nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
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58<br />
At the border between Israel and the Palestinian<br />
territories, the Israeli government is building a<br />
separation wall that snakes through several Palestinian<br />
villages. Budrus, population 1,500, stands to lose 300<br />
acres and 3,000 of the olive trees that are crucial to the<br />
town’s survival. But husband and father Ayed—whose<br />
activistic behavior has landed him in prison before—is<br />
determined to act. “We don’t have time for wars,” Ayed<br />
says. “We want to raise our families.” Indeed, entire<br />
families become involved in the nonviolent protest,<br />
with Ayed’s own teenage daughter standing with other<br />
women and young people literally at the front of the<br />
marches. Award-winning documentarian Julia Bacha<br />
This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack<br />
Abramoff—from his early years as a spirited member<br />
of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as<br />
a disgraced, imprisoned pariah—confirms the adage<br />
that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of<br />
international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies,<br />
Chinese sweatshops, and a mob-style killing in Miami.<br />
This is the story of the way money corrupts our political<br />
process. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi<br />
to the Darkside, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,<br />
Client 9 and Freakonomics, also playing in this Festival)<br />
once again wields the tools of his trade with the skill of<br />
a master. Following the ongoing indictments of federal<br />
officials and exposing favor trading in our nation’s<br />
Budrus<br />
Audience Award San Francisco International <strong>Film</strong> Sponsored by:<br />
Festival, Special Jury Mention Tribeca <strong>Film</strong> Festival,<br />
Audience Award Second Prize Berlinale Panorama<br />
Section.<br />
FrI Nov 12 <strong>10</strong>:<strong>10</strong> AM-11:40 AM Erik & Hiba Stancofski<br />
sAT Nov 13 1:50 PM-3:15 PM Law Office of Edward Gill In Memory<br />
of Lori Phillips<br />
has produced an inspirational film. Her raw, handheld video captures<br />
the chaos at the front lines as the Israeli soldiers’ nightsticks start<br />
flying and their rubber bullets give way to real ones. Soon rival parties<br />
Fatah (a major Palestinian political party), Hamas (an Islamic religious<br />
organization), Western activists, and even groups of Israelis unite<br />
behind the people of Budrus, revealing a glimpse of the power of<br />
ordinary people to fight peacefully for extraordinary changes in one of<br />
the most war-torn parts of the world.<br />
[dir. Julia bacha, 20<strong>10</strong>, occupied palestinian territories/israel, video,<br />
82 mins. in arabic, Hebrew and English with English subtitles]<br />
Website: www.budrusthemovie.com<br />
casino JacK and the<br />
united states oF Money<br />
Thurs Nov 11 7:00 PM-9:20 PM<br />
capital, Gibney illuminates the way our politicians’ desperate need to<br />
get elected—and the millions of dollars it costs—may be undermining<br />
the basic principles of American democracy. Infuriating, yet undeniably<br />
fun to watch, Casino Jack and the United States of Money is a saga of<br />
greed and corruption with a cynical villain audiences will love to hate.<br />
<strong>Rehoboth</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> plays a role in the film with Abramoff using the city<br />
to establish a fake corporation in which to filter money. A few scenes<br />
of <strong>Rehoboth</strong> are used and some of the interviews were conducted here<br />
as well.<br />
[dir. alex gibney, 20<strong>10</strong>, uS, 35mm, 118 mins]<br />
Website: www.magpictures.com<br />
Sponsored by:<br />
FrI Nov 12 6:30 PM-8:50 PM Midge Smith & Carl Wisler<br />
[Q&A with Producer]