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ALGORITHMS Filmmakers in Person at the TC5 for Q&A’s

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In India, a group of boys dream of becoming chess grandmasters. But this is no ordinary chess and these are no ordinary players. ALGORITHMS is a documentary that transports us into the little known world of blind chess. Filmed over three years in different parts of India, ALGORITHMS follows three boys and an adult champion who not only aspires to bring global recognition to India’s blind chess players, but also wants to encourage all blind children to play chess.

ALGORITHMS director Ian McDonald and producer Geetha J will participate in Q&A’s at our Town Center 5 theater after the 7:10 screenings on Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18 and after the 1:40 show on Sunday the 19th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkDse3PJguU

 

EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL Director in Person at the Music Hall

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How does a 16-year-old honor student evolve into a bank robber? In EVOLUTION OF A CRIMINAL, filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe asks this very question about himself. After seeing his mother and stepfather struggle to make ends meet while living outside of Houston, Monroe decided to help them by robbing a bank with two friends. Executive produced by Spike Lee.

Monroe, director of this acclaimed new autobiographical documentary, will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:10 screenings at the Music Hall on Friday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 21.

http://www.vimeo.com/106990392

LIFE INSIDE OUT Q&A’s All Week at the Playhouse 7

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LIFE INSIDE OUT tells the story of Laura, the mother of three teenage boys, and her youngest son Shane, the family misfit and a disappointment to his father. When Laura stumbles upon her long forgotten guitar, she is taken under its spell and rediscovers her love for song writing.

LIFE INSIDE OUT lead actress/co-writer Maggie Baird, director Jill D’Agnenica, co-writer Lori collins and/or producer Tessa Bell will participate in Q&A’s after most screenings:

10/17: Collins for the 1:50 and 4:30 shows; Baird, D’Agnenica, Collins and Bell after the 7:10 screening; Baird, D’Agnenica and Bell after the 9:50 show;

10/18: D’Agnenica and Baird after the 1:50 screening; Baird, D’Agnenica and Bell after the 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50 shows;

10/19: Baird, D’Agnenica and Bell after the 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50 shows;

10/20: Baird after the 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50 screenings;

10/21: Bell after the 1:50, 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50 screenings;

10/22: Baird after the 4:30, 7:10 and 9:50 shows;

10/23: Baird after all screenings with Bell joining her for the first two and D’Agnenica for the 7:10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMka0aKN3s&feature=youtu.be
Director Jill D'Agnenica
Producer Tessa Bell
Co-writer Lori Collins
Lead Actress-co-writer Maggie Baird

THE DECENT ONE Q&A’s with Filmmaker Vanessa Lappa this Weekend at the Music Hall

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A recently discovered cache of hundreds of personal letters, diaries, and photographs belonging to Nazi Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler seems to reveal a thoughtful, loving husband and devoted father to his daughter, Gudrun. The documents were hidden in Tel Aviv for decades and sold to the father of the Israeli documentary filmmaker, Vanessa Lapa. With her film THE DECENT ONE she has fashioned a fascinating case study: a portrait of the man responsible for some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War, who thought of himself in heroic terms. Ms. Lapa will discuss Himmler and her film during Q&A’s after the 7:20 PM screenings of THE DECENT ONE at the Music Hall, Friday-Sunday, October 10-12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuqgHir41gk
Vanessa Lapa

ADVANCED STYLE Q&A’s at the Music Hall Opening Weekend

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In the delightful new documentary ADVANCED STYLE, street style photographer Ari Seth Cohen and director Lina Plioplyte dive into the personal lives of New York City’s most fashionable women over 60. In an industry obsessed with youth, these older women dispel conventional ideas about beauty and aging and prove that with age comes grace, confidence, boldness, flair and new, unimagined opportunities for fame and fortune.

Both Ms. Plioplyte and Mr. Cohen will be at the Music Hall for Q&A’s on opening weekend: after the 7:20 PM screening on Friday, October 17 and after the 5 and 7:20 PM screenings on Saturday, October 18.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-baPw-bE_Ec

Lina Plioplyte

 

 

Ari Seth Cohen and Lina Plioplyte

PELICAN DREAMS Q&A’s at the Royal and Playhouse with Filmmaker Judy Irving

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What’s it like to try to get to know a flying dinosaur? In PELICAN DREAMS, Sundance and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Judy Irving (“The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill”) follows a wayward California brown pelican from her “arrest” on the Golden Gate Bridge into care at a wildlife rehabilitation facility, and from there explores pelicans’ nesting grounds, Pacific coast migration, and survival challenges. Ms. Irving will attend several screenings on opening weekend to do Q&A’s: after the 7:30 PM screening Friday, November 7 at the Royal and after the 5:30 show Saturday, November 8 at the Playhouse.

http://vimeo.com/102655510
PELICAN DREAMS filmmaker Judy Irving

KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON Q&A’s at the Playhouse with the Cinematographer

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Adam Hart, Director of Photography for the moving new documentary KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON, will participate in Q&A’s after the 8 PM screenings at the Playhouse on Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11 and after the 3:20 screening on Sunday, October 12.

http://www.vimeo.com/103914360

Sundance Documentary WEB JUNKIE at the Music Hall this Weekend

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WEB JUNKIE screenings are sponsored by Unplug  — limited number of free two-week passes given away at the Saturday-Monday evening screenings.  Also, we will do a Web Junkie Movie poster giveaway Sunday night. 

Dr. Elisha Goldstein will host a Q&A after Sunday night’s 7:30pm screening – psychologist, speaker and author whose work includes the bestselling books The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  Dr. Goldstein will discuss ways to harness our relationship with technology (see his recent blog http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindfulness/2014/09/the-horse-is-technology-but-the-rider-is-on-auto-pilot/

Bring Your Ticket Stub From WEB JUNKIE and Get A FREE Rental from Vidiots Foundation
302 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405

310-392-8508

www.vidiotsfoundation.org

Sundance documentary Web Junkie screens in LA ONE WEEK ONLY
Oct. 3-9  Laemmle Music Hall Theater   Watch the trailer:  http://webjunkiedoc.com/
“Electronic heroin” and “web addiction”: that’s how Chinese authorities refer to internet activity of more than six hours a day, not related to work or studying. WEB JUNKIE takes audiences inside a Beijing treatment center and follows three teenagers as they endure boot-camp style rehab over three months. 

Many of the boys were tricked, drugged or physically coerced by their desperate parents, and deny they overuse the internet — although one claims to have gamed for 300 hours straight, and we hear that some wear diapers, to prevent bathroom breaks that would lower gaming scores.  China was a world leader in classifying internet addiction as a clinical disorder, and there are over 400 intensive treatment centers for web & gaming addiction.

Is internet addiction real? Professor Rao, the center head, claims a 70% ‘cure rate.’ In following these teens, Web Junkie explores the loneliness, social disconnection, depression, and family pressure to achieve that drive these kids to use the ‘net more than 10 hours a day.  While the film takes place in China, it explores the universal 24/7 lure of the internet, technology, and our devices.
We’ll be posting updates on the boys through the theatrical run, Oct. 3-9.
New Yorker Article:
Daily Beast: The film China Doesn’t Want You to See: