2017 Schedule

Mar 05 Sunday

	Jesse Auditorium	Missouri Theatre	Showtime Theater at The Blue Note	The Picturehouse	Rhynsburger Theatre	The Globe	Forrest Theater	Big Ragtag	Willy Wilson @ Ragtag	Cafe Berlin	Other
9am	9:30am Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Film 88 min 9:30 - 10:58am NRT Abacus: Small Enough to Jail The Sungs were an all-American immigrant success story – until they were targeted in the 2008 financial meltdown. From the director of The Interrupters.	9:30am Still Tomorrow Film 88 min 9:30 - 10:58am NRT Still Tomorrow When a feminist Chinese poet’s work goes viral, her new celebrity doesn’t sit well with her husband of twenty years.	9:30am Miss Kiet's Children Film 114 min 9:30 - 11:24am NRT Miss Kiet's Children A beguiling, kid’s-eye view of a Dutch classroom run by an everyday hero.		9:30am Chautauqua Synapses 75 min 9:30 - 10:45am Chautauqua Join our five piquant Provocateurs and host Avi Lewis for a variety show featuring provocations, music, and storytelling. Immediately following, the conversations continue in the Bingham Gallery (right across the hall) with a high tea.		9:30am Gulîstan, Land of Roses Film 84 min 9:30 - 10:54am NRT Gulîstan, Land of Roses An all-female regiment of guerillas in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party prepares for war against Daesh. Presented by the Consulate General of Canada		9:30am LoveTrue Film 82 min 9:30 - 10:52am NRT LoveTrue Elation and disappointment swell and break in three ethereal portraits of young love from Hawaii, Alaska, and New York City.
10am					10:45am Post-Chautauqua Elevenses Reception 45 min 10:45 - 11:30am Post-Chautauqua Elevenses This post-Chautauqua event gives attendees the opportunity to meet and greet with the provocateurs in the art gallery, featuring the Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. The spread is provided by Kaldi's. What could be more provocative than tea and scones? Open to Chautauqua ticket-holders and Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders.			10:00am Railway Sleepers Film 102 min 10 - 11:42am NRT Railway Sleepers Filmed on every active line of the Thai railway system, this humanistic gem flits between passengers, eavesdropping on their conversations.
11am
12pm	12:30pm The Force Film 93 min 12:30 - 2:03pm NRT The Force Break through the blue wall of the Oakland Police Department as it struggles to recapture the trust of the community.	12:15pm Donkeyote Film 86 min 12:15 - 1:41pm NRT Donkeyote Manolo’s dream is to walk the Trail of Tears with his trusted four-legged companion, Gorrión, but is he tilting at windmills?	12:30pm Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Film 84 min 12:30 - 1:54pm NRT Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Lindy Lou sets out on an unconventional road trip across the South, tracking down her fellow jurors who sentenced a man to die.		12:30pm The Graduation Film 120 min 12:30 - 2:30pm NRT The Graduation Applicants to a prestigious French film school must run a gauntlet of judges. Filmed by True Vision recipient Claire Simon. Presented by Restoration Eye Care		12:00pm Strong Island Film 107 min 12 - 1:47pm NRT Strong Island With catharsis if not closure, director Ford investigates his brother’s murder and the repercussions that shook the family.		12:30pm Communion Film 72 min 12:30 - 1:42pm NRT Communion Fourteen-year-old Ola becomes the default caretaker for her irreverent brother, Nikodem, in this exquisite film.		12:00pm The Art Ramble Other 30 min 12 - 12:30pm The Art Ramble Bon vivant and raconteur Gabriel Williams leads rollicking tours of downtown art and curiosities, including many of True/False’s art installations. Free and open to the public.
