2013 Program and Ticket Information
OPENING NIGHT MOVIE:
Friday, Sept. 20th 2013 6:30 p.m. @ Marks Hall auditorium on the campus of Chowan University in Murfreesboro
Admission: $3.00 for students, $5.00 for adults
Meet and Greet with the filmmakers at Kings Coffee at Kings Landing following the screening.
Days after stepping off the train, 14-year old Emmett Till from Chicago goes missing in Money, Mississippi. Later, the boy's mutilated body is found in a river. William Bradford Huie of Look magazine interviews the people of Money to get at the root of what happened. The two men acquitted for the boy's murder, Roy Bryant Jr. and J.W. Milam, agree to sit down to discuss the trial. Not a word had been uttered outside a courtroom by them or their kin, until now...
In an acting tour de force, one man performs 36 roles in the telling of the Emmett Till tragedy. Experience the story, trial, and unbelievable confessions of those accused of Emmett's murder in this riveting drama.
Deirdre Haj, Executive Director Full Frame Film Festival Durham, NC, writes:
"Mike Wiley’s ability to transform himself into many characters carries this film much farther than the usual acting triumph of multiple characters does, because by portraying an entire cast, black, white, female or male, he addresses the heinous nature of hate. His work reminds us in every frame that we are all of one humanity. His uncanny ability to transform himself allows us to experience this piece of history in all its horror. This is a seminal piece of American history all the more important for its disregard of justice or human life. By keeping the cast to one man playing many roles, we cannot ignore that we are all connected; Dar He invokes Anton Chekov’s words for the readers of his plays: to say to us “You live badly, my friends.”
Watch the trailer
Please join filmmakers Mike Wiley, Rob Underhill, Hannah Chapman, and Aravind Ragupathi who will be in attendance.
Admission: $3.00 for students, $5.00 for adults
Meet and Greet with the filmmakers at Kings Coffee at Kings Landing following the screening.
Days after stepping off the train, 14-year old Emmett Till from Chicago goes missing in Money, Mississippi. Later, the boy's mutilated body is found in a river. William Bradford Huie of Look magazine interviews the people of Money to get at the root of what happened. The two men acquitted for the boy's murder, Roy Bryant Jr. and J.W. Milam, agree to sit down to discuss the trial. Not a word had been uttered outside a courtroom by them or their kin, until now...
In an acting tour de force, one man performs 36 roles in the telling of the Emmett Till tragedy. Experience the story, trial, and unbelievable confessions of those accused of Emmett's murder in this riveting drama.
Deirdre Haj, Executive Director Full Frame Film Festival Durham, NC, writes:
"Mike Wiley’s ability to transform himself into many characters carries this film much farther than the usual acting triumph of multiple characters does, because by portraying an entire cast, black, white, female or male, he addresses the heinous nature of hate. His work reminds us in every frame that we are all of one humanity. His uncanny ability to transform himself allows us to experience this piece of history in all its horror. This is a seminal piece of American history all the more important for its disregard of justice or human life. By keeping the cast to one man playing many roles, we cannot ignore that we are all connected; Dar He invokes Anton Chekov’s words for the readers of his plays: to say to us “You live badly, my friends.”
Watch the trailer
Please join filmmakers Mike Wiley, Rob Underhill, Hannah Chapman, and Aravind Ragupathi who will be in attendance.
COMMUNITY DAY:
Saturday, Sept 21st 2013 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
@ C. S. Brown Cultural Arts Center, Winton
Admission: $3.00 for students, $5.00 for adults
@ C. S. Brown Cultural Arts Center, Winton
Admission: $3.00 for students, $5.00 for adults
10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Kids Block in Ms. Nicken's Classroom
presented by Kings Coffee at Kings Landing
Still image from Money Tree
Papas Tango, Netherlands, 15min, narrative
Dir.: Michiel van Jaarsveld
Hannah's parents are divorced, but by listening to her Argentinian father's Tango music, she can still dance with him.
Money Tree, Australia, 6min, animation
Dir.: Havanatu Bangura
A young boy wants to get rich by planting a stolen coin.
Mr. Braker, Netherlands, 15min, narrative
Dir.: Boris Paval Conen
11 year old Ramon suspects the survival camp counselor to be a werewolf.
Anouar and the Moon, NL, 25min, narr.
Dir.: Michiel van Jaarsveld
10 year old Iranian boy Anouar in order to comfort his little sister decides to catch the moon.
Dir.: Michiel van Jaarsveld
Hannah's parents are divorced, but by listening to her Argentinian father's Tango music, she can still dance with him.
