Wednesday, Mar 4 • Thursday, Mar 5 • Friday, Mar 6 • Saturday, Mar 7 • Sunday, Mar 8
Wednesday, Mar 4
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9:00pmEastside Wednesday ShowcaseJoin the crowd to shout, strum and drum in this year’s fest.
Thursday, Mar 5
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4:00pmHow to Change the WorldThe bracing birth of Greenpeace in the early 70s was a shot across the bow to those who had ignored the nascent environmental movement. But behind the scenes a Cain and Abel story raged.
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4:30pmSecret Screening RedReal-life Shakespearean drama unfolds amidst a political struggle.
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5:00pmSecret Screening OrangeReal life and fiction collide in a meeting between artists.
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5:30pmHow to Live (N/N)In the 1970s, young Polish couple attend a government-sponsored summer camp where they learn to become the ideal communist family. Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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5:30pmThe JubileeOur opening night masquerade gala, featuring handcrafted libations created by Columbia’s finest bartenders and delightful bites from celebrated chef Brook Harlan and his students from the Columbia Area Career Center’s culinary school. No ticket required; open to Super Circle, Silver Circle and Lux passholders.
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6:45pm(T)ERRORAn ex-convict-turned-FBI-informant gets in deep, trying to ensnare Muslims with terrorist leanings.
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7:00pmTrue/Folk Thursday Happy HourGo for a stomp in the dirt and navigate bluesy roots while quenching your happy hour thirsts with The Woodsmiths, Samuel James, and The Flood Brothers. Doors at 6pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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7:00pmFinders Keepers“Carolina Man Buys BBQ Grill, Finds Human Leg Inside.” What sounds like a tabloid headline provides a surprisingly transcendent look at celebrity, legal wranglings and modern media. Presented by Holder Susan Slusher Oxenhandler
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7:30pmBest of EnemiesAs the culture wars of 1968 played out nightly on TV, conservative William F. Buckley and liberal Gore Vidal sparred, contentiously, sometimes maliciously.
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7:30pmField NiggasThis frenetic, forbidding film rewards viewers willing to fully immerse with a beautiful, never-before-seen portrait of life at Lexington and 125th in Harlem.
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8:00pmThrough and Through (N/N)Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s bold and startling 1973 debut examines a famous 1933 trial using psychodramatic techniques. Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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9:00pmToast/False Thursday Busker ShowcaseCindy Woolf & Mark Bilyeu, Jack Grelle & Ryan Koenig, and The Strangled Darlings serve up a night of homegrown country ballads and American graveyard pop. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $7 general admission.
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9:30pmSecret Screening YellowA motley crew of obsessive absurdists attempt to make sense of humanity.
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9:30pmRose Music Hall Thursday ShowcaseJowlz, Bruiser Queen, and David Wax promise a raucous night of feet stompin, butt shakin, and bellowing from the heart. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, and Silver Circle passholders, $8 for other passholders, $12 general admission.
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9:30pmThose Who Feel the Fire BurningThis poetic work soars high following the lives of refugees who make their way to the beckoning lands of Europe.
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9:30pmIl SegretoA mysterious mob of marauding kids scavenge the streets of Naples in anticipation of a legendary event.
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10:15pmDroneRemotely operated aircraft are no longer the stuff of legends, they’re at our doorstep. This fine work of poetic journalism sifts the arguments for and against.
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10:30pmJeff, Embrace Your PastVisionary art provocateur Jeff Koons and outsiders from an English mental hospital are captured in their artistic prime. Plays with short: Abandoned Goods
Friday, Mar 6
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10:30amThe New Chinese NonfictionSince 1990, illegal, guerrilla-style cinema has burst on the scene to sit alongside more traditional government-produced, nonfiction films in China.
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11:00amCartel LandJaw-dropping footage highlights this character study from the dark heart of the drug wars.
