V –0 08 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
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“In this life you’re gonna have obstacles. The thing about<br />
it is, don’t let those obstacles determine where you go.”<br />
Thus begins the extraordinary and inspiring story of Pearl<br />
Fryar, a self-taught topiary artist (the barbering of trees<br />
and shrubbery into figurative art), whose unlikely journey to<br />
national prominence began with a bigoted remark - “Black<br />
people don’t keep up their yards” - and ended in a celebration<br />
of how one person can share the full expression of humanity<br />
with the world. Fryar proved the doubters wrong the way<br />
Michelangelo proved he could paint a ceiling, by fashioning<br />
an extraordinary garden that has been featured in dozens<br />
of magazines, newspapers and television programs. Pearl’s<br />
topiary garden steers much-needed tourist dollars into the<br />
area, the poorest county in South Carolina. But the impact<br />
What is it like to have God-like surgical powers, yet to<br />
struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try and<br />
save a life, and yet to fail? Shot in a ukrainian hospital full<br />
of desperate patients and makeshift equipment, The English<br />
Surgeon is an intimate portrait of brain surgeon Henry Marsh<br />
as he wrestles with the dilemmas of the doctor-patient<br />
relationship. “It’s like selling your soul to the devil, but what<br />
can you do? My son had a brain tumor as a baby and I was<br />
desperate for someone to help me. I simply can’t walk away<br />
from that need in others.” Henry’s own emotional journey to<br />
visit the mother of a young girl he tried to save years ago is<br />
a man named pearl<br />
Heartland <strong>Film</strong> Festival Audience Choice Award<br />
THuRS NOV 6 6:25 PM-7:50 PM<br />
SPONSORED BY: SPONSORED BY JANE AND KEN CASAzzA<br />
FRI NOV 7 8:30 PM-9:55 PM<br />
SPONSORED BY: LAW OFFICES OF EDWARD GILL IN MEMORY OF LORI PHILLIPS<br />
SAT NOV 8 2:15 PM-3:45 PM<br />
that Pearl and his art have had on his community is not just<br />
economic. As Rev. Jerome McCray says of the garden: “It’s<br />
the one place in all of South Carolina that people can go, both<br />
black and white, and feel love.” Meticulously etched into the<br />
ground in huge, flower-filled letters are three words: LOVE,<br />
PEACE & GOODWILL. These are the guiding principles by<br />
which Pearl lives his life and how he’s been “keeping up his<br />
yard” for nearly thirty years.<br />
[Dirs. Scott Galloway and Brent Pierson, US, 2007, 35mm,<br />
78 mins.]<br />
Website: www.amannamedpearl.com<br />
the englIsh<br />
surgeon<br />
Best <strong>Film</strong> World Competition, SilverDocs <strong>Film</strong> Festival<br />
THuRS NOV 6 4:50 PM-6:30 PM<br />
SAT NOV 8 8:45 PM-10:20 PM<br />
intercut with the story of a poor young man called Marian.<br />
He is dying of a brain tumor said to be inoperable in ukraine,<br />
but has come to Kiev hoping that Henry can save him. Henry<br />
believes he can, but only if Marian is awake throughout the<br />
entire operation. With an original soundtrack by Nick Cave<br />
and Warren Ellis, The English Surgeon openly confronts moral<br />
and ethical issues which touch every one of us.<br />
[Dir. Geoffrey Smith, Uk, video, 93 mins.]<br />
Website: www.theenglishsurgeon.com<br />
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