Saturday, September 28th
Book Week
Book Week is a shaggy dark comedy about a disgraced novelist turned English teacher trying to find redemption.
Screening
Date
Time
12:00 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Feature
Heath Davis
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/96 min
In Good Faith
Produced by Naka Productions, Inc., award winning video production company in Charlotte, NC, IN GOOD FAITH is a documentary that centers around the work of Dr. Orlan Svingen, professor of history at Washington State University (WSU), and his ongoing work with the Mixed Bands of Shoshone, Bannock and Sheepeater Indians at the Fort Hall reservation in Pocatello, Idaho.Through his decades of work with Indian tribes across the U.S., Dr. Svingen has developed strong relationships at Fort Hall and forged the creation of Indian history field schools that are conducted in Central Idaho and Southwestern Montana.Since 2010, Dr. Svingen and his students have researched The Virginia City Treaty of 1868, negotiated and signed almost 150 years ago by Chief Tendoy.It was signed, in good faith, by the US government and tribal members, but never ratified.Though never ratified, the US took all that was promised to them and, in return, granted the tribe an Executive Order reservation, a far cry from the terms of the treaty.Dr. Svingen, researching National Archives microfilm, found the "Holy Grail". It was the signed and sealed Cession Document that clearly laid out the parameters of the treaty and the boundaries of the lands the tribe gave up - over 12,000 square miles of territory in Wyoming and Montana.With these findings, the Mixed Bands have started the legal process to right the wrong and proceed IN GOOD FAITH.
Screening
Date
Time
1:55 PM
9/28/2019
Documentary Feature
Beverly Penninger, Alyson Young
Directed by:
Documentary/USA/2018/57 min
Juskatla
Juskatla weaves together perspectives of the people who live on the islands of Haida Gwaii-an archipelago on Canada's Northwest coast, and the ancestral territories of the Haida Nation. From industrial loggers who harvest trees from ancient forests, to Sphenia Jones, a Haida matriarch who bears an intimate knowledge of her People's territories, Juskatla meditates on the divergent ways of being that shape the islands and its people.
Screening
Date
Time
1:55 PM
9/28/2019
Screening with IN GOOD FAITH
Georg Koszulinski
Directed by:
Documentary/USA/2019/14 min
Life Lakota
A glimpse into the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the challenges they face as a nation, a cultural enigma, and a piece of American heritage, too often forgotten.
Screening
Date
Time
1:55 PM
9/28/2019
Screening with IN GOOD FAITH
Directed by:
Documentary/USA/2019/16 min
Katie's Dog
On the eve of her wedding, Gerry and Patty's daughter Katie died in an accident, plunging their marriage into depression. Katie's grief-stricken fiance cared for Katie's dog. But after two years, he's moving to Chicago and can't take the dog. Gerry clings to the dog but Patty needs to move on.
Screening
Date
Time
2:15 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 6
Jim McQuaid
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/17 min
Long Roads
In search of a cure for his fatal illness Mickey takes a cross country road trip with his best friend Natalie in hopes of gaining a medical miracle from an old Cherokee medicine man.
Screening
Date
Time
2:15 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 6
Ashleigh Chavis
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/22 min
Mike
Mike is an intellectually challenged man in his mid-50's, working for his only friend, Donald. When one dream propels Mike onto a course of adventure and splendor along the path of life, the dream mission turns out to be not as simple as it might have seemed. It's a tale about finding yourself while experiencing the moment. One dream. One Journey.
Screening
Date
Time
2:15 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 6
Kent Smith
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/31 min
Thank You Kindly
Two people at a crossroads in life find inspiration in one another through a chance encounter, but who knew just just how much one night could change their lives.
Screening
Date
Time
2:15 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 6
Noah Weisberg
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/19 min
The Big Question
The Big Question is a coming of age comedy that follows the journey of Emma, a 6th grader at St. Thomas Middle School, as she embarks on a mission to understand the greatest mystery of life: the 'BIRDS AND THE BEES'.Emma seeks clarity from some unusually interesting characters and hits many obstacles along the way.
Screening
Date
Time
2:15 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 6
Estes Tarver
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/15 min
Blue & Gold Marching Machine
Follow along as 200 musicians and dancers celebrate the 100th year of the North Carolina A&T marching band from band camp to the "Greatest Homecoming on Earth"
Screening
Date
Time
4:00 PM
9/28/2019
Documentary Shorts Block 2
Jay Capers
Directed by:
Documentary/USA/2019/18 min
The Correct Thing: Palmer Memorial Institute
Chronicle of the establishment of Palmer Memorial Institute by Dr Charlotte Hawkins Brown in 1902 and closing in 1971.Over 2000 African Americans attended this iconic boarding school which was considered to be the gold standard in black education during its existence.
Screening
Date
Time
4:00 PM
9/28/2019
Documentary Shorts Block 2
Vincent Singleton
Directed by:
Documentary/USA/2019/35 min
The Infamous Future
After a famous article revealed that seventy-five percent of New York state inmates came from seven specific neighborhoods in New York City, one civic organization decided to make a change. By creating New York City's first all-boys public school in over thirty years, David C. Banks and his Eagle Academy defy an entrenched American mindset, insisting that young black and brown men are not one of America's problems, but instead one of its greatest successes.
