[INHER] | 1960 | 128 min | Feature Narrative
Directed by: Stanley Kramer
USA
Nearly a half-century ago, an all-star cast (including Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, and Gene Kelly) and director brought this fictionalized version of the infamous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial to the big screen. Join us as we revisit this modern classic in recognition of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday as well as the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal (and to some, still controversial) On the Origin of Species. Read More
Saturday, April 25, 1:00 pm
@SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street), Theater 2
After the Movie: The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with special guests from the realms of film and science, including Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jonathan Weiner; Jon Amiel, director of the Charles Darwin biopic Creation; Dr. Eugenie
Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education; and David Kohn, General Editor, Darwin Digital Library of Evolution, American Museum of Natural History. They will take a closer look at how a scientific explanation of the world, backed by evidence, can bring with it both public and private controversy. Moderated by Liane Hansen of NPR.
Sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which has partnered with the Festival since 2002 as part of a nationwide effort to create more realistic and compelling stories about science and technology, most recently through the Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Filmmaker Fund.
Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi
World Documentary Feature Competition[FIXER] | 2008 | 84 min |
Directed by: Ian Olds
USA
In 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 24-year-old Ajmal Naqshbandi and an Italian journalist. Naqshbandi was one of Afghanistan's best "fixers"—someone hired by foreign journalists to facilitate, translate, and gain access for their stories. This gripping, tragic story is a behind-the-scenes look into the dangerous and unseen world that happens before we get the news. Read More
Winner: Best New Documentary Filmmaker.
As a result, this film will screen two additional times on
Sunday, May 3: 1:15 pm and 7:15 pm.
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Sunday, April 26, 1:00 pm
@SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street), Theater 2
After the Movie: Director Ian Olds; author and The Nation reporter Christian Parenti; New Yorker staff writer and author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, George Packer; and former Afghan fixer Naqeeb Sherzad will further discuss the dangers encountered by both journalists in war zones and the native populations that help them get the stories to the world. Moderated by Bob Dietz, Asia Program Coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists.
[BOYSX] | 2009 | 82 min | Feature Documentary
Directed by: Crayton Robey
USA
In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, we are pleased to present two programs celebrating the seminal film The Boys in the Band, a cultural watershed that still resonates today. Join us for a free screening of the 1970 film-directed by William Friedkin and written by Mart Crowley, based on his groundbreaking play that debuted one year before Stonewall. Crowley will be present for this special screening. (The Boys in the Band print courtesy of CBS Broadcasting, Inc.) We also welcome to the Festival a special work-in-progress version of Making the Boys, directed by Crayton Robey. This documentary features the many people involved with the original stage play and film, including Crowley and Dominick Dunne, as well as Edward Albee, Robert Wagner, and Paul Rudnick. Read More
Monday, April 27, 4:30 pm
@SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street), Theater 2
Tony Award-winning producer and documentarian Dori Berinstein moderates a discussion with Making the Boys director Crayton Robey, The Boys in the Band playwright and screenwriter Mart Crowley, The Boys in the Band actor Laurence Luckinbill, Executive Producer, The Boys in the Band Dominick Dunne, Village Voice columnist Michael Musto, television personality Carson Kressley, and others after this special work-in-progress screening.
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[GIRLF] | 2009 | 77 min | Feature Narrative
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
USA
Director Steven Soderbergh follows five days in the life of a $2,000-an-hour Manhattan call girl (adult film star Sasha Grey) who thinks she has her life totally under control. She even has a devoted boyfriend who accepts her lifestyle. But when you're in the business of meeting people, you never know who you're going to meet next. Read More
Wednesday, April 29, 8:00 pm
@SVA Theater (333 West 23rd Street), Theater 2
After the Movie: Director Steven Soderbergh and lead actors Sasha Grey and Chris Santos will discuss their combined experiences making the film. Moderated by Marie Claire film critic Caryn James.
[OUTRA] | 2009 | 87 min |
Directed by: Kirby Dick
USA
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated) delivers a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. Outrage boldly reveals the hidden lives of some of our nation's most powerful policymakers, details the harm they've inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the media's complicity in keeping their secrets. Read More
Friday, May 1, 8:00 pm
@Directors Guild Theater (110 West 57th Street)
After the Movie: Expanding on the issues raised in Outrage, director Kirby Dick, author and Sirius Radio talk show host Michelangelo Signorile, and gay rights activist Larry Kramer will discuss political hypocrisy, public versus private lives, gay rights, homophobia in the media, and the controversy surrounding outing. Moderated by author and activist Rodger McFarlane.
Due to unforeseen schedule changes, Jim McGreevey cannot attend. Larry Kramer has replaced him on the panel.
[AMERI] | 2009 | 89 min | Feature Documentary
Directed by: Leslie Cockburn
USA
Politicians and the media like to talk about the relationship between Wall Street and Main Street, but investigative journalist Leslie Cockburn's debut feature gets to the guts of the matter, visiting defectors from Bear Stearns and Standard & Poor's and other high-level players in the subprime mortgage gamble and, on the flipside, visiting the working-class Americans who were the unwitting chips on the table. Read More
Saturday, May 2, 2:00 pm
@Directors Guild Theater (110 West 57th Street)
After the Movie: Director Leslie Cockburn, producer Andrew Cockburn, NYU Stern School of Business Economics Professor and Chairman of RGE Monitor Nouriel Roubini, and Bloomberg News correspondent Mark Pittman as they delve further into the origins of the mortgage crisis and its continuing ramifications. Moderated by This American Life producer and contributing editor to NPR's Planet Money Alex Blumberg.