1pm				1:00pm Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio Short 72 min 1 - 2:12pm NRT Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio Can’t they get some peace? We track down an exile in Brazil, then interrupt the oldest interracial newlyweds in the U.S.		1:30pm Shorts: Young Money Short 68 min 1:30 - 2:38pm NRT Shorts: Young Money Youth is not wasted on the young in these four tactile portraits.		1:00pm Secret Screening Xenon Film 91 min 1 - 2:31pm NRT Secret Screening Xenon An outlandish figure crosses an ethical Rubicon, setting off a chain reaction.
2pm											2:30pm The Art Ramble Other 30 min 2:30 - 3pm The Art Ramble Bon vivant and raconteur Gabriel Williams leads rollicking tours of downtown art and curiosities, including many of True/False’s art installations. Free and open to the public.
3pm	3:30pm Quest Film 105 min 3:30 - 5:15pm NRT Quest This epic labor of love vividly spotlights one Philadelphia family’s highs and lows over the course of a decade. True Life Fund Film (Presented by The Crossing)	3:00pm Stranger in Paradise Film 72 min 3 - 4:12pm NRT Stranger in Paradise Smug, conventional wisdom falls by the wayside as this masterful provocation implicates us all in the refugee crisis. Presented with CPH:DOX	3:30pm Whose Streets? Film 104 min 3:30 - 5:14pm NRT Whose Streets? This is what heroism looks like: a grassroots film about the citizens of Ferguson, Missouri, fighting for equal access to the American Dream.	3:30pm Shorts: The World Laughs With You Short 76 min 3:30 - 4:46pm NRT Shorts: The World Laughs With You Even in dark times, it pays to look on the bright side of life, as evinced in these seven works.	3:30pm Shorts: The New Family Short 69 min 3:30 - 4:39pm NRT Shorts: The New Family Family is constantly being redefined: these three inspired works go nuclear in a most unconventional way.	3:45pm The War Show Film 101 min 3:45 - 5:26pm NRT The War Show A bohemian group of friends get caught up in the intoxicating energy of the Arab Spring, risking everything for a new Syria.	3:00pm Distant Constellation (work-in-progress) Film 80 min 3 - 4:20pm NRT Distant Constellation (work-in-progress) Full of Tarkovskian atmospherics and featuring the inhabitants of a Turkish retirement home – pranksters, historians, artists and would-be Casanovas. A T/F Work-In-Progress Screening.	3:45pm Mimi Film 105 min 3:45 - 5:30pm NRT Mimi Mimi Chiola has been waiting her whole life for an audience to dazzle with her star power. True Vision recipient Claire Simon’s camera captures a day in her life.	3:00pm Shorts: Making Good Neighbors Short 72 min 3 - 4:12pm NRT Shorts: Making Good Neighbors Fences and walls can’t contain these five investigations of The Other.
4pm
5pm									5:15pm Still Tomorrow Film 88 min 5:15 - 6:43pm NRT Still Tomorrow When a feminist Chinese poet’s work goes viral, her new celebrity doesn’t sit well with her husband of twenty years.
6pm		6:15pm Closing Night Reception Reception 60 min 6:15 - 7:15pm Closing Night Reception A common meal for all who attend I Am Not Your Negro at Missouri Theatre. Catered for the fourteenth year in a row by the stalwarts at Addison's restaurant. The drinks flow courtesy of our friends at St. James Winery and Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge breweries. Ticket required; the film ticket includes the reception. Presented by Addison's American Grill	6:00pm Dina Film 102 min 6 - 7:42pm NRT Dina Dina may have a "smorgasbord of issues," but she’s resilient and in love.	6:00pm Récréations Film 54 min 6 - 6:54pm NRT Récréations Lord of the Flies on a French playground, as filmed by True Vision recipient Claire Simon.	