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The 23rd AnnuAl WoodS hole Film FestivAl Schedule subject to change. Please check www.woodsholefilmfestival.org for updates. between the worlds of responsibility and creative joy. Master Class: Filmmaker in Residence Saturday, July 26 But, her first brave steps are the catalyst for changing not only her life, but Shane’s too, in complex and unpre- Jay Craven dictable ways. Cast: Maggie Baird, Finneas O’Connell, 3:00 PM, Old Woods Hole Fire Station Music: The Wayworn Travelers Special David Cowgill, Lori Nasso, William Hunt, Patrick O’Connell, Concert before The Winding Stream screening event Goh Nakamura, Yogi Lonich, Joe Hart, Emma Bell, Xenia, 6:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium Roscoe Brandon, Orson Ossman Druid Peak The Wayworn Travelers, a new aggregation of Boston- narrative Feature, Marni Zelnick, 2013, 112 min. area roots musicians who share a deep and genuine love 7:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium of The Carter Family, will perform traditional and modern SHORTS 1: Love, Sex and/or Romance Set against the backdrop of the wolf reintroduction pro- renditions of Carter Family songs. Wayworn Travelers’ 9:00 PM, Old Woods Hole Fire Station gram in Yellowstone National Park, Druid Peak is a coming members have performed with Howard ‘Louie Bluie’ Arm- Monkey Rag of age story about a troubled teenage boy who finds strong, Chris Smith, Tarbox Ramblers, Morphine, Michael Animation, Joanna Davidovich, 2013, 4 min. a home tracking wolves in the wild lands of Wyoming. Hurley, Miss Tess, Jethro Burns, Jim Kweskin, Guy Davis The film is about the human soul’s need for wild things and others, at venues as diverse as Lincoln Center, The La Mime and the challenge of holding onto them. Shot on location Narrative Short, Marjorie Cohen, 2013, 6 min. Country Music Hall of Fame, The Boston Folk Festival, and in West Virginia, Wyoming, Montana and Utah, the film The New York City Blues Festival, garnering praise from The Romantics stars Andrew Wilson (Rushmore, The Royal Tennen- the New York Times, Boston Magazine, The Boston Music Narrative Short, Ryan Daniel Dobson, 2013, 15 min. baums, Whip It), Spencer Treat Clark (The Last House on the Left, Mystic River, Gladiator) and Rachel Korine (Spring Awards and more along the way. A Lovely Treat Breakers Septien, Mr. Lonely). Narrative Short, Mitch Yapko, 2012, 11 min. The Winding Stream Surprise engagement Documentary Feature, Beth Harrington, 2012, 90 min. Narrative Short, Andrew Silver, 2014, 11 min. SHORTS 3: Big Questions 7:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium 7:00 PM, Old Woods Hole Fire Station The Winding Stream is a music history documentary Salmon Deadly Sins Animation, Steven Vander Meer, 2013, 7 min. eye of the Storm progress that tells the story of the American roots music Documentary Short, 2012, 16 min. dynasty, the Carters and the Cashes. Starting with the Life’s a Bitch Original Carter Family (A.P., Sara, Maybelle), the film traces Narrative Short, Francois Jaros, 2013, 6 min. The Last 40 Miles Animation, Alex Hannaford, 2013, 15 min. the ebb and flow of their influence, the transformation of The Morning After that act into the Carter Sisters, the marital alliance with Narrative Short, Mia Faith Renaud, 20xx, xx min. Protesters legend Johnny Cash and the efforts of present-day family Narrative Short, Marty Lang, 2013, 10 min. to keep this legacy alive. Arguably, there would be on Folk A Day in the Life of a Bathroom Mirror Homophonia Revival of the ‘60s without them, no country rock bands Narrative Short, Phil Hawkins, 2014, 9 min. Narrative Short, James Jermanok, 2014, 3 min. of the 70s, and no current alt-country hipsters without The Promise their music. “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”, “Keep on the Narrative Short, Nongkhran Meecharoen, 2013, 15 min. Flesh eaters Sunny Side”, “Worried Man Blues”, “Are You Lonesome Narrative Short, Matthew Hollis-Lima, 2013, 9 min. Tonight” are just a few of their songs. No one has yet Opening night Party Machsom pulled together all the elements of this family saga in one Party Narrative Short, Joel Novoa, 2013, 25 min. documentary. The goal of The Winding Stream is to honor 11:00 PM, The Captain Kidd Waterfront this multi-generational family where it stands -- at the Featuring music by The Wayworn Travelers Salvatore headwaters of American roots music. Moderated Q&A fol- Narrative Short, William Shermer, 2013, 6 min. lowing the screening with filmmaker Beth Harrington and Ashore moderator Elijah Wald. Narrative Short, Robert Andersen, 2013, 9 min. ScreenS With: Sunday, July 27 Lomax Filmmaker in Residence Screening Narrative Short, Jesse Kreitzer, 2013, 12 min. Kids’ Day and Workshop with Jay Craven featuring The Boxcar Children 8:00 PM, Woods Hole Community Hall Brave new Wild Animation, Daniel Chuba, Mark Dippe, 2014, 82 min. Filmmaker in Residence Screening – Jay Craven’s 2006 2:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium feature film Disappearances adapted from a book by Documentary Feature, Oakley Anderson-Moore, 2014, 76 min. 7:00 PM, Old Woods Hole Fire Station Based on one of the best selling children’s books of all Howard Frank Mosher. Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy time.A touching tale of family togetherness target to schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money Stumbling upon her father’s hi8 tapes, a daughter dis- kids ages four to twelve. The film explores themes of to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly covers a world of delinquent oddballs and wino nomad- personal integrity, generosity and kindness.Meet Henry, approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a poets who dedicated their life to an absurdist art form: Jessie, Violet and Benny, four orphaned brothers and traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, rock climbing. Through a kaleidoscopic mishmash of sisters who mysteriously appear in a small town on a Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable campfire stories with the most eccentric climbing warm summer night. No one knows who these young whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill’s per- pioneers, colorful archival footage, hand-animated car- wanderers are or where they have come from. The petually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they toons, and the director’s family home videos, Brave New children make a home for themselves in an abandoned cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilder- Wild explores an answer to the question of why climb boxcar they discover in the woods. The children make a ness for an unforgettable four days “full of terror, full when there’s nothing to gain -- and everything to lose. happy life for themselves, discovering the struggles and of wonder.” Kris Kristofferson, Genevieve Bujold, Charlie rewards of independence until one day they must reveal McDermott, Gary Farmer, Bill Sanderson, Lothaire Bluteau. ScreenS With: their secret and risk discovery by the one person they Following the screening Jay will discuss his process of The Devil Goes Down fear the most. adapting books to film. Documentary Short, Nicholas Julius, 2013, 11 min. SHORTS 2: The Things We Do The newburgh Sting Life inside Out 5:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium Documentary Feature, Kate Davis, David Heilbroner narrative Feature, Jill D’Agnenica, 2013, 103 min. 9:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium 9:00 PM, Redfield Auditorium 2580 Narrative Short, Bryce Richardson, 2013, 8 min. FBI undercover footage tells the story of the Newburgh Life Inside Out tells the story of Laura, the mother of Four and the U.S. government’s practice of entrapping three teenage boys, and her youngest son Shane, the Joe Muslims and selling their arrests to the public as anti- family misfit and a disappointment to his father. Laura Documentary Short, Erica Hill, Nick Noyes, 2014, 5 min. terror victories. Told with a shocking, thriller style, four is going through the motions, half-heartedly hosting a The Models of Bekonscot poor African-Americans are lured by an FBI informant scrap booking party for her sister Lydia’s new multi-level Documentary Short, Sophie Le Neveu, 2013, 5 min. into a wild plot to bomb a synagogue. Their arrests were marketing business when she stumbles upon her long publicized as a great success, the men now serve 25 forgotten guitar, a gift from her mother and the former Maritime Capsules years in prison. Yet the entire scheme was manufac- passion of her youthful life. She soon rediscovers her Documentary Short, Sal Zerilli, Keith Palazzola, 2014, 22 min. tured by the government, a reality which casts our love for songwriting. Shane, sullen, ear buds perpetually INSiDe MOTHeRWeLL’S DUMPSTeR domestic war on terror in a deeply unsettling, new light. in his ears, has cut himself off from the activities that Documentary Short, Marnie Crawford Samuelson, his father and brothers enjoy. When Laura impulsively Marnie Crawford Samuelson, 2014, 10 min. decides to sing at her first open-mic night, she takes Jon imber’s Left Hand Documentary Feature, Richard Kane, 2014, 57 min. Shane along for the ride—an act of both pity and moth- Cubical Life Narrative Short, Joshua Waterstone, 2013, 6 min. 9:00 PM, Old Woods Hole Fire Station erly instinct. Her first performance is a near disaster but with Shane’s encouragement, she eventually tries again. Japipur Mahouti A documentary of artist Jon Imber’s courageous and She starts to blossom, and Shane eventually picks up Documentary Short, Deborah Harse, 2013, 8 min. sometimes darkly humorous response to a diagnosis Laura’s guitar and begins to discover musical gifts of of ALS. The film traces his life, career, and adaptations, The Watershed his own. As family pressure increases, Laura is caught switching from painting from his right hand to his left, and Documentary Short, Elise Hugus, Daniel Cojanu, 2014, 15 min.