DOCTOBER 2016 Discussions, Receptions and Beyond

With over 50 documentaries, something for everyone is hardly an exaggeration. Special guests, panel DOCTOBER 2016 discussions, receptions and beyond.

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U.S. POSTAGE U.S. Prsrt Std Prsrt 2 PFC Film Calendar | OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016 | 360.738.0735 | pickfordfilmcenter.org ABOUT PFC Admission Pickford Film Center & Limelight Cinema Pricing: A NOTE FROM OUR DIRECTOR • PFC Members, every day – $7.50 • Tuesday–Sunday General Admission – $10.75 • Students & Kids under 12 – $8.00 • Mondays and Matinees* – $8.50 Dear Bellingham, *Matinees are Monday through Friday before 5pm, and Saturday–Sunday before 3:30pm It is almost time for Doctober, Pickford Film Center’s sprawling, Tickets for free shows are not available online, but eclectic, and inspirational celebration of filmic exclamations, can be claimed in advance at the box office only. questions, murmurs, deep longing looks and alarm bells about Movie Times the world around us. 1. Visit www.pickfordfilmcenter.org for current showtimes, news, advance tickets, and trailers. There are so many subjects (yikes) – over 50 -- and over 50 2. Sign up for our weekly mailing list and get the examinations of those subjects, all engaging and available to times delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. you for the price of admission. How cool is that? 3. See our ad each week in the Cascadia Weekly Selected Doc-ED films for 2016: and Bellingham Herald's Take Five. 4. Call our movie hotline: 360-738-0735. One special group of local citizens is not required to pay to be 5. Smartphone? Snap the QR code on the front inspired. When Doctober starts, the yellow school busses will page or visit pickfordfilmcenter.org on your mobile line up outside PFC almost every morning and middle school device and bookmark our app! students from across the county will enliven our lobby as they PFC Staff come to see the films that make up our Doc-ED program for Susie Purves, Executive Director 2016. Doc-ED this year is inclusive, overly ambitious and will [email protected] reach over 5,000 students with free admission, free Michael Falter, Program Director transportation, free popcorn and films that will open up Breaking a Monster [email protected] new corners of the world. A trio of middle class African American Ryan Uhlhorn, Operations Manager middle school boys navigate the world [email protected] The middle school audience is standing on the precipice of of the big label music industry as they Lindsey Gerhard, Marketing Manager form a heavy metal band, perform on the [email protected] teen age. How they address the world as they grow up will be streets of NYC, get national publicity and Ariel Brownstein, guided by their view of the world. Doc-ED reveals an endlessly management, and ultimately sign an Membership & Development Manager curious place filled with people who are thought-provoking and unbelievable record deal with a major label. [email protected] diverse, inspirational and wholly human, and it also reveals Grace Schrater, Assistant Manager Elder in the Making [email protected] the excitement and pleasure of viewing a film on the big screen with peers and friends. Learning the stories of the land, the Lucas Holtgeerts, treaties, and the culture that define the Education Outreach Coordinator Blackfoot people and what it means to take [email protected] If you would like to add your name to the list of Doc-ED on the responsibility of being an Elder.

Mary Loquvam, Volunteer Coordinator supporters, visit: pickfordfilmcenter.org/support/make-a-gift/ 2016 | 360.738.0735 | OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Calendar Film PFC | pickfordfilmcenter.org [email protected] and join our ranks. What Tomorrow Brings Winnie Griffith, Pickford Art Studios Manager One year in the life of a school for girls in [email protected] Best wishes for a mind blowing Doctober, a remote Afghan village where educating Projectionists: girls is a radical concept. Here is the story of Steve Meyers, Carey Ross, Kevin Ledford, the adults who sacrifice to make education Juliette Machado, Ariana Dorshkind, possible for girls and the girls who are Cristhian Arias-Romero, Michael Barone, Kristen Stanovich blazing a trail. Susie Purves, Executive Director PFC Board Brian Sibley, President Becca Shew, Vice President YOUR GIFT MAKES A TRUE IMPACT. Meg Weber, Treasurer Support Doc-Ed. Support students. Support community. Angela Anderson, Secretary James Willson Michelle Bouma Dawn Dietrich Christina Kobdish Scott Pelton Christine Park Heather Pavlosky

