jesus and seeks forgiveness in this complex and visceral work. 162 min 3-5:42PM The Interrupters
6:45 pm
Closing Night ReceptionThree former gang members trade on their street reps to prevent violence as part of the innovative approach of the group CeaseFire. (True Life Fund recipient - sponsored by The Crossing) 75 min 6:45-8PM Closing Night Reception
8:00 pm
Life in a DayA common meal for all who attend our closing night film at the Missouri Theatre. Catered by our good friends at Addison's. 90 min 8-9:30PM
Life in a Day
10:15 pm
Buskers Last StandThe most elaborate crowdsourced arts project in history, LIAD draws from 80,000 slice-of-life videos, all shot on July 24, 2010 by you and me and edited by Kevin Macdonald’s (Touching the Void) team. 75 min 10:15-11:30PM Buskers Last Stand With a tear and a beer, the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion. LInk arms with your festival friends and join a ragtag crew of buskers in the lobby of the Missouri Theatre as they offer an instant wake for T/F 2011. Event begins directly after the closing night film. | 100 min 10:30-12:10PM Armadillo
1:00 pm
Benda Bilili!Breathtakingly beautiful and truly frightening, this portrait of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan raises the bar for filmmaking in a warzone. 85 min 1-2:25PM Benda Bilili!
3:30 pm
Secret Screening WhiteSNEAK PREVIEW A real-life fairy tale, Benda Bilili! is a five-years-in-the-making look at a group of paraplegic Congolese musicians who go from sleeping on cardboard boxes to worldwide attention. 76 min 3:30-4:46PM Secret Screening White
6:00 pm
To Be HeardA funny and moving story of a girl who finds a family she never knew she had. 87 min 6-7:27PM To Be Heard
8:30 pm
Project NimThree charismatic poets strive to maintain a rare friendship and write their own destiny on the hard-luck streets of the Bronx. 93 min 8:30-10:03PM Project Nim From True Vision winner James Marsh (Man On Wire) comes the strange story of Nim, a chimpanzee taught sign language and raised by human beings. | 80 min 10-11:20AM Long Distance Dedication
12:30 pm
The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975SHORTS PROGRAM. Whether it’s harvesting guano or cloudberries, cooking a roast or robbing a bank, these great short docs carry us to to new places and immerse us in new experiences. 96 min 12:30-2:06PM The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975
3:00 pm
The Pruitt-Igoe MythA surprisingly fresh reevaluation of the Black Power movement --including a star turn by Stokely Carmichael -- made possible by the discovery of 16mm films found in a Swedish archive. 83 min 3-4:23PM
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth
5:30 pm
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio MisadventureThis film elegantly explodes misconceptions about the rise and fall of a utopian St. Louis housing project. 85 min 5:30-6:55PM
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure When two Midwestern punks moved to San Francisco in the mid-80’s, they hardly imagined they’d make their neighbors into underground legends. | 89 min 10:30-11:59AM
An African Election
1:00 pm
The Woman With Five ElephantsAfrica as you’ve never seen it before: Ghana’s fragile democracy is captured during the 2008 presidential elections, from tense closed-door vote tallies to explosive street scenes. 93 min 1-2:33PM
The Woman With Five Elephants
3:30 pm
Fake It So RealThe remarkable Svetlana Geier wrestles with translating Dostoyevsky's novels -- her "5 Elephants" -- but she must also come to grips with the ghosts of Stalin and the Nazis. 97 min 3:30-5:07PM
Fake It So Real
6:00 pm
The Burger and the KingSNEAK PREVIEW In small town America, a ragtag federation of independent wrestlers put on a show. 69 min 6-7:09PM
The Burger and the King
8:30 pm
Secret Screening PurpleJames Marsh explores a time-honored story of indulgence and excess: Elvis Presley's ravenous appetite for life and for cuisine. 74 min 8:30-9:44PM Secret Screening Purple Beautiful losers in a suburban wasteland. | 95 min 10-11:35AM
Secret Screening Black
12:30 pm
Bobby Fischer Against the WorldFriendship, betrayal and government oppression at the twilight of the Bush era. 97 min 12:30-2:07PM
Bobby Fischer Against the World
3:00 pm
You Are All CaptainsUnravelling the complex relationship between genius and madness as embodied in chess's first rock star. Sponsored by the World Chess Hall of Fame and Museum. 79 min 3-4:19PM
You Are All Captains
5:30 pm
Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba StorySNEAK PREVIEW A Spanish teacher/filmmaker and his mischievous Moroccan students blur reality in this beautiful, wildly imaginative hybrid. 90 min 5:30-7PM
Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba Story
8:00 pm
Hula & NatanIn this work-in-progress screening, Co-director Ben Nabors shares scenes from his upcoming feature about an ingenious young man who embarks on a plan to bring electricity to a Malawi village. 84 min 8-9:24PM
Hula & Natan SNEAK PREVIEW Two Israeli car mechanics living next to the Gaza Strip struggle to survive in this stunning tragicomedy. | 84 min 1:15-2:39PM
Hula & Natan
3:30 pm
At the Edge of RussiaSNEAK PREVIEW Two Israeli car mechanics living next to the Gaza Strip struggle to survive in this stunning tragicomedy. 83 min 3:30-4:53PM
At the Edge of Russia
6:00 pm
BuckSNEAK PREVIEW Surrounded by the frozen tundra of Siberia, a young soldier comes of age at an almost forgotten military outpost. 88 min 6-7:28PM Buck
8:30 pm
