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Crisis & Opportunity
Monday, April 30, 10:00 am 
Total running time: 119 min.

“Crisis” literally translates in Chinese as “danger and opportunity.” Each film in this program of international documentary and narrative shorts explores the nature of this duality. Female wrestlers in Bolivia, an unorthodox substitute teacher in Italy and a mother struggling to save her dying son against the backdrop of war in Iraq exemplify the extraordinary people who contend with crisis and opportunity in these remarkable films.
Note: mild profanity, brief violence Suggested subject areas: English, History, Journalism, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Social Science Grades: 7–12 

Everything’s Cool
Friday, May 4, 12:45 pm

Directed by Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (USA 2006, 95 min.)
This tantalizing “toxic comedy” tracks a cadre of global warming messengers parrying across the widening chasm between scientific understanding and political action. As climate change goes mainstream, activists, scientists, journalists, politicians and pundits jostle for position on opposing sides of the hot—and overheating—issue.
Suggested subject areas: Environmental Studies, History, Journalism, Political Science, Science, Social Studies. Grades: 6–12

Mukhsin
Monday, April 30, 1:00 pm 
Directed by Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia 2006, 95 min.)
In Malay with English subtitles

A 12-year-old Malaysian boy’s friendship with a sharp-tongued, assertive little girl moves awkwardly and wistfully into first love in this gently comic prequel to Yasmin Ahmad’s Sepet(SFIFF 2005)and Gubra(SFIFF 2006)
Note: mild profanity Suggested subject areas: Asian Studies, Hearing Impaired, Peer Issues, Social Science, Women’s Studies Grades: 6–12

Murch
Tuesday, May 1, 1:00 pm 
Directed by Edie Ichioka and David Ichioka (England/USA 2006, 78 min.)

There are film editors, and then there’s Walter Murch. Widely considered the world’s greatest cutter for Apocalypse Now,The English Patientand many other masterworks, he’s a generous and erudite man, eager to share and explicate his passion for film in this revealing documentary.
Note: mild profanity, brief violence Suggested subject areas: Arts/Media, Film, Social Sciences Grades: 9–12

November 2004: The Ukrainian presidential election is a fraud. Hundreds of thousands of people brave freezing temperatures to pack the streets in protest. Set to infectious local music, this is their story, their determination, their victory.
Note: mild profanity Suggested subject areas: Eastern European Studies, History, Political Science Grades: 8–12 

The Reel Youth Revolution
Thursday, May 10, 1:00 pm 
Total running time: 80 min.

This revolution starts now, as new ideas make the journey from youthful hands clutching their first cameras to a climactic on-screen conclusion. The next generation is ready for a change, and has the vision and heart to transform society, culture and the world they live in. Find out what the future holds in this diverse collection of youth-made shorts.  Suggested subject areas: African American Studies, Arts/Media, English, Film, Health, Peer Issues, Social Science  
Grades: 6–12

The Silly Age
Thursday, May 3, 1:00 pm 
Directed by Pavel Giroud (Cuba/Spain/Venezuela 2006, 90 min.)
In Spanish with English subtitles

Ten-year-old Samuel crosses the “silly age” from childhood to adolescence in glamorous 1958 Havana just as Cuba itself must contend with the romantic possibilities and harsh realities of revolution. Note: mild profanity, brief sexual situation Suggested subject areas: Hearing Impaired, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Spanish Grades: 9–12

Singapore Dreaming
Thursday, May 3, 10:00 am 
Directed by Colin Goh and Yen Yen Woo (Singapore 2006, 105 min.)
In Mandarin and Singapore dialect with English subtitles

When a put-upon father wins the lottery, his daydreaming wife and children look forward to a change in fortune . . . but things don’t quite work out as planned in this delightful story of family ties, status anxiety and a rapidly changing metropolis.
Note: mild profanity Suggested subject areas: Asian Studies, Chinese, Economics, Political Science, Social Science Grades: 9–12

Sounds of Sand
Wednesday, May 2, 10:00 am 
Directed by Marion Hänsel (Belgium and France 2006, 96 min.)
In French with English subtitles

An East African family abandons its village, where the well has run dry, and journeys across the desert in search of water, encountering civil unrest and an inhospitable landscape in Marion Hänsel’s topical drama that testifies to the endurance of human hope under impossible circumstances.
Note: mild profanity, brief violence Suggested subject areas: African Studies, French, Political Science, Social Studies Grades: 7–12

Souvenirs
Monday, May 7, 1:00 pm 
Directed by Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat (Israel 2006, 75 min.)

An unemployed film director learns that his father may have left “souvenirs” with Dutch girls while he served in the legendary Jewish Brigade in World War II. This road movie follows the father’s earlier path and uncovers surprising truths and consequences.
Note: mild profanity Suggested subject areas: European Studies, Hearing Impaired, History, Journalism, Middle Eastern Studies, Social Science Grades: 8–12

Strange Culture
Tuesday, May 1, 10:00 am 
Directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson (USA 2006, 76 min.)

Tilda Swinton appears in Lynn Hershman Leeson’s unconventional documentary about Steve Kurtz, a conceptual artist falsely accused of bio-terrorism. The “strange culture” investigated here is one of art, dissent and the Justice Department’s refusal to admit error. Note: mild profanity
Suggested subject areas: Arts/Media, Civil Liberties, Political Science, Social Science    
Grades: 8–12

The Sugar Curtain
Tuesday, May 8, 1:00 pm 
Directed by Camila Guzmán Urzúa (France/Spain 2006, 82 min.)
In Spanish with English subtitles

An intimate portrait of the Cuban Revolution—its jubilant promise and sobering reality—as seen through the eyes of director Camila Guzmán Urzúa, raised within its midst during the ’70s and ’80s.
Suggested subject areas: Hearing Impaired, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science Grades: 7–12

The Third Monday in October
Monday, May 7, 10:00 am
Directed by Vanessa Roth (USA 2006, 91 min.)

Fall 2004. Bush and Kerry debate Iraq and the economy. But for 11 candidates running for middle school president, junk food and bathroom stalls are the issues of import. Election meets Spellbound in this engaging exposé of the Future Politicos of America.
Suggested subject areas: History, Peer Issues, Political Science, Social Studies Grades: 6–12

The Unforeseen
Friday, April 27, 1:00 pm 
Directed by Laura Dunn (USA 2007, 93 min.)

Developers, environmental activists and property owners collide in Laura Dunn’s documentary that examines the battle over the building of an upscale housing development near Barton Springs, a natural water wonder in Austin, Texas.
Suggested subject areas: Economics, Environmental Studies, Political Science, Social Science Grades: 7–12

Up, Up and Away
Friday, May 4, 10:00 am 
Wednesday, May 9, 10:00 am
Total running time: 72 min.

This diverse collection of short films from around the globe will carry away viewers young and old to far-flung destinations both real and imagined. No plane tickets or passports necessary.
Suggested subject areas: Arts/Media, English, Science, Social Studies Grades: 2–6

Vitus
Tuesday, May 8, 10:00 am 
Directed by Fredi M. Murer (Switzerland 2006, 120 min.)
In German with English subtitles

Boy genius and piano prodigy Vitus just wants to be a normal kid. He escapes the daily pressures his parents place on him by spending time with his loving, eccentric grandpa (veteran actor Bruno Ganz), who encourages him to find his own way with his exceptional gifts.
Note: mild profanity Suggested subject areas: Arts/Media, European Studies, German, Music, Peer Issues, Social Science Grades: 6–12