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11:00amThe Look of SilenceOne man’s search for the men who murdered his brother. True Life Fund Film. Presented by The Crossing
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11:00amMaidanBrick by brick, in stunning long shots, master filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa shows the swelling surge of revolutionary spirit in Kiev’s Maidan Square.
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11:30amInvasionPanama’s invisible history surfaces to counteract all you know about the dethroning of tyrant Manuel Noriega. US Premiere Co-Presented with Miami International Film Festival
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11:30amHear My Cry (N/N shorts)In his brilliant, devastating 1991 debut, Maciej Drygas investigates a mysteriously under-reported 1968 incident in which a Polish man set himself on fire. Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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12:00pmUnstoryfiable – Where journalism fails and modern power beginsAdam Curtis presents a talk interspersed with film footage. A wide-ranging conversation with the filmmaker will follow.
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12:00pmBrush With Fame (shorts)Seven short films frame celebrity and its discontents: “Let the conversation begin.”
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2:00pmOf Men and WarVeterans of the Iraq War take refuge with a Napa Valley therapist to find forgiveness in themselves. Presented by Veterans United Home Loans
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2:00pmSecret Screening BlueA film about greed, gullibility and how we value human life.
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2:00pmBitter LakeOn February 14, 1945 an American president and a Saudi sheikh made a deal on a warship and decided the destiny of the world. True Vision film. Presented by Restoration Eyecare
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2:00pmWhat Happened, Miss Simone?Singer Nina Simone fought back demons to become one of her era’s most electrifying performers and a civil rights icon.
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2:00pmWesternImminent threats loom like storm clouds over a pair of towns on opposite sides of the Rio Grande.
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2:30pmTea TimeFor six decades, a group of ladies have gathered once a month for decadent cakes and high tea, offering us insight into friendship, age, and class politics in Chile. North American Premiere co-sponsored with Miami International Film Festival
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2:30pmProbation TimeFragile family ties are put to the test when the director’s adopted sister returns from jail.
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2:45pmThe Case of Pekosiński (N/N)Now nearing the end of his life, Polish chess master Bronek Pekosinski stars in his own biopic, playing himself from infancy to the present day. Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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3:00pmTry a Little TendernessMoments of vulnerability make for great cinema but when your characters are real people, how do you know when to turn the camera off?
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4:30pmSomething Better To ComeLife at the margins: director Hanna Polak documented Yula from ages 10 to 24, as she grew up in a Moscow landfill.
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4:45pmThe Chinese MayorAn ambitious mayor from Datong, China goes to great lengths to turn his city into a major tourist attraction.
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5:00pmDroneRemotely operated aircraft are no longer the stuff of legends, they’re at our doorstep. This fine work of poetic journalism sifts the arguments for and against.
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5:00pmSpartacus & CassandraCan two Roma children find happiness with a no-nonsense, French trapeze artist?
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5:00pmAlmost ThereArtist Peter Anton’s rickety home is in shambles. What secrets does it house?
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5:15pmMarch MarchWhat better way to encourage the tremulous start of spring than to set a good example by marching 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.
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5:30pmHeaven Knows WhatYoung love grows like weeds amidst the bleakness of New York’s street kids community. Based on an unpublished memoir by recovering addict Arielle Holmes, who also stars.
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5:30pmBest of EnemiesAs the culture wars of 1968 played out nightly on TV, conservative William F. Buckley and liberal Gore Vidal sparred, contentiously, sometimes maliciously.
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5:30pmReality BitesDirectly following the March March, step inside the Missouri Theatre and Columbia Art League to sample bites from a plethora of Columbia’s finest restaurants. Sample wine from Missouri Wines and beer from Schlafly.
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6:30pmMeruWorld-class cinematography highlights the quest of three men to climb what may be the hardest mountain in the world.
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7:00pmTrue/Folk Friday Happy HourSome enjoy a drink straight, while others the perfect blend. If you enjoy rich velvety harmonies then stop in to hear Steven Carrel, Stepdaughter, and The Onions. Doors at 6pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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7:00pmRules of the GameA bittersweet, sometimes hilarious look at a French employment agency that mentors the young and marginalized.
