2021 Schedule - True/False Film Fest

2021 Schedule

2021 Schedule

May 05 Wednesday

	02 Sled Hill	03 Twelve Point	04 Showtime Amphitheater	05 Sapling	06 The Executive Drive-In	07 Big Ragtag	07 Willy Wilson @ Ragtag	08 CoMo Square	Big Field	Other
7pm						7:30pm Faya Dayi Film 120 min 7:30 - 9:30pm Faya Dayi A euphoric excursion into the highlands of Harar, Ethiopia, where chewing and trading the flowering plant khat are daily rituals – and two boys dream of a better life.	7:00pm Homeroom Film 90 min 7 - 8:30pm Homeroom T/F stalwart Nicks, a master of observational filmmaking, completes his "Oakland Trilogy" with this inspiring journey into a local high school – shot during the tumultuous 2019/2020 school year. From activism to lockdown, here is proof positive that the kids are all right.
8pm	8:20pm Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Film 120 min 8:20 - 10:20pm Summer of Soul (...Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Exuberant, uplifting, and brimming with joy, this document of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival manages to be much more than a music film.	8:30pm From the Wild Sea Film 85 min 8:30 - 9:55pm From the Wild Sea In the briny air of the north Atlantic, marine animal rescue teams mediate the clash of humans and nature. Through a calm, dispassionate lens we witness the cleaning of sea birds, tonal honks of seals, mock whale rescues, and more. Preceeded by "Fire Season" (dir. Quinn Else; 7 min.) [Teleported T/F]	8:40pm This Rain Will Never Stop Film 103 min 8:40 - 10:23pm This Rain Will Never Stop Exquisitely framed in black and white, this emotionally arresting tale of dislocation follows Andriy Suleyman, who flees the war in Syria – only to find himself on the frontlines of another conflict in Ukraine. [Teleported T/F]	8:20pm Shorts: Coyote 77 Short 77 min 8:20 - 9:37pm Shorts: Coyote 77 Sly experiments in modern meaning and manifestation. [Teleported T/F]	8:30pm Homeroom Film 90 min 8:30 - 10pm Homeroom T/F stalwart Nicks, a master of observational filmmaking, completes his "Oakland Trilogy" with this inspiring journey into a local high school – shot during the tumultuous 2019/2020 school year. From activism to lockdown, here is proof positive that the kids are all right.
9pm
10pm				10:30pm Shorts: Sturgeon 73 Short 73 min 10:30 - 11:43pm Shorts: Sturgeon 73 Entrancing meditations on place, identity, and rituals. [Teleported T/F]
11pm
12am

7:00pm

07 Willy Wilson @ Ragtag

Homeroom

Film

90 min

7 - 8:30pm

Homeroom
T/F stalwart Nicks, a master of observational filmmaking, completes his "Oakland Trilogy" with this inspiring journey into a local high school – shot during the tumultuous 2019/2020 school year. From activism to lockdown, here is proof positive that the kids are all right.

7:30pm

07 Big Ragtag

Faya Dayi

Film

120 min

7:30 - 9:30pm

Faya Dayi
A euphoric excursion into the highlands of Harar, Ethiopia, where chewing and trading the flowering plant khat are daily rituals – and two boys dream of a better life.

8:20pm

8:30pm

8:40pm

04 Showtime Amphitheater

This Rain Will Never Stop

Film

103 min

8:40 - 10:23pm

This Rain Will Never Stop
Exquisitely framed in black and white, this emotionally arresting tale of dislocation follows Andriy Suleyman, who flees the war in Syria – only to find himself on the frontlines of another conflict in Ukraine. [Teleported T/F]

10:30pm

05 Sapling

Shorts: Sturgeon 73

Short

73 min

10:30 - 11:43pm

Shorts: Sturgeon 73
Entrancing meditations on place, identity, and rituals. [Teleported T/F]