Wednesday, Feb 26 • Thursday, Feb 27 • Friday, Feb 28 • Saturday, Mar 1 • Sunday, Mar 2
Wednesday, Feb 26
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6:30pmClose-UpIn one of the greatest films of the ‘90s, an imposter says he’s director Mohsen Makhmalbaf and convinces a family to make him a houseguest. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series.
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9:30pmEastside ShowcaseThe Eastside Tavern hosts a psychedelic, punk rockin’ pre-fest show featuring Fliight, Bruiser Queen, Comfort Zone and New Tongues. Doors at 9pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders, $5 cover for others.
Thursday, Feb 27
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4:30pmSecret Screening OrchidCivilization has its discontents, including this person who gave away everything they knew to start a new life.
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4:30pmThe Notorious Mr. BoutWith his video camera ever in hand, arms dealer Viktor Bout led a wild (and well-documented) high life.
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5:00pmApproaching the ElephantAn enthralling, immersive look at the first year of a radical New Jersey school for young children.
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5:30pmA Moment of InnocenceDirector Mohsen Makhmalbaf revisits a haunting episode from his past by recreating it in this devastating, reflexive masterpiece from 1996. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series.
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5:30pmThe JubileeFor our opening night, we kick it up a notch with a masquerade gala at the Missouri Theatre. Don your black tie, little black dress, or go for your most outrageous ensemble as you celebrate the kick-off of True/False 2014 at the Missouri Theatre. Catch the first Missouri Theatre screening of the fest and partake of the plentiful hand-crafted libations created by six of Columbia’s finest bartenders and sample delightful bites from celebrated chef Brook Harlan and his students from the Columbia Area Career Center’s culinary school. Sponsored by LaBrunerie Financial. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.
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7:00pmTrue/Folk Thursday ShowcaseFoundry Field Recordings, Samuel James, and The Flood Brothers will kick off your evening with a bang, a beer, and plenty of guitar riffs. Doors at 6:00pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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7:00pmCairo DriveDelightfully captures the spirit of Egypt by trailing its residents as they navigate the city’s chaotic streets.
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7:00pmJodorowsky’s DuneIn the hippie era Alejandro Jodorowsky was a cinematic shaman on the rise, until he attempted to adapt the doomed, sci-fi epic Dune.
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7:00pmParticle FeverThe world’s most savvy scientists guide us through the largest experiment in history, the Large Hadron Collider, which seeks to unlock the secrets of life itself.
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7:30pmThe Joycean SocietyA small, erudite cult meets weekly to decode the most notoriously impenetrable text in modern literature: James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
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8:00pmActressAn alluring, unpredictable Hudson Valley housewife decides to re-enter the acting business and deals with the consequences in this inventive chimera.
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9:00pmToast/False Thursday ShowcaseEric Rich, Ruth Acuff, Paul Rucker, and Nevada Greene will create intricate soundscapes by stretching the possibilities of stringed instruments. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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9:30pmSecret Screening AmberThis buddy comedy par excellence finds two men at the end of their tethers.
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9:30pmMojo’s A Go Go ThursdayMolly Gene One Whoaman Band, Coward, and Jerusalem and the Starbaskets will turn up the volume on your night and blend genres of garage rock, gritty blues, and everything in between. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders, $6 for other passholders, $10 general admission.
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9:30pm20,000 Days on EarthSinger-songwriter Nick Cave’s life is unpacked in this wildly creative re-imagining of the music doc.
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10:00pmBronx ObamaWhat if you woke up on election day 2008 and realized that you looked exactly like the President of the United States?
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10:30pmLife After DeathA hilarious, sharp-eyed portrait of Kwasa, a charismatic twenty-something Rwandan native, and his “family” of American philanthropists.
Friday, Feb 28
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10:00amThe Critical TakedownNonfiction films entering the world are still plagued by two types of criticism. There’s “be nice, this topic is worthy” damnation by faint praise for films with “important” issues, and the “Where’s the context?!” stigma faced too often by more personal or artful films. How to strike a balance and what DOES creative nonfiction need from critics? Sam Adams, the editor of Criticwire engages three cranky malcontents (i.e. critics), Nick Pinkerton, Ela Bittencourt and Adam Nayman, who have all the answers.