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FOR THE LOVE OF SPOCK 10/8 + 10/12 HARRY BENSON: SHOOT FIRST 11/3 MAD HOT BALLROOM 10/8 With an Interactive Prize Loaded He made a name for himself with his photographs of Pickford Family Matinees Spock Trivia Opener by Steve Meyers the Beatles, but didn’t stop there. For decades, Harry Documentary filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo chronicles the Adam Nimoy, son of Leonard, examines Spock’s Benson has given us an intimate look at world leaders lives of several New York City schoolchildren as they enduring legacy, with help from the likes of William and celebrities alike, and, now in his 80s, he’s still get ready for a dancing competition at the American Shatner, George Takei, J.J. Abrams, Zachary Quinto, showing us the world through his lens. Unrated. 97 min. Ballroom Theater. Only $1 admission. PG. 106 min. and more. A loving, fascinating tribute to everyone’s favorite Vulcan. Unrated. 111 min. HOOLIGAN SPARROW 10/2 MARINONI: THE FIRE IN THE FRAME 11/1 A chilling work of guerilla filmmaking, this follows Giuseppe Marinoni, 75-year-old master bike craftsman Chinese activist He Haiyan as she attempts to and irascible character, attempts to break a tricky investigate and possibly gain justice for six girls world record on a bike he built four decades ago. who were victims in a child-rape case, a crime that PG. 90 min. threatens to expose an especially seedy underbelly of the Chinese government. Unrated. 83 min. MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE 10/15 + 10/21 Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, the first poet to THE IF PROJECT 10/27 + 10/30 speak at a presidential inauguration since Robert Frost, Women are the fastest growing segment of the civil rights worker alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and prison population. Seattle police officer Kim Bogucki Malcolm X, three-time Grammy winner and more, started the IF Project – a writing program aimed at Maya Angelou became a national treasure by fearlessly empowering and inspiring incarcerated women – to speaking her truth, as this documentary about her life try and change that. Unrated. 90 min. and legacy illustrates. Unrated. 114 min. + BONUS SCREENING: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (written, directed and starring Leonard Nimoy) 10/8 IN JACKSON HEIGHTS 10/5 OBIT 10/15 + 10/20 Get a free ticket with your Love of Spock ticket Jackson Heights, Queens is one of the most culturally No one eulogizes the dearly departed quite like PFC Film Calendar | OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016 | 360.738.0735 | OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Calendar Film PFC | pickfordfilmcenter.org purchase. BUT - space is limited, so claim your free diverse neighborhoods in the country. This doc, which the obituary staff of the New York Times, and this Star Trek IV ticket at the box office in advance to details day-to-day life there, paints an immersive documentary finally sheds light on these largely secure your seat! portrait of a colorful coexistence. Unrated. 190 min. unseen and unsung writers and the intriguing realm between life and death they inhabit. Unrated. 93 min. FREIGHTENED: INDIAN POINT 11/2 THE REAL PRICE OF SHIPPING 10/7 Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant is just 35 miles from 90% of our goods get to us via giant vessels loaded Times Square, meaning some 50 million people live down with shipping containers. This doc assesses the within its reach. Once the power source of the future, costs – environmental, economic, social – of the nearly now an aging facility, it still prompts the question that invisible cargo-shipping industry. Unrated. 90 min. has dogged it since it first fired up its reactors: Is it safe? Unrated. 94 min. GIMME DANGER Opens 11/4 Plays for one week at the Limelight Cinema KEDI 10/14 + 10/16 In an effort to make all of your Doctober dreams come The cats of Istanbul, ubiquitous and highly visible, true, we present this documentary about The Stooges are owned by no one but cared for by all. Come get a (legendary punk band) helmed by none other than cat’s-eye-view of what life is like for the regal creatures Jim Jarmusch (legendary indie filmmaker). in the one city on Earth that reveres them properly. Unrated. 80 min. Unrated. 108 min.

