SANTA ROSA FILM FESTIVAL - Santa Rosa International Film Festival

Summerfield Cinemas 3, 4:00 pm
DIR:
Michael
Henry
Wilson
PROD:
Carole J.
Wilson,
Michael
Henry
Wilson
ED: Rick
Blue, Terry
Kelley
MUS:
Thomas
Take
Wilson
FEATUR-
ING: Clint
Eastwood,
Desmond
Tutu, FW
de Klerk,
Zindzi
Mandela,
Francois
Pienaar,
The
Springboks
88
Minutes,
2010,
USA
ALSO PLAYING: Sunday,
Sept. 18, 3:30 pm
Summerfield Cinemas 3
Reconciliation:
Mandela’s Miracle
Cinema of Conscience
With Michael Henry Wilson, In Person
This moving documentary, directed by
Michael Henry Wilson, SRIFF Cinema of
Conscience Award winner, provides an insightful
look at Nelson Mandela the leader,
former President, Nobel Peace Prize winner
and “father of democracy” for post-apartheid
South Africa.
A series of interviews with those closest
to Mandela chronicle his anti-apartheid
beginning as the leader of Umkhonto we
Sizwe, a part of the African National Congress;
his 27 year imprisonment on Robben
Island; and his release and eventual election
as President in South Africa’s first fully
democratic election. Members of the 1995
Springboks, South Africa’s national rugby
team, look back on his support of the team
and their World Cup win that reunited the
country.
Loaded with archival footage, Reconciliation
not only informs, but provides a real
glimpse of the dark and dangerous reactions
to apartheid. Footage of Truth and
Reconciliation Commission hearings are
heart-breaking as loved ones of victims
share their stories. Footage of Clint Eastwood’s
2009 film Invictus, about Mandela
and the 1995 Springbok team presents a
modern-day interpretation of the democratic
rebuilding. Winner of the 2011 Cannes
Independent Film Festival, Reconciliation is
a clear standout in a sea of films about a
man who became the face of freedom and
democracy.
Monday, September 19 Monday, September 19
Third Street Cinema 1, 4:00 pm
PROD:
Mark Hall
ED: Sandra
Adair,
Catie Cacci
MUS:
Brian Satterwhite
CAST:
Casson
Trenor,
Mamoru
Sugiyama
75
Minutes,
2011,
USA
Sushi: The Global Catch
Food on Film
The Japanese pride themselves on their
perfectionism, so it’s no surprise that seven
years of apprenticeship are required for
certification as a sushi chef. Preparing sushi
is a meticulous process, beginning with
the catching of the tuna, which is given a
thorough quality inspection before it leaves
the warehouse for the marketplace. Perhaps
this is one reason why the popularity
of this cuisine has exploded worldwide. For
example, in Austin, Texas, a landlocked city,
sushi is sold at high school football games.!
However, the high demand for quality sushi
has worrisome ramifications. We are experiencing
such a steep worldwide decline in
the bluefin tuna population that Barbara
Block, a professor of marine studies at
Stanford University, is actively seeking endangered
status for the species.
Some chefs and restaurant customers are
also expressing worry. According to Michelin-starred
chef Mamoru Sugiyama, “We
will run out of tuna sooner than we will run
out of oil.” Meanwhile, Casson Trenor, an
environmental activist who is advancing
the cause of sustainable sushi maintains,
“People taking a paycheck from the oceans
must be responsible for their actions.” With
that in mind, some fishermen have taken to
farm-raising fish in an endeavor to ensure
both a plentiful supply and a quality product.
But will such an effort be successful, or
will exacting consumer demand irrevocably
destroy aquatic ecosystems?
Roxy 2, 5:00 pm
Cinema of Conscience Short
Program
Cinema of Conscience
Our series of films on social issues over the
last 25 years reflects changes in the world.
Directors James Breen, Nicole Kian-
Sadighi and Stephen Collins in person
Happy Birthday Michael Peck
DIR: James Breen
USA, 2011, 25 Minutes
While the nation celebrates Labor Day, an
unemployed autoworker named Michael
Peck celebrates his birthday by giving an
interview about his family’s experiences in
the auto industry. Through the interview, it
becomes obvious that this is a final chance
for Michael to be heard before he commits
a desperate act to protest how the auto industry
has treated its workers.
I Am Neda
DIR: Nicole Kian-Sadighi
21 Minutes, 2011, USA
A courageous young woman who has
become the face of the Iranian Green
Movement.
The Interview
DIR: Michelle Steffes
12 Minutes, 2010, USA
Next of Kin
DIR: Stephen Collins USA
A US Army corporal makes a tense official
visit to the estranged father of a woman
soldier just killed in Iraq. He learns that his
daughter felt closer to him than he knew.
Summerfield Cinemas 2, 5:00 pm
DIR: Tom
Ropelewski
PROD:
Tom
Ropelewski,
George
Paul
Csicsery
CAM: Skip
Sweeney
ED: Paul
Dixon,
Martina
Nagel, Piri
Miller
MUS:
Richard
Chon
CAST:
Daniel
Dixon,
Dorothea
Lange,
Maynard
Dixon
Child of Giants:
My Journey with Maynard Dixon
and Dorothea Lange
Arts in Film
Living in the shadow of extraordinary genius
can never be easy for a young child.
Now multiply that by two and you can only
being to imagine what growing up held
for Daniel Dixon, eldest son of legendary
photographer Dorothea Lange and gifted
painter Maynard Dixon.
Tom Ropelewski’s skillfully constructed
documentary, using archival materials and
interviews, examines the tight-rope balance
of the creative mind against the role of the
parent and how sometimes one can fall a
bit short. Spending long periods of time in
foster homes during the Depression with
no idea when a parent would return, Daniel
and his younger brothers had to come to
terms with their parents’ idiosyncrasies. The
film offers the chronicle of a disjoined childhood
full of art and beauty and the impact
that creative genius can have on the life of
a child.
54 55
Total
lRunning
Time:
77
Minutes
ALSO PLAYING: Saturday, Sept. 17, 4:00 pm
Summerfield Cinemas 2
97
Minutes,
2010,
USA