text: Global Peace Film Festival | Archive | 2011 Documentaries
  2011 Films: Documentaries
  50 min. | Guatemala, USA
  Are you looking for some real wisdom to hold onto in these crazy, rapidly changing times? Then you will love PeaceJam's new film, '2012: The True Mayan Prophecy.' Nobel Peace Laureates Rigoberta Menchu Tum, The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu and others tell you what you DON'T need to worry about, and the five things we all need to be doing right now in order to best survive this change in time.
  Mixing pop culture and politics, along with gonzo journalism, filmmaker Michael Schiller exposes the underbelly of domestic surveillance. Schiller is caught up in the mass arrests that accompanied the 2004 Republican convention in NYC. After his film became evidence in a lawsuit in Schiller vs. the City of New York, his world took a very strange turn. Featuring appearances by Andre "3000" Benjamin, the Bush Twins, Barack Obama and Al Sharpton. Played at New York Los Angeles Int'l Film Festival.
  82 min. | USA | 2010
  USA, 2010, ?? mins.
  There is a new phenomenon in the global arena called "Climate Refugees". A climate refugee is a person displaced by climatically induced environmental disasters. Such disasters result from incremental and rapid ecological change, resulting in increased droughts, desertification, sea level rise, and the more frequent occurrence of extreme weather events such as hurricanes, cyclones, fires, mass flooding and tornadoes.
  Producer Debbie Peek will be in attendance.
  Fr 9/24 @ 8 pm | BUSH
  Su 9/26 @ 5:30 pm | BUSH
  UK, 2010, 73 mins.
  This is the story of a rational, sceptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not remember her dreams. Except once, when she dreamt her horse was dying. She woke so scared she went outside in the night. She found him dead.
  The next dream told her she would die herself, when she was 48. The Edge of Dreaming charts every step of that year.
  We 9/22 @ 5:30 pm | WPPL
  Th 9/23 @ 8:30 pm | GALLERY
  UK, 2009, ?? mins
  The End of the Line examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for sushi; the impact on marine life resulting in huge overpopulation of jellyfish; and the profound implications of a future world with no fish.
  Producer Claire Lewis will be present at both screenings of The End of The Line.
  Th 9/23 @ 5:30 pm | BUSH
  Sa 9/25 @ 2 pm | OSC (w/Panel) available only at the door
  Garden at the End
  Australia, 2009, 49 mins.
  The Garden at the End of the World is a confronting documentary on Afghanistan illustrating the tragic consequences of war, and the widespread hunger, homelessness and lawlessness that it causes.
  The film, by award winning Australian filmmaker Gary Caganoff, portrays the lives of the hardest hit, the widows and orphans, who number in tens of thousands, following two remarkable Australian women; humanitarian Mahboba Rawi, and internationally recognised permaculturalist Rosemary Morrow.
  Screens w/Striking a Chord
  Fr 9/24 @ 8:30 pm | GALLERY
  Sa 9/25 @ 1 pm | BUSH
  USA, 2010, 81 mins.
  Director: Jeff Reicher
  Right now, across the country, our two major political parties are gearing up for a oncea- decade war whose winner will control Congress for the next ten years, and possibly more.
  There will be battles in every state, and each will be kept carefully hidden from the prying eyes of average voters who only become more disenchanted with their government with each meaningless election.
  Screenings of Gerrymandering at the Global Peace Film festival are sponsored by The League of Women Voters and the ACLU.
  Fr 9/24 @ 5:30 pm | BUSH
  Sa 9/25 @ 5:30 pm | WPPL
  USA, 2010, 54 mins.
  Healing Neen takes viewers on a journey to places and subjects that many find difficult or uncomfortable to even fathom. But Tonier "Neen" Cain's joyous spirit and astonishing inner-strength leaps through the screen and into viewers hearts, inspiring renewed hope and compassion for those still living on the fringes.
  For two decades, Tonier hustled on the streets of Annapolis, Maryland, desperately feeding an insatiable crack addiction and racking up 83 arrests along the way.
  Director Laura Cain will be in attendance.
  Screens w/ A .45 @ 50th
  In Anita's Wake
  33 years after Anita Bryant's anti-gay hysteria swept the state and nation, Florida's gay families are still living in her wake.
  Florida is the only state in America to explicitly ban gay and lesbian people from adopting children, even as the state foster care system is overwhelmed with neglected kids who need safe, forever homes and legal protections.
  Screens w/ I Just Want to be Somebody
  We 9/22 @ 7:30 pm | WPPL
  Sa 9/25 @ 3:30 pm | BUSH
  France, USA, 2010, 90 mins.
  'The Invocation' is a feature documentary about the notions of 'God' and "Peace" around the World and through Religion, Spirituality, Science, History, Politics and Arts. The goal is to show that looking for God leads to finding Mankind. It's an invitation to elevate our school of thinking and change our code of acting with each other.
  Director Emmanuel Itier will be present at both screenings of The Invocation.
  We 9/22 @ 8:30 pm | GALLERY
  Th 9/23 @ 8:15 pm | WPPL
  USA, Middle East, 2010 72 mins.
  Through a celebration of culture and comedy, this film uproots the widely held misconception that Arabs have no sense of humor – when in fact they laugh, and are, just like us.
  This film features Egyptian-American comedian Ahmed Ahmed, in his directorial debut, along with a host of critically acclaimed stand-up comedians.
