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MVFF T u r n i n g 3 0
valley of the docs
valley of the docs
world cinema
children’s filmfest
Mr. Dial Has Something to Say US 2007 56 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 79 MINS
Saturday, October 6 5:15 pm MRD06T 142 Throckmorton
Wednesday, October 10 6:00 pm MRD10R Rafael
Director/Producer Celia Carey Cinematographer Christopher Holmes Editors Jared Shull, Chris Tomberlin Print Source
APT
This enlightening documentary makes its case regarding the way one of America’s most prolific and talented living
artists has been overlooked. Told through the unlikely relationship between Bill Arnett, a white man obsessively
searching the South for undiscovered African-American art, and Thornton Dial, a self-taught Southern black artist
who crafts breathtakingly complex assemblages, the film chronicles Dial’s attempts to enter the art world and his
subsequent wild ride from nowhere to success and back. With a stellar soundtrack and beautifully shot images, this
provocative, lyrical film reveals a troubling underside of the museum and gallery world. —Carrie Lozano
PRECEDED BY
Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide Director Ben Wu
US 2006 23 MINS A beautifully crafted portrait of the artists at work at San Francisco’s acclaimed Creativity Explored
workshop for the developmentally disabled—and amply gifted—community.
• • • Presented in association with the Berkeley Art Center and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
My Enemy’s Enemy FRANce/UK 2006 87 MINS
Monday, October 8 4:30 pm MYEN08S Sequoia
Friday, October 12 4:45 pm MYEN12R Rafael
Director/Screenwriter Kevin Macdonald Producers Rita Dagher, Kevin Macdonald Cinematographer Jean-Luc Perreard
Editor Nicolas Chaudeurge Print Source The Weinstein Company
In French with English subtitles • Haunting yet sharply relevant today, this alarming documentary by director Kevin
Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, MVFF 2006) does much more than dust off history when it looks at the
twisted life of infamous Nazi Klaus Barbie, “the butcher of Lyon.” Through chilling footage of events and interviews,
Barbie emerges as focal point for a scary reality: Rightist ideologues, particularly American ones that once battled
Hitler, can be perfectly comfortable colluding with former enemies. Never mind justice. In Barbie’s case, the ruthless
torturer eluded authorities, tried to create a Fourth Reich in Latin America and survived a noted trial in France for
his Nazi criminal deeds. And, not incidentally, he worked for the CIA. Macdonald calls his film “alternate history.”
Produced by Rita Dagher (Fahrenheit 9/11), My Enemy’s Enemy is a much-needed historical study of hypocrisy
magnified, a vision hard to shake off. US Premiere —Peter Stack
• • •Sponsored by KQED
The Orphanage (El Orfanato) SPAIN 2007 105 MINS
Friday, October 5 9:00 pm ORPH05S Sequoia
Friday, October 12 10:00 pm ORPH12R Rafael
Director Juan Antonio Bayona Producers Mar Targarona, Joaquin Padro, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo del Toro Screenwriter Sergio
G. Sanchez. Cinematographer Oscar Faura Editor Elena Ruiz Cast Belen Rueda, Fernando Cayo, Roger Princep, Montserrat
Carulla, Andres Gertrudix, Edgar Vivar, Geraldine Chaplin. Print Source Picturehouse
In Spanish with English subtitles • Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) as producer presents Juan Antonio Bayona’s
stunning feature directorial debut, a spine-tingling tale with extraordinary emotional depth about a haunted locale
and its frightening effects on the relationship between a mother and son. After 30 years away, Laura (Belen Rueda,
The Sea Inside) returns with her husband, Carlos, and their young son, Simón, to the orphanage where she grew
up on the coast of Spain. They plan to reopen it, but Simón’s imaginary friends soon begin leaving deadly clues to
Laura’s haunted past, and Laura suspects an outside presence may be looming in the dark depths of the orphanage,
and may threaten her son’s safety. It’s up to Laura to find the answers as she navigates the orphanage’s eerie
pathways and murky cellar. Not only a masterful ghost story, The Orphanage is also a heartfelt portrait of the strength
needed to overcome loss. —Josh Moore
• • •Sponsored by SF Weekly
Outer and Inner Spaces TOTAL PROGRAM 78 MINS
Thursday, October 11 4:00 pm OUTE11R Rafael
Friday, October 12 4:30 pm OUTE12R Rafael
In various languages with English subtitles • For the slightly older kid crowd this stunning collection features: David
and Steven go crazy in the minimalist Black and White: Ladies Shoes (Jon Izen, Canada 1 min); a little bit of blarney
with The Boy Who Had No Story (Aidan Hickey, Ireland 13 mins): wacky imagination in Portable Living Room
(Ransom Riggs, US 3 mins); a little girl with a big problem in Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot (David Chai, US 7 mins);
Brazilian break-dancing with Mare Capoeira (Paola Barrero LeBlanc, Brazil 15 mins); an imaginative Shipwrecked
(Devon Bolton, Canada 10mins); more David and Steven getting crazy in Black and White: Movie Magic (John Izen,
Canada, 1 min); the all-important book in Charlie and Lola: But That Is My Book (Kitty Taylor, UK 12 mins), and a
magic book in Magic Cellar: Where Stories Came From (Firdaus Kharas, Zimbabwe 12 mins); and the doubting
teacher in A Great Big Robot Stole My Homework (Mark Shira, Canada 2 mins). Ages 8+ —John Morrison
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