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SPECIAL EVENTS
Daring Doccies Documentary Film Festival
Venue: Labia Theatre, 68 Orange St, Gardens. Tel:
(021) 424 5927.
Time: -
Price: R30
Performances: 29 Jul - 5 Aug 2010
Genre: Film Festival
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The inaugural festival by Flamedrop Productions opens on 29
July at The Labia Theatre.
Various brave and determined filmmakers pull no punches as
they tackle subjects that affect us all and the planet we share.
These highly acclaimed and award-winning movies include:
Mugabe and the White African (debut SA theatrical run)
Screened daily from 29 July - 5 Aug
Michael Campbell is one of the few hundred white farmers
left in Zimbabwe since President Robert Mugabe began his violent 'Land
Reform' program in 2000. Since then the country has descended into chaos.
The filmmakers took their freedom and lives in their hands as they
documented Campbell's fight against the government.
(Lawyer Jeremy Gauntlett who assisting with the making of
the movie will handle a Q&A at the opening screening on 29 July. If Ben
Freeth, another main contributor to the making of the documentary can get
here from Harare, he will also be present, otherwise phone interviews can
be arranged).
Vicktory to the Underdog (SA Theatrical Premiere)
30 Jul @ 6:15pm / 4 Aug @ 8:30pm
Award-winning rebel tattoo artist Brandon Bond and his
colleagues took it upon themselves to rescue & rehab some of the over 70
pit bulls used in the illegal dog fighting ring facilitated by convicted
football star Michael Vick. Standing up for underdogs in all walks of
life, this movie proves the classic cliché of not judging a book by its
cover, be it human beings or dogs. Also features Danny Trejo, Michael
Berryman, Pixie Acia and Donal Logue.
Gas Hole (SA Theatrical Premiere)
31 Jul @ 6:15pm / 3 Aug @ 6:15pm / 5 Aug @ 8:30pm
A new documentary about the history of Oil prices and the
future of alternative fuels. The film, narrated by Peter Gallagher,
features interviews with a wide range of viewpoints from US Department of
Energy Officials, Congressional leaders, Alternative Fuel Producers,
Alternative Fuel Consumers (such as actor Joshua Jackson), Professors of
Economics & Psychology and more... Why are alternative fuels and more
efficient engines not being implemented more widely, and who stands to
gain...?
I.O.U.S.A. (SA Theatrical Premiere)
31 Jul @ 8:30pm / 2 Aug @ 6:15pm
What affects the US economy, affects the world. Throughout history,
the American government has found it nearly impossible to spend only what
has been raised through taxes. Wielding candid interviews with both
average American taxpayers and government officials, Sundance veteran
Patrick Creadon (Wordplay) helps demystify the nation's financial
practices and policies. Be afraid...
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Zeitgeist - The Movie 31 Jul @ 4pm
and
Zeitgeist - Addendum 1 Aug @ 4pm
'Zeitgeist - The Movie' and 'Zeitgeist - Addendum' were
created to communicate highly important social understandings which most
of the world's population are generally not aware of.
The first film focuses on suppressed historical & modern
information about currently dominant social institutions, while also
exploring what could be in store for humanity if the power structures at
large continue their patterns of self-interest, corruption, and
consolidation.
The second film, Zeitgeist: Addendum, attempts to locate the
root causes of this pervasive social corruption, while offering a
solution. This solution is not based on politics, morality, laws, or any
other "establishment" notions of human affairs, but rather on a modern,
non-superstitious based understanding of what we are and how we align with
nature, to which we are a part. The work advocates a new social system
which is updated to present day knowledge, highly influenced by the life
long work of Jacque Fresco and The Venus Project.
The Threat - La Minaccia (SA Theatrical Premiere)
1 Aug @ 6:15pm / 2 Aug @ 8:30pm / 4 Aug @ 6:15pm
“Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution are the greatest
threat since the time of the Soviet Union and communism” > Doctrine for
Asymmetric War Against Venezuela, U.S. Army, 2006.
This is the starting point for a journey across the country,
which gave rise to the “red wave” in Latin America. Does Venezuela
represent the dream of a new socialist society or is it just another
distortion of populism and dictatorship?
Until the Light Takes Us
1 Aug @ 8:30pm / 3 Aug @ 8:30pm / 5 Aug @ 6:15pm
This doccie tells the story of the controversial Black Metal
music genre which was born in Norway and expanding across Europe (and the
globe) during the 1990s, as a fiercely anti-religious barrage with a sonic
overload. With highly publicized media cases of murder, suicide and church
burnings associated with many of the bands, this evolution of the Heavy
Metal genre made society sit up and take note once again, but not
necessarily for the right reasons
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