nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

doCumenTaRIes
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At the border between Israel and the Palestinian
territories, the Israeli government is building a
separation wall that snakes through several Palestinian
villages. Budrus, population 1,500, stands to lose 300
acres and 3,000 of the olive trees that are crucial to the
town’s survival. But husband and father Ayed—whose
activistic behavior has landed him in prison before—is
determined to act. “We don’t have time for wars,” Ayed
says. “We want to raise our families.” Indeed, entire
families become involved in the nonviolent protest,
with Ayed’s own teenage daughter standing with other
women and young people literally at the front of the
marches. Award-winning documentarian Julia Bacha
This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack
Abramoff—from his early years as a spirited member
of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as
a disgraced, imprisoned pariah—confirms the adage
that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of
international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies,
Chinese sweatshops, and a mob-style killing in Miami.
This is the story of the way money corrupts our political
process. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi
to the Darkside, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,
Client 9 and Freakonomics, also playing in this Festival)
once again wields the tools of his trade with the skill of
a master. Following the ongoing indictments of federal
officials and exposing favor trading in our nation’s
Budrus
Audience Award San Francisco International Film Sponsored by:
Festival, Special Jury Mention Tribeca Film Festival,
Audience Award Second Prize Berlinale Panorama
Section.
FrI Nov 12 10:10 AM-11:40 AM Erik & Hiba Stancofski
sAT Nov 13 1:50 PM-3:15 PM Law Office of Edward Gill In Memory
of Lori Phillips
has produced an inspirational film. Her raw, handheld video captures
the chaos at the front lines as the Israeli soldiers’ nightsticks start
flying and their rubber bullets give way to real ones. Soon rival parties
Fatah (a major Palestinian political party), Hamas (an Islamic religious
organization), Western activists, and even groups of Israelis unite
behind the people of Budrus, revealing a glimpse of the power of
ordinary people to fight peacefully for extraordinary changes in one of
the most war-torn parts of the world.
[dir. Julia bacha, 2010, occupied palestinian territories/israel, video,
82 mins. in arabic, Hebrew and English with English subtitles]
Website: www.budrusthemovie.com
casino JacK and the
united states oF Money
Thurs Nov 11 7:00 PM-9:20 PM
capital, Gibney illuminates the way our politicians’ desperate need to
get elected—and the millions of dollars it costs—may be undermining
the basic principles of American democracy. Infuriating, yet undeniably
fun to watch, Casino Jack and the United States of Money is a saga of
greed and corruption with a cynical villain audiences will love to hate.
Rehoboth Beach plays a role in the film with Abramoff using the city
to establish a fake corporation in which to filter money. A few scenes
of Rehoboth are used and some of the interviews were conducted here
as well.
[dir. alex gibney, 2010, uS, 35mm, 118 mins]
Website: www.magpictures.com
Sponsored by:
FrI Nov 12 6:30 PM-8:50 PM Midge Smith & Carl Wisler
[Q&A with Producer]