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7:00pmI Am the PeopleIn the midst of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian-French director stumbles upon a family far from Tahrir Square, whose lives are perched between donkeys and satellite dishes.
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7:00pmThe Measure of All ThingsA mashup of film, performance and live music tells the surprisingly poignant stories behind The Guinness Book of World Records. Presented by Aggregate
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7:30pmFinders Keepers“Carolina Man Buys BBQ Grill, Finds Human Leg Inside.” What sounds like a tabloid headline provides a surprisingly transcendent look at celebrity, legal wranglings and modern media. Presented by Holder Susan Slusher Oxenhandler
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7:30pmSecret Screening RedReal-life Shakespearean drama unfolds amidst a political struggle.
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7:30pmSecret Screening OrangeReal life and fiction collide in a meeting between artists.
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7:30pmWhite Out, Black InThis low-fi, sci-fi documentary features two men still hobbled by the aftermath of a Brasilia dance party and a mysterious man from the future, 2073 to be exact.
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8:00pmAnything Can Happen (N/N shorts)After the communist Polish People’s Republic disintegrated in 1989, provocateur Marcel Łoziński directed three introspective short-form masterworks Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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8:00pmTime Is A Thief (shorts)From taxi drivers to mall walkers, can collectors to gold diggers, time weighs heavy on the subjects featured in this shorts collection.
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9:00pmToast/False Friday ShowcaseDubb Nubb, Dreamgirl, and Anonymous Choir will sweep you away for a night of dreams brought to life and classics revived. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $7 general admission.
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9:30pmDroneRemotely operated aircraft are no longer the stuff of legends, they’re at our doorstep. This fine work of poetic journalism sifts the arguments for and against.
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9:30pmCampfire StoriesEight filmmakers gather around a “campfire” to swap tales of the scene that got away, complete with homemade s’mores courtesy of: Uprise Bakery, the Candy Factory and the Wine Cellar & Bistro.
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9:30pmJeff, Embrace Your PastVisionary art provocateur Jeff Koons and outsiders from an English mental hospital are captured in their artistic prime. Plays with short: Abandoned Goods
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9:30pmRose Music Hall Friday ShowcasePat Sajak Assassins, Fliight, and Cave will traverse the sonic sound waves of your mind with psychedelic riffs and beats. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, and Silver Circle passholders, $8 for other passholders, $12 general admission.
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9:45pmTales of the Grim SleeperWith a measured outrage and the power of a hard-boiled thriller, Tales uncloaks a serial killer who hid for decades.
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10:00pmThe Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert DurstBillionaire Robert Durst’s life has been full of death and loss. Is he the unluckiest man in the world? Or the luckiest?
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10:00pm@ction! PartyThe now-legendary Friday night party held at one of our favorite downtown nightclubs.
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10:00pmSecret Screening GreenTeeming with life and savage wit, this buddy film has a few tricks up its sleeve.
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10:00pmGirl You Know It’s True (shorts)Four wildly creative films all haunted by the past, set to a soundtrack featuring Milli Vanilli, Skeeter Davis and the Shangri-Las.
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10:15pmCartel LandJaw-dropping footage highlights this character study from the dark heart of the drug wars.
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10:15pmSecret Screening YellowA motley crew of obsessive absurdists attempt to make sense of humanity.
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10:30pmLife According to OhadFamily dinner is never easy for Ohad, an estranged animal rights activist who hasn’t seen eye to eye with his parents in many years.
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10:30pmYou Can’t Get There From Here (shorts)Restless souls seek refuge (or a way out) in this collection of tenderly evocative films.
Saturday, Mar 7
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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 with a mad dash through the streets of downtown Columbia. Presented by Columbia Orthopaedic Group.
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9:00amDollars & DonutsAre we in a new age of digital proliferation or have the reports of traditional distribution’s death been highly exaggerated?
