FIRST WEEKENDERS GROUP WEEKLY UPDATE
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FEATURES DIRECTED by WOMEN
>> HIGHLIGHTS
++ Five women-directed films premiering in L.A.
and N.Y.; the Silver Lake Film Festival kicks off in L.A.
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>> PREMIERING week of May 2, 2008
Buy opening weekend tickets for films directed by women.
++ The Favor directed by Eva Aridjis
++ Viva directed by Anna Biller
Opens in N.Y.
++ XXY directed by Lucia Puenzo
Opens in N.Y.
++ Hats Off directed by Jyll Johnstone
Opens in L.A.
++ A Walk into the Sea directed by Esther Robinson
Opens in L.A.
Current but check your local listings.
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>>MOVIE OF THE MONTH
++ Refusenik directed by Laura Bialis
Opens May 9 in N.Y., May 23 in L.A.
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>>Special Event Screenings, NEW YORK
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++ 57,000 Kilometers Between Us directed by Delphine Kreuter
When: Now through May 3
++ The Universe of Keith Haring directed by Christina Clausen
When: Now through May 4
Where: Tribeca Film Festival
Info: other women-directed films screening; visit
http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org for more info
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>>Special Event Screenings, LOS ANGELES
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++ The Rule of Law - Justice in Kosovo
directed by Susanne Brandstatter
When: May 2 at 8 p.m.
++ The Houses of Hristina directed by Suzanne Raes
++ Humoresque directed by Diana Deleanu
When: May 3 at 3:30 p.m.
Where: South East European Film Festival
at Goethe Institute Los Angeles
Info: http://www.seefilmla.org/
++ Everything’s Cool directed by Judith Helfand & Daniel B. Gold
When: May 5 at 4:45 p.m., May 9 at 9:45 p.m.
++ Book of Revelation directed by Ana Kokkinos
When: May 6 at 6 p.m., May 7 at 9:45 p.m.
Where: 2007 Silver Lake Film Festival
Info: silverlakefilmfestival.org
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>>IN THEATERS NOW week of May 2, 2008
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++ All in This Tea directed by Gina Leibrecht & Les Blank
++ American Zombie directed by Grace Lee
++ Beyond Belief directed by Beth Murphy
++ Blindsight directed by Lucy Walker
++ Body of War directed by Ellen Spiro & Phil Donahue
++ Caramel directed by Nadine Labaki
++ The Cool School directed by Kristine McKenna & Morgan Neville
++ Dhamma Brothers directed by Jenny Phillips
++ Extra Ordinary Barry directed by Vivi Stafford
++ Flow directed by Irena Salina
++ Forever directed by Heddy Honigmann
++ Hats Off directed by Jyll Johnstone
++ Jack and Jill vs. The World directed by Vanessa Parise
++ Jellyfish directed by Shira Geffen & Etgar Keret
++ Just Sex and Nothing Else directed by Krisztina Goda
++ Little Chenier directed by Bethany Ashton
++ Lost in Beijing directed by Li Yu
++ Never Forever directed by Gina Kim
++ Nim’s Island directed by Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin
++ Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Payrounnaud
++ A Plumm Summer directed by Caroline Zelder
++ Remember the Daze directed by Jess Manafort
++ Stop-Loss directed by Kimberly Peirce
++ Then She Found Me directed by Helen Hunt
++ Under the Same Moon directed by Patricia Riggen
++ The Unforeseen directed by Laura Dunne
++ Vivere directed by Angelina Maccarone
++ War Made Easy directed by Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp
++ Water directed by Saida Medvedeva
++ Water Lilies directed by Celine Sciamma
++ Young and Restless in China directed by Sue Williams
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>> REVIEWS OF THE WEEK: WRITTEN BY YOU
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++ Persepolis directed by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis is a funny and heartbreaking animated memoir
of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In
Persepolis, Satrapi shows audiences that the images of
Iran that the United States has seen for so long in the
media do not make up the whole story of one country. In
Persepolis, the smallest details of growing up female
are mixed in with a very intense political situation and
the filmmakers do an excellent job of showing that the
most minute details of every day life do not stop because
of political turmoil. Persepolis is both magical and stunning.
