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Aliens Among Us Screening at DocuweeksIFC Docuweeks
New York
August 7 - 13, 2009
Please check schedule below
IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue at West Third Street
Screening in DocuWeeks 2009.
ALIENS AMONG US
Directed by Martina Radwan
25 min., USA
The war on terror has gone on for over seven years, yet all politics implemented have failed to produce significant results. John Ashcroft’s Justice Department designed a registration program for immigrants already in the US, based on their nationality, not on the targeted people’s actions. ALIENS AMONG US describes the lives of these people, who are targeted because they are “different” and therefore a potential danger. The drastic measures are supposed to protect us from them. But where do we draw the line?
12 NOTES DOWN
Directed by Andreas Koefoed
27 min., Denmark / Danske Filmskole
Fourteen-year-old Jorgis is a gifted choirboy. He has sung solos in concert halls all over the world and has touched millions of people on television. One day, his singing teacher tells him that his voice is starting to break and he has to stop singing soon. Jorgis knew it would happen at some point, but it still comes as a big shock. By losing his voice, he loses his ability to express himself and move people. He is forced to leave behind his identity as a boy singer and move towards a new life as a young man.
CROSSING MIDNIGHT
Directed by Kim A. Snyder
30 min., USA / BeCause Foundation
CROSSING MIDNIGHT tells the story of a remarkable community of refugees from Burma working against incredible odds to help their own. During the violent crackdown of the 1988 student uprising, Dr. Cynthia Maung and a group of fellow students fled to the border of Thailand. There, with virtually nothing in hand, they created the Mae Tao Clinic in a one-room barn. Today, in the midst of an unparalleled healthcare crisis, the clinic has grown into a community of over 500 healthcare workers, a school for refugee children and a dedicated group of cross-border backpack medics.
RABBIT À LA BERLIN
Directed by Bartek Konopka
40 min., Germany, Poland
This documentary is a fascinating history lesson told through the eyes of animals. The unknown story of the thousands of wild rabbits who lived in the Death Zone of the Berlin Wall. For 28 years, the strip of earth enclosed between the two walls was their safest of enclaves. Full of grass, no predators, guards to ensure that no one disturbed them. But sadly, one day, the wall fell… The rabbits’ fate serves as a guise for an allegorical tale of a totalitarian system.
Filmmakers in person Sat 8/8 at 5:15, Sun, 8/9 at 7:10, Tue 8/11 at 5:15, and Wed 8/12 at 7:10!
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Please visit <http://www.aliensamongus-thefilm.com/ to view the trailer.
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