  Director Ahmed Ahmed will be in attendance.
  Screens w/ Muslim Bachelorism
  Sa 9/25 @ 8:30 pm | PLAZA CC
  Su 9/26 @ 3 pm | BUSH
  UK, 2010, 83 mins.
  In 2003 Mark Henderson was one of eight backpackers taken hostage while trekking in the Colombian jungle. What had started as an innocent tourist adventure, ended up as 101 terrifying days of captivity and uncertainty about his future.
  We 9/22 @ 8 pm | BUSH
  Sa 9/25 @ 12:30 pm | PLAZA CC
  Su 9/26 @ 1:30 pm | SUNTRUST
  USA, 2010, 53 mins.
  WORLD PREMIER - Moving through New York City's fast-paced momentum, life often appears as a blur. Yet within this city, a group of people quietly seek solace by spending time with the dying. Among them, a hard-edged corporate lawyer finds his heart, a teenager is humbled, a retired rabbi continues his quest for meaning, a spiritual man teeters at the brink of his own mortality.
  Director Lily Henderson will be in attendance.
  Screening w/ A Samaritan
  Fr 9/24 @ 8:30 pm | PLAZA CC
  Sa 9/25 @ 8 pm | WPPL
  Palestinian Territories, Spain, USA, 2009, 90 mins. Director: Jacob Bender
  Out of Cordoba: Averroes and Maimonides in Their Time and Ours is a feature documentary film about Jews and Muslims struggling for social justice and against the hijacking of their religions by extremists. Inspired by two medieval 'wise men of Cordoba' — one Muslim, the other a Jew — these contemporary people of faith are promoting the values of democracy and tolerance on the frontlines of the often-violent clashes that have come to define our new century.
  Director Jacob Bender will be in attendance.
  Fr 9/24 @ 7:30 pm | WPPL
  Sa 9/25 @ 5:30 pm | BUSH
  Germany, 2009, 65 mins.
  Imagine that a storm blows across your garden – and that now, without your knowledge and without your consent, foreign and genetically-manipulated seeds are in your vegetable patch which you have nourished and maintained for many years. A few days later, representatives of a multi-national corporate group pay you a visit at home, demand that you surrender your vegetables - and simultaneously file a criminal complaint against you, resulting in a fine of € 20.000,00 – for the illegal use of patented and genetically-manipulated seeds.
  Fr 9/24 @ 5:30 pm | WPPL
  Sa 9/25 @ 4 pm | SUNTRUST
  Israel, 2009, 53 mins.
  Screens w/ Chapter 21
  Fr 9/24 @ 6:30 pm | GALLERU
  Sa 9/25 @ 130 pm | SUNTRUST
  Su 9/26 @ 6 pm | WPPL
  USA, 2010, 75 mins.
  Director: Gavin Bagwandeen
  Shades of Green illustrates how individuals, businesses, and governments can save resources, energy, and money - while benefiting the environment and health of all living things.
  This documentary shows what is happening in South Florida as it takes the needed steps towards a sustainable future.
  Fr9/24 @ 6 pm | PLAZA CC
  Sa 9/25 @ 1:30 pm | WPPL
  Speakers Corner: You Have the Right to Remain Vocal
  USA/UK, 2009, 59 mins.
  A commentary on the origins and fragility of freedoms of speech and assembly, this film takes the audience to a place where socialists, Islamic fundamentalists, labor politicians, historians, utopians, Zionists, white supremacists and Christian evangelicals all congregate weekly in a single small location.
  Fr 9/24 @ 8:30 pm | SUNTRUST
  Sa 9/25 @ 3 pm | PLAZA CC
  USA, 2009, 77 mins.
  This is the 50th Anniversary of Hawaii Statehood. There is still a current dialog and controversy about the legitimacy of Hawaii's state status. Largely anchored by personal narrative, the motivating paths toward statehood are addressed as well as the legacy left behind. Interviewees cover a representative span of the population in Hawaii, including people from the political, cultural, business, academia communities as well as the person next door.
  Screens w/ Lychee Thieves
  Th 9/23 @ 6:30 pm | GALLERY
  Su 9/26 @ 3:30 pm | WPPL
  USA, Vietnam, 2009, 75 mins.
  Director: Jackee Chang
  Everyone knows one another and is in everybody's business in small villages. For a long time, the Vietnamese believed that birth defects and deformities are debts for the wrong-doing people committed in their past lives- a karmic justice. The filmmaker, an Asian-American, confronts victims affected by the very actions of her own country.
  Director Jackee Chang will be in attendance.
  Sa 9/25 @ 5 pm | PLAZA CC
  Su 9/26 @ 4 pm | SUNTRUST
  USA, 2008, 97 mins
  Follow American banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck on his journey to Africa to explore the little known African root of the banjo and record an album. It's a boundry-breaking musical adventure that celebrates the beauty and complexity of Africa – an Africa that is very different from what is often seen in the media today. As Bela travels across Africa, through Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia and Mali, he forges both musical and personal connections.
  Tu 9/21 @ 8pm | ROLLINS LAWN
  USA, 2010, 57 mins.
  World Peace and other 4th-Grade Achievements interweaves the story of John Hunter, a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students' participation in an interactive exercise that he created entitled the World Peace Game. This experience triggers a transformation of the children from students of a neighborhood public school to citizens of the world.