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12:00pmStop-Over (L’Escale)Greece was supposed to be a getaway for a crew of undocumented Iranian men, but it ends up providing only a state of limbo.
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12:00pmMy Kid Could Paint ThatMarla is a child artist who has sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of paintings. But is she the real deal?
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12:00pmMaking Magic/RealismT/F 2014’s visual theme of magic/realism suggested an intersection between the mundane and the fantastic. But it wasn’t until visual artists from all over the country offered their creative sparks did the theme come alive. Artist and writer Anne Thompson coaxes magic from T/F bumper director Jarred Alterman, T/F 2014 poster artist Akiko Stehrenberger, sculptor Taylor Ross, who made the interactive mechanical sculptor in the Missouri Theatre lobby, and “TransPlant” pod installation artist, Leland Drexler-Russell.
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12:00pmMiraculous TalesA tour of folk medicine, faith healing and other comforts for the afflicted, led by the Irish farmer/raconteur Mickey McGuigan.
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12:00pmActressAn alluring, unpredictable Hudson Valley housewife decides to re-enter the acting business and deals with the consequences in this inventive chimera.
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12:30pmThe MirrorWhen her mother fails to show up, a young first grader attempts to walk home from school in this 1997 film from Jafar Panahi. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series.
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12:30pmConcerning ViolenceRevolutionary writing from Frantz Fanon melds with extraordinary archival footage to reveal the legacy of Colonialism.
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2:00pmRich HillA tender, gorgeously lensed portrait of three small-town Missouri teenagers contending with major life obstacles.
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2:00pmLies My Subject Told MePresent tense films are crafted through an agreement between filmmaker and subject, but sometimes the bond is broken. During these fragile moments, the foundation of the relationship is questioned and a new trajectory takes hold. Hot Docs director Charlotte Cook hosts Robert Greene (Actress), Maxim Pozdorovkin (The Notorious Mr. Bout), Jesse Moss (The Overnighters) for a discussion on deception.
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2:15pmManakamanaThe playfully stylized presentation of eleven different journeys to an ancient Hindu temple in Nepal.
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2:30pmBronx ObamaWhat if you woke up on election day 2008 and realized that you looked exactly like the President of the United States?
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2:45pmSacro GRASurrounding Rome’s tourist ghetto is a highway whose adjoining residents reveal the real story of modern Italy.
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2:45pmE-TeamWhen crimes against humanity flare up, members of the E-Team serve as the world’s first responders.
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3:00pmThe Joycean SocietyA small, erudite cult meets weekly to decode the most notoriously impenetrable text in modern literature: James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
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3:00pmDemonstration32 Spanish film students, led by 2012 True Vision honoree Victor Kossakovsky, craft a playful and poetic vision of protest.
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3:00pmTrue Life Fund Community Conversation & TrainingThis True Life Fund event, open to all, will bring together cross-sections of the community to discuss domestic violence. Kit Gruelle, the advocate featured in the True Life Fund film Private Violence will lead participants through clips of the film and host a discussion. The idea behind this discussion is to break down silos to better address this very private violence in our community. Location: Palmer Room, Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri
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5:00pmKingdom, If I Can (shorts)Transcendence doesn’t come easy, as shown in three international shorts: The Green Serpent, Mountain in Shadow and Sirs & Misters.
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5:00pmUncertain (work-in-progress)Settle in to the sun-dappled Texas town of Uncertain where outlaws take refuge, wild boars maraud, and past lives can’t be kept quiet.
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5:00pmBig MenAn investigation into the multi-layered world of oil exploration off the coast of Africa, from Texas board rooms to ski-masked saboteurs.
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5:15pmMarch MarchAfter a winter like this, we’re all ready for Spring. What better way to get out of February than to march into March? To bring in this month like a lion, we invite one and all to join in, dress in costume, ride your bike, whatever you’d like. Free and open to the public. Led this year by our own King of Queens, Ron Ironic Ribiat.
