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v(ision)fest
world cinema
world cinema
valley of the docs
Dig-It-All! TOTAL PROGRAM 81 MINS
Monday, October 8 7:00 pm DIG08T 142 Throckmorton
Saturday, October 13 12:00 pm DIG13T 142 Throckmorton
Eleven wondrous shorts represent this year’s finest experimental work. Stacey Steers’ Phantom Canyon (US 10
mins) is a surrealistic collage based on Muybridge’s work. Rachel Mayeri’s Primate Cinema: Baboons as Friends
(US 6 mins) crafts a parable of behavior among the “naked apes.” Marina Shoupe’s Bounce (US 6 mins) explores
the altered textures of aging. Tamara Taddeo’s haunting Cold Rust (Canada 11 mins) is a daughter’s letter to her
absent father. Singular perspectives of Bay Area bicyclists are featured in Sinisa Kukik’s Pump (US 5 mins). Set in
the lower Ninth Ward, Ben Mor’s Help Is Coming (US 8 mins) “unmasks” despair in New Orleans. In Alex Potts’
Anthem (US 10 mins), patterns of moving lightbeams create beautiful washes of color. In Vanessa Woods’ 5 Cents
a Peek (US 7 mins) a woman searches for identity in strange places. Stephanie Maxwell’s animation melds with
Michaela Eremiasova’s music in Runa’s Spell (US 4 mins). Tiffany Doesken-Polos’ M (US 4 mins) is a sensuous
study of the body in space. And Naveen Singh’s 27,000 Days (US 10 mins) is a powerful memoir scripted at the
end of a life. —Karen Davis
Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le papillon) FRANce 2007 112 MINS
Saturday, October 13 5:00 pm DIV13S Sequoia
Sunday, October 14 2:00 pm DIV14S Sequoia
Director Julian Schnabel Producers Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik. Screenwriter Ronald Harwood Cinematographer Janusz
Kaminski Editor Juliette Welfing Cast Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais
Print Source Miramax Films
In English and French with English subtitles • Diving Bell and the Butterfly is the remarkable true story of Jean-
Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), a successful and charismatic editor-in-chief of French Elle, who believes he
is living his life to its absolute fullest when a sudden stroke leaves him in a life-altered state. While the physical
challenges of Bauby’s fate leave him with little hope for the future, he begins to discover how his life’s passions, his
rich memories and his newfound imagination can help him achieve a life without boundaries. The film brings together
the incredible creative talents of director Julian Schnabel (Basquiat; Before Night Falls) and screenwriter Ronald
Harwood, whose beautiful screenplay is based on Bauby’s bestselling book. Spielberg regular Janusz Kaminski’s
cinematography is superb, as is the cast. Through moments both internal and external, and encounters full of both
ordinary and extraordinary intimacy, this is a testament to the power of the human spirit. —Lily Buchanan
• • •Sponsored by the Katz Family Foundation
Djanta bURKINA FASO 2007 106 MINS
Thursday, October 11 6:00 pm DJAN11S Sequoia
Saturday, October 13 12:00 pm DJAN13R Rafael
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Tahirou Tasséré Ouédraogo Cinematographers Sékou Ouédraogo, Jean Yves Nana Editor
Véronique Holley Cast Sandra Soubeiga, Maimouna Kouaté, Blandine Yaméogo Print Source Label Video
In French with English subtitles • Djanta is doing well at university: She is smart and conscientious, has a talent for
writing and has a boyfriend. At the behest of the pastor who has raised her since childhood, she returns to visit her
family in their rural village. Their traditional ways of life and the strict patriarchy they live under are a striking contrast
to the familiarity of city life. And Djanta is stunned to find that her father expects her to marry a polygamous older
man to whom she was betrothed as a baby. The resulting conflict causes huge rifts in the family and community, as
Djanta’s mother and little sister side with her against her father and attempts are made to force Djanta to submit to
the destiny chosen for her. Director Tahirou Tasséré Ouédraogo’s exploration of the traditional/contemporary divide
is movingly rendered, and while tragedy hovers, the possibility of change lights the way forward. North American
Premiere —Zoë Elton
• • • Presented in association with the Museum of the African Diaspora
• • •Sponsored by Joie de Vivre Hospitality
Doubletime US 2007 82 MINS
Saturday, October 6 12:30 pm DOUB06T 142 Throckmorton
Monday, October 8 5:15 pm DOUB08R Rafael
Director/Cinematographer Stephanie Johnes Producers Stephanie Johnes, Alexandra Johnes, Andrea Meditch Editors Michael
Culyba, Paul Frost, M. Wantanbe Milmore Print Source Cactus Three
Skipping rope has busted out of the grade-school playground and boxing gym in a big way. No more nursery rhymes;
we’ve got four, five, six jumpers and twirlers leaping, diving and throwing out martial arts moves as they weave in
and out of the ropes to a hip-hop beat. Doubletime follows two teams as they move toward the double Dutch
championship competition at Harlem’s Apollo Theatre. We get to know the members of both groups, a mostly white
team from North Carolina and a mostly black team from South Carolina, as they train and prepare for the big night,
and we witness the ways race and class play out in this emerging sport. The dedication and atheleticism of these
young people is inspiring, and if they seem at first a little intimidated by the international competition, there are some
surprises in store. —Peter Moore
• • •Sponsored by the Marin Independent Journal
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