Santa Fe Film Center Slate: July 21 - 31, 2008

The Film Center

1616 St. Michaels Drive

(505) 988-7414

JULY 21 - 31, 2008      SCREENING  SCHEDULE

Monday 7/21   6:30pm:  Special Event: The Launch of our Green Film Series

DO IT FOR UNCLE GRAHAM with filmmaker Candy Jones

in attendance for a discussion after the film, along with a live

music performance by Indigifem, with Larry Mitchell

Tuesday 7/22   6:30pm:  IN SEARCH OF THE FUTURE

8:15pm:  MAN OF TWO HAVANAS

Wed. 7/23       6:30pm:  ANTHONY: WARRIOR OF GOD

8:15pm:  NASHVILLE SOUND

Thurs. 7/24      6:30pm:  WAKE-UP CALL

8:15pm:  MAN OF TWO HAVANAS

Friday 7/25      6:30pm:  ANTHONY: WARRIOR OF GOD

8:15pm:  THE LINGUISTS

Saturday 7/26  10:00am: Kids’ First! Film Club: THE ROYAL DIARIES

2:30pm:  WAKE-UP CALL

4:15pm:  MONSTER CAMP

6:30pm:  NASHVILLE SOUND

8:15pm:  THE LINGUISTS

Sunday 7/27    12:15pm: WAKE-UP CALL

2:30pm:  ANTHONY: WARRIOR OF GOD

4:15pm:  DISCOVERING BUDDHISM (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

6:30pm:  MONSTER CAMP

8:15pm:  THE LINGUISTS

Monday 7/28   6:30pm:  NASHVILLE SOUND

8:15pm:  MONSTER CAMP

Tuesday 7/29   6:30pm:  THE LINGUISTS

8:15pm:  DISCOVERING BUDDHISM (Parts 1, 2 & 3)

Wed. 7/30       6:30pm:  WAKE-UP CALL

8:15pm:  MONSTER CAMP

Thurs. 7/31      6:30pm:  NASHVILLE SOUND

8:15pm:  THE LINGUISTS

SPECIAL EVENTS

The Launch of our new Green Film Series!

DO IT FOR UNCLE GRAHAM

(US, 2004, 88 min.)

www.just-usproductions.com/films-uncle-graham.html

7/21   Monday 6:30pm

Filmmaker Candy Jones will be in attendance for a discussion following the screening, along with a performance of music by Indigifem, with Larry Mitchell.

Native NM filmmaker Candy Jones takes us on an entertaining 60-year tour through New Mexico's nuclear history, in this documentary which chronicles the development of the atomic industry in New Mexico and the cultural, economic, environmental and health legacy of developing, testing and storing nuclear weapons. Jones playfully begs us to review New Mexico's nuclear history while being mindful of what she calls THE BIG THREE: DENIAL, DECEPTION, and CREATIVE COMMUNICATION.   From Trinity to Hiroshima, from the world's only underground  nuclear repository to a new plutonium bomb factory, our narrator asks us to take the tour -- if not for ourselves, then for her Uncle Graham: a distinguished state legislator during New Mexico's  pioneer days.

NEW FILMS THIS WEEK

 
The First Installment of an Ongoing Series

DISCOVERING BUDDHISM: Parts 1, 2 & 3

(US, 2007, 90 min.)

www.fpmt.org/education/dbdescription.asp

 7/27   Sunday  4:15pm

7/29   Tuesday 8:15pm

DISCOVERING BUDDHISM is an engaging introduction to the tenets of Mahayana Buddhism, led by eminent Tibetan lamas and experienced Western teachers.  The series features His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Ribur Rinpoche, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and other Tibetan Lamas. Western teachers in the Discovering Buddhism video series include, Ven. Robina Courtin, Ven. Sangye Khadro, Ven. Thubten Chodron, and others.

This week is a screening of Parts 1-3 of a 13-episode series, with the additional episodes screening in upcoming weeks.  Each of the thirteen 30 minute segments is introduced by Richard Gere or Keanu Reeves.

Over 2500 years ago, Shakyamuni Buddha gained direct insight into the nature of reality, perfected the qualities of wisdom, compassion, and power, and revealed the path to his disciples. In the 11th Century, Atisha brought these teachings to Tibet in the form of the lam-rim – the stages on the path to enlightenment. The lam-rim tradition found its pinnacle in the teachings of the great Tibetan saint Lama Tsongkhapa in the 14th Century, and these teachings continued to pass from teacher to student up to this present day.

When Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche transmitted these teachings to their disciples, they imparted a deeply experiential tradition of study and practice, leading thousands of seekers to discover the truth of what the Buddha taught. This tradition is the core of DISCOVERING BUDDHISM.

Part 1: Mind and Its Potential
Examine the mind and how it creates happiness and suffering. Learn to transform destructive thoughts and attitudes to create a positive and joyous mind!

Part 2: How to Meditate
Learn the definition and purpose of meditation, how to sit, how to set up a meditation session, different meditation techniques, and how to deal with obstacles to meditation.

Part 3: Presenting the Path
Get an overview of the entire Tibetan Buddhist path to awakening. Study the life story of the Buddha and discover a unique system for putting Buddhist philosophy into practice – the lam-rim, or "graduated path to enlightenment."

A Favorite at Sundance

THE LINGUISTS

(US, 2008, 65 min.)

www.thelinguists.com

7/26   Saturday 8:15pm

7/27   Sunday  8:15pm

7/29   Tuesday 6:30pm

7/31   Thursday 8:15pm

Follow the journeys of linguists documenting the world’s most endangered languages.  The stories told in THE LINGUISTS - sad, scary, even hilariously funny - reveal how the loss of a language affects us all.

 "A fascinating journey with two men who are the Indiana Joneses of language hunters, academics who go to obscure corners of the globe to find and preserve disappearing languages.” - The Los Angeles Times

In a time when over 7,000 distinct languages are spoken around the world, professors David Harrison and Gregory Anderson navigate treacherous terrain and travel to the furthest reaches of the globe to research forgotten and hidden languages. As colonialism and economic unrest spread, the new generations begin to abandon their ancestral languages, and their cultures are passively suppressed. But their legacy is not lost thanks to Harrison and Anderson, and now amateur linguistics can follow along as these two adventurous ethnographers observe a Kallawaya healing ritual in Bolivia, attend a traditional ceremony in a remote village in India, and set their sights on Siberia to document these languages before they are lost forever. Together, Harrison and Anderson speak over twenty-five languages, and though their mission is a serious one, they always attempt to maintain a sense of levity as they explore how disappearing languages serve as an indicator of the disappearing traditions and heritage of Indigenous people everywhere. (~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide)

A Hit at our 2007 SF Film Festival!

MONSTER CAMP

(US, 2007, 81 min.)

www.monstercampthemovie.com

7/26   Saturday 4:15pm

7/27   Sunday  6:30pm

7/28   Monday 8:15pm

7/30   Wednesday 8:15pm

Who needs reality?  Enter a world of total fantasy in the company of a dragon-slaying band who surrender completely to game-playing!  MONSTER CAMP is a documentary focusing on that wacky, bizarre, yet somehow endearing world of fantasyland where humans pretend, well, that they are not human.

We are talking worlds beyond Dungeons & Dragons here.  These are the people who become their characters through costume, name and identity.  They are escaping their daily lives in favor of one far more fantastical and adventurous.  MONSTER CAMP focuses on one impassioned group in Seattle, where participants devote 48 hours to their quests.  For one weekend each month, these software engineers, department store managers and high school students become warriors, sorcerers, dwarves and even lizard people.  This is the world where imagination and creativity reign!

FREE for Kids: KIDS FIRST! Film Club Movie

THE ROYAL DIARIES

(US, 2000, 80 min.)

www.kidsfirst.org/detail/208139.html

 7/26   Saturday 10:00 AM

Travel to ancient Egypt, Tudor England and Colonial Spain through the diaries of three real-life princesses: Cleopatra, Isabel and Elizabeth I. Let these teen princesses surround you with the adventures, struggles and responsibilities of being part of a royal family while still being true to themselves.  Brought to you through the generosity of Los Alamos National Bank.

RETURNING FAVORITES

 
New Film Series: World’s Greatest Spiritual Icons!

ANTHONY: WARRIOR OF GOD

(Italy, 2006, 105 min.)

 
7/23   Wednesday 6:30pm

7/25   Friday 6:30pm

7/27   Sunday  2:30pm

ANTHONY: WARRIOR OF GOD follows the life of Anthony of Padua (1191?-1231) from his arrival on Sicily's shores via shipwreck in 1221 to his death.  Anthony is a Portuguese monk who, once in Italy, seeks out St. Francis. Anthony’s gift as a great preacher is soon discovered by happenstance. He spends much of his life in and near Padua, a city run by usurers. Anthony offers protection and friendship to Folco, at one time a petty criminal and acolyte for the usurers, later falsely accused of murder. Anthony's strength of character and his teachings lead to changes in the character of Padua and the end of usury. Anthony became Padua’s patron Saint soon after his death.

