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July 25 - 31, 2008
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Wild Horse
Tuesday Cinema Series, Sedona Film Festival, 

Harkins Sedona

Cost:  $10 per person; $8 for Film Sedona Members
4pm and 7pm

Best of the Fest Series

Wild Horse Redemption

July 29 ..... 4:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Film Fest presents “The Wild Horse Redemption” in Best of Fest
Academy Award-winning director John Zaritsky
Link to Festival Website

Arizona premiere of the award-winning documentary feature “The Wild Horse Redemption” There will be two screenings of the film at at Harkins Sedona Six Theatres.

The film’s writer/director, Academy Award-winner John Zaritsky, will be in Sedona to host the movie and present a Q&A discussion following the screenings. Zaritsky has won more than 30 awards for his documentary films, including the 1982 Oscar for Best Documentary feature for “Just Another Missing Kid.” “The Wild Horse Redemption” was an audience and critical sensation at the Toronto International Film Festival where it made its world premiere. It has since gone on to garner numerous awards at festivals around the world.

At a prison in the high desert foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, hardened criminals are taught the training methods of ‘horse whisperers’ to tame and saddle-train wild mustang horses taken from the herd that roams government lands. Failure means one more defeat for the inmate; success could save both lives.

The Wild Horse Inmate Program (WHIP) is a unique form of rehabilitation in a system not known for its humanity. The inmates who volunteer for the program are in for armed robbery, assault, drug offences and theft. Most have never ridden a horse before, let alone trained a wild one.

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Flicker Shack Reruns

Mondays at 6:30pm,No Charge,Sedona Library, White Bear Road

ALL FILMS ARE SHOWN WITH SUBTITLES
(IF AVAILABLE) REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE

Monday 07/28/2008

Moonstruck

Comedy/Romantic Comedy Delightful story with Cher, Olympia Dukakis, Nicolas Cage.This slice-of-life comedy about the Italian-American denizens of a Brooklyn neighborhood, still holds up excellently. Cher's a widow who falls in love with a one-handed, misfit baker. With great performances all around, Moonstruck is bellisima!
Comments by Forrest: A shamelessly exuberant affair in which love touches the young, the hurt and the middle-aged. Explores the different shades of love in humanistic and hilarious ways Simply stated, it is difficult not to be swept up by this charming picture Very good warm comedy for just about any audience.




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The Party's Over Future Studios Cinema
30 Hozoni Drive, Sedona; www.futurestudios.org
$5 (free on your birthday with valid ID), discussion following.
Friday, July 25th - The Party's Over
This 2003 documentary follows actor Philip Seymour Hoffman taking an inside look at the 2000 Democratic and Republican conventions for Al Gore and George W. Bush, respectively. The chronicle also includes segments covering "radical political movements" around the country and features interviews with a broad spectrum of famous personalities - from actors Robert Downey Jr., Tim Robbins, and Susan Sarandon to political activists Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky, and Michael Moore, to musicians Ben Harper, Stone Temple Pilots, and Eddie Veder, and many more. A sobering look at our nation's political process as we approach the 2008 elections.
90 min.; Recommended ages 12 & up. Discussion held after film. www.filmmovement.com
 

  Heart Love Notes:
 


HeartEveryone loved "A Man Named Pearl" at the film festival. And some of us are going to buy the DVD when it comes out because they are packaging it with the soundtrack of amazing original jazz.

HeartIt's time for the 50/50 challenge for the Sedona Film Festival. Look at how much enjoyment we get from having this treasure of culture in this little town. Now is the time to give because your donation will go twice as far! Please click here for how you can be an important part of keeping the film festival as amazing an achievement as it is.

HeartAuditions for Verde Valley Theater 2008-2009 season (except Passport to Broadway) August 4th and 5th from 6:30 - 9:30 pm at The Clark Memorial Clubhouse located at 19 N. 9th St. in Clarkdale, AZ. www.verdevalleytheater.com They will be producing God's Favorite by Neil Simon, Women in Black by Stephen Malatrat, and Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling.

HeartArt Films and Coffee. Just heard that Zelo Cosi, the italian coffee house at Hillside, is showing films on artists on Monday nites. At 6pm.

Heart Acting Classes. We have two inspiring teachers teaching at Yavapai College on the Sedona Campus. Robert Bays and Sagan Lewis.

I just took a class from Robert Bays at Canyon Moon Theater and loved it. So entertaining just being in the class, too. Bob is an excellent teacher of acting for the theater. He was very successful as an actor in NYC, before he went on to be an inspiring speaker along side Tony Robbins for many years. He is a treasure and I highly recommend taking his acting class, or his Shakespeare Class!!!!

Sagan Lewis teaches the very popular Acting for Film class. She was a television and stage star before moving to Sedona and teaching at ZGI. Call Yavapai 928-649-4266 for more information and to register.