LEARNING TO SEE: THE WORLD OF INSECTS GLEASON 10/2 + 10/3 PETER AND THE FARM 10/30 + 11/1 10/9 Presented by Mindport Exhibits Peter Dunning has been operating a 187-acre farm in Presented by The ALS Association Evergreen Chapter Vermont for half his life. But don’t expect this to be an Spokane native Steve Gleason seemed to be leading a Insect exhibits, refreshments and more idyllic portrait of a bucolic life – Dunning is irascible, charmed life as an NFL player when he was diagnosed Robert Oelman left a career in psychology to move plain-spoken, undeniably charismatic and inextricably with ALS shortly after his retirement. He began filming to the Amazon and take a macro lens to the world’s tied to his land. Unrated. 91 min. a video diary to pass on what he’s learned to his infant most micro population: insects. His photos do more son, a diary that has become an intensely moving and than just illustrate the strange beauty of these little- uplifting portrait of a fighter and a family man. understood creatures, they also serve to document R. 110 min. species that are dying off faster than he can capture them. Unrated. 68 min. FESTIVAL KEY HARRY & SNOWMAN Opens 10/14 Plays for one week at the Limelight Cinema THE LOVERS & THE DESPOT 10/1 + 10/6 SPECIAL GUESTS In the 1950s, Dutch immigrant Harry deLeyer paid $80 Masters of Asian Cinema for a broken-down plow horse he named Snowman In 1978, Kim Jong-il kidnapped a famous South PRE-SCREENING and then rode to a Triple Crown victory in show Korean actress and director and forced them to make RECEPTION jumping. This is the story of a man who went to see movies for him in a bid for North Korean filmmaking about a very special horse, in Harry’s own words. supremacy--until they plotted their own daring Q+A/PANEL Unrated. 84 min. escape. A story so weird it must be true. DISCUSSION Unrated. 98 min. 5 6 PFC Film Calendar | OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016 | 360.738.0735 | pickfordfilmcenter.org 6:30 3:30 1:00 6:30 4:45 2:00 11:30 6:30 4:00 1:30 11:15 6:30 4:00 1:30 5:30 INSECTS OF WORLD THE 3:15 DREAM THREE-SIDED 12:30

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Moonlight Schools Foundation MOONLIGHT Barry Jenkins Director: A timeless story of and human connection self-discovery, a of chronicles the life black man from young adulthood childhood to find as he struggles to in the world, his place up in a rough growing Miami. neighborhood of 110 min. Unrated, SCREENAGERS 21 Nov Monday, Bellingham by Presented Public doc probes into This corners the vulnerable including life, family of and own, the director's struggles, depicts messy social media, video over and games, academics addiction. internet 70 min. Unrated. HALLOWEEN (1978) (1978) HALLOWEEN 31 - Halloween! Mon, Oct seasonal slasher favorite Your big screen with film hits the an exclusive added content: interview with the man: himself! John Carpenter R. 120 min. Rated Story-ballet classics, signature productions, once again the Bolshoi proves is it the world’s preeminent ballet company. 12 November Sunday, The Bright Stream NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE SeriesThe Encore Benedict Cumberbatch stars in both of these selections.fabulous autumn Wednesday, Oct 26 + Sunday, Oct 30 Frankenstein Sunday, Nov 20 + Wednesday, Nov 23 Hamlet CO. SHAKESPEARE ROYAL Shakespeare’s legacy lives on! Straight from the the bard’s hometown of Stratford-upon- Avon to your favorite local cinema in B'ham. Wednesday, Nov 9 + Sunday, Nov 13 Cymbeline Sunday, Nov 27 + Wednesday, Nov 30 King Lear BOLSHOI BALLET ) PERFORMING ARTS Kim ), a Korean Ha Jung-woo ) out of her ) out of Kim Tae-ri THE HANDMAIDEN Chan-wook Park Director: from an help With orphaned pickpocket ( man ( con an elaborate devises and bilk seduce plot to ( a Japanese woman Min-hee inheritance. 167 min. Unrated, compete for best overall film. best overall for compete All night! content. Graphic BLEEDINGHAM Oct 30 + Sun, Oct 22 Sat, the from all over Filmmakers on the night PNW gather screen to Bleedingham of visions and their nightmarish OCTOBER SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL OCTOBER that guy from Indiana, Mike Pence Indiana, guy from that lonesome? Join the party here PFC. at All Singing, All Dancing, Original Uncut Version! All Singing, All Dancing, Original Uncut “A Real Nail Biter!!” “One for the history “One for “A Real Nail Biter!!” books!!!!” One Night Only, Tuesday, November 8 One Night Tuesday, Only, Why stay home and history watch unfold by your all Starring: Hillary Clinton, Tim Kaine, Donald Trump and Kaine, Tim Hillary Clinton, Starring: Kristen Stewart, Kristen Stewart, ) strive to forge forge to ) strive FILM SERIES Director: Kelly Reichardt Kelly Reichardt Director: In Montana's stunning mountains and pastoral, big-skied landscapes, three strong-willed ( women Dern, Michelle Laura Williams paths amidst their own the wide-open plains of Northwest the American R. 107 min. Rated CERTAIN WOMEN CERTAIN OF PALO Tuesday, Nov 3 Nov Tuesday, Unrated. 79 min. Unrated. THE WEDDING WEDDING THE Danish polar explorer Danish polar explorer

