Monday Documentary Night

Doc Nite: Grey Gardens

renee — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:35:20 -0400

Start: 08/20/2007 - 19:30

End: 08/20/2007 - 22:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-7

DOC NITE PRESENTS

¨GREY GARDENS¨
(1975, 100 min) Dir. Albert and David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer.

Grey Gardens is a 1976 documentary film by the direction/cinematography/editing team of Albert and David Maysles, Susan Froemke, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer. The film depicts the everyday lives of two women who lived at Grey Gardens, a decrepit 28-room mansion at 3 West End Avenue in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood of East Hampton, New York.

Click HERE to go to film's website.

ALL FILMS START at 7:30 PM, with discussions that follow.

Suggested donation is $5

Location is at Fishbone's PESCADROME: 101 S. Quarantina St., SB 93103 (corner of Quarantina and Carpinteria--*ENTRANCE IS ON CARP ST*)
click here for map.

Just a reminder that film screenings are the first and third Mondays of the month only (and 5th if there is one!)

An SB doc discussion group has been created, if you're interested in joining, send an email to:
documentarySB-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Suggestions for films and guest filmmakers are invited, please contact me directly.
Hope to see you there!

Monday Documentary Night

Doc Nite : Iraq In Fragments

renee — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:33:30 -0400

Start: 08/06/2007 - 19:30

End: 08/06/2007 - 22:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-7

DOC NITE PRESENTS

¨IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS¨
(2006, 94 min) Dir. James Longley

An opus in three parts, Iraq In Fragments offers a series of intimate, passionately-felt portraits: A fatherless 11-year-old is apprenticed to the domineering owner of a Baghdad garage; Sadr followers in two Shiite cities rally for regional elections while enforcing Islamic law at the point of a gun; a family of Kurdish farmers welcomes the US presence, which has allowed them a measure of freedom previously denied.

American director James Longley spent more than two years filming in Iraq to create this stunningly photographed, poetically rendered documentary of the war-torn country as seen through the eyes of Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. Winner of Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival documentary competition, the film was also awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

Click HERE to go to film's website.

ALL FILMS START at 7:30 PM, with discussions that follow.

Suggested donation is $5

Location is at Fishbone's PESCADROME: 101 S. Quarantina St., SB 93103 (corner of Quarantina and Carpinteria--*ENTRANCE IS ON CARP ST*)

click here for map.

Just a reminder that film screenings are the first and third Mondays of the month only (and 5th if there is one!)
SUMMER SCREENINGS ARE:

August 20
Grey Gardens

An SB doc discussion group has been created, if you're interested in joining, send an email to:
documentarySB-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Suggestions for films and guest filmmakers are invited, please contact me directly.
Hope to see you there!

Monday Documentary Night

Doc Nite: Firefall: Road to Burning Man

renee — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:20:29 -0400

Start: 07/30/2007 - 19:30

End: 07/30/2007 - 22:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-7

Gearing folks up for Burning Man, DOC NITE PRESENTS

"FIREFALL: Road to Burning Man"

(2004, 88min) Dir. Alessandro Gentile
A feature-length documentary chronicling the creation of a
large-scale sculpture from its concept to its unveiling. Berkeley
artist Kiki Pettit is chosen to create the keyhole project at Burning
Man 2002, as the film follows her on a journey of endless
challenges...from aesthetics to logistics, and even the mundane. All
of these challenges must be overcome if she hopes to realize her
surreal vision of a 14-ft copper fountain that flows fire on water.

Click HERE to go to film's website.

FILMMAKER WILL BE PRESENT

ALL FILMS START at 7:30 PM, with discussions that follow.

Suggested donation is $5

Location is at Fishbone's PESCADROME:
101 S. Quarantina St., SB 93103 (corner of Quarantina and Carpinteria--*ENTRANCE IS ON CARP ST*)
click here for map.

Just a reminder that film screenings are the first and third Mondays
of the month only (and 5th if there is one!)

FUTURE SCREENINGS ARE:

August 6
Iraq in Fragments

August 20
Grey Gardens

An SB doc discussion group has been created, if you're interested in
joining, send an email to:
documentarySB-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Suggestions for films and guest filmmakers are invited, please
contact me directly.
Hope to see you there!

Monday Documentary Night

Doc Nite: King Corn Movie @ Faulkner Gallery 630PM

renee — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:40:16 -0400

Start: 06/18/2007 - 18:30

End: 06/18/2007 - 20:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT-7

DOC NITERS>>>>>>>>>>

sorry to do this with such late notice....i just found out about this event. There is a preview of a what looks to be a very cool film, KING CORN , showing at the Faulkner gallery at 6:30 tonite. I don't like to do this switch up so last minute but rather than compete with this event, i think we should support it. Please read below for more info. We'll be back on track July 2 at the Pescadrome.

thanks,
Renée

Friends,

Next Monday night (JUNE 18, 6:30 PM), please join me, Slow Food Santa Barbara, the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders group, and Soujourner Cafe for an evening of discussion about food, farming, and how policy shapes what's in our stores and in our bodies. The main event is a great documentary that is not even out yet. --> http://kingcorn.net/about.html

Program:

Intro, mind-blowing food facts, context, and prizes
FEATURE PRESENTATION: King Corn, a brand-new feature-length documentary from Mosaic Films, Inc. This film should be a hit. We have special permission from the filmmakers to show it pre-release to a community audience! It is really awesome, not preachy, just really interesting, educational, and well done. Great original soundtrack too! If you liked Micheal Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, this is very much in the same vein.
Followed by a discussion led by UCSB professors David Cleveland and Daniela Soleri.

Seating is limited, so be prompt. Please pass this on to anyone else you know who is interested in learning more and contributing to a discussion about our food system! Contact me with any questions-- I really hope to see you there!

Lisa Murawski

University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Geography
Ellison 5829