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9:00amThe Measure of All ThingsA mashup of film, performance and live music tells the surprisingly poignant stories behind The Guinness Book of World Records. Presented by Aggregate
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9:30amThose Who Feel the Fire BurningThis poetic work soars high following the lives of refugees who make their way to the beckoning lands of Europe.
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9:30amMeruWorld-class cinematography highlights the quest of three men to climb what may be the hardest mountain in the world.
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9:30amMaidanBrick by brick, in stunning long shots, master filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa shows the swelling surge of revolutionary spirit in Kiev’s Maidan Square.
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9:45amThe Chinese MayorAn ambitious mayor from Datong, China goes to great lengths to turn his city into a major tourist attraction.
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9:45amAlmost ThereArtist Peter Anton’s rickety home is in shambles. What secrets does it house?
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10:00amHeaven Knows WhatYoung love grows like weeds amidst the bleakness of New York’s street kids community. Based on an unpublished memoir by recovering addict Arielle Holmes, who also stars.
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10:00amI Am the PeopleIn the midst of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian-French director stumbles upon a family far from Tahrir Square, whose lives are perched between donkeys and satellite dishes.
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10:00amCentury of the SelfEdward Bernays tapped his uncle Sigmund Freud’s insights to create modern advertising and public relations, redefining life in the 20th century.
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10:00amArthouse to StatehouseEmily Verellen of the Fledgling Fund takes on Ferguson Firsthand as a unique transmedia case study and invites crowd participation in strategizing how that project will find its audience, from the arthouse to the statehouse.
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10:15amI Know My RightsNonfiction filmmakers often function as journalists as well as storytellers. What journalistic protections are warranted and what obligations come with that label?
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10:30amSpartacus & CassandraCan two Roma children find happiness with a no-nonsense, French trapeze artist?
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11:15amOf Men and WarVeterans of the Iraq War take refuge with a Napa Valley therapist to find forgiveness in themselves. Presented by Veterans United Home Loans
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11:45amThe Art RambleBon 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.
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12:00pm(T)ERRORAn ex-convict-turned-FBI-informant gets in deep, trying to ensnare Muslims with terrorist leanings.
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12:15pmThe Look of SilenceOne man’s search for the men who murdered his brother. True Life Fund Film. Presented by The Crossing
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12:15pmRules of the GameA bittersweet, sometimes hilarious look at a French employment agency that mentors the young and marginalized.
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12:30pmCartel LandJaw-dropping footage highlights this character study from the dark heart of the drug wars.
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12:30pmArena of Life (N/N shorts)Bogdan Dziworski’s dazzling films feature circus performers, world-class ski jumpers, and an agile, enigmatic, armless man. Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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12:30pmLiving RoughFilms that observe life on the street operate in a tricky space. Is it ethnographic investigation, an attempt at social justice or the privileged exploiting the disenfranchised?
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12:30pmInvasionPanama’s invisible history surfaces to counteract all you know about the dethroning of tyrant Manuel Noriega. US Premiere Co-Presented with Miami International Film Festival
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1:00pmSilvered Water, Syria Self-PortraitIn the YouTube era, a Syrian exile begins an intense exchange with a young Kurdish filmmaker on the front lines.
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1:00pmBest of EnemiesAs the culture wars of 1968 played out nightly on TV, conservative William F. Buckley and liberal Gore Vidal sparred, contentiously, sometimes maliciously.
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1:00pmSomething Better To ComeLife at the margins: director Hanna Polak documented Yula from ages 10 to 24, as she grew up in a Moscow landfill.
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2:00pmSparky’s Saturday ShowcaseSure it’s cold outside, but what better way to bid winter au revoir than a concert in an ice cream shop? Lizzie Wright and Prahlad will show how it’s possible to match the honey of their own sounds to the many flavors offered. 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 RambleBon 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.
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2:30pmBrush With Fame (shorts)Seven short films frame celebrity and its discontents: “Let the conversation begin.”