++ Vivere directed by Angelina Maccarone
Vivere is a film I won’t soon forget. It is the kind of
road movie that goes against every characteristic of the
genre. Maccarone is making films that no one else has. In
Vivere, Maccarone tells three very different women’s stories
and she tells them with a unique sincerity. The filmmaker
cites Wong Kar Wai, Lars von Trier, and Billy Wilder as three
of her top filmmaker influences and it shows. Vivere is at once
stylishly heartbreaking, masochistic, and Maccarone is
versatile in the films she chooses to make. I loved Maccarone’s
Unveiled and look forward to her next film. Vivere illustrates
the loneliness of a working-class lesbian, a queer retiree,
and a pregnant teenager. No one is having an easy time in
this film, but the film is never bleak.
-Reviews by Cathy de la Cruz, www.showmeyourtitles.com / San Diego, CA
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>> COOL SITES/ARTICLES/HAPPENINGS
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The results of the first Alliance of Women Film Journalists’
Opinion Poll are posted at http://awfj.org/. Read what Susan
Wloszczyna, Carrie Rickey, Joanna Langfield and other AWFJ
members have to say about this year’s Oscars. And let them
know your opinion, too.
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>> Get inspired: Organize a home screening party!
We love the website www.filmstoseebeforeyouvote.com
so much that we’ve decided to start up our own home-screening
series. To throw your own home screening, invite over your
friends and colleagues to watch a film directed by a woman
(check our weekly DVD release section for ideas). Hold a
lively discussion or debate afterwards, just like you would
with a book group. Each month we’ll recommend a
DVD to view at your screening party.
This May we recommend the 15th anniversary DVD of
The Piano directed by Jane Campion
Send us your feedback and let’s get rocking!
news@moviesbywomen.com
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>>COMING SOON
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++ A Previous Engagement directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin
Opens May 9 in N.Y. & L.A.
++ Refusenik directed by Laura Bialis
Opens May 9 in N.Y., May 23 in L.A.
++ How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer directed by
Georgina Garcia Reidel
Opens May 16
Info: http://www.mayareleasing.com/
++ Frozen River directed by Courtney Hunt
Opens in August
Info: http://frozenriverthemovie.com/
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>>DVD RELEASES
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++ The Business of Being Born directed by Abby Epstein
Released May 6
++ 27 Dresses directed by Anne Fletcher
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>>TELEVISION/CABLE/MISC.:
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++ The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo directed by
Lisa F. Jackson now showing on HBO
Info: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c709.shtml
++ Bad Voodoo’s War directed by Deborah Scranton
Now showing on PBS
Info: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/badvoodoo/
++ Home directed by Dawn Scibilia
Now showing on PBS station Thirteen/WNET New York
Info: http://homethemovie.com, http://www.thirteen.org
++ Autism: The Musical directed by Tricia Regan
Showing on HBO
Info: http://www.autismthemusical.com
++ Editor’s Note: Please visit www.withoutabox.com
for extended festival listings.
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>>Hey, directors! Send us your TV or cable releases.
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>>SCREENINGS IN OTHER CITIES
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++ All is Forgiven directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
When: May 2 at 9:30 p.m., May 4 at 3 p.m., May 6 at 9 p.m.,
May 8 at 4 p.m.
++ American Teen directed by Nanette Burstein
When: May 6 at 6 p.m., May 8 at 3 p.m.
++ Mutum directed by Sandra Kogut
When: May 3 at 12:45, May 6 at 6:15
Where: San Francisco International Film Festival
Info: other women-directed movies screening;
http://www.sffs.org/
++ Trouble the Water directed by Tia Lessin & Carl Deal
When: May 2 at 7 p.m.
++ This is the Life directed by Ava DuVernay
When: May 2 at 9:30 p.m.
++ Manhattan, Kansas directed by Tara Wray
When: May 3 at 3 p.m.
++ Africa Unite directed by Stephanie Black
When: May 3 at 7 p.m.
Where: Black Lily Film & Music Festival in Philadelphia, PA
Info: other women-directed movies screening;
for more info, visit http://blacklilyfilm.org/
++ Autism: The Musical directed by Tricia Regan
When: May 4 at 12:50 p.m.
++ Beyond Belief directed by Beth Murphy
When: May 4 at 1 p.m.
++ Operation Filmmaker directed by Nina Davenport
When: May 4 at 3:10 p.m.
Where: Rochester High Falls International Film Festival
in Rochester, NY
Info: other women-directed movies screening; for more info,
Visit: http://www.rochestersmoviefest.com/
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>>SUBLETS IN N.Y. & L.A.
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>>MISC.
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The service goes to over 3,000 people who are helping
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Buying tickets to women directed features is how we
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