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5:15pmThe Vanquishing of the Witch Baba YagaThis spellbinding film drinks deep from the mythology and history of Eastern Europe to explore the contentious relationship between man and nature.
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5:30pmForest of the Dancing SpiritsAn intimate and personal account of a rainforest society perched on the precipice of modernity.
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5:30pmKith & Kin (shorts)Family ties are untangled in these six shorts, climaxed by the stunning I Think This is the Closest to How the Footage Looked.
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5:30pmReality BitesDirectly following the March March, step into the Missouri Theatre and Columbia Art League to sample bites from some of Columbia’s finest restaurants. Wine courtesy of Golden Barrel Distributing, beer from our friends at Schlafly and check out the special Kaldi’s/Schlafly combo especially for this night, the T/F coffee stout. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.
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6:15pm20,000 Days on EarthSinger-songwriter Nick Cave’s life is unpacked in this wildly creative re-imagining of the music doc.
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7:00pmTrue/Folk Friday ShowcaseRae Fitzgerald, Syna So Pro, and Dubb Nubb will fill up the Fugue with harmonies to last the whole weekend. Doors at 6:00pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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7:00pmCaptivated: The Trials of Pamela SmartA small-town murder in New Hampshire summons up a self-perpetuating media circus and now inspires this grand, enthralling work of nonfiction.
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7:30pmStand Clear of the Closing DoorsWith Hurricane Sandy looming, an autistic teenager goes AWOL in the New York subways.
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7:30pmVanishing Point (shorts)In these three mysterious shorts, including “Morning Star,” we go off like scent hounds on the trail of the disappeared.
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7:30pmTim’s VermeerTim Jenison is a software geek who believes he’s unlocked the 350-year-old secret of how Old Masters created extraordinary paintings.
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7:30pmThe OvernightersNot all who flooded the North Dakota oil fields found a gusher: some of them landed in a shelter run by Pastor Jay Reinke, whose turbulent story matches theirs.
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8:00pmKilling TimeSince 1982, the state of Texas has lethally injected 509 convicts on Death Row: this is the story of number 499.
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8:00pmThe Unknown KnownTen rounds of sparring between Errol Morris, our greatest living interviewer, and Donald Rumsfeld, a master of political obfuscation.
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9:00pmToast/False Friday ShowcaseYva Las Vegass, Mountain Animation, Lonesome Leash, and Yes Ma’am promise a raw and raucous evening. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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9:30pmMojo’s A Go Go FridayChimney Choir, Raya Brass Band, and The Hooten Hallers will help you stomp out a day’s documentaries with a mix of Americana, Balkan, and Hillbilly soul. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders, $6 for other passholders, $10 general admission.
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9:30pmCampfire StoriesJoin us for a cozy tradition: eight filmmakers gather around a “campfire” to swap tales of the scene that got away, complete with homemade s’mores courtesy of three local businesses: Uprise Bakery, The Candy Factory and the Wine Cellar & Bistro. Reserved ticket required, open to all passholders.
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9:30pmHappy ValleyIn 2011, a massive scandal rocked football-crazed Penn State. Can the town recover? A morally complex and emotionally powerful film from our 2014 True Vision honoree.
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10:00pmSecret Screening BurgundyA lone man challenges an institution, fueling debate that will undoubtedly spill off of the screen.
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10:00pmA Thousand Suns (Mille Soleils)Forty years after starring in one of his country’s most famous films, a Senegalese cattle herder wanders Dakar and reflects on his legacy in this dreamy chimeric work. Plays with “Vegas.”
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10:00pmUkraine is Not a BrothelFemen, Ukraine’s topless feminist protesters create headlines wherever they go. But is there a darker truth behind the sharpie slogans?
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10:00pmThe Green PrinceThe unlikely, thrilling story of the son of a Hamas leader and his tenuous partnership with an Israeli intelligence agent.
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10:00pm@ction! PartyThe now-legendary Friday night party held at a downtown nightclub. Sponsored by Schlafly. Featuring MNDR & DJ Gold E Mouf. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle, and Lux passholders.
