The Mendocino Film Festival on PNN

Raising the Roof

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:09:53 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Raising the Roof

Director: Veronica Selver and
Francoise Flamant
Filmmaker in person
Through their own words and works, RAISING THE ROOF celebrates a group of pioneering women who traded their caps and gowns for hard hats and overalls in the mid-1970s and set out to become carpenters in the San Francisco Bay Area in the heady atmosphere of the women's movement. (2005, 30 min.)
Showing: May 19, 12:30pm, Abalone Room
NARRATIVE SHORT

Loops

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:56:01 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Loops

Director: M. R. Dahr
Filmmaker in person Each summer, men of various ages, cultures and backgrounds congregate in the caddy yard of Winged Foot Golf Club to sit and wait patiently until the caddy master grants them permission to carry the golf bags of the club members. This true story interweaves the hopes, fears and ambitions (or lack thereof) of three golf caddies working at the club. In its own ambitions, LOOPS observes the Goldilocks Golden Mean for Documentary Shorts, which is to say, it is "just right." (2006, 13 min.)
Showing: May 18, 11am, St. Anthony's

The Great Mojado Invasion

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:03:51 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Great Mojado Invasion, Part II

Director: Gustavo Vazquez
and Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Filmmaker in person
Prepare yourselves. The Second US-Mexico War is at hand: "Finally, the uncensored version of the director's cut of the Chicano sci-fi classic banned in 69 festivals," 500 years in the making from Pre-Contact to the Birth of the Barrio State, as related to us by the Vato Vizier of the Border Vortex, Guillermo Gomez-Peña. Without question the most deliciously outrageous film in the entire festival, this incendiary little package (a reedited, re-mastered edition of the cult video classic by filmmaker Gustavo Vasquez and writer-performance artist Gomez- Peña) does come with a warning label: THE GREAT MOJADO INVASION II "contains x-plicit images and language which may be hazardous to your identity and nationality." But what we want to know is, from what archive did they get this archival footage? (2001, 26 min.) NOTE: Please be aware that this film is for adults only, rife as it is with profane language, nudity and, most dangerous of all, incisive cultural critiques.
Showing: May 19, 6pm, Matheson

Granny Do Goes to Washington

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:01:11 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Granny D Goes to Washington

Director: Alidra Solday
Filmmaker in person
At the age of 89, a New Hampshire great grandmother, Doris Haddock, affectionately known as Granny D, undertook a yearlong 3,200 mile walk form Pasadena, California to Washington, D.C. to ignite public attention around the need for reform of America's campaign finance laws. GRANNY D is an entertaining and inspirational chronicle of her extraordinary story. "Campaign finance reform may not have a sexy ring to it," says Granny D, "but when I talk to people about
getting illegal money out of the system they all say: I'm for THAT! We are losing our democracy and something must be done." (2006, 26 min.)
Showing: May 19, 3pm, Abalone Room
May 20, 10am, Abalone Room

Global Focus III

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:59:38 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Global Focus III: The New

Environmentalists
Director: John Antonelli
Filmmaker in person
GLOBAL FOCUS III features passionate portraits of six dedicated activists in Liberia, Brazil, Ukraine, Papua New Guinea, China and Kentucky who seek to safeguard the Earth's natural resources from shortsighted exploitation and unbridled pollution. Robert Redford narrates. (2006, 29 min.)
Showing: May 19, 3pm, Abalone Room

Fisherman

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:45:55 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Fisherman

Director: Jeff Matakovich
Documenting a day in the life of Thomas Evans, a fisherman from Avila Beach, California, its director describes the inspiration for his film that it might also inspire us: "In order to find our own souls, we have to enter into our own solitude and learn to live with ourselves."(2006, 21 min.)
Showing: May 19, 12:30pm, Abalone Room

Edible

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:38:49 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Edible
Director: Kristi Moya
Filmmaker in person Starved for true nourishment, Jennifer is inspired by her teacher who savors her own relationship to life, love and food. Leaving fast food behind, Jennifer opens herself to the experience of choosing foods that nourish the body and spirit. (2006, 8 min.)
Showing: May 19, 12:30pm, Matheson

Downpour Resurfacing

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:36:39 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Downpour Resurfacing

Director: Frances Nkara
Filmmaker in person Robert Hill is a noted Buddhist teacher, psychiatrist, and innovator in body-mind therapy. DOWNPOUR RESURFACING traces his rekindling sense of self and strength despite the childhood abuses he recounts. Through an allegorical montage of found footage and new film collaged and overlapped, slowed and sped, blended with an interview with Hill, the film illuminates peace-making responses to intrusion and betrayal of all kinds."Brilliant, thoughtful and heartrending - DOWNPOUR RESURFACING offers a tearing story of drama and the healing rein of wisdom." - Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart (2003, 28 min.)
Showing: May 19, 3:30pm, Matheson

The Days and the Hours

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:28:48 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Days andthe Hours

Director: John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson
Filmmakers in person In a stunningly beautiful church in the middle of San Francisco, homeless people find relief from the filthy sidewalks and dangerous city streets; they are allowed to sleep in the pews in the middle of daily services. THE DAYS AND THE HOURS is a documentary meditation on the thin line which separates homeless people from everyone else. (2006, 8 min.)
FREE Showing: May 19, 3pm, St. Anthony's

Darryl Henriques

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:27:15 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Darryl Henriques Is In Show Business

Director: William Farley
Filmmaker in person
Those of us who know Darryl Henriques as The Swami from Miami might think that this comedy guru would have manifested long ago the kind of worldly success commensurate with his talent. Yet, up until now, he's been unable to make a living as a performer. This is mostly because he is driven to speak the truth as he sees it, even when it conflicts with his ambitions. DARRYL HENRIQUES IS IN SHOW BUSINESS portrays an artist struggling to come to terms with his eccentricities as he attempts to gain access to a larger audience without compromising his spontaneity or the integrity of his humor. With Peter Coyote, Ed Begley, Jr., and Paul Krassner. (2006, 28 min.)
Showing: May 18, 5pm, Matheson

Building Bridges

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:15:52 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Building Bridges

Director: Jeanine Isabel Butler
Meet Amira, Snjezana, and Ifeta: the women of Mostar Citizen Initiative in Bosnia. They are an exceptional group of community leaders, political activists and ordinary citizens who launch a joint effort to transcend ethnic and religious strife in a country fractured by war. BUILDING BRIDGES recounts the path-finding tale of the remarkable group of women who set aside sharp differences to produce a new law protecting women and families. Narrated by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright. (2006, 13 min.)
Showing: May 18, 1pm, Abalone Room

The Awakening Universe

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:07:13 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

The Awakening Universe

Director: Neal Rogin
Filmmaker in person "To tell the story of anything, you have to have the story of Everything." - Thomas Berry, cultural historian. This film, based on the book "The Universe Story" by Thomas Berry and cosmologist Brian Swimme, takes us from the very birth of the Universe, through the rise of galaxies, the formation of the Earth, the emergence of life and, finally, to the development of consciousness - all in fifteen minutes. (2006, 15 min.)
Showing: May 19, 10am, St. Anthony's

Arcs of Texture

Mendocino film — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:00:15 GMT

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Arcs of Texture

Director: Ken Paul Rosenthal
Filmmaker in person
As described by its director, ARCS OF TEXTURE is a "visual symphonic snapshot of downtown San Francisco; a lyrical, energized portrait of an urban landscape in motion." (2005, 6 min.)
Showing: May 19, 1L30pm, MTC