ACCOUNTANT, THE USA 2000 Betacam SP/16mm 106 mins. One Wheel Panther Productions East Coast Premiere
[email protected] Director/Writer/Editor: Glenn Gers Producer: Spencer M. Clarke, Jr. Cinematography: Noah Prince Music: Bryan E. Miller Costumes: Loren Bevans Starring: David Valcin, Marlene Forte, John Randolph Jones The story of a gentleman who tries to protest the lack of civilized behavior in New York City and inadvertently brings about the end of civilization. A narrator-hero guides us through an Altmanesque/neo-Dickensian tale involving 18 principal characters in a tragicomedy of race, class, good intentions and bad luck. Shot for $62,000 in 88 locations with 120 actors, "The Accountant" is a no-budget magical-realist disaster movie. A.J.’S DOGUMENTARY USA 1999 Digital Video 53 mins. New England Premiere Director: A.J. Poulin The film offers a comic glimpse into the lives of obsessive dog owners, and shows the bizarre ways they pamper their pets. A.J.’s Dogumentary has been in four film festivals, winning the audience award for favorite film three times. ALZIRA: A MATRIARCH TELLS HER STORY USA 2000 Digital Video 63 mins. In English and Portuguese (with English subtitles) http://members.tripod.com/~christian-d/index.html Breaking Branches Pictures Official World Premiere
[email protected] Director: Christian de Rezendes Music: Alberto Resendes Featuring: Alzira Rodrigues By 1929, Alzira de Jesus Soares had survived the conditions of her impoverished village in the north of Portugal, a place called Bouçoais - where her father and two younger siblings had died from influenza and starvation. Only months earlier, she had been granted the most unique of opportunities for those in her native homeland: a better life in America.