The Blood of Yingzhou District
TUE MAY 22
| 7:30pm | The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies |
WED MAY 23
| 7:00pm | Toxic Trespass |
| 9:30pm | American Fugitive: The Truth about Hassan |
THU MAY 24
| 1:00pm | EMPz 4 Life |
| 5:00pm | Memes for Mothers |
| 7:00pm | Lost Worlds |
| 7:00pm | The Pinochet Case |
| 9:00pm | Saudi Solutions |
| 9:30pm | The General’s Daughter |
FRI MAY 25
| 3:00 pm | Projections Youth Screening |
| 4:30pm | Bledi, This is Our Home |
| 7:00pm | Iranian Kidney Bargain Sale |
| 7:00pm | Remains |
| 9:00pm | Before the End of the World Tour |
| 9:30pm | Castells |
SAT MAY 26
| 12:00pm | The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies |
| 2:00pm | Afterlife |
| 3:00pm | Thin Ice |
| 4:30pm | Stroke |
| 5:00pm | Música Inspiração |
| 7:00pm | 9 Star Hotel |
| 7:30pm | Quitters |
| 9:00pm | Trannies and Grannies |
| 9:30pm | Unbuckling My Bible Belt |
SUN MAY 27
| 12:00pm | The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies |
| 2:00pm | When the Camera Stops Rolling |
| 2:00pm | The Art of War |
| 4:00pm | Galil: A School With No Walls |
| 4:30pm | Reach Out and Touch Someone |
| 7:30pm | Beyond Memory |
Lost Worlds
Thu May 24 | 7:00 pm | VIFC
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These three films show children around the world struggling to survive in some of the bleakest of circumstances. Yet, through powerful photography and impassioned filmmaking, we see glimmers of hope and the potential for change.
The Clown Children / Klovnebarna
Director: Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, Norway, 2005, 6 minutes
A day in the life of two brothers who earn a living juggling oranges and turning cartwheels in the exhaust filled streets of Guatemala City.
Winner – 2nd Prize, 2006 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival; Special Mention, 2006 Berlin Interfilm Festival
Black and White: David Gillanders
Director: Zam Salim, United Kingdom, 2006, 29 minutes
David Gillanders is an internationally acclaimed photojournalist from Glasgow. Black and White follows him to the Ukraine where he photographs the hellish underground existence of the country’s street kids. With tireless devotion to his work and the children he meets, Gillanders draws the world’s attention to some of the most destitute youth on earth.
The Blood of Yingzhou District
Director: Ruby Yang, China/USA, 2006, 39 minutes
Mandarin with English subtitles
This groundbreaking documentary exposes the tragedy of impoverished Chinese citizens who contract AIDS as a result of unsafe medical practices when donating blood. In many of these cases, for a mere reward of 50 Yuan, parents end up passing the disease to their children. As the adults die they often leave their children shunned by family, friends and society to live as outcasts on the fringe. This Oscar winning film follows the voiceless toddler Gao Jun for a period of a year as he is moved from foster home to foster home until a kindly family of AIDS sufferers takes him in and shows him the true meaning of care and affection. Over time, we see the gradual transformation of Gao Jun from a lost and desolate child to a mischievous and playful toddler.
Winner – 2007 Academy Award, Best Documentary Short
Program length: 74 minutes
