Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival

86 FILMS A – Z [H] The 37th Cleveland International Film Festival
IT’S EASY BEING GREEN
LOCAL HEROES
GREG GUND MEMORIAL
STANDING UP FILM COMPETITION
WOMEN OF THE WORLD
Heart of Sky, Heart of Earth
Directed by Eric Black, Frauke Sandig
GERMANY 2011
98 minutes
Monday, April 8 Tuesday, April 9
8:25 PM I Code SKYE08 2:05 PM I Code SKYE09
From the Mayan creation story the Popol Vuh, we know that
“Heart of Sky” is the world’s maker, part of the Mayan cosmovision
of oneness with nature. This exquisitely beautiful film
introduces us to present-day Mayans, from the highlands of
Chiapas to the Lacandon Jungle, who are convinced that
humans have forgotten how to live in balance. Keen observers
of the modern interplay of economics and nature, they are
distraught by the change of weather and the destruction of the
earth. We meet a peaceful people—mistreated for centuries—
who protest the Guatemalan authorities’ razing of a holy mountain
to mine for gold (the miners’ use of cyanide is causing
skin rashes and poisoning the water). The Popol Vuh tells
about wooden men with no souls who once ruled but became
so selfish that they were destroyed. HEART OF SKY, HEART
OF EARTH is a lyrical call for us to heed the wisdom of the
ancients before it’s too late. (In Spanish and Maya with
subtitles) —B.B.
Producers~Eric Black, Frauke Sandig Cinematography~Eric Black Editing~
Frauke Sandig, Grete Jentzen
Print Source~Umbrella Films / umbrellafilms@sandig.com / www.heart-of-sky.com
About the Directors~Eric Black was born in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated with a
triple-major in Photography, Political Economy, and Anthropology with Honors from
the University of California. Frauke Sandig was born in Germany. After studying
Drama and German Literature in Erlangen, she worked as a television producer and
documentary director. Collaborative Filmography~“After the Fall” (1999), “Frozen
Angels” (2005), HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH (2011)
Here One Day
Directed by Kathy Leichter
USA 2012
76 minutes
Wednesday, April 10 Thursday, April 11
12:05 PM I Code HERE10 8:45 PM I Code HERE11
There’s an empty chair in the sunlight, surrounded by shadows.
Filmmaker Kathy Leichter will never stop missing the
light and dark presence of her gifted mother Nina, who took
her life by jumping out of a window in the family’s New York
apartment. Nina, who suffered from bipolar disorder, accomplished
beautiful things in her lifetime: she was an educational
leader, an artist, a loving mother to two bright children, and
the helpmate to her husband Franz, a State Senator whose
own mother, an Austrian feminist, was murdered by the Nazis.
Sixteen years after Nina’s death, Kathy begins to gently free
herself from her mother’s grip by fashioning HERE ONE DAY,
an emotionally raw yet delicate tribute. Nina has passed many
things on to Kathy, including her physical appearance and her
poetic soul. In a mosaic of home footage, family interviews,
and contemplative nature images, Kathy captures her anguish
at losing her mother to mental illness, even as she finds a
measure of solace in reconstructed memories. —B.B.
Producer~Kathy Leichter Cinematography~Kirsten Johnson Editing~
Pola Rapaport Featuring~Kathy Leichter, Franz Leichter, Josh Leichter,
Sally Rosenbaum, Billy Sternberg, Nina Leichter
Print Source~Two Suns Media / kathy@twosunsmedia.com / www.hereoneday.com
About the Director~Kathy Leichter is a documentary film and TV producer and
director, fundraising and outreach consultant, media activist, and the founder of
Two Suns Media. Filmography~HERE ONE DAY (2012)
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