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STAR TRIBUNE

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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 7:15PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: NANETTE BURSTEIN

DIRECTOR PRESENT. Going beyond nerd and jock high school stereotyping — so engrossing it could be fiction American Teen follows the lives of four teenagers in a small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1:05PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: PAUL FESTA

The movie captures the responses of 31 authors, musicians, filmmakers and dancers (from academic Harold Bloom to drag queen Jackie Beat) to Olivier Messiaen’s monumental organ work, Apparition of the Eternal Church.

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STAR TRIBUNE

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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 7:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: PETER GILBERT AND STEVEN JAMES

Awarded the "Inspiration Award" at this year's Full Frame documentary festival in Durham, NC.

DIRECTOR & PRODUCER PRESENT The documentary At the Death House Door doesn’t take a firm stance against the death penalty altogether, but it sure makes a strong case for exercising caution. It does this through the poignant, heart-rending story of Rev. Carroll Pickett, a soft-spoken Texas man who served for 13 years as chaplain at the notoriously execution-happy Huntsville Prison.

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WESTERN BANK

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SCREENINGS:
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 7:20PM; ST. ANTHONY

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 3:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: ELLEN KURAS & THAVISOUK PHRASAVATH

DIRECTOR PRESENT SAT. ONLY! Celebrated cinematographer Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Summer of Sam) makes her directorial debut with this powerful documentary, a nominee for the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The Betrayal is a 20-year journey through the life of Kuras’ co-director and longtime friend Thavisouk Phrasavath.

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PEACE COFFEE & CANADIAN CONSULATE

SCREENINGS:
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 8:00PM; OAK STREET

Director: IRENE ANGELICO

Black Coffee tells the real story behind the beans that go into your morning brew. From its discovery on an ancient Ethiopian hillside to its role as elixir in the Age of Starbucks, coffee has dominated and molded the economies, politics, and social structures of entire countries.

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DESIGN GUYS, CIRANDA POSTERARTEDITIONS.COM

SUN COUNTRY

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 7:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

(Screening Introduction: Prayers & Chants by Gyuto Monks, Traditional Dance by TAFM Dancers)

 Director: LUCY WALKER

Blindsight follows six vision-impaired teens in Lhasa, where blindness is often regarded as a sign of demon possession, as they attempt to scale a 23,000-foot peak on Mt. Everest, led by Erik Weihenmayer, the only blind man to have climbed Everest itself.

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KHYBER PASS CAFE

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TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 7:20PM; ST. ANTHONY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 5:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

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Director: DAN ALEXE

There are only two Jews left in Afghanistan, and they live in the same place: a former synagogue in Kabul. But rather than bonding together, they can’t stand each other.

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GARDENS OF SALONICA

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SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 5:05PM; ST. ANTHONY

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Director: PHILIPPE KOHLY

Say the name Maria Callas and a multitude of associations come to mind: diva extraordinaire; one of the greatest opera stars the world has ever known; lover of Aristotle Onassis (until devastated by his surprise marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy); fashion icon.

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CZECH & SLOVAK CULTURAL CENTER OF MINNESOTA

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SCREENINGS:
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 3:05PM; ST. ANTHONY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 9:15PM; ST. ANTHONY

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Director: MIROSLAV JANEK & PAVEL KOUTECKÝ

Vaclav Havel, one of the political heroes of the last half century, whose Czech “Velvet Revolution” and Charter 77 movement was a crucial part of an unique historical upheaval, is star in this almost-slapstick underground movie against politicians. Would that more of them could be made with such fun about the historical figures of our day. This newly-released feature about the life (now a private citizen) of a dramatist who became president and never wanted it is a behind-closed doors look based on 100 hours of footage, finally edited down for the screen by a former Minneapolis filmmaking team who were refugees here in the Eighties.

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ALPHA VIDEO

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SCREENINGS:
TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 9:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 5:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: BORIS DESPODOV

Somebody in Brussels at European Union GHQ had a brilliant idea — let’s connect the Black Sea with the Adriatic with a corridor (and spend 10 million euros). So, take a trip on a connecting road that doesn’t exist between three mistrustful countries that may not even want to be linked.