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2:45pmWhite Out, Black InThis low-fi, sci-fi documentary features two men still hobbled by the aftermath of a Brasilia dance party and a mysterious man from the future, 2073 to be exact.
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3:00pmThose Who Feel the Fire BurningThis poetic work soars high following the lives of refugees who make their way to the beckoning lands of Europe.
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3:00pmArt HistoryHistorical nonfiction presents an array of challenges for filmmakers looking to push the form forward. How does one engage the past to elucidate the present?
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3:00pmTales of the Grim SleeperWith a measured outrage and the power of a hard-boiled thriller, Tales uncloaks a serial killer who hid for decades.
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3:00pmTRANSMEDIA LIVE!Join transmedia artists/journalists/storytellers Elaine Sheldon (Hollow), Oscar Raby (The Assent) and Dan Archer (Ferguson Firsthand) as they guide us into uncharted territory.
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3:15pmWhat Happened, Miss Simone?Singer Nina Simone fought back demons to become one of her era’s most electrifying performers and a civil rights icon.
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3:30pmThrough and Through (N/N)Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s bold and startling 1973 debut examines a famous 1933 trial using psychodramatic techniques. Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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3:30pmInvasionPanama’s invisible history surfaces to counteract all you know about the dethroning of tyrant Manuel Noriega. US Premiere Co-Presented with Miami International Film Festival
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3:30pmGoing ClearA bonkers piece of pop journalism from 2008 True Vision Award winner Alex Gibney, Going Clear takes us inside Scientology and its bizarre melding of psychology, celebrity worship and sci-fi.
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3:30pmYou Can’t Get There From Here (shorts)Restless souls seek refuge (or a way out) in this collection of tenderly evocative films.
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4:00pmTea TimeFor six decades, a group of ladies have gathered once a month for decadent cakes and high tea, offering us insight into friendship, age, and class politics in Chile. North American Premiere co-sponsored with Miami International Film Festival
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4:00pmFilmmaker FeteOur annual banquet in honor of our visiting filmmakers. Hosted annually by our friends at PS:Gallery, featuring artful culinary delights courtesy of Sycamore. Featuring local Missouri wine and sparkling wine courtesy of Missouri Wines.
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5:00pmIl SegretoA mysterious mob of marauding kids scavenge the streets of Naples in anticipation of a legendary event.
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5:15pmSpartacus & CassandraCan two Roma children find happiness with a no-nonsense, French trapeze artist?
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5:30pmI Am the PeopleIn the midst of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian-French director stumbles upon a family far from Tahrir Square, whose lives are perched between donkeys and satellite dishes.
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5:30pmJeff, Embrace Your PastVisionary art provocateur Jeff Koons and outsiders from an English mental hospital are captured in their artistic prime. Plays with short: Abandoned Goods
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5:45pmFinders Keepers“Carolina Man Buys BBQ Grill, Finds Human Leg Inside.” What sounds like a tabloid headline provides a surprisingly transcendent look at celebrity, legal wranglings and modern media. Presented by Holder Susan Slusher Oxenhandler
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6:00pmSecret Screening BlueA film about greed, gullibility and how we value human life.
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6:00pmBitter LakeOn February 14, 1945 an American president and a Saudi sheikh made a deal on a warship and decided the destiny of the world. True Vision film. Presented by Restoration Eyecare
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6:00pmField NiggasThis frenetic, forbidding film rewards viewers willing to fully immerse with a beautiful, never-before-seen portrait of life at Lexington and 125th in Harlem.
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6:15pmHow to Change the WorldThe bracing birth of Greenpeace in the early 70s was a shot across the bow to those who had ignored the nascent environmental movement. But behind the scenes a Cain and Abel story raged.
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6:30pmThe Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert DurstBillionaire Robert Durst’s life has been full of death and loss. Is he the unluckiest man in the world? Or the luckiest?
