Mill Valley Film Festival - Valley of the Docs

50 Watt Fuse

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:09:11 -0500

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50 Watt Fuse presents the musical life of quintessential sideman, musicologist and guitarist G.E. Smith, front man for Saturday Night Live's house band for 10 years and guitarist for Hall & Oates, Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger, among others.

PRECEDED BY: Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business

Discussion and mini-set by G.E. Smith and Simon Kirke follows the October 6 screening. G.E. Smith & Friends perform a live concert at 142 Throckmorton Theatre on October 7. Click here for more details.

Between the Lines: India's Third Gender

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:07:10 -0500

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Thomas Wartmann's Between the Lines: India's Third Gender explores the complexities of gender and identity in this intimate and provocative portrait of the Hijra, India's eunuch subculture.

Black Gold

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:46:15 -0500

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For Ethiopian coffee farmers a delicious cup of Joe represents the corrupt side of the global economy. Black Gold exposes the political, economic and cultural consequences of the worldwide coffee business.

Breast Cancer Diaries

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:22:14 -0500

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With grace, grit and humor, TV journalist and full-time mom Ann Murray Paige documents her own journey with stage 2 breast cancer. Through nine months of medical treatment, this luminous Everywoman goes through hell and keeps going, fighting to maintain a sense of herself as a woman, mother, wife and professional.

PRECEDED BY: Toxic Bust: Chemicals and Breast Cancer

Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:16:05 -0500

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Narrated by Debra Winger, Lilly Rivlin's passionate documentary focuses on Israeli and Palestinian women who insist on dialogue, inspiring hope that women may lead the way to peaceful coexistence in the Middle East.

PRECEDED BY: Voices of Patriots: Why Are We In Iraq?

China Blue

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:11:57 -0500

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This potent documentary gets inside a Chinese sweatshop, revealing the lives of the mostly teenage girls who make the West's blue jeans. A humanized portrait, not a polemic, about this intersection of Chinese society and international commerce.

Cinematographer Style

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:28:53 -0500

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More than 100 of the world's most gifted cinematographers, including László Kovács, Vittorio Storaro, Haskell Wexler and Gordon Willis, illuminate their magical artform through candid interviews and insider revelations in this dream doc for film fanatics.

Deliver Us from Evil

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:17:57 -0500

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A chilling portrait of moral deception and innocence lost from filmmaker Amy Berg centers on one of the most unsettling documentary protagonists in memory – the twinkle-eyed local parish priest with the treacherous heart of gold.

Emile Norman: By His Own Design

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:13:57 -0500

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A wonderfully warm portrait of a renowned and respected gay American artist in his 80s who transforms dirt, wood, rock and cement into works as beautiful and quirky as his own trademark purple beret.

PRECEDED BY: Phoenix Dance

Georgi and the Butterflies

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:10:16 -0500

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Dr. Georgi Lulchev's indefatigable entrepreneurial scheming has kept his home for psychologically challenged men afloat in the turbulent waters of post-Cold War capitalism in Bulgaria.

PRECEDED BY: Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott

God Grew Tired of Us

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:26:43 -0500

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Three young Sudanese men journey from a Kenyan refugee camp to the US, where they must master a new culture while coming to terms with the violence and the families they left behind.

Have You Heard from Johannesburg?

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:41:21 -0500

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Academy-Award–nominated filmmaker Connie Field (Freedom on My Mind) traces the turbulent rise of the 1980s anti-apartheid movement in this tightly constructed and enlightening documentary.

Klunkerz

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 21:19:51 -0500

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Originating in MVFF's backyard–Mt. Tam, to be exact–as an outgrowth of Bay Area counterculture, the global phenomenon of mountain biking is celebrated in this fast-moving documentary that honors the sport's gonzo riders.

PRECEDED BY: Russian Hill Roulette

Observer

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:29:59 -0500

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Badrul, a young Malaysian man, embarks on an extraordinary journey away from his regular pursuits (like making a skateboarding video) and trains to be an election observer in Afghanistan.

One Winter Story

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:10:02 -0500

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Surfer Sarah Gerhardt gained celebrity status as the first woman to conquer Northern California's legendary Maverick's. Her dramatic personal journey, from poverty and despair to accomplishment and peace, takes center stage in this beautifully layered and artful film.

PRECEDED BY: Talking to My Mom