Last Screening of this Audience Favorite!

IN SEARCH OF THE FUTURE

(US, 2008, 88 min.)

www.insearchofthefuturemovie.com

 
7/22   Tuesday 6:30 PM

“IN SEARCH OF THE FUTURE is an inspiring vehicle for change in the evolution of spiritual awareness.  The film is artistically beautiful, and reminds one that in beauty is Truth.” - Lynn Andrews, bestselling author and spiritual teacher

IN SEARCH OF THE FUTURE is a bold and uplifting synthesis of information and ideas, alchemically blending ancient prophecy, indigenous wisdom and quantum science.  This groundbreaking multi-cultural film continues in the “nature-of-the-universe” genre pioneered by WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW and THE SECRET.  It brings a new understanding of reality and provides keys to a positive future. 

Filmed in southern Africa in the "Cradle of Humankind", the Kalahari Desert, the remote highlands of Mexico, and the mountains, deserts and cities of North America, this one-of-a-kind documentary asks just two questions of the visionary elders of a dozen diverse cultures: "Where did we come from, we humans?" and "Where are we going, where is humanity headed?"

Winner of IFP New York’s Award for Best Emerging Latino Filmmaker

THE MAN OF TWO HAVANAS

(US, 2007, 93 min.)

www.manoftwohavanas.com

7/22   Tuesday 8:15pm

7/24   Thursday 8:15pm

Vivien Weisman’s explosive documentary exposes a reign of violence and terror within Miami’s Cuban exile community.  The filmmaker describes THE MAN OF TWO HAVANAS thusly:

“Okay, here’s the situation. I was born in Havana. That makes me Cuban. But, I was raised in little Havana, which makes me Cuban-American. However, since I don’t see Castro as the root of all evil in the universe, nor would I strangle him with my bare hands given the opportunity, I am a little out of step with my tribe. I always have been. And I really don’t care.”

“My dad, on the other hand, does care. He cares a great deal. Back in Havana he was a revolutionary and fought alongside Castro for the freedom of the Cuban people. Then he had a falling out with his old friend and it was Miami, here we come. But his animosity towards Castro did not last and he soon wanted dialogue with the Cuban government. Perhaps, to live in peace.  That’s when the shit hit the fan. Bombings, death threats and drive by shootings were a daily occurrence in our home.”

“But who would do this to us? We were Americans. Surely, it must be the Communists, right? Wrong. My father became the focal point of the anti-Castro terrorists. These are Americans, people, like you and me. Well, not exactly. They were trained by the CIA.”

“What most Americans don’t know is that terrorism in America did not begin on September 11th. In the 1970s and 1980s, there was a reign of terror in Miami. There were as many as seven bombings in one day and hundreds per year. The culprits were not Communists. They were Americans. And my family was at the epicenter. Bombs away…”

Classic Country from the Grand Ole Opry!

THE NASHVILLE SOUND

(US, 1970, 85 min.)

www.xenonpictures.com/nashvillesound

 
7/23   Wednesday 8:15 PM

7/26   Saturday 6:30 PM

7/28   Monday 6:30 PM

7/31   Thursday 6:30 PM

An all-star lineup of the biggest country music celebrities pays tribute to the Nashville sound in 1969 as they celebrate the Grand Ole Opry's 44th anniversary. Featured artists - appearing live and through the magic of archival performance clips - include Johnny Cash, Tex Ritter, Dolly Parton, Roy Acuff, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Charley Pride, Porter Wagoner, Jeannie C. Riley, Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe and more!

Crop Circles!

THE WAKE UP CALL: ANYBODY LISTENING?

(UK, 2007, 77 min.)

www.thewakeupcallanybodylistening.com

 
7/24   Thursday 6:30 PM

7/26   Saturday 2:30 PM

7/27   Sunday 12:15 PM

7/30   Wednesday 6:30 PM

Experience something few humans will ever get to see: Crop Circles, made with flawless precision and sacred geometry offering subconscious information that enhances the viewer and lasts a lifetime.

Fly over the United Kingdom’s magical crop circles and then go deep into the formations.  This stunning new documentary includes footage of a crop circle being made by balls of light.