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10:30pmSecret Screening OrchidCivilization has its discontents, including this person who gave away everything they knew to start a new life.
Saturday, Mar 1
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9:00amTrue Life RunA bright-and-early tradition at T/F, the True Life Run challenges all runners and walkers to start Saturday, March 1 with a mad dash through the streets of downtown Columbia. Sponsored by Columbia Orthopedic Group. Proceeds benefit the 2014 True Life Fund recipients. Registration required at the run or in advance online.
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9:30amE-TeamWhen crimes against humanity flare up, members of the E-Team serve as the world’s first responders.
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10:00amThe Joycean SocietyA small, erudite cult meets weekly to decode the most notoriously impenetrable text in modern literature: James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
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10:00amArthouse to StatehouseDocumentary filmmaking can be a purpose-driven act for filmmakers with multiple bottom lines – including social change. Increasingly, films come pre-built to raise awareness and effect change. But how can a nonfiction film with a less obvious agenda build an effective outreach plan and engage audiences in action? Emily Verellen of the Fledgling Fund takes on Rich Hill as a case study and invites crowd participation in strategizing how that film will find its audience, from the arthouse to the statehouse.
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10:00amThe OvernightersNot all who flooded the North Dakota oil fields found a gusher: some of them landed in a shelter run by Pastor Jay Reinke, whose turbulent story matches theirs.
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10:00amForest of the Dancing SpiritsAn intimate and personal account of a rainforest society perched on the precipice of modernity.
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10:00amThe Green PrinceThe unlikely, thrilling story of the son of a Hamas leader and his tenuous partnership with an Israeli intelligence agent.
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10:15amBeyond Pretty PicturesWhat was previously off limits is now possible through affordable, lightweight equipment, and low-cost DIY hacking. Increasingly light-sensitive cameras liberate filmmakers to capture nighttime scenes; miniature, waterproof cameras are cheap; skeleton crews allow subjects to feel more comfortable revealing themselves. T/F alumni Omar Mullick quizzes Linda Västrik (Forest of the Dancing Spirits), Ewan McNicol (Uncertain), and Victor Kossakovsky (Demonstration) on how they harness technology to tell better stories.
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10:30amThe AppleA social worker comes to the rescue of twin sisters who have spent much of their eleven years locked behind bars in this 1998 debut from a then 17-year-old Samira Makhmalbaf. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series.
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10:30amSecret Screening AmberThis buddy comedy par excellence finds two men at the end of their tethers.
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11:45amThe Art RambleGabriel Viles gives us a tour of True/False’s many and wondrous art installations. Free and open to the public.
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12:00pmPlace is the SpaceNonfiction filmmakers locate vivid places and people whose stories jump off the screen – then they sift and winnow to find the soul of the place. True/False mascot Beadie Finzi chats with Tracy Droz Tragos (Rich Hill), Sherief Elkatsha (Cairo Drive), and Mark Levinson (Particle Fever) who reveal how they cast films where settings don’t act as backdrops but as stars in their own right.
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12:15pmTim’s VermeerTim Jenison is a software geek who believes he’s unlocked the 350-year-old secret of how Old Masters created extraordinary paintings.
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12:30pmConcerning ViolenceRevolutionary writing from Frantz Fanon melds with extraordinary archival footage to reveal the legacy of Colonialism.
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12:30pmKith & Kin (shorts)Family ties are untangled in these six shorts, climaxed by the stunning I Think This is the Closest to How the Footage Looked.
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12:30pmUncertain (work-in-progress)Settle in to the sun-dappled Texas town of Uncertain where outlaws take refuge, wild boars maraud, and past lives can’t be kept quiet.
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12:30pmStand Clear of the Closing DoorsWith Hurricane Sandy looming, an autistic teenager goes AWOL in the New York subways.
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12:45pmThe Unknown KnownTen rounds of sparring between Errol Morris, our greatest living interviewer, and Donald Rumsfeld, a master of political obfuscation.