6:00pm Venus Film 80 min 6 - 7:20pm NRT Venus Intimate interviews with young women in Copenhagen, who bravely share their fantasies, fears, and more.	6:30pm Safari Film 90 min 6:30 - 8pm NRT Safari A hunting we will go, as master Ulrich Seidl escorts us to Namibia, accompanied by a retro, Austrian family.	6:00pm Donkeyote Film 86 min 6 - 7:26pm NRT Donkeyote Manolo’s dream is to walk the Trail of Tears with his trusted four-legged companion, Gorrión, but is he tilting at windmills?
7pm	7:00pm Step Film 83 min 7 - 8:23pm NRT Step Senior year at a Baltimore charter school, and the irrepressible step dance team balances prepping for college with gunning for the all-city championship.	7:30pm I Am Not Your Negro Film 93 min 7:30 - 9:03pm NRT I Am Not Your Negro Writer and activist James Baldwin died 30 years ago, but this revelatory, prophetic film shows his words are still incendiary.							7:45pm Rat Film Film 82 min 7:45 - 9:07pm NRT Rat Film An eccentric, era-hopping essay about a Baltimore that is born and reborn daily, presided over by some four-footed denizens.
8pm			8:45pm The Road Movie Film 67 min 8:45 - 9:52pm The Road Movie A raucous tour of a Russia whose dash-cam footage supplies both morbid marvels and insight into an off-the-rails culture.	8:30pm Brimstone & Glory Film 64 min 8:30 - 9:34pm NRT Brimstone & Glory A heart-stopping, visually acrobatic pilgrimage to Mexico’s National Pyrotechnic Festival. Presented by Spirit of '76 Fireworks			8:30pm Casting JonBenet Film 80 min 8:30 - 9:50pm NRT Casting JonBenet The murder of JonBenet Ramsey is only the beginning in this mind-blowing cinematic puzzle box.	8:15pm The Challenge Film 70 min 8:15 - 9:25pm NRT The Challenge The 4,000-year-old tradition of falconry tethers this spellbinding trek through gold-plated excess in the Arabian Peninsula.
9pm	9:00pm Buskers Last Waltz Other 60 min 9 - 10pm Buskers Last Waltz Swing your partner round and round in the atrium of Jesse Hall following the closing night screening of Step. The Mid-Missouri Traditional Dancers will lead you down the line as beer courtesy of Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge breweries flows, keeping the spirit of dance and T/F alive before it slumbers for another year. Live music will be provided by buskers; dancing shoes encouraged! No ticket required; open to all passholders.	9:30pm Buskers Last Stand Other 60 min 9:30 - 10:30pm Buskers Last Stand With a tear and a beer (courtesy of Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge breweries), the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False's own second line in the lobby of Missouri Theatre as they throw an instant wake for T/F 2017 following the Q&A after I Am Not Your Negro. No ticket required; open to all passholders.									9:00pm Hitt Rexx Sessions Concert 120 min 9 - 11pm Hitt Rexx Sessions Nestled inside Ragtag’s homebase, Hitt Records will open their stage to a mix of visiting musicians, local talent & others. Grab a beer at Uprise and lean back for a listen. Donations encouraged!
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11pm
12am										12:30am Toasted Party 210 min 12:30 - 4am Toasted Come talk (free!) and eat waffles (not free!) at venerable breakfast joint Cafe Berlin, which for one night only will swing open its doors at 12:30am and stay cooking ’til the hungry hordes leave. Hosted by film scribbler Nicolas Rapold, Toasted is a free-wheeling talk show, starting at 1:30am, where we review the weekend's festivities. Free and open to the public.
1am
2am
3am
4am