Enjoy exclusive interviews with some of today's most passionate researchers & locals: Janet Ossebaard, Bert Janssen, Patricia Cori, Palden Jenkins, Charles Mallett, Bearcloud, Nick Ashron, Terry Dobney, Geneva MacLaughlin, Tony Hughes and Patricia Cota-Robles.

"THE WAKE UP CALL: ANYBODY LISTENING? is by far the best documentary film on crop circles to date.  Kudos to you, Patty Greer, for making the most informative, inspiring and beautifully crafted movie on this mind blowing subject of crop circles.”
- Jack Groverland, minister, Unity Church

ATTENTION NEW MEXICAN FILMMAKERS - WE WANT YOUR FILM !

The overwhelming success of last year’s New Mexico Film Expo has prompted us to hold our showcase for New Mexican filmmakers as its own special event!  This year’s NEW MEXICO FILM EXPO will take place from OCTOBER 2-5, 2008.  Jurors, including Chris Eyre, will be selecting their choices to show in the main 2008 SF Film Festival (Dec. 3-7), as well as in a “Best of NM Film Expo” to be screened October 6.

We are open to your submissions now.  Please go to www.withoutabox.com, and submit your entry as a NM Film Expo film.   For more information, please contact our Program Director, Stephen Rubin: program@santafefilmfestival.com.

Our new monthly NM Film Forum will begin on Monday, November 3.  Films submitted to the NM Expo will be considered for upcoming screenings in this ongoing series, which will allow local filmmakers to get audience feedback on their completed films or works-in-progress.

WANTED: CALL FOR SF FILM FESTIVAL JURORS !

We are now accepting submissions for the 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival (December 3-7), and are in need of volunteers with a fine sense of aesthetics to join our selection committee.  If you are interested in being considered as a juror for the Festival, please contact our Program Director, Stephen Rubin: program@santafefilmfestival.com.

COMING SOON:

August 1: NAKED IN ASHES: www.nakedinashes.com

August 3: Buddhist Film Series: MYSTIC TIBET: www.fpmt.org/Mystic-Tibet

August 9:  BUNKER HILL: www.bunkerhillthefilm.com

August 10: NM Jewish Historical Society screening: HOMELAND: www.homelandthefilm.com

August 15: RIPPLE EFFECT: www.rippleeffectthemovie.com

August 18: Green Film Series

August 21: Indigenous Language Institute short film festival

Sept. 5: THE PRICE OF SUGAR: www.thepriceofsugar.com/index2.shtml

Sept. 12: KENNY: www.kennythemovie.com

Sept. 14: NM Jewish Historical Society screening

Sept. 15: Green Film Series

Sept. 19: BRUSH WITH LIFE: THE ART AND LIFE OF EDWARD BIBERMAN

Sept. 23: THE LIVES OF ANGELS: Julesworks/SFFF Benefit - Reception at 6:30 pm, post-film reception at Chuck Jones Gallery

Sept. 26: WHALEDREAMERS:  www.montereymedia.com

Oct. 2-5 : NM FILM EXPO

Oct. 6: Best of NM FILM EXPO

Oct. 12: NM Jewish Historical Society screening

Nov. 2: End of the DISCOVERING BUDDHISM Series (Parts 11, 12 & 13): www.fpmt.org/education/dbdescription.asp

Nov. 9: NM Jewish Historical Society screening

Nov. 17: Green Film Series

DECEMBER 3- 7:  9^TH ANNUAL SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL

Dec. 8: BALLET RUSES with Filmmakers in attendance

Dec. 9 – 11: Jay Craven’s Trilogy with Filmmakers in attendance

Dec. 14: Yoga Celebration sponsored by Nadine Stafford with Ali MacGraw

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Visit the Santa Fe Film Festival Web site at www.santafefilmfestival.com, powered by Desert Elements, or call (505) 988-7414 to find out about other upcoming movies, workshops and special programs in the weeks and months ahead. Except where otherwise noted, admission prices are $8 for the general public, $7 for seniors and full-time students, and $6 for festival/Film Center members. Annual membership dues start as low as $35. Drop by the Film Center to join and lend your support.  We are available for rentals and partnership, for information contact: Stephen Rubin at 505 310 9997.  The Ninth Annual Santa Fe Film Festival will take place Wednesday, December 3 – Sunday December 7.  Submissions open in April.