Money Tree, Australia, 6min, animation
Dir.: Havanatu Bangura
A young boy wants to get rich by planting a stolen coin.
Mr. Braker, Netherlands, 15min, narrative
Dir.: Boris Paval Conen
11 year old Ramon suspects the survival camp counselor to be a werewolf.
Anouar and the Moon, NL, 25min, narr.
Dir.: Michiel van Jaarsveld
10 year old Iranian boy Anouar in order to comfort his little sister decides to catch the moon.
11:30 a.m. Documentary Corner in Ms. Nicken's classroom presented by Chowan Discovery Group
Still from William "Babe" Woolard
From Colored School to Rosenwald River Center, 10min
Dir.: Carol Shields/Kartal R. Peel
The journey to preserve and re-vitalize Hamilton Colored School
Vision of Alleghany: Back When, 30min
Dir.: E. Kelly St. Germain
Growing up in the rural NC mountains in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.
William "Babe" Woolard, 10min
Dir: Kartal R. Peel
a brief first person biography of WWII veteran William "Babe" Woolard.
Dir.: Carol Shields/Kartal R. Peel
The journey to preserve and re-vitalize Hamilton Colored School
Vision of Alleghany: Back When, 30min
Dir.: E. Kelly St. Germain
Growing up in the rural NC mountains in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.
William "Babe" Woolard, 10min
Dir: Kartal R. Peel
a brief first person biography of WWII veteran William "Babe" Woolard.
The Wedding Gown Project. One Day, One Dream, One Dress., 8min
Dir.: Donna Guthrie
A short film about the importance of the wedding gown for women of all ages.
Core. Sounders, 57min
Dir.: Neal Hutcheson
The residents of Eastern Carteret County, NC, have earned their living from the adjacent waters of Core Sound for three centuries, but the sustained seclusion that has protected their heritage is fast eroding.
Please join the filmmakers who will be in attendance!
Dir.: Donna Guthrie
A short film about the importance of the wedding gown for women of all ages.
Core. Sounders, 57min
Dir.: Neal Hutcheson
The residents of Eastern Carteret County, NC, have earned their living from the adjacent waters of Core Sound for three centuries, but the sustained seclusion that has protected their heritage is fast eroding.
Please join the filmmakers who will be in attendance!
10:30 a.m. Perspectives in the Boardroom
The Transfer, Hertford County, 25min, narrative
Dir.: Tommy Hurdle
A poignant story about the life and death struggles and reality faced by many of the young people and their families affected by HIV/AIDS. This funny and touching film allows access to a painful subject matter to important to ignore.
Une Vie Deportee, France, 25min, narrative
Dir.: Marie-Hèléne Roux
Julia, a young gay French woman is expelled from the US after living there for 15 years. Back in France she must face her fears and a painful relationship with her mother in a country where she no longer belongs.
Please join the filmmakers who will be in attendance.
Dir.: Tommy Hurdle
A poignant story about the life and death struggles and reality faced by many of the young people and their families affected by HIV/AIDS. This funny and touching film allows access to a painful subject matter to important to ignore.
Une Vie Deportee, France, 25min, narrative
Dir.: Marie-Hèléne Roux
Julia, a young gay French woman is expelled from the US after living there for 15 years. Back in France she must face her fears and a painful relationship with her mother in a country where she no longer belongs.
Please join the filmmakers who will be in attendance.
11:30 a.m. South Asian Double feature in the boardroom presented by Roanoke River Partners
JOSH - Against the Grain, Pakistan, 105min, narr.
Urdu/English with English subt. - click here for trailer
Dir.: Iram Parveen Bilal
Josh is about Fatima, a dedicated school teacher, who is living a high cosmopolitan life in Karachi until one day her life shatters when her nanny Nusrat-bhi inexplicably disappears. Fatima then takes on the challenge to seek the dangerous truth in Nusrat’s feudal village.
"Bilal is masterful in her depiction of three very different Pakistans- elite, feudal, lower middle class- and how they exist within the one greater Pakistan. Cinematographer, Nausheen Dadabhoy, perfectly captures this often conflicting co-existence through lavish interiors of Fatima's urban upper class mansion with its verdant driveway and winding staircases contrasting with the exteriors in Nusrat Bi's village such as the open air makeshift school with its small blackboard set against a bare sky. Bilal's script is tight and eschews preachiness and the film editor, Jochen Kunstler, has done an excellent job in keeping the suspense high and the pace brisk."
The Editor of the film will be in attendance.
