nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

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Lurking beneath every frame of Lucy Bailey and Andrew
Thompson’s riveting documentary is a palpable sense
of fear, something many in President Robert Mugabe’s
Zimbabwe feel on a daily basis, especially the film’s
protagonist Mike Campbell and his family. As white
farmers forced to deal with the consequences of
Mugabe’s pernicious “land reform” pronouncement
(made in 2000), an edict that saw many farmers abandon
their farms due to intimidation and physical violence,
Campbell and his clan decide to fight, an astonishing act
“There are no monogamists in heaven,” proclaims
Warren Jeffs, the notorious (and now incarcerated)
leader and “prophet” of the Fundamentalist Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For decades, the
church’s followers have practiced polygamy, believing
dozens of young wives and scores of children bring them
closer to God, but as Jeffs’ cultish influence over the
community grows, they soon find themselves sacrificing
their freedom of thought. But what was life like in the
sheltered world the Jeffs created? What does it mean
if you leave? For a group of teenage boys, the desire
for autonomy means banishment from their homes
and families. Directors Tyler Measom and Jennilyn
MuGaBe and
the White aFrican
Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Sponsored by:
Awards, Shortlisted by Academy of Motion Pictures
for Best Documentary, Winner Silverdocs 2009 Grand
Jury Prize, Winner hamptons International Film
Festival Special Jury Prize
Thurs Nov 11 4:00 PM-5:40 PM Barefoot Wines
sAT Nov 13 10:00 AM-11:40 AM
suN Nov 14 10:30 AM-12:10 PM
of bravery knowing full well the threats they face. The only documentary
feature that has come out of Zimbabwe in recent years––and much of
the footage shot covertly–Mugabe and the White African is perhaps our
only real glimpse of what it’s like to live inside Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.
[dirs. lucy bailey and andrew thompson, 2009, nambia/united
Kingdom, video, 94 mins. in English and Shona with English subtitles]
Website: http://firstrunfeatures.com/mugabeandthewhiteafrican.html
sons oF Perdition
FrI Nov 12 6:40 PM-8:15 PM
sAT Nov 13 5:40 PM-7:15 PM
Merten spent more than two years documenting their struggles—from
enrolling in school, getting jobs, and meeting girls to helping other
family members break free. Measom and Merten fascinatingly follow
the lives of these three exiles and the challenges of being on their
own in mainstream America. But at the same time, they seamlessly
interweave the former lives that they are running away from, creating
a picture that is both inspiring and heartbreaking. Measom and Merten
have a made a gripping story of new beginnings and hope that most of
us could never imagine.
[dirs. tyler measom and Jennilyn merten, 2010, uS, video, 89 mins]
Website: www.sonsofperditionthemovie.com