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6:30pm(T)ERRORAn ex-convict-turned-FBI-informant gets in deep, trying to ensnare Muslims with terrorist leanings.
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7:00pmTrue/Folk Saturday Happy HourSyna So Pro, Rae Fitzgerald, and Molly Gene One Whoaman Band offer up a whirlwind night of multi-instrumental looping, dark soothing folk, and explosive garage rock. Doors at 6pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $5 general admission.
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7:30pmRules of the GameA bittersweet, sometimes hilarious look at a French employment agency that mentors the young and marginalized.
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7:45pmProbation TimeFragile family ties are put to the test when the director’s adopted sister returns from jail.
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8:00pmBrush With Fame (shorts)Seven short films frame celebrity and its discontents: “Let the conversation begin.”
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8:30pmLife According to OhadFamily dinner is never easy for Ohad, an estranged animal rights activist who hasn’t seen eye to eye with his parents in many years.
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8:30pmAlmost ThereArtist Peter Anton’s rickety home is in shambles. What secrets does it house?
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8:30pmWesternImminent threats loom like storm clouds over a pair of towns on opposite sides of the Rio Grande.
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9:00pmToast/False Saturday ShowcaseYes Ma’am, Paul Rucker, and El Haru Kuroi span the globe culturally from early jazz and ragtime to the melodies of South America and rhythms of Africa. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, Silver Circle, Lux, and Juggernaut passholders, $7 general admission.
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9:00pmWhat Happened, Miss Simone?Singer Nina Simone fought back demons to become one of her era’s most electrifying performers and a civil rights icon.
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9:00pmSaturday Sanctuary ConcertThe Como Mamas and Anonymous Choir will show us why builders of yore designed sanctuaries to be vast open spaces allowing voices to sound as if they were descending from heaven.
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9:15pmSecret Screening OrangeReal life and fiction collide in a meeting between artists.
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9:30pmGoing ClearA bonkers piece of pop journalism from 2008 True Vision Award winner Alex Gibney, Going Clear takes us inside Scientology and its bizarre melding of psychology, celebrity worship and sci-fi.
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9:30pmKurt Cobain: Montage of HeckThe most gifted songwriter of his generation left a treasure trove of drawings, journals and demo tapes, all brought gloriously to life by 2007 T/F True Vision winner Brett Morgen.
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9:30pmRose Music Hall Saturday ShowcaseYour Friend, Raya, And Shilpa Ray will turn up the volume of your night with varying levels of swaying rhythms, hard hitting beats and sharp lyrics. Doors at 8:30pm. Free for Busker Band, Super Circle, and Silver Circle passholders, $8 for other passholders, $12 general admission.
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9:30pmGimme Truth!Emceed by the Johnny St. John, America’s favorite documentary game show challenges the audience (plus a panel of esteemed contestants) to decide whether films are true or false. Local non-professional filmmakers attempt to fool seasoned directors by presenting their totally true or totally false two-minute docs. Tech support provided by CAT-TV. Ticket required. Presented by Vimeo.
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10:15pmHeaven Knows WhatYoung love grows like weeds amidst the bleakness of New York’s street kids community. Based on an unpublished memoir by recovering addict Arielle Holmes, who also stars.
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10:30pmTime Is A Thief (shorts)From taxi drivers to mall walkers, can collectors to gold diggers, time weighs heavy on the subjects featured in this shorts collection.
Sunday, Mar 8
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9:30amRules of the GameA bittersweet, sometimes hilarious look at a French employment agency that mentors the young and marginalized.
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9:30amThe VisitA carefully curated collection of perspectives on Man’s first-ever encounter with intelligent life from outer space.
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9:30amWeird Wake-Up BreakfastBreakfast is served bright and early featuring tasty delights from the new brunch menu at Jina Yoo’s Asian Bistro and all the coffee you can drink courtesy of Kaldi’s.
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9:30amBitter LakeOn February 14, 1945 an American president and a Saudi sheikh made a deal on a warship and decided the destiny of the world. True Vision film. Presented by Restoration Eyecare
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9:30amGoing ClearA bonkers piece of pop journalism from 2008 True Vision Award winner Alex Gibney, Going Clear takes us inside Scientology and its bizarre melding of psychology, celebrity worship and sci-fi.
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9:45amTea TimeFor six decades, a group of ladies have gathered once a month for decadent cakes and high tea, offering us insight into friendship, age, and class politics in Chile. North American Premiere co-sponsored with Miami International Film Festival
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10:00amDroneRemotely operated aircraft are no longer the stuff of legends, they’re at our doorstep. This fine work of poetic journalism sifts the arguments for and against.
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10:00amSecret Screening OrangeReal life and fiction collide in a meeting between artists.
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10:15amAnything Can Happen (N/N shorts)After the communist Polish People’s Republic disintegrated in 1989, provocateur Marcel Łoziński directed three introspective short-form masterworks Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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10:30amJeff, Embrace Your PastVisionary art provocateur Jeff Koons and outsiders from an English mental hospital are captured in their artistic prime. Plays with short: Abandoned Goods
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11:45amThe Art RambleBon 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.
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12:30pmOf Men and WarVeterans of the Iraq War take refuge with a Napa Valley therapist to find forgiveness in themselves. Presented by Veterans United Home Loans
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12:30pmField NiggasThis frenetic, forbidding film rewards viewers willing to fully immerse with a beautiful, never-before-seen portrait of life at Lexington and 125th in Harlem.
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12:30pmSecret Screening YellowA motley crew of obsessive absurdists attempt to make sense of humanity.
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12:30pmSpartacus & CassandraCan two Roma children find happiness with a no-nonsense, French trapeze artist?
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12:30pmKurt Cobain: Montage of HeckThe most gifted songwriter of his generation left a treasure trove of drawings, journals and demo tapes, all brought gloriously to life by 2007 T/F True Vision winner Brett Morgen.
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12:30pmWhite Out, Black InThis low-fi, sci-fi documentary features two men still hobbled by the aftermath of a Brasilia dance party and a mysterious man from the future, 2073 to be exact.
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1:00pmThose Who Feel the Fire BurningThis poetic work soars high following the lives of refugees who make their way to the beckoning lands of Europe.
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1:00pmGirl You Know It’s True (shorts)Four wildly creative films all haunted by the past, set to a soundtrack featuring Milli Vanilli, Skeeter Davis and the Shangri-Las.
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1:00pmMeruWorld-class cinematography highlights the quest of three men to climb what may be the hardest mountain in the world.
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1:00pmThe Act of Killing (Director’s Cut)The Director’s cut of this incendiary, groundbreaking film brings us face to face with those responsible for the 1960s Indonesian genocide.
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1:30pmMaidanBrick by brick, in stunning long shots, master filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa shows the swelling surge of revolutionary spirit in Kiev’s Maidan Square.
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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 harpist Ruth Acuff and classical acoustic pop duo Stepdaughter. Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
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2:30pmThe Art RambleBon 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.
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3:00pmSomething Better To ComeLife at the margins: director Hanna Polak documented Yula from ages 10 to 24, as she grew up in a Moscow landfill.
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3:00pmHeaven Knows WhatYoung love grows like weeds amidst the bleakness of New York’s street kids community. Based on an unpublished memoir by recovering addict Arielle Holmes, who also stars.
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3:00pmHow to Change the WorldThe bracing birth of Greenpeace in the early 70s was a shot across the bow to those who had ignored the nascent environmental movement. But behind the scenes a Cain and Abel story raged.
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3:15pmProbation TimeFragile family ties are put to the test when the director’s adopted sister returns from jail.