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1:00pmParticle FeverThe world’s most savvy scientists guide us through the largest experiment in history, the Large Hadron Collider, which seeks to unlock the secrets of life itself.
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1:00pmKilling TimeSince 1982, the state of Texas has lethally injected 509 convicts on Death Row: this is the story of number 499.
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2:00pmSparky’s Saturday ShowcaseSure it’s cold outside but what better way to bid winter adieu than a concert in an ice cream shop? Flux Bikes and Prahlad will fill the shop with delicious percussion and beautiful sounds. Hosted by Sparky’s, our sweetest friends, who happen to make Columbia’s finest homemade ice cream. Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
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2:30pmThe Art RambleGabriel Viles gives us a tour of True/False’s many and wondrous art installations. Free and open to the public.
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2:30pmAfrica is Not a CountryTo a Western mind, Africa may appear as a slideshow of slums, safaris, refugees, and marathon runners. In a clutch of T/F 2014 films, though, outsider filmmakers avoid shopworn stereotypes to tell distinctive stories from a diverse continent. T/F ringleader Ingrid Kopp asks Tobias Janson (Concerning Violence), Rachel Boynton (Big Men), and Joe Callander (Life After Death) how they circumvented the pitfalls. Presented by Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies at Mizzou.
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3:00pmRich HillA tender, gorgeously lensed portrait of three small-town Missouri teenagers contending with major life obstacles.
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3:00pmPrivate Violence2014 True Life Fund recipient. This astonishing, powerful doc pulls back the curtain on domestic violence with gripping narratives guaranteed to challenge our apathy.
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3:00pmMy Kid Could Paint ThatMarla is a child artist who has sold hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of paintings. But is she the real deal?
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3:00pmBig MenAn investigation into the multi-layered world of oil exploration off the coast of Africa, from Texas board rooms to ski-masked saboteurs.
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3:00pmSecret Screening AmberThis buddy comedy par excellence finds two men at the end of their tethers.
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3:30pmManakamanaThe playfully stylized presentation of eleven different journeys to an ancient Hindu temple in Nepal.
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3:30pmThe Vanquishing of the Witch Baba YagaThis spellbinding film drinks deep from the mythology and history of Eastern Europe to explore the contentious relationship between man and nature.
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3:30pmThe Notorious Mr. BoutWith his video camera ever in hand, arms dealer Viktor Bout led a wild (and well-documented) high life.
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4:00pmFilmmaker FeteThe fête is our annual banquet in honor of our visiting filmmakers. Hosted annually by our friends at PS:Gallery, featuring artful culinary delights, courtesy of Sycamore’s chef Mike Odette, a James Beard Award finalist. The Champagne and wine flows courtesy of Golden Barrel Distributing. Ticket Required, open to Super and Silver Circle passholders.
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5:30pmStop-Over (L’Escale)Greece was supposed to be a getaway for a crew of undocumented Iranian men, but it ends up providing only a state of limbo.
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5:30pmConcerning ViolenceRevolutionary writing from Frantz Fanon melds with extraordinary archival footage to reveal the legacy of Colonialism.
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5:30pmApproaching the ElephantAn enthralling, immersive look at the first year of a radical New Jersey school for young children.
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5:30pmSecret Screening BurgundyA lone man challenges an institution, fueling debate that will undoubtedly spill off of the screen.
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6:00pmLife After DeathA hilarious, sharp-eyed portrait of Kwasa, a charismatic twenty-something Rwandan native, and his “family” of American philanthropists.
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6:00pmHappy ValleyIn 2011, a massive scandal rocked football-crazed Penn State. Can the town recover? A morally complex and emotionally powerful film from our 2014 True Vision honoree.
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6:00pmUkraine is Not a BrothelFemen, Ukraine’s topless feminist protesters create headlines wherever they go. But is there a darker truth behind the sharpie slogans?
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6:00pmCairo DriveDelightfully captures the spirit of Egypt by trailing its residents as they navigate the city’s chaotic streets.
