SILVERDOCS
Entries I'd like to see (without filtering for things that don't work based on timing):
Bi the Way
How do homosexuals feel about bisexuals? How do bisexuals feel about bisexuals? Does bisexuality even exist? Filmmakers Josephine Decker and Brittany Blockman take a cross-country road trip to find answers, and more questions, in this smart, hip and sophisticated study of sexuality in the 21st century.
# Thursday, June 19, 09:15 p.m.
# Saturday, June 21, 11:45 p.m.
Bulletproof Salesman
For civilians, diplomats, and soldiers, roadside bombs in war-torn areas are a constant scourge. For Fidelis Cloer, they are a check in the mail. Cloer sells armored vehicles to the highest bidder, and his business acumen provides a disturbingly simple and unsentimental context in which to understand international conflict and suffering.
# Friday, June 20, 08:15 p.m.
# Saturday, June 21, 09:00 p.m.
Encounters at the End of the World
In his first documentary since GRIZZLY MAN, Werner Herzog travels to McMurdo Station in Antarctica as a guest of the National Science Foundation. The resulting account is a lyrical meditation on the stark landscape and a portrait of the researchers who risk their lives and sanity for the sake of science.
# Friday, June 20, 02:30 p.m.
# Sunday, June 22, 12:45 p.m.
The Garden
Rising up from the ashes of 1992’s devastating L.A. riots is a 14-acre oasis in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. The South Central Farmers created the garden to provide fresh produce for low-income people. Now, as bulldozers are poised to level it, the farmers won’t give up without a fight.
# Wednesday, June 18, 07:00 p.m.
# Thursday, June 19, 01:30 p.m.
Gimme Shelter
When the Maysles set out to document the Rolling Stones’ 1969 U.S. tour-a mere four months after Woodstock had defined the Love Generation-they couldn’t anticipate the violence that would plague the concert at Altamont. The Maysles captured what began as a flower-power love-in and degenerated into a near-riot.
# Thursday, June 19, 11:15 p.m.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Oscar-winner Alex Gibney (ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE) cuts through the larger-than-life mythology of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson to present an intimate, illuminating and highly entertaining look at the man who chronicled and personified the rebellious spirit of the 1960s and 1970s.
# Wednesday, June 18, 09:30 p.m.
In the Family
Would you surrender your ability to give life if you knew it might save your own? A genetic test has told 27-year-old Joanna Rudnick that she will most likely develop breast and ovarian cancer. Now she must decide if she will take the pre-emptive step of having her breasts and ovaries removed.
# Wednesday, June 18, 02:15 p.m.
# Saturday, June 21, 02:15 p.m.
Mechanical Love
How far we are prepared to go when human intimacy becomes a rare commodity? Robots promise to make our lives easier, but for some people they can be a stand-in for human affection. This fascinating film explores the intimate and complex relationships between people and therapeutic robots.
# Tuesday, June 17, 11:00 a.m.
# Friday, June 20, 11:30 a.m.
The Order of Myths
The first North American Mardi Gras was not in New Orleans but in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. To this day, it is true to its roots-perhaps too true. Native daughter Margaret Brown explores the oldest, and still segregated, Mardi Gras in the U.S. and guides us through the parallels at the heart of these two cities’ juxtaposed celebrations.
#Sunday, June 22, 07:30 p.m.
Up the Yangtze
A cruise ship glides along the Yangtze River, offering foreign passengers an impressive view of China in transition. But 16-year-old Yu Shui only sees her life being submerged. Yung Chang’s exquisitely photographed and richly detailed film about the Three Gorges Dam project captures modern China at the crossroads of rich tradition and blind progress.
[Sadly, I seem to have missed the only showing]
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
#Thursday, June 19, 10:00 a.m.
Free
Bi the Way
How do homosexuals feel about bisexuals? How do bisexuals feel about bisexuals? Does bisexuality even exist? Filmmakers Josephine Decker and Brittany Blockman take a cross-country road trip to find answers, and more questions, in this smart, hip and sophisticated study of sexuality in the 21st century.
# Thursday, June 19, 09:15 p.m.
# Saturday, June 21, 11:45 p.m.
Bulletproof Salesman
For civilians, diplomats, and soldiers, roadside bombs in war-torn areas are a constant scourge. For Fidelis Cloer, they are a check in the mail. Cloer sells armored vehicles to the highest bidder, and his business acumen provides a disturbingly simple and unsentimental context in which to understand international conflict and suffering.
# Friday, June 20, 08:15 p.m.
# Saturday, June 21, 09:00 p.m.
Encounters at the End of the World
In his first documentary since GRIZZLY MAN, Werner Herzog travels to McMurdo Station in Antarctica as a guest of the National Science Foundation. The resulting account is a lyrical meditation on the stark landscape and a portrait of the researchers who risk their lives and sanity for the sake of science.
# Friday, June 20, 02:30 p.m.
# Sunday, June 22, 12:45 p.m.
The Garden
Rising up from the ashes of 1992’s devastating L.A. riots is a 14-acre oasis in one of the country’s most blighted neighborhoods. The South Central Farmers created the garden to provide fresh produce for low-income people. Now, as bulldozers are poised to level it, the farmers won’t give up without a fight.
# Wednesday, June 18, 07:00 p.m.
# Thursday, June 19, 01:30 p.m.
Gimme Shelter
When the Maysles set out to document the Rolling Stones’ 1969 U.S. tour-a mere four months after Woodstock had defined the Love Generation-they couldn’t anticipate the violence that would plague the concert at Altamont. The Maysles captured what began as a flower-power love-in and degenerated into a near-riot.
# Thursday, June 19, 11:15 p.m.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Oscar-winner Alex Gibney (ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE) cuts through the larger-than-life mythology of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson to present an intimate, illuminating and highly entertaining look at the man who chronicled and personified the rebellious spirit of the 1960s and 1970s.
# Wednesday, June 18, 09:30 p.m.
In the Family
Would you surrender your ability to give life if you knew it might save your own? A genetic test has told 27-year-old Joanna Rudnick that she will most likely develop breast and ovarian cancer. Now she must decide if she will take the pre-emptive step of having her breasts and ovaries removed.
# Wednesday, June 18, 02:15 p.m.
# Saturday, June 21, 02:15 p.m.
Mechanical Love
How far we are prepared to go when human intimacy becomes a rare commodity? Robots promise to make our lives easier, but for some people they can be a stand-in for human affection. This fascinating film explores the intimate and complex relationships between people and therapeutic robots.
# Tuesday, June 17, 11:00 a.m.
# Friday, June 20, 11:30 a.m.
The Order of Myths
The first North American Mardi Gras was not in New Orleans but in Mobile, Alabama in 1703. To this day, it is true to its roots-perhaps too true. Native daughter Margaret Brown explores the oldest, and still segregated, Mardi Gras in the U.S. and guides us through the parallels at the heart of these two cities’ juxtaposed celebrations.
#Sunday, June 22, 07:30 p.m.
Up the Yangtze
A cruise ship glides along the Yangtze River, offering foreign passengers an impressive view of China in transition. But 16-year-old Yu Shui only sees her life being submerged. Yung Chang’s exquisitely photographed and richly detailed film about the Three Gorges Dam project captures modern China at the crossroads of rich tradition and blind progress.
[Sadly, I seem to have missed the only showing]
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
#Thursday, June 19, 10:00 a.m.
Free