The following is a complete list of film summaries, but due to time constraints, the program schedule will vary by theater venue. To see which films are playing at your community theater, simply click on the appropriate theater location.Click here to locate your theater.
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Descending the Dragon
Descending the Dragon My journey down the coast of Vietnam Director Jon Bowermaster 52 min
Sometimes the longest journey begins with great patience. When Jon Bowermaster proposed an 800-mile kayak expedition along Vietnam's northern coastline, the country's government initially responded, "That will be quite impossible." Negotiation saved the day, and Jon Bowermaster and his team of five - including a Vietnamese-American woman who had fled Saigon as a child on the final day of war in 1975 - completed an unprecedented voyage, seeing Vietnam and its people in a brand new light. Jon Bowermaster interview
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Little Blue
Little Blue, Live the Dream! Bob Svihovec 8 min
Little Blue, a young penguin, breaks away from tradition and learns to surf. His pursuit of the dream is a lonely quest... or is it? http://www.littleblue.us/
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Gimme Green
Gimme Green Directors Isaac Brown and Eric Flagg 30 min
Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop—the lawn. www.gimmegreen.com
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Bugs of the Underworld
Bugs of the Underworld: A natural history of aquatic insects Directors Ralph and Lisa Cutter 30 min
Eleven years, Eight camera's and Three countries Extraordinary, underwater video footage follows the life cycles of mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, and other amazing bugs. Like MICROCOSMOS submerged!
The famed Outer Banks of North Carolina are a slim and moving line of sand in the open Atlantic. Many travelers think they know these islands—but south of Ocracoke Inlet there rises a luminous bar of sand sixty miles in extent, with no roads, no bridges, no hotels: the wild beaches of Cape Lookout, one of the few remaining natural barrier islands in the world. At once an exaltation and elegy, Ribbon of Sand profiles this seascape and the transitory islands doomed to disappear. The film features quotes by environmental pioneer Rachel Carson as interpreted by acclaimed actress Meryl Streep. Awards: IDA/Pare Lorentz Award Nominee, Jackson Hole Wildlife FF finalist
With no templates and the simplest of tools, Peter Donnelly creates a new and intricate design every week on Brighton Foreshore, lasting only till high tide. His connection to and love of the sand and the sea are evident. He is a Sand Dancer and Magic Maker.
Best Documentary Award 2007, Foursite Film Festival Best Documentary Award 2006 Magna International Film Festival http://www.forcefivefilms.co.nz/
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Project Puffin
Project Puffin Director Daniel Breton 20 min
The National Audubon Society started Project Puffin in 1973 in an effort to learn how to restore puffins to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine.
Counting Water Director Brian Savelson Animation 6 min
How many drops of water does the ocean really hold? When Juliet tells George that she loves him "as much as all the droplets of water in the ocean," George demands to know just how many that is. And to prove her devotion, Juliet ventures far out into the sea to count.
River Play Filmmaker Patty Eacobaccie Watercolor Artist Jerianne Van Dijk Composer Mark Vance 6 min
Mark Vance had approached Jerianne Van Dijk wanting to capture Jerianne’s art process with a new composition. The idea was perfect for film so they enlisted the help of filmmaker Patty Eacobacci. They met in early March of 2007 for the first official brainstorm session. By August and many versions later the final cut of River Play was ready for submission to the local film festival.
The film incorporates Van Dijk’s watercolor paintings with live video footage of the Yuba River and its environs. The music score carries the viewer on a fun, whimsical, jazzy ride that Vance masterfully composed for the endeavor.
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RIDE OF THE MERGANSERS
Ride of the Merganser Director Steve Furman 11 Min
The Hooded Mderganser is a rare and reclusive duck found only in North America. Every spring, in the Great Lakes region, the wary hen lays and incubates her eggs in a nest high in the trees. Just 24 hours after hatching, the tiny ducklings must make the perilous leap to the ground below to begin life in the wild. This age-old rite is rarely observed by humans. http://www.furmanfilms.com/
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Wood Ducks on the Briary A film by Hoyt "Rooster" Minges 15 min
Wood Ducks on the Briary was shot in Lenoir County on a blue stream near Ralph Road. Filmmaker Rooster Minges used to hunt water fowl, but he gave up the sport in the mid-eighties when his interest turned to conservation. The inspiration for the film came grew out of his current hobbie--constructing nesting boxes. He has captured some great close-up observation footage, he says, " all it takes is patience, warm clothes and a duck blind with a roof." Minges will be on hand to answer questions at the film festival screening in Kinston at the new Visitors Center (101 E. New Bern Road) on January 22. Click here for details or to purchase tickets.
