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Meet the Filmmaker: Director Nancy Buirski. Panel (details coming soon) moderated by Phyllis Frank, Assistant Executive Director of VCS Inc. The story of two little-known heroes during the Civil Rights Era—Mildred and Richard Loving, whose interracial marriage was considered a crime in their … [Read more...]

Meet the Filmmakers: Producer/Director Jonathan Demme and Producer Daniel Wolff, in a discussion moderated by author James McBride. Within months of Hurricane Katrina, Jonathan Demme and Daniel Wolff began documenting New Orleans’ residents who were demanding their “right to return” to the … [Read more...]

Meet the Filmmaker: Discussion with Director John Sayles, moderated by Susanna Styron. With U.S. troops occupying his village during the Philippine-American War, the mayor comes under pressure to help the Americans in their hunt for guerrilla fighters. The mayor’s brother, the head of the local … [Read more...]

Meet the Filmmakers: Producer/Director Barbara Kopple (two-time Oscar winner), Ellen Ratner and Ker Deng (subject of film and a participant from Sudan, respectively) and Producer Suzanne Mitchell. An inspiring portrait of journalist (Talk Radio News Service and Fox News) and philanthropist Ellen … [Read more...]

MEET THE FILMAKER: Director Cindy Meehl will be present for a post-film discussion. This “sleeper hit” documentary follows the real “Horse Whisperer”—the man who inspired Robert Redford’s popular film— from an abusive childhood to phenomenal success transforming both horses and … [Read more...]

Presented by Rivertown Film and Rockland Filmmakers. Discussion with Spencer Tunick moderated by Lynn Stein, Artistic Director at Rockland Center for the Arts America’s in for a nude awakening. Documentarian Arlene Nelson follows artist Spencer Tunick as he stages temporary, public … [Read more...]

MEET THE FILMMAKERS: Post-film discussion with Rockland actor Bern Cohen and members of Nim’s first adoptive human family, moderated by New York Times “Science Times” editor David Corcoran. Oscar-winner James Marsh (Man on Wire) tells the story of Nim, the “subject” of a 1970’s … [Read more...]

STEEL EARTH Episode 1: “Auto Archaeology,” 10 minutes, 2009; Episode 2, “Dodge Coronet,” 17 minutes, 2010; Episode 3, “Tackamack Park,” 22 minutes, 2011; Produced & Directed by Jason Paris, made in Rockland County Tickets: $5, sold … [Read more...]

MEET THE FILMMAKER: Writer/Director Kenneth Bowser will be interviewed by Declan Baldwin after the screening. A revealing biography of a conflicted truth-seeking troubadour who, with his guitar in hand, stood up for what he believed and challenged us all to do the same. Unyielding in his political … [Read more...]

Meet the Filmmakers: Indian film star and renown cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey, with Rockland County indie producer Declan Baldwin. Aasif Mandvi (cowriter and star of Today's Special has been called to work at his regular job as "International Correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and … [Read more...]

Join two-time Oscar nominee Kristi Zea for the “not-Hollywood-enough” director’s cut of The Joneses, never before shown in the U.S. A "jaw-dropping" premise (Rex Reed), great performances and a strong festival kick-off gave this fun satire of consumer culture early momentum. Then it stalled. … [Read more...]

Special pre-release screening and Q&A with director John Gray and, schedules permitting, film stars Stephen Lang (Avatar, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Public Enemies), and Peter Riegert (Traffic, Crossing Delancey, Animal House). 1/18 UPDATE: The guest line-up is changing, and Stephen Lang is … [Read more...]

DIG OUT AND COME ENJOY A GREAT EVENING. THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AS PLANNED. After the film, join Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) in a discussion led by Francis Wilkinson (Executive Editor, The Week magazine). Gibney’s film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room was also … [Read more...]

Assembled from 300 hours of footage shot in Afghanistan over three years, this remarkable documentary follows several US National Guardsmen, the Afghan officers they worked with, and the new Afghan battalion to be trained. Their stories – of frustrations and friendship across cultural, political … [Read more...]

Inspired by the incredible-but-true late-1990’s story of a drug ring involving Hasidic Jews from Rockland County and Brooklyn, Holy Rollers is a quirky, poignant, coming-of-age tale. Sam, a 20-year-old rabbinical student, is seduced by a flashy neighbor to join life in the fast lane smuggling … [Read more...]

Discussion with Novelist Robert Kaplow Funding by ETC/NYSCA … [Read more...]

Discussion with Producer Jill Foolick Funding by ETC/NYSCA … [Read more...]

Discussion with Director Gini Reticker Funding by ETC/NYSCA … [Read more...]

Discussion with the filmmakers Funding from Arts Council of Rockland/NYSCA … [Read more...]