I hear that Canyon Moon may offer classes again in the fall, too.


Upcoming films

Coming up at Sedona Film Festival Showings!

For the next 3 weeks, every Tuesday will be a screening of "Best of the Fest" selections.... winners of Film Festivals around the country.

Considering Democracy

Tuesday, August 5th

Considering Democracy: 8 Things to Ask Your Representative

While the U.S. is the most flaunted democracy in the world, how do we compare with, and what does the rest of the world think of U.S. foreign and domestic policy? Americans are continually told through their media that freedom and democracy are being given to people abroad, but is it true? This documentary takes a look.

Ever since Alexis DeTocqueville traveled across the U.S. in the early 1800s to chronicle democracy in America our great experiment in governance has been a source of wonder and envy among citizens of other nations. The pragmatism, optimism and hope that is so much a part of our national character was forged through the assimilation of multiple cultures and nurtured through our westward expansion.  DeTocqueville caught the crest of that wave of expansion and through, his book Democracy in America, stimulated decades of intellectual discourse on the meaning of democracy to nations around the world.

Keya Lea Horiuchi, in a more modern rendition of this experiment, turns the perspective on its head. In her 2008 film Considering Democracy: 8 Things to Ask Your Representative, she reverses the perspective.  To accomplish this she traveled the world for 5 months video-documenting a sampling of man- or woman-on-the-street impressions of America; thereby looking in from the outside.  In the course of making this film she traveled to Australia, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Indonesia, India, Japan, Nepal and Thailand. What is so stimulating about her treatment of the material is her grouping of these impressions into thematic elements.

Through her line of questioning she covers such disparate topics as healthcare, foreign policy, foreign aid, media, campaign finance, lobbying and legislation, and working hours for labor.  The material is edited into crisp and sometimes disarming arrays of widely disparate views.  Importantly, she points out some of the current trends in a manner that helps the viewer reflect on these patterns, and their own role or place within that framework.   

She then uses these themes and the compiled data to formulate questions viewers can pose to their own U.S. Congressional representatives.  By doing this she artfully moves the subject matter from a strictly entertainment or educational arena into a framework for dialogue and action. The web of topics that she covers provides ample interest to citizens of many different persuasions for getting involved and making their voice heard and their vote count. 

Horiuchi will be in Sedona to conduct a Q&A discussion following both screenings. Once a schoolteacher previously working on the Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico and Montrose, CO, Horiuchi got caught up in documentary films. Her first film, “Red Tibet, Free Tibet,” went on to critical and audience acclaim in film festivals all across the U.S. and Canada. She is having the same good fortune with “Considering Democracy” which is on a multi-city tour leading up to the November elections.

The title sponsor for the event is Sedona.biz, owned by Carl Jackson. The lodging host is Los Abrigados Resort & Spa. The series is also made possible by a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Sedona.

The film will be shown at Harkins Sedona Six Theatres on Tuesday, Aug. 5 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10, or $8 for Film Sedona members, and will be available starting at 3:00 p.m. in the Harkins lobby. Cash or checks only. Seats are limited. Film Sedona members can purchase tickets in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office, 1785 W. Hwy. 89A, Suite 2B, or by calling 282-1177.

CLICK HERE TO SEE CLIPS FROM THE FILM




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Coming up at Future Studios Cinema
30 Hozoni Drive, Sedona; www.futurestudios.org; 928-282-9139$5
(free on your birthday with valid ID), discussion following

Doors Open 7:00 p.m. Shows Begin 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 3 & Sunday, August 17 -
Edgar Cayce: The Beautiful Dreamer
 
By popular demand, Future Studios Cinema continues showing Edgar Cayce: The Beautiful dreamer. This award-winning 2005 documentary has recently been re-released with an added 30 minutes of footage. Edgar Cayce (1877 - 1945), a simple Christian family man, was the most phenomenal psychic of the 20th century. Cayce was dubbed "the Sleeping Prophet" and "the Father of Holistic Medicine" because he was able to bring forth incredible information from a deep, self-induced trance. His extraordinary trances also gave in-depth information and guidance on human's relationship to God, past lives, the laws of cause and effect, the idea and ideals of an Atlantis, and the history and future of humankind and the universe. Winner, "Most Thought-provoking Documentary" Sedona International Film Festival, 2005
Free bottle of Edgar Cayce's Aura Glow Skin Oil for film-goers!
Recommended all ages www.edgarcayce.org

Coming up at the Flickershack Reruns

Stay posted....

