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About Reservations |
All screenings will occur on the third Thursday of each month at 7pm. Reservations will be taken for a particular month's screening only after the 1st of that month. Tickets are free UNLESS the screening is a Berkeley FILM Foundation (BFF) grant winner, in which case a $10 ticket price will be charged to directly benefit the BFF, a grant program established to nurture and grow the independent filmmaking community and to attract the next generation of filmmakers.
Contact |
| Address | Zaentz Media Center 2600 Tenth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 |
| Phone | T 510 486 2286 |
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The 2009 Berkeley Film Screening Movies
Promises - MARCH 19 - Sold Out
| Directors | Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg and Carlos Bolado. | |
| Description | Promises is a 2001 documentary film that examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspectives of seven children living in the Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Israeli neighborhoods of Jerusalem. The film follows Israeli-American filmmaker B.Z. Goldberg as he meets with seven Palestinian and Israeli children between the ages of nine and thirteen, seeing the Middle East conflict through their eyes. | |
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Ripe for Change - APRIL 16 - Sold Out
| Director | Emiko Omori | |
| Description | Through the "window" of food and agriculture, Ripe for Change reveals two parallel yet contrasting views of our world. One holds that large-scale agriculture, genetic engineering, and technology promise a hunger-less future. The other calls for a more organic, sustainable, and locally focused style of farming that reclaims the aesthetic and nurturing qualities of food and considers the impact of agriculture on the environment, on communities, and on workers. | |
| More Info | http://www.californiadreamseries.org/rfc.htm |
Children of the Amazon - MAY 21 - Sold Out
| Director | Denise Zmekhol. | |
| Description | Journey with Brazilian filmmaker Denise Zmekhol to the heart of the Amazon rain forest, in search of the indigenous children she photographed 15 years ago. |
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| More Info | http://www.childrenoftheamazon.com/ |
Archeology of Memory -JUNE 18 - Sold Out
| Director | Marilyn Mulford. | |
| Description | The film follows Bay Area Chilean exile musician Quique Cruz, from the Bay Area to Chile and back, as he creates his master work, a multimedia art piece to heal his wounds inflicted by state sponsored torture of the Pinochet regime. |
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THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN and
HUNTING TIGERS -
JULY 16, 2009 at 7pm (56 minutes total for both)
| Director | Steven Okazaki. | |
| Description | Oscar-nominated, The Conscience of Nhem En explores conscience and complicity in the story of a young soldier responsible for taking the ID photos of thousands of innocent people before they were tortured and killed by the Khmer Rouge. Hunting Tigers is an off-beat and entertaining look at Tokyo in the eighties, at the height of Japan's economic and cultural explosion. Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki will lead a Q&A after the screenings. |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on July 1st 2009 SOLD OUT To get on waiting list, please click on reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com |
Little Manila: Filipinos in California’s Heartland and
Sikhs in America -
AUGUST 20, 2009 at 7pm
| Director | Marissa Aroy and Niall McKay |
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| Description | Little Manila: Filipinos in California’s Heartland - The documentary aired nationwide in 2008 as part of PBS’ Asian Pacific American Heritage Month highlights the vibrant history of Filipinos in Stockton and is part of the Viewfinder Series. “Sikhs in America - A look inside the Sikh community, its religious traditions, home life, working life, and provides a rare view of unique traditions such as arranged marriage and dating. Filmmakers Marissa Aroy and Niall McKay will lead a Q&A after the screenings. |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on August 1st 2009 reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com More info: http://www.mediafactory.tv |
“Have You Heard From Johannesburg? - September 17th 2009 7pm
| Director | Connie Field. | |
| Description | This fourth of six stories traces the complex and fascinating story of the anti-apartheid movement in one of South Africa's most important superpower allies, the United States. Director: Connie Field. |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on September 1st 2009 reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com |
Daughter from Danang -
OCTOBER 15, 2009 at 7pm
| Director | Gail Dolgin | |
| Description | A heartbreaking documentary that upsets your expectations of happily-ever-afters, Daughter from Danang is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war. To all outward appearances, Heidi is the proverbial “all-American girl”, hailing from small town Pulaski, Tenn. But her birth name was Mai Thi Hiep |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on October 1st 2009 reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com |
OROZCO - NOV. 19, 2009 at 7pm (SOLD OUT)
| Director | Rick Tejada-Flores. | |
| Description | In OROZCO: Man of Fire, Directors Laurie Coyle and Rick Tejada-Flores create a visually arresting and whimsical documentary portrait of Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949), whose dramatic life, iconoclastic personality and dynamic painting changed the way we see art and politics. |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on November 1st 2009 reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com |
Thirst - December 17th 2009 (SOLD OUT)
| Directors | Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman | |
| Description | Thirst investigates eight recent high-profile controversies over the corporate takeover of water in the United States and illuminates how and why ordinary people are fighting back both here and abroad. |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on December 1st 2009 reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com |
Blossoms of Fire - January 21st 2010 at 7pm
| Director | Maureen Gosling | |
| Description | Blossoms of Fire is a dazzling, whirling dance of a film that celebrates the extraordinary lives of the Isthmus Zapotecs of southern Oaxaca, Mexico. |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on January 1st 2010 reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com |
Strong Love - March 18th, 2010 at 7pm
| Director | Bonnie Burt | |
| Description | Strong Love is the story of world-class weight lifter Jon Shapiro and his childhood sweetheart Holly James, both of whom were born with Down syndrome. |
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| More Info | Reservations for this film begin on March 1st 2010 reservations@berkeleyfilmscreening.com |