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The last work of the famed the famed of last work The presented by noted author noted by presented Mountains May Depart May Mountains Tuesday, NovemberTuesday, 15 Sat, oct 1 + Thurs, Oct 6 Despot the and Lovers The Featuring introductions by film academics. MASTERS OF ASIAN CINEMA ASIAN OF MASTERS The Man Who Could Cheat Death Saturday, November 19 Saturday, October 15 Horror Express The very best worst sci-fi movies presented by Steve Meyers. Only $3 admission. ROCKET SCI-FI MATINEES SCI-FI ROCKET PIrates! Band Misfits of Mad Hot Ballroom Hot Mad Saturday, November 12 Saturday, October 8 Admission is only $1 for these family friendly faves. Stick around after for a casual discussion Presented by Peoples Bank PICKFORD FAMILY PICKFORD FAMILY MATINEES HOW TO SURVIVE DOCTOBER

BE PREPARED! COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN? A sold-out show during Doctober is a regular occurance. A few films have Hello! Welcome! Thank you for joining us. If you are seeking accommodations, we an encore screenings, but many are only showing once. Buy those tickets in suggest the beautiful Chrysalis Inn & Spa in Fairhaven for a contemporary advance, folks! It guarantees your seat and lets you beat the lines at the box boutique experience or the GuestHouse Inn for something closer to Downtown. office. It also never hurts to arrive early and claim your seat - theaters are open for seating 20 minutes before the show. STAY CONNECTED Keep in touch. This program that you're currently flipping through has a lot of EAT WELL + STAY HYDRATED information included, but new events and activities get added every day! Keep Let us take this moment to remind you that Pickford Film Center has one of your eyes on our website and sign up to receive our weekly email to get updates the best happy hours in town! Enjoy discounted local beer, wine and cider on delivered straight to your inbox. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to Monday - Friday from 4-6pm. We also serve GMO-free popcorn all day long catch our up to the minute announcements and behind the scenes details. (freshly popped in coconut oil) and a wide selection of local concession, both salty and sweet. As much as we love you hanging out at the Pickford, we BE A FRIEND know you might need a break from the screens. Downtown Bellingham is full Hey y'all... Let's keep it classy and respect fellow audience members. Talking on of delicious flavors and brews - venture out, check out our neighbors. the phone and texting is strictly prohibited in the theaters, and behavior such as talking loudly to your neighbors and chewing gum during the film is just plain LET'S TALK ABOUT IT rude. We thank you in advance for your understanding. You're the best! We invite you to stick around after the films in the lobby to discuss what you've just seen with your friends, or come early and catch up over a bottle of wine. Want to use our free WiFi to write up your original review? No problem. Treat our lobby like your living room. Relax, get comfortable, do your thing. We're glad you're here.

WHERE DO I PARK? On street parking is generally available during our showtimes. Meters are free after 5pm and on weekends, and the meters on Bay St. take credit cards. The Commercial Street Parking Garage, located one block from PFC and the TAKE THE DOCTOBER CHALLENGE Limelight Cinema, is safe, convenient, free after 5pm on weekdays, and free With over 50 films in the lineup, we know that it can be a lot to take in, and if all weekend. Please do not park in the Diamond lot next to PFC--it is off limits you're one who tries to see them all - you deserve an award! This year we've got during the day and a pay lot in the evenings. some groovy new Doctober merch, offered to challenge participants only. Pick up your punchcard at the box office, see at least 8 docs and win sweet prizes.