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6:30pmKingdom, If I Can (shorts)Transcendence doesn’t come easy, as shown in three international shorts: The Green Serpent, Mountain in Shadow and Sirs & Misters.
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7:00pmTrue/Folk Saturday ShowcaseStepdaughter, Lone Piñon, and The Onions will sing, strum, and fiddle your hearts away. Doors at 6:00pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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8:00pmVanishing Point (shorts)In these three mysterious shorts, including “Morning Star,” we go off like scent hounds on the trail of the disappeared.
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8:00pmSacro GRASurrounding Rome’s tourist ghetto is a highway whose adjoining residents reveal the real story of modern Italy.
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8:00pmSecret Screening OrchidCivilization has its discontents, including this person who gave away everything they knew to start a new life.
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8:30pmClose-UpIn one of the greatest films of the ‘90s, an imposter says he’s director Mohsen Makhmalbaf and convinces a family to make him a houseguest. Screens for free as a part of the Neither/Nor Film Series.
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8:30pmA Thousand Suns (Mille Soleils)Forty years after starring in one of his country’s most famous films, a Senegalese cattle herder wanders Dakar and reflects on his legacy in this dreamy chimeric work. Plays with “Vegas.”
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8:30pmDusty Stacks of MomJodie Mack’s mother ran a poster-and-postcard warehouse in the age of Bowie and Floyd; its demise now inspires a rock opera, which Mack will perform live.
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9:00pmToast/False Saturday ShowcaseCindy Woolf & Mark Bilyeu, La Operación Jarocha, Toughcats, and Les Trois Coups will plant their roots for an eclectic evening of foot stompin’ tunes from around the world. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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9:00pmJodorowsky’s DuneIn the hippie era Alejandro Jodorowsky was a cinematic shaman on the rise, until he attempted to adapt the doomed, sci-fi epic Dune.
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9:00pmCaptivated: The Trials of Pamela SmartA small-town murder in New Hampshire summons up a self-perpetuating media circus and now inspires this grand, enthralling work of nonfiction.
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9:30pmMojo’s A Go Go SaturdaySpaceIsThePlace, Née, and MNDR will bring the glitz and the glam to the dance floor through entrancing and emotive synth pop songs. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle and Silver Circle passholders, $6 for other passholders, $10 general admission.
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9:30pmGimme Truth!See America’s favorite documentary game show, as you decide whether films are true or false. Emceed by the Johnny St. John, watch as local non-professional filmmakers attempt to fool three of our seasoned filmmaker guests, as they present their totally true or totally false one-minute doc. Tech support provided by CATV. Sponsored by Vimeo.
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10:30pmMiraculous TalesA tour of folk medicine, faith healing and other comforts for the afflicted, led by the Irish farmer/raconteur Mickey McGuigan.
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10:30pmDemonstration32 Spanish film students, led by 2012 True Vision honoree Victor Kossakovsky, craft a playful and poetic vision of protest.
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10:30pm20,000 Days on EarthSinger-songwriter Nick Cave’s life is unpacked in this wildly creative re-imagining of the music doc.
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10:45pmDemonstration32 Spanish film students, led by 2012 True Vision honoree Victor Kossakovsky, craft a playful and poetic vision of protest.
Sunday, Mar 2
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9:30amBig MenAn investigation into the multi-layered world of oil exploration off the coast of Africa, from Texas board rooms to ski-masked saboteurs.
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9:30amWeird Wake-Up BreakfastBreakfast is served bright and early courtesy of Ozark Mountain Biscuit Company and all the fresh coffee you can drink courtesy of Kaldi’s, to wake you up and prepare you for an early morning mind-bending doc. Ticket required, reservable by Lux, Silver Circle, and Super Circle passholders only. All passholders can Q for the film.
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9:30amTim’s VermeerTim Jenison is a software geek who believes he’s unlocked the 350-year-old secret of how Old Masters created extraordinary paintings.
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9:45amRich HillA tender, gorgeously lensed portrait of three small-town Missouri teenagers contending with major life obstacles.
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10:00amDemonstration32 Spanish film students, led by 2012 True Vision honoree Victor Kossakovsky, craft a playful and poetic vision of protest.