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3:30pmHear My Cry (N/N shorts)In his brilliant, devastating 1991 debut, Maciej Drygas investigates a mysteriously under-reported 1968 incident in which a Polish man set himself on fire. Screens as a part of Neither/Nor sidebar. Neither/Nor is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
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3:30pmTales of the Grim SleeperWith a measured outrage and the power of a hard-boiled thriller, Tales uncloaks a serial killer who hid for decades.
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3:30pmThe Chinese MayorAn ambitious mayor from Datong, China goes to great lengths to turn his city into a major tourist attraction.
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3:45pmCartel LandJaw-dropping footage highlights this character study from the dark heart of the drug wars.
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4:00pmThe Look of SilenceOne man’s search for the men who murdered his brother. True Life Fund Film. Presented by The Crossing
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5:00pmWesternImminent threats loom like storm clouds over a pair of towns on opposite sides of the Rio Grande.
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5:00pmSecret Screening BlueA film about greed, gullibility and how we value human life.
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5:30pmTea TimeFor six decades, a group of ladies have gathered once a month for decadent cakes and high tea, offering us insight into friendship, age, and class politics in Chile. North American Premiere co-sponsored with Miami International Film Festival
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5:30pmOf Men and WarVeterans of the Iraq War take refuge with a Napa Valley therapist to find forgiveness in themselves. Presented by Veterans United Home Loans
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5:45pmLife According to OhadFamily dinner is never easy for Ohad, an estranged animal rights activist who hasn’t seen eye to eye with his parents in many years.
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5:45pmYou Can’t Get There From Here (shorts)Restless souls seek refuge (or a way out) in this collection of tenderly evocative films.
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6:00pmClosing Night ReceptionA common meal for all who attend How to Change the World at the Missouri Theatre.
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6:00pm(T)ERRORAn ex-convict-turned-FBI-informant gets in deep, trying to ensnare Muslims with terrorist leanings.
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6:15pmIl SegretoA mysterious mob of marauding kids scavenge the streets of Naples in anticipation of a legendary event.
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6:30pmBest of EnemiesAs the culture wars of 1968 played out nightly on TV, conservative William F. Buckley and liberal Gore Vidal sparred, contentiously, sometimes maliciously.
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7:00pmFinders Keepers“Carolina Man Buys BBQ Grill, Finds Human Leg Inside.” What sounds like a tabloid headline provides a surprisingly transcendent look at celebrity, legal wranglings and modern media. Presented by Holder Susan Slusher Oxenhandler
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7:30pmGirl You Know It’s True (shorts)Four wildly creative films all haunted by the past, set to a soundtrack featuring Milli Vanilli, Skeeter Davis and the Shangri-Las.
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7:30pmSecret Screening RedReal-life Shakespearean drama unfolds amidst a political struggle.
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7:45pmKurt Cobain: Montage of HeckThe most gifted songwriter of his generation left a treasure trove of drawings, journals and demo tapes, all brought gloriously to life by 2007 T/F True Vision winner Brett Morgen.
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8:00pmHow to Change the WorldThe bracing birth of Greenpeace in the early 70s was a shot across the bow to those who had ignored the nascent environmental movement. But behind the scenes a Cain and Abel story raged.
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8:00pmThe Chinese MayorAn ambitious mayor from Datong, China goes to great lengths to turn his city into a major tourist attraction.
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8:00pmSomething Better To ComeLife at the margins: director Hanna Polak documented Yula from ages 10 to 24, as she grew up in a Moscow landfill.
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8:30pmTime Is A Thief (shorts)From taxi drivers to mall walkers, can collectors to gold diggers, time weighs heavy on the subjects featured in this shorts collection.
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8:45pmWhite Out, Black InThis low-fi, sci-fi documentary features two men still hobbled by the aftermath of a Brasilia dance party and a mysterious man from the future, 2073 to be exact.
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9:00pmThe Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert DurstBillionaire Robert Durst’s life has been full of death and loss. Is he the unluckiest man in the world? Or the luckiest?
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10:15pmBuskers 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.
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1:00amToastedLate Night Talk Show with Davy Rothbart.