Resurrect DeadBuck Brannaman travels the country dispersing simple but profound wisdom about the relationship between man and horse in this beautifully photographed film. 88 min 8:30-9:58PM Resurrect Dead A detective story about an obsessed team's investigation of mysterious and alarming tiles embedded in public streets throughout the hemisphere. | 82 min 10:30-11:52AM
Blood in the Mobile
1:00 pm
Secret Screening OrangeSNEAK PREVIEW T/F alum Frank Piasecki Poulsen (Guerilla Girl) returns with an equally courageous work of journalism: an immersive, troubling investigation of the precious minerals used in cell phones. 98 min 1-2:38PM
Secret Screening Orange
3:30 pm
ArmadilloA wrongly convicted man struggles to get justice. 100 min 3:30-5:10PM
Armadillo Breathtakingly beautiful and truly frightening, this portrait of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan raises the bar for filmmaking in a warzone. | 70 min 10-11:10AM Habana Muda
12:30 pm
El Bulli: Cooking in ProgressSNEAK PREVIEW A complex love triangle between a deaf Cuban couple and a gay Mexican man. 108 min 12:30-2:18PM
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
3:00 pm
KNUCKLEWe are given entre into one of the world's most imaginative restaurants where kooky cook Ferran Adria and crew prepare an experimental menu designed to expand minds and palates. 97 min 3-4:37PM KNUCKLE
5:30 pm
ZielinskiFilmed over the course of twelve years, KNUCKLE follows two feuding families as they engage in the Irish Traveller ritual of bare-knuckle fighting. 72 min 5:30-6:42PM Zielinski
7:30 pm
Troll HunterHometown heroes Chase Thompson and Ryan Walker probe the fascinating, surprising life of John Zielinski, "the most blacklisted author in the history of Iowa." 103 min 7:30-9:13PM Troll Hunter Three intrepid film students document the unusual life of Norway’s only working troll hunter. | 80 min 10:30-11:50AM
Foreign Parts
1:00 pm
La Bocca del LupoThis powerful but understated film presents a verite portrait of the down-but-not-out residents of an endangered neighborhood on the fringes of Queens, NY. 75 min 1-2:15PM
La Bocca del Lupo
3:30 pm
Family InstinctThe dazzling history of a port city and an unlikely love story unfold in this Italian gem. 87 min 3:30-4:57PM
Family Instinct SNEAK PREVIEW An unpredictable, off-the-wall portrait of rural Latvia that recalls the greatest works of Harmony Korine. | 60 min 10:30-11:30AM It's Not About the Realness: Evaluating the Current State of Documentary Criticism
12:30 pm
Off the Screen and Into the StreetsModerator and critic Eric Hynes talks with fellow critics Mark Reardon (Broadcast Film Critics Association), Robert Koehler (Variety, Cinema Scope), Dennis Lim (N.Y. Times, Moving Image Source), and Vadim Rizov (Village Voice) about whether current criticism is keeping up with the changes in non-fiction film. 60 min 12:30-1:30PM Off the Screen and Into the Streets
2:00 pm
Here Comes Everybody: Journalism in 2011Join social outreach maven Emily Verellen of the Fledgling Fund as she talks with some of the makers and subjects of "The Interrupters" and "To Be Heard”: Steve James, Ameena Matthews, Eddie Martinez, and Pearl Quick. What happens when the subjects of a film take their story off of the screen to make a deeper social impact? The discussion will highlight the differences between distribution, outreach and audience engagement, and explore the role that subjects can play in each phase. Audience members will be encouraged to share their ideas about how these two films can enter the world. 60 min 2-3PM Here Comes Everybody: Journalism in 2011
3:30 pm
How to Crap on Everyone and Make it to the TopLeaping off from Clay Shirky's aptly titled book, this panel will explore the shifting landscape of modern media, from the Grey Old Lady and the British tabloids to Wikileaks. But has the change been overhyped? Moderator Amy McCombs corrals some unruly suppliers of all the news that's fit to print. 60 min 3:30-4:30PM How to Crap on Everyone and Make it to the Top The funniest man in documentary makes his mid-Missouri debut with this one stop workshop designed to make even the most mediocre filmmakers a force to be reckoned with in the indie world. How to crap on your peers, how to talk over the shoulders of unimportant people, how to make your subjects cry on camera and then ditch them when you've finished - everything you need to know in order to make it to the top is here. Lee Kern has had over three minutes of late night, broadcast airtime. You too can become king of the documentary crap heap! | 120 min 9:30-11:30AM
The Weird Wake-Up
9:30 am
Gravity Was Everywhere Back ThenJoin us for this year's field trip, this time to the Odd Fellows Temple, as we eat breakfast provided by Cafe Berlin and thrill to Brent Green's "Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then," accompanied by a live soundtrack. 72 min 9:30-10:42AM Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
11:45 am
The Speculative StrollLIVE PERFORMANCE A live soundtrack by director Green and an all-star group of musicians highlights this animated love story 30 min 11:45-12:15PM
The Speculative Stroll
5:15 pm
The Speculative StrollFree-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film "The Cruise," accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn't know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office. 30 min 5:15-5:45PM
The Speculative Stroll Free-wheeling raconteur Speed Levitch, featured in the film "The Cruise," accompanied by aide-de-camp Gabriel Williams, gives us a free tour of Columbia that introduces us to a city we didn't know existed. Starts from the T/F Box Office. |