2005 Fall The New Documentary Impulse
“The 3 Rooms Of Melancholia”
This award-winning, stunningly beautiful documentary reveals how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya. Divided into three episodes or ‘rooms,’ the film is characterized by […]
Read More“The Burnt Theater”
In Cambodia artists are born into a family tradition of dancers, actors and singers and function as the entire nation’s collective source of creativity and imagination. Their strong will and […]
Read More“The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine”
In 1975-79, the Khmer Rouge waged a campaign of genocide on Cambodia’s population. 1.7 million Cambodians lost their lives to famine and murder as the urban population was forced into […]
Read More“The Fog of War”
The Fog of War is a 20th century fable, a story of an American dreamer who rose from humble origins to the heights of political power. Robert S. McNamara was […]
Read More“The Trials of Henry Kissinger”
Introduction and Q&A with Eugene Jarecki, Director Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, one of the most influential statesmen of modern times, Henry Kissinger seems assured of his place in […]
Read More“The Education of Shelby Knox”
Introduction and Q&A with Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, Directors; Special guest, Shelby Knox The Education of Shelby Knox is a coming of age story about a teenage girl who […]
Read More“Gunner Palace”
Gunner Palace is an intimate portrait of the fragmented, chaotic and stress-filled existence of American soldiers at war in Iraq. Four months after President Bush declared the end of “major […]
Read More“The Beauty Academy of Kabul”
Under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan were forced to become faceless. Covered by burqas, forbidden to show even a tiny patch of skin, they lived in an almost unbelievably oppressive […]
Read MoreAlbert Maysles
Garrison Theatre, 7:30 p.m. LALEE’S KIN: THE LEGACY OF COTTON U.S.A., 2001, 90 min Introduction and Q&A with Albert Maysles, Director
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