Urdu/English with English subt. - click here for trailer
Dir.: Iram Parveen Bilal
Josh is about Fatima, a dedicated school teacher, who is living a high cosmopolitan life in Karachi until one day her life shatters when her nanny Nusrat-bhi inexplicably disappears. Fatima then takes on the challenge to seek the dangerous truth in Nusrat’s feudal village.
"Bilal is masterful in her depiction of three very different Pakistans- elite, feudal, lower middle class- and how they exist within the one greater Pakistan. Cinematographer, Nausheen Dadabhoy, perfectly captures this often conflicting co-existence through lavish interiors of Fatima's urban upper class mansion with its verdant driveway and winding staircases contrasting with the exteriors in Nusrat Bi's village such as the open air makeshift school with its small blackboard set against a bare sky. Bilal's script is tight and eschews preachiness and the film editor, Jochen Kunstler, has done an excellent job in keeping the suspense high and the pace brisk."
The Editor of the film will be in attendance.
TARA - The Journey of Love and Passion, India, 105 min, narr.
Hindi with English subtitles - click here for trailer
Dir: Kumar Raj
A few hundred kilometers away from the hustle and bustle of the fanatically fast paced Mumbai city lies the deceptively sleepy village of Tanda. A village girl Tara seems to be content with her confined life, very much in love with her liquor maker husband. But, when the beautiful protagonist's seemingly mundane existence parts ways to reveal the unspoken realities of exploitation and darkness enveloping the village, she leads the villagers in their quest for survival, only to realize that she is up against something she may not be prepared to fight against-prejudice.
The young woman who bravely stood up for the whole community finds herself cruelly alienated in her most vulnerable moment. Based on disturbingly common realities of Indian villages, this powerful story of self-discovery transcends the original theme of tribal strife to raise a universal question-can you always choose freedom & self-respect over social acceptance?
Somu Awatramani from the Kumar Raj Production USA office will be in attendance with his family.
Please join our filmmakers in attendance.
Hindi with English subtitles - click here for trailer
Dir: Kumar Raj
A few hundred kilometers away from the hustle and bustle of the fanatically fast paced Mumbai city lies the deceptively sleepy village of Tanda. A village girl Tara seems to be content with her confined life, very much in love with her liquor maker husband. But, when the beautiful protagonist's seemingly mundane existence parts ways to reveal the unspoken realities of exploitation and darkness enveloping the village, she leads the villagers in their quest for survival, only to realize that she is up against something she may not be prepared to fight against-prejudice.
The young woman who bravely stood up for the whole community finds herself cruelly alienated in her most vulnerable moment. Based on disturbingly common realities of Indian villages, this powerful story of self-discovery transcends the original theme of tribal strife to raise a universal question-can you always choose freedom & self-respect over social acceptance?
Somu Awatramani from the Kumar Raj Production USA office will be in attendance with his family.
Please join our filmmakers in attendance.
DINNER AND A MOVIE
Sunday, Sept. 22nd, 2:00 p.m.
@ C. S. Brown Cultural Arts Center, Winton
Admission: $10.00 (includes 2 movies and a homemade meal)
@ C. S. Brown Cultural Arts Center, Winton
Admission: $10.00 (includes 2 movies and a homemade meal)
Wake, NC, 21min, narrative
Dir.: Bree Newsome
Using a local folk magic called "root work", a repressed woman conjures a demon to aid her in creating the man of her dreams-- but soon finds herself in a waking nightmare.
Using a local folk magic called "root work", a repressed woman conjures a demon to aid her in creating the man of her dreams-- but soon finds herself in a waking nightmare.
Conjure: The Folklore of Dr. Jim Jordan, NC 42min, documentary
Dir.: Jochen Kunstler
Today only a small green sign marking an Intersection on highway 258 reminds us of the man who was called: "The Last Great Conjure Doctor of the Eastern Seabord".
Thanks to newspaper man F. Roy Johnson there is a record of his life beyond the few photos and artifacts that have survived since his death in 1962. The film, as was the play that set it into motion, is an effort to keep this incredible story of self determination in the time of Jim Crow alive.
Please join the filmmakers who will be in attendance.
Today only a small green sign marking an Intersection on highway 258 reminds us of the man who was called: "The Last Great Conjure Doctor of the Eastern Seabord".
Thanks to newspaper man F. Roy Johnson there is a record of his life beyond the few photos and artifacts that have survived since his death in 1962. The film, as was the play that set it into motion, is an effort to keep this incredible story of self determination in the time of Jim Crow alive.
Please join the filmmakers who will be in attendance.