Thursday Nights at 8:30 pm
June 5th through July 17th
Bank of the West Building
49th @ Telegraph, Oakland

 
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A special thanks to Laura Plotkin, Documentary Filmmaker and board member of the Film Arts Foundation, for her early encouragement of this project and help securing some of our first films!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 A FREE outdoor summer movie series featuring Bay Area Filmmakers
Free popcorn and special events. Limited seating. Come early or bring a chair.
Movie Schedule and Special Events
June 5th | June 12th | June 19th | June 26th | July 3rd | July 10th | July 17th


           June 5th
9:20   FULFILLING ONE'S DUTY (Maria Jose Calderon) and
           LA CORONA (Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega)
           MUSIC VIDEO from COLOMBIA (Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi)            

7:00   Pre movie casual ride through Oakland with the folks at
           Tip Top Bike Shop
8:00   Opening Band - Faux Mojo presented by Desa Arts!
           Baked goods and Coffee from Bake Sale Betty's! 

          One's Duty (Maria Jose Calderon, TRT 18 min)
          A dark comedy set in Chile.

          La Corona (Amanda Micheli, Isabel Vega, TRT 40 min)
          Nominated for an Oscar!
 

Synopsis: The contestants are murderers, guerrillas, and thieves. The winner will be crowned Queen, but she won't be invited on a press tour as a role model for young girls. Instead, she will be escorted back to her cell. LA CORONA (The Crown) is a character-driven documentary that follows four inmates competing for the crown in the annual beauty pageant of the Bogota Women's Prison.


           June 12th
9:20   LIFE OF THE MIND: A series of shorts

WHEN I GROW UP (Michelle Meeker, 6:36m) View Trailer At SFIFF '08!
RUN IF YOU'RE LOST (Sophie Baker, 4m)
BARELY AUDIBLE (Eli Jacobs- Fantuzzi & Vivian Wenli Lin, 3m)
PANIC (Casimir Fornalski, 6m)
SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ONG (Frank Yeean Chan, TRT 4m) At SFIFF '08!
BETTY AND JOHNNY (Ellen Lake, 4m) About
TRINA'S COLLECTION (Ellen Lake, 6m) About
SHELF LIFE (Don Bernier, 30m) About - Shown at SFIFF '08!

         Aquarius Rising will have a table.

 
           June 19th
 9:20   LIGHT AND SHADOW: A series of Shorts

Experimental Films by Katherin McInnis (25m) Featured at SFIFF '08!
I was Never Glamorous (Ellen Lake, 2m) About
Another (Nefertiti Kelly Farķas, 5m)
Loom (Scott Kravitz, 4m) About
The Hunger Artist (Tom Gibbons, 16m) About View Awards
A Movie Whose Name I Don't Know (Maria Jose Calderon, 4m)

        Artist books and local artist prints presented by Rowan Morrison Gallery

 
          June 26th
9:20   GIRL'S ROCK  (Arne Johnson and Shane King)
          Fundraiser Bay Area Girl's Rock! Camp

          Girl's Rock Trailer

       

         July 3rd 
           NO SHOW due to holiday

           July 10th
9:20   RUNNER'S HIGH  (Justine Jacob and Alex D. da Silva)  View Trailer
           CHANGE THE NATION Opening Music Video - Oakland Youth Rap group, Tha Faculty
6:30   DRAWING PARTY at Rowan Morrison Gallery and group bike ride to movie.
         Oaklandish
  RunnersHighPoster

Synopsis: "Running 26.2 miles takes their effort, commitment, and courage. Growing up as teenagers in East Oakland, California takes more. Runners High tells their inspirational stories of personal triumph."

Reviews

 
 
         July 17th
9:20   TOUCHING HOME (Logan and Noah Miller)  Starring Ed Harris!  
 6:30   ART PARTY at East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse!

           Touching Home Website 

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Logan and Noah Miller in Touching Home
 
Ed Harris with Noah and Logan Miller in Touching Home
 

Thanks to the folks at the Women's Cancer Resource Center, Sagrada and Baby's World for handing out popcorn. And, thanks to Sarita Waite and Temescal Square for lending us storage space and electrical access!