| | Monday, April 23rd - 7:15 pm - Oak Street Cinema 
Minnesota Documentaries Program -- Change: Past, Present and Future
"The earth and its people have been evolving and changing since the
beginning of time. This program highlights some of the people who have
been part of that change right here in Minnesota; and delves into some
changes that we can all make for the well being of our future."
Directors Present - 106 Minutes |
A Good Doctor (Photo A) Director: Maxine Davis USA, 2006 - 9 Minutes, 30 Seconds
A Good Doctor is a snapshot of how a Minnesota boy, Dr. Ray Scallen, comes of age during World War II and brings the memory of that war to the healing of his patients. In 1943 Ray was shipped to Europe. From 1944 to 1945 Corporal Ray Scallen and the men of B Company 343rd Infantry walked from France through Germany, and Germany to Austria trying to stay alive. A Sacred Heart Director: Norah Shapiro USA, 2006 - 10 Minutes
A Sacred Heart follows Minnesota poet Phebe Hanson on a journey back to, Sacred Heart, her childhood hometown on the prairie. Fellow Minnesota writers Jill Breckenridge, Patricia Hampl, and Howard Moore help evoke both the era in which she grew up, and her literary legacy. A Sacred Heart was originally created for the 2006 Greatest Generation Project Film Festival, where it won the Emerging Filmmaker award. A Satisfied Life: The Legacy of Ted Wryk Director: Freya Schirmacher USA, 2006 - 9 Minutes, 30 Seconds
A Satisfied Life profiles the life of Ted Wryk, who typifies our Nordeast Mpls. Polish diaspora population. Born in 1919 to son of Polish immigrants. After a failed attempt at farming, Ted’s family returned to Minneapolis where Ted worked his way through De La Salle high school and enlisted in the Naval Reserves in 1938. After serving in WWII, he returned to Minneapolis to raise his family, which grew to include six children. After long and varied careers ranging from Tailor to State Grain Weigher, to State Highway Department supervisor, he retired in 1984 to pursue his interests in woodworking and gardening. Now in his late 80s, he looks back to WWII and his life today with justified contentment, other than more time to go fishing. Making the Best of Hard Times Director: Roger Bindl USA, 2006 - 9 Minutes, 30 Seconds
A brief look at the lives of six people that grew up during the 1930’s. Before World War II, as teens and pre-teens, they worked and played during the Depression, yet thought little of it. This was the life they knew. My Grandma Lucy Director: Tom and Ali Drube USA, 2006 - 11 Minutes
My Grandma Lucy is a reflection of an adolescent woman’s view of her Grandma’s life growing up in Minnesota in the 40’s. Grandma Lucy’s life of family hardship, war, The Depression and personal health challenges lies in stark contrast to the life of today’s teenagers. MAD Love: V.J. Smith and MAD Dads (Photo B) Director: Kevin McKeever USA, 2006 - 30 Minutes
The life and work of V.J. Smith, who rose above an orphaned childhood and drug-dealing past to become the respected leader of MAD DADS. This amazing group reaches out to at-risk youth and gang members in the toughest of neighborhoods of “Murderapolis”. Sculptor of Debris: Portrait of David Hamlow Director: Mark Wojhan USA, 2005 - 7 Minutes
Minnesota artist David Hamlow doesn’t throw his packages away. He transforms his wrappers, cups and refuse into art. This portrait follows Hamlow in 2005 as he builds a geodesic dome, made from his trash, inside the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Stewards of the Earth (Photo C) Director: Mitch Waters USA, 2007 - 20 Minutes
This powerful documentary shows why we should be concerned about the moral and social justice implications of global warming, inspires us to take action, provides good direction for that action, and fosters hope that people can and will unite to address the problem. Presented by: Minnesota Historical Society |
