Yarne
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2019 | Nepal | 19 min | Drama
Director: Andrew Krakower
The money earned by 11-year-olds Sonam and Tashi for doing prayers is only enough to share one small Coke. Sonam is lucky to even get a sip before Tashi, the monastery bully, drinks the entire bottle. Yarne is an annual six-week period when Buddhist monks remain within the monastery grounds for focused study and practice, yet for child monks, it’s more like house arrest. Tired of wasting his money, Sonam decides to save up every rupee he earns during Yarne to buy a soccer ball, but first he will have to stand up to Tashi.
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WAGING CHANGE
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2019 | USA | 61 min | Documentary
Director: Abby Ginzberg
Editors: Marta Wohl, Jim McSilver
The majority of people serving food in U.S. restaurants are paid a federal sub-minimum wage of only $2.13 an hour and are forced to depend on tips to feed themselves and their families. WAGING CHANGE exposes the liabilities created by this wage structure — liabilities that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but which are amplified by the current moment. Women, who hold two-thirds of all tip-based jobs, are especially affected. Their reliance on tips leads to pervasive gender discrimination, sexual assault, and sexual harassment – and prevents many women from speaking up. Further, the sub-minimum tip wage leaves them with barely any support from unemployment in times of crisis.
Featuring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others who have mobilized support for the movement, WAGING CHANGE reveals the important role consumers have to play in ending this two-tiered wage system which has already been abolished in seven states.
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The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2019 | Canada | 83 min | Documentary
Director: Alison Reid
Producers: Joanne Jackson
In 1956, four years before Jane Goodall ventured into the world of chimpanzees and seven years before Dian Fossey left to work with mountain gorillas, 23-year-old biologist Anne Innis Dagg made an unprecedented solo journey to South Africa to study giraffes in the wild. In THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES Anne (now 86) retraces her steps, and with letters and stunning, original 16mm film footage offers an intimate window into her life as a young woman, juxtaposed with a first hand look at the devastating reality that giraffes are facing today. Both the world’s first ‘giraffologist’, whose research findings ultimately became the foundation for many scientists following in her footsteps, and the species she loves have each experienced triumphs as well as setbacks. THE WOMAN WHO LOVES GIRAFFES gives us a moving perspective on both.
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THE ROBBERY
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2019 | Spain | 9 min | Comedy
Director: Alfonso Díaz
What’s going to happen when these though times get worse and there are more robbers than bars?
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The Last Harvest
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2018 | USA | 20 min | Documentary
Director: Alexis Spradic
Producers: Michael Pizzo, David Burden, Tieneke Pavesic, Tim Lynch
The average grocery shopper may be surprised to learn that more than 75% of the fresh fruit consumed in the U.S. is completely dependent on hand-harvesting. Despite a rapidly growing $40 billion fresh produce industry, growers are in fear of a viable future as they struggle to find workers to pick the fields. More than $3.1 Billion is missed in economic growth each year as crops are left to rot in abandoned fields.
The Last Harvest offers a rare glimpse into the critical labor shortage problem in the agricultural industry. Hear the stories of those most impacted by this phenomenon and learn how immigration reform, an improved guest worker program, and innovation and collaboration can provide a solution. Let’s inspire a productive dialogue. The future of good food depends on the choices we make today. Our hope is this is not The Last Harvest.
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The Cocaine Famine
Tuesday, 29 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2018 | Ireland | 13 min | Narrative
Directors: Sam McMullen, Brian Martin
Two Irish drug dealers, Jacko and his much-maligned sidekick Niallser, drag a captured cockney rival into an abandoned shed in the depths of rural Ireland. A stash of cocaine has gone missing, supplies are running low, and Jacko has his mind set on who is responsible.
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THE BEST GIFT
Monday, 28 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2019 | USA | 7 min | Drama
Director: Andrew T. Horng
A mother tries to reconnect with her estranged son during the holidays.
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STANDING UP FOR SUNNY
Monday, 28 September 2020
No showings scheduled, yet. | Virtual
2019 | Australia | 99 min | Comedy
Director: Steven Vidler
Producers: Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin, Drew Bailey
When Travis, a self-isolated recluse with low-grade cerebral palsy, meets the shy aspiring comedienne Sunny, his mundane existence is turned upside down. Travis finds himself thrust into the world of stand-up comedy, in love and completely out of his comfort zone.
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ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN
Monday, 28 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2019 | USA | 28 min | Drama
Directors: Sami Khan, Smriti Mundhra
Producer: Poh Si Teng
Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old battle rapper, Ferguson activist and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as Superman to his constituents, he is a political figure the likes of which you’ve never seen – full of contradictions and deep insights, who has overcome unspeakable loss to become one of the most exciting and unapologetic young leaders in the country. This short verité documentary follows Bruce at a critical juncture in his life, when he is forced to deal with the mental trauma he’s been carrying for the nearly 30 years since his 9-year-old brother was shot and killed in front of him, in order to find peace and truly fulfill his destiny as a leader for his community.
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SORRY WE MISSED YOU
Monday, 28 September 2020
Virtual Showing
2019 | United Kingdom | 100 min | Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Producer: Rebecca O’Brien
Editor: Jonathan Morris
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill battle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It’s hard work, and his wife’s job is no easier. The family unit is strong, but when Ricky and his wife are pulled in different directions, everything comes to breaking point.
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