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Ancestor Ritual (8 min)
Erika Simon
West African Shaman Malidoma Somé, whose name means "make friends
with the stranger," leads a group of European Americans and African Americans
in a sacred ancestor ritual near Maggie Valley, North Carolina.
Terri and Eric (10 min)
Catherine O’Connor
The story of a couple’s thirteen-year fight with cancer and the strength
and love that has gotten them through it. Inspirational and life affirming.
Seizing the Sound (14 min)
Karen Cirillo
Good music, no commercials, fun people: what is college radio? The folks at
WXDU-Durham muse on what makes their student/community-run Duke University station
so special.
The Kids Are All Right (22 min)
While queer youth in the Triangle live in the most liberal area of North Carolina
at a time of increasing acceptance, they still face bigotry and intolerance.
Local teens share their stories about friends, families, partners, and what
it’s like growing up in a world that constantly challenges their identities.
The Kids Are All Right is an entirely youth-directed and youth-produced project,
assembled over a six-month period with the help of students from area high schools
and funded through local community groups.
Armour of God (13 min)
Brett Ingram and Jim Haverkamp
Portrait of North Carolina improvisational noise sculptor and Christian performance
artist Scotty Irving.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2:45 P.M.
A Perfect Gentleman: Ernie Shore Video Project (5 min)
D. Wayne Shore and Simone Keith
He pitched three World Series victories in two years, called Babe Ruth his friend
and teammate (first for the Boston Red Sox and later when both were traded to
the Yankees), and on June 23, 1917, pitched a perfect game. Andy Griffith may
have based his sheriff character on this Yadkin County native; Shore held the
elected position of Forsyth County Sheriff from 1936 until he retired in 1970.
The Winston-Salem minor league stadium is named after Shore, who died in 1980.
Spinning Wheel (12 min)
Elizabeth M. Iams
Women, weaving, and rural development in Thailand.
Fiesta Postcard (12 min)
Joyce Ventimiglia
A personal look at the St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester, Massachusetts
– an annual celebration of the fishing industry, Catholicism, and family
ties.
Jam Cake (10 min)
Vivian Bowman Edwards
The story of a simple woman who survived illness, poverty, and years of hardship
but endured to leave a legacy of love and strong family ties, as told by her
granddaughter.
The Atom: The Aluminum Tree and Ornament Museum (14 min)
George Bailey and Caroline Scott
What happens when you cross the end of the modernist era with a trash heap find?
For Steven Paul Jackson the answer is to open an aluminum Christmas tree museum.
Every year in Brevard, North Carolina, Mr. Jackson opens his museum to celebrate
all the "tackiness and tawdriness" of this 1950s fad.
Theremin: Out of the Ether (5 min)
Brian E. F. Oakes
This film interprets the tragic incarceration of Russian scientist and musician
Leon Theremin.
Wheeled Deviance? (10 min)
Cary Youth Video Project
Ashley Panzera, Whitney Stevens, Sam Wellborn, and Rachel Allen
The history, misrepresentations, and rules surrounding skateboarding, along
with the people, places, and stores supporting it.
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DOC SCREENING: PRIOR TO TOBACCO MONEY FEEDS MY FAMILY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 7 P.M.
Sam
McMillan: The Dot Man (15 min)
Mary M. Dalton
Watch self-taught artist Sam McMillan at work and play in his Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, gallery and his home.
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2:15 P.M.
The Lion’s
Tale: A Documentary of the Black Experience at Duke University (16 min)
Cheraine Stanford
This film depicts the reality of being black on Duke’s campus. Decades
after desegregation, black students are trying to find their place in Duke culture
without losing their culture.
Sophie’s Promise (6 min)
Edie Cohn
A film that bears witness to the softest of voices – the barely audible
sounds of a severely disabled child born in the 21st century, a time of high
technology and genetic engineering. But what transcends is the fierce love of
family members who have fully accepted their child’s condition and who
daily reaffirm their commitment to care for her.
More than a Haircut (10 min)
Vanessa Jones
A film about how some hairstylists view their jobs: It’s about hair as
an art form and the positive changes that haircuts can cause.
Interview #2 (3 min)
Phoebe Brush
A short interview with friend Fernando, completed for the CDS class Visual Storytelling.
Interview with Carl (excerpt, 10 min)
Margaret Jemison
An intimate interview with an eccentric theater director who grew up gay in
a small, south Alabama town in the 1950s and 1960s.
A Fleeting Moment (excerpt, 10 min)
Judy Chen
A young Asian American woman tells the story of her mother’s struggle with
advanced-stage breast cancer and how it affected their family. This is attorney
Judy Chen’s first documentary.
Northbounding (excerpt, 10 min)
Wilson Weldon III
In the spring of 2001, Wil Weldon began his first thru-hike of the Appalachian
Trail, with DV camera in hand. He finished in Maine six months later. This is
his telling of that journey.