12:00pm

12:15pm

Missouri Theatre

Donkeyote

Film

86 min

12:15 - 1:41pm
NRT

Donkeyote
Manolo’s dream is to walk the Trail of Tears with his trusted four-legged companion, Gorrión, but is he tilting at windmills?

12:30pm

1:00pm

1:30pm

The Globe

Shorts: Young Money

Short

68 min

1:30 - 2:38pm
NRT

Shorts: Young Money
Youth is not wasted on the young in these four tactile portraits.

2:30pm

The Art Ramble

Other

30 min

2:30 - 3pm

The Art Ramble
Bon vivant and raconteur Gabriel Williams leads rollicking tours of downtown art and curiosities, including many of True/False’s art installations. Free and open to the public.

3:00pm

3:30pm

3:45pm

5:15pm

Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

Still Tomorrow

Film

88 min

5:15 - 6:43pm
NRT

Still Tomorrow
When a feminist Chinese poet’s work goes viral, her new celebrity doesn’t sit well with her husband of twenty years.

6:00pm

6:15pm

Missouri Theatre

Closing Night Reception

Reception

60 min

6:15 - 7:15pm

Closing Night Reception
A common meal for all who attend I Am Not Your Negro at Missouri Theatre. Catered for the fourteenth year in a row by the stalwarts at Addison's restaurant. The drinks flow courtesy of our friends at St. James Winery and Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge breweries. Ticket required; the film ticket includes the reception. Presented by Addison's American Grill

6:30pm

The Globe

Safari

Film

90 min

6:30 - 8pm
NRT

Safari
A hunting we will go, as master Ulrich Seidl escorts us to Namibia, accompanied by a retro, Austrian family.

7:00pm

Jesse Auditorium

Step

Film

83 min

7 - 8:23pm
NRT

Step
Senior year at a Baltimore charter school, and the irrepressible step dance team balances prepping for college with gunning for the all-city championship.

7:30pm

Missouri Theatre

I Am Not Your Negro

Film

93 min

7:30 - 9:03pm
NRT

I Am Not Your Negro
Writer and activist James Baldwin died 30 years ago, but this revelatory, prophetic film shows his words are still incendiary.

7:45pm

Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

Rat Film

Film

82 min

7:45 - 9:07pm
NRT

Rat Film
An eccentric, era-hopping essay about a Baltimore that is born and reborn daily, presided over by some four-footed denizens.

8:15pm

Big Ragtag

The Challenge

Film

70 min

8:15 - 9:25pm
NRT

The Challenge
The 4,000-year-old tradition of falconry tethers this spellbinding trek through gold-plated excess in the Arabian Peninsula.

8:30pm

8:45pm

Showtime Theater at The Blue Note

The Road Movie

Film

67 min

8:45 - 9:52pm

The Road Movie
A raucous tour of a Russia whose dash-cam footage supplies both morbid marvels and insight into an off-the-rails culture.

9:00pm

9:30pm

Missouri Theatre

Buskers Last Stand

Other

60 min

9:30 - 10:30pm

Buskers Last Stand
With a tear and a beer (courtesy of Logboat, Public House, and Rock Bridge breweries), the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet, and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join True/False's own second line in the lobby of Missouri Theatre as they throw an instant wake for T/F 2017 following the Q&A after I Am Not Your Negro. No ticket required; open to all passholders.

12:30am

Cafe Berlin

Toasted

Party

210 min

12:30 - 4am

Toasted
Come talk (free!) and eat waffles (not free!) at venerable breakfast joint Cafe Berlin, which for one night only will swing open its doors at 12:30am and stay cooking ’til the hungry hordes leave. Hosted by film scribbler Nicolas Rapold, Toasted is a free-wheeling talk show, starting at 1:30am, where we review the weekend's festivities. Free and open to the public.

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Still Tomorrow

Still Tomorrow

Miss Kiet's Children

Miss Kiet's Children

Chautauqua

Chautauqua

Gulîstan, Land of Roses

Gulîstan, Land of Roses

LoveTrue

LoveTrue

Post-Chautauqua Elevenses

Post-Chautauqua Elevenses

Railway Sleepers

Railway Sleepers

The Force

The Force

Donkeyote

Donkeyote

Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2

Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2

The Graduation

The Graduation

Strong Island

Strong Island

Communion

Communion

The Art Ramble

The Art Ramble

Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio

Shorts: Edith + Eddie + Antonio

Shorts: Young Money

Shorts: Young Money

Secret Screening Xenon

Secret Screening Xenon

The Art Ramble

The Art Ramble

Quest

Quest

Stranger in Paradise

Stranger in Paradise

Whose Streets?

Whose Streets?

Shorts: The World Laughs With You

Shorts: The World Laughs With You

Shorts: The New Family

Shorts: The New Family

The War Show

The War Show

Distant Constellation (work-in-progress)

Distant Constellation (work-in-progress)

Mimi

Mimi

Shorts: Making Good Neighbors

Shorts: Making Good Neighbors

Still Tomorrow

Still Tomorrow

Closing Night Reception

Closing Night Reception

Dina

Dina

Récréations

Récréations

Venus

Venus

Safari

Safari

Donkeyote

Donkeyote

Step

Step

I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

Rat Film

Rat Film

The Road Movie

The Road Movie

Brimstone & Glory

Brimstone & Glory