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The Paper Will Be Blue (Hîrtia va fi Albastra) ROMANIA 2006 95 MINS
Tuesday, October 9 7:00 pm PAPE09S Sequoia
Sunday, October 14 2:00 pm PAPE14R Rafael
Director Radu Muntean Producers Dragos Potop, Dragos Vilcu Screenwriters Alexandru Baciu, Radu Muntean, Razvan
Radulescu Cinematographer Tudor Lucaciu Editor Alexandru Radu Cast Paul Ipate, Adi Caraleanu, Dragos Bacur, Tudor Aron
Istodor Print Source Romanian Cultural Institute
FOCUS: ROMANIA • In Romanian with English subtitles • Set during the final days of the Ceausescu regime,
Radu Muntean’s stunning docudrama transports viewers to the moment when revolution was in the air and riots
filled Romania’s streets. While militia forces try to keep various terrorist factions from seizing power after the leader’s
fall, a soldier (Paul Ipate) assigned to protect Bucharest’s suburbs decides to abandon his post and join the cause.
His unit attempts to track him down, with disastrous results. Like fellow countrymen Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr.
Lazarescu) and Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 East of Bucharest), director Muntean has a knack for lacing Eastern
European dourness with humanism and bone-dry humor. But it’s the film’s refusal to candy-coat a politically turbulent
moment that makes this you-were-there view of the country’s liberation something akin to a gutpunch. —David Fear
• • • Presented in association with the Romanian Cultural Institute New York
• • •Sponsored by Cinda Home Furnishings
Passion and Power: The Technology of Orgasm US 2007 74 MINS
Saturday, October 6 2:00 pm PASS06R Rafael
Saturday, October 13 2:15 pm PASS13T 142 Throckmorton
Directors/Producers/Screenwriters/Editors Wendy Slick, Emiko Omori Cinematographer Emiko Omori Print Source Wabi
Sabi Productions LLC
Well worth all the great buzz it’s generated, this intriguing film looks at the evolution of women’s sexual satisfaction
through one simple invention—the vibrator. The informative yet playful documentary expertly takes us through the
vibrator’s secret history, from its use by Victorian doctors to relieve women of “hysteria” to its resurgence during the
sexual revolution of the 1970s and on to its status today, when in some states laws still exist that restrict the number of
vibrators one may own. Interviews feature sexologist Betty Dobson, Ph.D.; pioneering feminist Dell Williams, founder
of the first sex-toy store exclusively for women; and Dr. Rachel Maines, a historian who, accidentally uncovering ads
for vibrators in early 20th century magazines while researching needlepoint patterns, set off on a historical journey
to uncover the truth about women’s pleasure, passion and power. —Nora Isaacs
• • • Presented in association with Bay Area Women in Film and Television
The People’s Advocate:
The Life & Times of Charles R. Garry US 2007 59 MINS - TOTAL PROGRAM 85 MINS
Saturday, October 6 4:45 pm PEOP06R Rafael
Monday, October 8 9:30 pm PEOP08S Sequoia
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Editor Hrag Yedalian Cinematographer Ara Soudjian Print Source Hrag Yedalian
Charles R. Garry was one of the great badass radicals of the ’60s. The San Francisco criminal defense attorney
changed the way American law was practiced when he won freedom for clients like Black Panthers Huey Newton
and Bobby Seale, and the antiwar activists dubbed the Oakland Seven, in the most highly charged political trials of
the day. This is a superb portrait of “the defender of the despised,” whose career came to a shattering end when his
client, the Reverend Jim Jones, enacted a mass suicide at Jonestown. World Premiere —Deanna Quinones
PRECEDED BY
Common Enemies Directors Nick Guroff, Tonantzin De Aztlan
US 2007 26 MINS In Arabic and English with English subtitles • The true story of a most uncanny alliance forged in the
’80s between American Indian, Chicano and Black activists and Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy.
• • • Presented in association with the San Francisco Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and the Bay Area Video Coalition
• • •Sponsored by In Ticketing
The Pixar Story US 2007 87 MINS
Saturday, October 6 7:00 pm PIXA06R Rafael
Sunday, October 7 6:30 pm PIXA07R Rafael
Director/Producer/Screenwriter Leslie Iwerks Cinematographer Suki Medenevic Editors Leslie Iwerks, Stephen Meyers
Print Source Leslie Iwerks
It’s the Story Behind the Stories: In the mid 1980s, three men united together to follow a dream; Ed Catmull, John
Lasseter and Steve Jobs pushed beyond the boundaries of what was known in the world of art and science to form
Pixar Animation Studios. In 1995, their Academy Award–winning computer-animated film, Toy Story, launched an
entirely new animation industry, and the seven films that have followed have entertained millions of people worldwide.
Yet over the last 20 years, Pixar’s dramatic rise has often been one of struggle, belief and sheer commitment, as the
group forged their way in an unknown medium. The result has been a serendipitous blend of art, science, business
acumen and extraordinary vision and talent. Through never before seen archival footage, candid interviews and
visually stunning art and animation, Oscar-nominated director Leslie Iwerks takes us inside the fascinating and
unique world of Pixar.
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