Screening
Date
Time
4:00 PM
9/28/2019
Documentary Shorts Block 2
Richard Butterworth
Directed by:
Documentary/USA/2019/40 min
Camilla, Keep Your Word
Camilla, Keep Your Word is a Hurricane Katrina evacuation love story.
Screening
Date
Time
4:35 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Holland Gallagher
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/16 min
Dorris, 85
While trying to maintain composure and a sense of normalcy in a tough situation, Dorris Havemeyer struggles to keep up her spirits while celebrating a significant birthday.
Screening
Date
Time
4:35 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Grace Philips
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/12 min
Ella
Ellen "Ella" Liddy Watson moved to Wyoming where she could vote, own property, and raise her own cattle.She married Jimmy Averell in secret so she could continue to own her own homestead.Jimmy helped her purchase her homestead, improve the property, purchase cattle and a cattle brand.Unfortunately, the two made enemies of local cattle baron A.J. Bothwell.Bothwell and his gang accused Ella of rustling cattle, kidnapped her and Jimmy, and lynched them.This is Ella's story.
Screening
Date
Time
4:35 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Kerry Everett
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/22 min
Free
A Young plantation worker is secretly taught to read and write by his masters wife. Using only the air as their blackboard, this random act of kindness provided an education that paved the way from slavery to freedom.
Screening
Date
Time
4:35 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Ben Hartley
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/12 min
Pipe Dream
Each year thousands of budding actors take that huge leap of faith and move to L.A. or New York in search of stardom. This is the story of once such actress who, with nothing but her talents and determination, would go from anonymity to Broadway stardom within a few short years. She would later become known as the beloved legend of stage and screen, Carol Burnett.
Screening
Date
Time
4:35 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Chris King
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/20 min
Whistler's Mother (The Movie)
The artist James McNeill Whistler spent years trying to capture the essence of his mother for his most famous work of art - not to create a masterpiece - but to save his mother from possession by the Baba Yaga, an evil Russian witch.
Screening
Date
Time
4:35 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 4
Robbie Robertson
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/15 min
My Father's Brothers
Outnumbered 10-to-1 in the Vietnam jungle, an army platoon is savagely attacked while they wait for reinforcements. 50 years later, survivors tell their story of tragedy, resourcefulness and heroism. Some volunteered for the army as teenagers. Others were drafted. Some went back to Vietnam years later in hopes of finding closure. All share a bond that cannot be broken.
Screening
Date
Time
6:10 PM
9/28/2019
Documentary Feature
Shawn Kelley
Directed by:
Documentary/USA/2019/74 min
Cells
When a reputable doctor finds himself being held captive by a group of masked intruders, he struggles to understand their motives while being forced to answer why billions of dollars go wasted each year in the name of medical research.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Raymond Wood
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/12 min
Maere
A sleep doctor unable to move in his bed knows the science behind sleep paralysis but the nightmare refuses to end.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Daniel Hamby
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/10 min
Road Kill
An innocent road trip takes a sinister turn when two young women and the hitchhiker they've picked up along the way are forced to stop at a roadside motel.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Tyrone Trullinger
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/13 min
Sombra City
In the year 2037, a corporate assassin revisits a city lost in time and the love he left behind.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Elias Plagianos
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/11 min
The Housesitters
On their last day as house sitters, a young couple is visited by a stranger who exposes the lies between them.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Whitney St. Ours
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/14 min
Utopia
In this surreal drama about self-acceptance, an aspirational sunny California blond wakes up from a coma in Uganda; and no, nothing is as it seems.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Aimiende Negbenebor Sela
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/15 min
Ways to Look at the Moon
Sensing their relationship is drifting apart, an artist attempts to reconnect with an astronomer but gets lost in a universe of her own making.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Katherine Clark
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/18 min
iCANDY
A young boy watches a cam-girl live-stream while his family waits for dinner.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45 PM
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Gavin Jennings Harwell
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2019/4 min
Gill
A headstrong scientist bickers with her only lifeline while test piloting a malfunctioning teleportation suit.
Screening
Date
Time
6:45pm
9/28/2019
Narrative Shorts Block 3
Kieran Moreira
Directed by:
Narrative/USA/2018/9 min
Portrait of a Lady On Fire
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Screening
Date
Time
7:55 PM
9/28/2019
Charlotte Film Society Special Presentation
Celine Sciamma
Directed by:
Drama/France/2019/119 min
Tammy & The T-Rex
It's the 25th Anniversary of 2019's most unbelievable repertory film discovery! Directed by Stewart Raffill - the same genre warrior behind MAC AND ME, THE ICE PIRATES, and MANNEQUIN TWO: ON THE MOVE - TAMMY AND THE T-REX is a love story as old as time. This post-JURASSIC jam stars the heavenly combo of Denise Richards (STARSHIP TROOPERS; WILD THINGS) and the late Paul Walker (THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise; SHE'S ALL THAT) in an unprecedented mishmash of rom-com tropes and R-rated horror thrills.
Screening
Date
Time
9:05 PM
9/28/2019
Special Presentation
Stewart Raffill
Directed by:
Teen Comedy/USA/1994/91 min
Bliss
A brilliant painter facing the worst creative block of her life turns to anything she can to complete her masterpiece, spiraling into a hallucinatory hellscape of drugs, sex, and murder in the sleazy underbelly of Los Angeles.
Screening
Date
Time
10:45 PM
9/28/2019
Charlotte Film Society Special Presentation
Joe Begos
Directed by:
Horror/USA/2019/80 min