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10:00amStand Clear of the Closing DoorsWith Hurricane Sandy looming, an autistic teenager goes AWOL in the New York subways.
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10:30amCaptivated: The Trials of Pamela SmartA small-town murder in New Hampshire summons up a self-perpetuating media circus and now inspires this grand, enthralling work of nonfiction.
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10:30amDusty Stacks of MomJodie Mack’s mother ran a poster-and-postcard warehouse in the age of Bowie and Floyd; its demise now inspires a rock opera, which Mack will perform live.
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11:45amThe Art RambleGabriel Viles gives us a tour of True/False’s many and wondrous art installations. Free and open to the public.
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12:00pmThe Green PrinceThe unlikely, thrilling story of the son of a Hamas leader and his tenuous partnership with an Israeli intelligence agent.
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12:15pmHappy ValleyIn 2011, a massive scandal rocked football-crazed Penn State. Can the town recover? A morally complex and emotionally powerful film from our 2014 True Vision honoree.
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12:30pmPrivate Violence2014 True Life Fund recipient. This astonishing, powerful doc pulls back the curtain on domestic violence with gripping narratives guaranteed to challenge our apathy.
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12:30pmThe Vanquishing of the Witch Baba YagaThis spellbinding film drinks deep from the mythology and history of Eastern Europe to explore the contentious relationship between man and nature.
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1:00pmStop-Over (L’Escale)Greece was supposed to be a getaway for a crew of undocumented Iranian men, but it ends up providing only a state of limbo.
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1:00pmSecret Screening BurgundyA lone man challenges an institution, fueling debate that will undoubtedly spill off of the screen.
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1:00pmKith & Kin (shorts)Family ties are untangled in these six shorts, climaxed by the stunning I Think This is the Closest to How the Footage Looked.
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1:00pmJodorowsky’s DuneIn the hippie era Alejandro Jodorowsky was a cinematic shaman on the rise, until he attempted to adapt the doomed, sci-fi epic Dune.
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1:30pmCairo DriveDelightfully captures the spirit of Egypt by trailing its residents as they navigate the city’s chaotic streets.
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2:00pmSparky’s Sunday ShowcaseNo matter the weather outside, it will be cozy and sweet inside Sparky’s with tunes from Samuel James and Les Trois Coups. Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
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2:30pmThe Art RambleGabriel Viles gives us a tour of True/False’s many and wondrous art installations. Free and open to the public.
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3:00pmRich HillA tender, gorgeously lensed portrait of three small-town Missouri teenagers contending with major life obstacles.
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3:00pmParticle FeverThe world’s most savvy scientists guide us through the largest experiment in history, the Large Hadron Collider, which seeks to unlock the secrets of life itself.
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3:00pmTrue Life Fund Community Conversation for ActionJoin us on Sunday after the second and final screening of True Life Fund film, Private Violence, for a chance to extend the conversation. The discussion will be guided and hosted by Kit Gruelle, an advocate featured in the film, True North of Columbia, and The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. We will begin where the film ends and focus on how to translate the momentum from Private Violence into community action. Located in the Palmer Room at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, Room100A (the glass room off the Quad).
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3:00pmUkraine is Not a BrothelFemen, Ukraine’s topless feminist protesters create headlines wherever they go. But is there a darker truth behind the sharpie slogans?
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3:15pmThe Unknown KnownTen rounds of sparring between Errol Morris, our greatest living interviewer, and Donald Rumsfeld, a master of political obfuscation.
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3:30pmBronx ObamaWhat if you woke up on election day 2008 and realized that you looked exactly like the President of the United States?
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3:30pmApproaching the ElephantAn enthralling, immersive look at the first year of a radical New Jersey school for young children.
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3:30pmActressAn alluring, unpredictable Hudson Valley housewife decides to re-enter the acting business and deals with the consequences in this inventive chimera.
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4:00pmManakamanaThe playfully stylized presentation of eleven different journeys to an ancient Hindu temple in Nepal.
