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Theodore • Circumcise Me! • Apple & EI |
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SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 9:05PM; ST. ANTHONY Director: Various Directors |
THEODORE
dir. Laila Pakalnina, Latvia, 2006, 29 min
Latvian filmmaker - journalist Laila Pakalnina’s follows 80-year old Theodore who pedals his bicycle 7 km each day to where things are ‘happening’ - the bus stop in a rural Latvian village where he shares his solitude with other old-timers, even though they speak of little more than weather and health.
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CIRCUMCISE ME!
dir. David Blumenfeld & Matthew Kalman, USA, 2007, 48 min
“Is it hot in here, or am I the only one dressed for Poland in the 17th_century?” Yisrael Campbell looks more like a rabbi than a comedian, but don’t be fooled by the big black hat, frock coat and Hasidic side-curls. Born Chris Campbell, the son of an ex-nun and a Catholic schoolteacher, he converted to Judaism not once, but three times - Reform, Conservative and Orthodox. His spiritual journey began as a drug-drenched teenager in Philadelphia and ended in Jerusalem among the suicide bombs of the Palestinian intifada. So what’s to laugh about? It’s the way he tells it.
Circumcise Me is a hilarious, searching and moving story of one man’s quest one for spiritual enlightenment against the bewildering backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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APPLE AND EI
dir. Achmet Tas, Germany, 2007, 5-1/2 min
U.S. premiere Four times a week, eight hours a day, Turkish emigrants hawk (sing) their wares at outdoor markets for little pay (for “apples and eggs” in Berlin vernacular), about 20 euros a day. 2008 Fest “Emerging Directors” Special Jury Prize.
Tas, 30, M-SPIFF guest 2003, is a Berlin filmmaker. |
