PRESENTED BY:

DAILY PLANET

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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 5:10PM; ST. ANTHONY

U.S. PREMIERE

Director: HEATH EIDEN

DIRECTOR PRESENT.  IS THIS ANY WAY TO CHOOSE A PRESIDENT? On the evening of June 5, 1968, American democracy was dealt a severe blow. Within hours of winning the California Democratic primary, Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. That tragic act set in motion the chain of events that led to the disastrous 1968 Democratic National Convention; anti-war riots, police violence, vicious party infighting. The outcome—determined on the streets of Chicago and in political backrooms—led to defeat in the national election. Never again, said the Democratic Party. In the future, the convention would be purely ceremonial. The candidate would be chosen, as Joan Didion writes, “by a greater emphasis on primaries." Our question: what is a primary and how democratic is it?

PRESENTED BY:

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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SCREENINGS:
SUNDAY, APRIL 27-5:00PM ; ST. ANTHONY

Director: MELODY GILBERT

MINNESOTA MADE • DIRECTOR PRESENT The approach used by the class to produce Disconnected was untraditional to say the least. Led by accomplished documentary filmmaker Melody Gilbert (URBAN EXPLORERS: INTO THE DARKNESS, A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, WHOLE), eight dedicated Carleton College students conceived, filmed, and edited the movie in a documentary production class.

PRESENTED BY: NORWAY HOUSE

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SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 5:00PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: ALEXANDER WISTING

In Norwegian ONLY NOT subtitled

U.S. PREMIERE 

The Grieg Anniversary film: commemorating the 100th anniversary of death (in 1907) of Norway’s national composer. The myth and the man, the music, the archives, letters and literature. We also follow the contemporary composer Lars Petter Hagen, who is making a composition for the Grieg anniversary.

PRESENTED BY:

SYLVIA & SAM KAPLAN

CLOSING NIGHT FILM

SCREENING:
THURSDAY, MAY 1 7:00 p.m.

KERASOTES-BLOCK E THEATER,

600 Hennepin Ave

Director: WERNER HERZOG

The stark and intensive beauty of Antarctica fills the screen in this latest documentary by Werner Herzog. The powerful attraction of the South Pole has extended its magnetic pull to filmmaker Herzog. He and his cameraman traveled to McMurdo Station, on Ross Island, the headquarters for the National Science Foundation. This location is home to 1,100 persons between October and February who live and work together in scientific research.

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STAR TRIBUNE

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SCREENINGS:
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 5:10PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director:DENNIS MAHONEY

DIRECTOR & SOME PARTICIPANTS PRESENT. Trapped by their convictions, by a world in crisis, hoping things won’t get worse before they get better, 12 not-so-angry men and women, persons of the cloth whose Twin Cities followers number into faithful thousands from rainbow pulpits and traditional, wanting conflict resolution (maybe not right away), they embark in this film on the age-old trek to Jerusalem early last year for a close ear to the ground on Middle East problems.

PRESENTED BY:

CINEQUIPT & U OF M EUROPEAN STUDIES CONSORTIUM

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 SCREENINGS:

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 9:25PM; ST. ANTHONY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 7:15PM; ST. ANTHONY

U.S. PREMIERE

Director: SUNG HYUNG CHO

The cultural divide between the good folks of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein and the heavy metal fans who have descended on their quiet community from all over the world could hardly be greater. Starched blouses, golden crucifi xes and dark suits meet studded collars, tattoos and shoulder-length hair.

PRESENTED BY:

NICK & EDDIE'S & POSTERARTEDITIONS.COM

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SCREENINGS:
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 7:30PM; ST. ANTHONY THURSDAY, MAY 1, 7:45PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: BLACKANDWHITE

A rare glimpse into the fascinating mind of the man who created such classic films as Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, and Mulholland Drive, Lynch playfully uses a proxy to disguise its director’s name.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 3:10 PM; ST. ANTHONY

U.S. PREMIERE

Director: MARTIN SULIK

Given Minnesota’s Central European ethnic stream, this film should catch the eye: old Slovak castles, scratchy violin tunes, country bands, farmers haying in mountain valleys, the words “I remember” ... on an old tape recorder…then the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

PRESENTED BY:

BORTON VOLVO

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SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 5:25PM; ST. ANTHONY

In more than 40 festivals, Director Gronkjaer’s first feature delves into the amazing existence of prickly octogenarian Jørgen Laursen Vig. Sporting an outsized, shocking white neck-beard and the dour visage of a Bergman antagonist, Vig has spent four decades leading a near-ascetic life in trying to restore a crumbling Danish castle.

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MN FILM & TV BOARD

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 7:30PM; ST. ANTHONY

Director: TONY CANE-HONEYSETT

MINNESOTA MADE, DIRECTOR PRESENT A journey into the world of erotic bondage to learn why people enjoy being tied up for sensual pleasure.