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4:00pmKilling TimeSince 1982, the state of Texas has lethally injected 509 convicts on Death Row: this is the story of number 499.
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5:15pmLife After DeathA hilarious, sharp-eyed portrait of Kwasa, a charismatic twenty-something Rwandan native, and his “family” of American philanthropists.
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5:30pmClosing Night Beer PourSchlafly opens its taps for all ticket-holders of the Closing Night film, Boyhood.
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5:30pmForest of the Dancing SpiritsAn intimate and personal account of a rainforest society perched on the precipice of modernity.
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6:00pmA Thousand Suns (Mille Soleils)Forty years after starring in one of his country’s most famous films, a Senegalese cattle herder wanders Dakar and reflects on his legacy in this dreamy chimeric work. Plays with “Vegas.”
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6:00pmKingdom, If I Can (shorts)Transcendence doesn’t come easy, as shown in three international shorts: The Green Serpent, Mountain in Shadow and Sirs & Misters.
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6:00pmClosing Night ReceptionA common meal for all who attend the The Overnighters at the Missouri Theatre. Catered by our phenomenal 11-year sponsoring restaurant, Addison’s, and the beer flows courtesy of our friends at Schlafly. Ticket required – the film ticket includes the reception.
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6:00pmE-TeamWhen crimes against humanity flare up, members of the E-Team serve as the world’s first responders.
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6:30pmBoyhoodBoth epic and intimate, this coming-of-age narrative deploys fiction storytelling and a lengthy production process to show, in real-time, a family growing up. From the great American director Richard Linklater.
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6:30pmVanishing Point (shorts)In these three mysterious shorts, including “Morning Star,” we go off like scent hounds on the trail of the disappeared.
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7:30pmSacro GRASurrounding Rome’s tourist ghetto is a highway whose adjoining residents reveal the real story of modern Italy.
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7:30pmThe OvernightersNot all who flooded the North Dakota oil fields found a gusher: some of them landed in a shelter run by Pastor Jay Reinke, whose turbulent story matches theirs.
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7:30pmRacso PartyA special televised broadcast of a very prestigious ceremony where movie types give each other small, but surprisingly heavy statues. Free to all passholders, no reservation required.
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8:15pmMiraculous TalesA tour of folk medicine, faith healing and other comforts for the afflicted, led by the Irish farmer/raconteur Mickey McGuigan.
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8:30pmMiraculous TalesA tour of folk medicine, faith healing and other comforts for the afflicted, led by the Irish farmer/raconteur Mickey McGuigan.
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8:30pmThe Notorious Mr. BoutWith his video camera ever in hand, arms dealer Viktor Bout led a wild (and well-documented) high life.
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8:45pmCairo DriveDelightfully captures the spirit of Egypt by trailing its residents as they navigate the city’s chaotic streets.
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9:45pmBuskers Last StandWith a tear and a beer, the festival ends as the last air escapes the bellows of the accordion, trumpet and megaphone. Link arms with your festival friends and join a ragtag crew of buskers in the lobby directly after the last film of the day. Other merry festival-goers, please join with us for one last good-bye. Free and open to the public.
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11:59pmToasted“Dave Hill (is) full of unjustified bravado, but also amazingly vulnerable.” (Ira Glass). The hubristic yet tender memoirist, raconteur and rock star invites you to partake in conversation (free!) and waffles (those will cost you) at the venerable breakfast joint Cafe Berlin, which for one night only will swing open its doors at 1am and stay cooking til the hungry hordes descend. Toasted is a brand-new T/F tradition: a free-wheeling talk show where we review the weekend’s festivities with filmmakers, musicians, artists and other attendees. “Dave Hill is a pathological liar, a fantasist, egoist, and unlicensed podiatrist. I cannot confirm the veracity of anything in this book, but my feet have never felt better.” (Janeane Garofalo). For those not able to make it to the cafe, we will be live-streaming on CAT-TV and the T/F home page between 2am-4am Monday morning. Catch Dave before he’s in a blockbuster movie with Jennifer Aniston and starts charging insane amounts of cash. Free and open to the public.