 

Coming Up at DORR Second Saturday Films

SATURDAY,  AUGUST 9 6:00 PM KSB (Keep Sedona Beautiful) BUILDING 360 BREWER ROAD - SEDONA

PRESIDENT

A Political Junkie's Fix  {or}  Aristocracy is On The March

An examination of Presidential politics in the early 21st century, taking a hard, yet comically charged, look at the current condition of American democracy. Has the power of the individual vote been lost through the possibility of vast mechanical fraud? Is paper-trail/voting-integrity legislation a must?  What steps can ensure the power of the average American’s vote?  Who is John Edwards’ dentist? These questions are asked in the middle of a rip roarin’ comedy with tons of animation and raw video from the wild, new frontier of home produced media.

"I am outraged by this film. It's filled with lies, innuendo, and cheap lighting."

Christopher Hitchens - Vanity Fair

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Lively discussion will follow. Open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Please bring a friend.

You are invited to bring your own drinks and a snack to share. Please carpool if possible.

Free Admission

Email < info@democratsoftheredrocks.org > for more information.

SECOND-SATURDAY  of  EACH MONTH

 

HeartWhat else is playing at the Harkins' Sedona, etc. that's well reviewed (tho' not an indie film)
as well as at the Camelview in Scottsdale? Click here

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Continued from Wild Horse Redemption Film Festival

“These mustangs, you pressure them too much and they can’t handle it. They are either going to be trying to jump out of the pen or they are going to turn and try and fight, trying to save their life,” says staff trainer Guy McEnulty. “People to me are a lot the same way as the horse. If you get them excited they can’t think very good and a lot of the times make the wrong decisions.”

Can a wild creature be rehabilitated and socialized for safe interaction with humans? Can two wild creatures – prisoner and mustang – help each other to a better life? “The Wild Horse Redemption”follows the men and mustangs of the Wild Horse Inmate Program through one training cycle. Staff member McEnulty guides experienced inmate trainers as they try to teach new trainees how to break horses fresh from the range. Some won’t make it.

“Almost all of them are scared starting out but as they work with the horse, they develop a communication that helps get rid of some of that fear. There are a few guys that never get over that fear. They are just not cut out to be a horse trainer,” adds McEnulty.

With spectacular footage and raw emotion, “The Wild Horse Redemption”is about man and nature in one of the rare instances where the balance between the two seems to be working out just about right.

“Throughout my career I have tried to raise awareness and change public attitudes about many issues – always using personal stories to illustrate a bigger theme. For many years I’ve been fascinated by stories of redemption and the idea that most people are never beyond reaching – if the right intervention takes place at the right time,” said the Canadian filmmaker Zaritsky.

“When the story of the Wild Horse Inmate Program came to my attention, I felt I had found the right personal story with which to illustrate the bigger issue. The more I learned about this story, the more I became convinced this was a unique opportunity to create a film that can change hearts and minds, while also reaching a very large audience. This was a very exciting prospect for me as a filmmaker.”

“Those of us in the well-off countries of the Western world should see that – given a chance – the most unlikely people can achieve rehabilitation, and find a way forward,” added Zaritsky. “If ‘The Wild Horse Redemption’helps change some minds, I will have done my job.”

The title sponsor for the event is the Desert Canyon Treatment Center in Sedona. The lodging host is Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa. The series is also made possible by a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Sedona.
The film will be shown at Harkins Sedona Six Theatres on Tuesday, July 29 at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10, or $8 for Film Sedona members, and will be available starting at 3:00 p.m. in the Harkins lobby. Cash or checks only. Seats are limited. Film Sedona members can purchase tickets in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office, 1785 W. Hwy. 89A, Suite 2B, or by calling 282-1177. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.com.

Sidebar information (if needed):
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
JOHN ZARITSKY has won more than 30 awards for his documentary films. Some of his major honours include an Academy Award® in 1982 for his documentary Just Another Missing Kid, a Cable Ace Award in 1987 for Rapists: Can They be Stopped?, a Golden Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for My Husband is Going to Kill Me, a Robert F. Kennedy Foundation Award for Born in Africa, and an Alfred Dupont Award from Columbia University’s School of Journalism in 1994 for Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo. His films have won prizes at the New York Film Festival, the American Film Festival, Banff Television Festival, Houston International Film Festival, Columbus Ohio Film Festival and the John Muir Medical Film Festival. Three films − Broken Promises, Born in Africa and Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo − were nominated for Emmy Awards. In addition, Zaritsky has won seven Geminis, Canada’s national television award, including the 2005 award for Best Director in a Documentary Series for College Days, College Nights. In 1995-96, he was artist-in-residence at the graduate school of journalism, University of California at Berkeley. Prior to entering the film business, Zaritsky worked as a newspaper reporter for seven years. In 1970, he received a Ford Foundation Fellowship to study at the Washington Journalism Center for six months. In 1972, he won a National Newspaper Award for his investigative reporting at Canada’s Globe and Mail.


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