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FILM FESTIVAL returns to THEATER 5 Tickets and Passes THEATER DELI NOW SHOWING UPSTAIRS southeast Michigan on June 4-8! Now 10 VENUES 15 Opening Night Parties 50 FILMS 110 SCREENINGS THEATER in its third year, CinetopiaTHEATER willDELI present ZINGERMAN’S DELI NOW SHOWING UPSTAIRS 15 Spike Lee Screening 10 VENUES the best feature-length50 FILMS dramas, 110 SCREENINGS ZINGERMAN’S DELI comedies, and documentaries from the 18 John Sayles Symposium world’s best film festivals—like 16 Special Events SUNDANCE, CANNES, VENICE, and 19 Film Descriptions DETROIT FILM THEATER TORONTO—to venues across the 26 Outdoor Screenings DETROIT FILM THEATER metro area, such as the MICHIGAN 26 x Film Inde THEATER and STATE THEATER in Ann Arbor, and the DETROIT 27 Film Schedule INSTITUTE OF ARTS and COLLEGE 50 Maps FOR CREATIVE STUDIES in Detroit.

Special programs include Opening Night parties at theMICHIGAN DIA THEATER and the MICHIGAN THEATER THE BEST FILMS Michigan Theater; a symposium honoring the work ofFROM maverick THE WORLDS director THE BEST FILMS BEST FESTIVALS FROM THE WORLDS JOHN SAYLES; an invitation-only 25th anniversary screening of Do the BEST FESTIVALS Right Thing with groundbreaking filmmaker SPIKE LEE; free outdoor screenings; post-film audience Q&A sessions with directors and stars; panels, performances, afterparties, and more.

See next year’s award-winning independent films before they make it big: visit cinetopiafestival.org to purchase tickets and passes. We’ll see you at the festival!

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS

ENGLISH FOREIGN DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL PROGRAMS LANGUAGE LANGUAGE FILMS • Invitation-only screening FILMS FILMS 12 feature-length films with filmmaker SPIKE LEE 28 story-based fiction films 11 story-based fiction that explore the truth • Symposium and Q&A with from the United States, films from 11 countries; behind political, societal, director JOHN SAYLES United Kingdom, and Canada choose from comedies, and personal stories • Opening night parties thrillers, and dramas and festival afterparties • FREE outdoor screenings • ... AND MORE!

TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE AT CINETOPIAFESTIVAL.ORG. * Program subject to change. 3 Immersed in community spirit. Masco is proud to support the Cinetopia International Film Festival. We salute the Michigan Theater and Detroit Film Theatre for their collaboration and commitment to the arts, bringing groundbreaking new films to the southeast Michigan area.

FEATURED PRODUCT: DELTA® FAUCET www.masco.com TICKETS PERSONAL MOVIE PASS FESTIVAL PASS FESTIVAL PLUS FESTIVAL PASSES SPONSORSHIP FOR ONE FOR ONE PASS FOR ONE PRICING & BENEFITS PASS FOR TWO MEMBER of one of the following organizations: Michigan Theater, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. $75 $125 $175 $1,000 Wright Museum, or Arab American National Museum NON-MEMBER $95 $150 $200 $1,000 Admission to all film screenings

in Detroit and Ann Arbor Admission to ONE opening night party (choose Detroit OR Ann Arbor) Admission to BOTH opening night parties

(Detroit AND Ann Arbor) Admission to the Hospitality Suites Transportation via luxury coach to opening night

activities in Detroit Sponsorship of one Cinetopia film, onscreen and onstage recognition at the film screening of your choice,

admission to the invitation-only Spike Lee screening on Friday night, and a tax-deductible donation

SINGLE FILM TICKET OPENING NIGHT PARTY TICKET TICKETS TICKET 4-PACK (Includes opening night film) MEMBER of one of the following organizations: Michigan Theater, Detroit Institute of Arts, Charles H. $9 $30 $50 Wright Museum, or Arab American National Museum NON-MEMBER $12 $40 $60

HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS/PASSES ARE TICKET 4-PACKS AND PASSES IF A SCREENING SELLS OUT ONLINE, Purchase all Cinetopia tickets and passes GOOD FOR ANY SCREENING? WILL TICKETS STILL BE AVAILABLE? online via cinetopiafestival.org/tickets, Yes; however, please arrive at least 15 Potentially. Advance ticket sales do not or charge by phone at (866) 468-3401. minutes prior to the screening you wish to cover 100% of the seating for a screening. Individual film tickets at will call will be attend to assure yourself the opportunity To check on availability of tickets the day available at each venue beginning 30 to secure a seat. of a screening, simply show up at the minutes before the film start time. venue 30 minutes before the screening CAN I USE MICHIGAN THEATER begins and ask! For opening night party tickets, ticket COUPONS OR GOLD CARDS DURING 4-packs, and passes, box office staff will CINETOPIA? CAN TICKET PURCHASES BE contact you for your preference in pick Michigan Theater film admission coupon REFUNDED OR EXCHANGED? up location (in Detroit at the DIA or in Ann booklets, gift certificates, Night Out We regret that tickets cannot be refunded Arbor at the Michigan Theater). Packages, and Gold Cards are not valid except in the case of a cancelled screening. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN for Cinetopia screenings. Cinetopia ticket Exchanges, when possible, will be subject A SINGLE FILM TICKET AND A booklets containing 4 tickets to Cinetopia to a $3.00 processing fee per order. TICKET 4-PACK? screenings are available for purchase. Leftover Cinetopia tickets will not be valid I LOST MY TICKETS. Single film tickets are reserved for a WHAT SHOULD I DO? screening of a specific film with a specific at regular Michigan Theater screenings after the festival. In the event that you have misplaced screening time and date; however, having your Cinetopia tickets, please contact a ticket does not guarantee you a seat. HOW CAN I GET DISCOUNTED the Michigan Theater Box Office at You must arrive at the venue at least 15 CINETOPIA TICKETS AND PASSES? (734) 668-8397 x27. Cinetopia personnel minutes before the scheduled screening Become a member of the Michigan Theater, will locate your ticket order in our system start time. Ticket 4-packs are non- DIA, Charles H. Wright Museum, or Arab by order number or the last name of the specific and can be used at any Cinetopia American National Museum to get great purchaser. screening; however, you must arrive at deals. Visit cinetopiafestival.org/tickets the venue at least 15 minutes before the for details. scheduled screening start time.

TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE AT CINETOPIAFESTIVAL.ORG. * Program subject to change. 5 inspiring performance

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© 2014 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. FROM THE CINETOPIA FESTIVAL LEADERS WELCOME

WELCOME TO THE THIRD ANNUAL CINETOPIA FILM FESTIVAL!

It’s with excitement and a great sense of anticipation that the Michigan Theater and Detroit Institute of Arts will once again be a part of this ambitious five-day celebration of the art—and joy—of motion pictures. A true world-class international film festival, Cinetopia was born three years ago thanks to the vision and tireless efforts of the many dedicated staffers and programmers at Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater.

Last year, for the first time, Cinetopia expanded its offerings to the DIA so that metro Detroiters could also experience the festival’s rich bounty of contemporary world cinema—“the best films from the world’s best festivals”—allowing the DIA’s year-round Detroit Film Theatre programming to be supplemented by an up- to-the-minute, truly festive event designed to give area film lovers such a wide selection of films that every visitor has the ability to virtually design their own personalized festival experience, one that can run from Wednesday through Sunday, or for just a single day.

The ability to experiment, to experience the newest and most fiercely independent cinematic visions (as well as a few overlooked classics) without preconceived notions as to what you’re going to see is what provides the electricity at any good film festival; what one leaves with is a sense of discovery, and to achieve that in the most satisfying way invites total immersion. Plunging right in—seeing many different kinds of films over the course of a few days and discussing them with fellow film lovers and filmmakers over a drink or a between- film meal—is what makes a good festival far more than simply catching a movie.

A major new development this year is that Cinetopia’s expansion to Detroit doesn’t only mean the DIA. Other screening venues in the metro Detroit area include the College for Creative Studies, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Arab American National Museum and Cinema Detroit. Together with Ann Arbor’s theaters, the good news for southeast Michigan movie lovers is that 110 screenings will take place in 10 venues over the five days of Cinetopia—a far-reaching yet highly accessible cinematic tsunami.

None of this could happen without generous support, including this year’s Presenting Sponsors: THE KNIGHT FOUNDATION, TOYOTA, MGM GRAND DETROIT, AT&T and MASCO CORPORATION FOUNDATION. We’d be remiss in not thanking the DFT’s year-round sponsor and friend, BUDDY’S PIZZA, as well as DETROIT PUBLIC TELEVISION and of course the Michigan Theater and DIA’s extraordinary staff and volunteers.

So, for the next five days, we hope that those of you with a cautious nature will consider setting it aside and going to movies that are as yet un-hyped, that you haven’t seen previews for, and that you haven’t read reviews of. In the months ahead, when friends ask if you’ve heard of that hot new movie that’ll suddenly be all over the media when it goes into commercial release, you can tell them, “Of course I’ve heard of it! I saw it at Cinetopia!”

Elliot Wilhelm Russ Collins Curator of Film and Video Festival Founder Detroit Institute of Arts Executive Director, The Michigan Theater

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Cinetopia celebrates the culture behind fi lm’s rich heritage and Michigan’s proud legacy of nurturing some of cinema’s most outstanding artists. With over 50 movies playing throughout fi ve days, we applaud those making the 2014 Cinetopia International Film Festival possible—especially the person in charge of popping all the popcorn.

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MASCO FOUNDATION is pleased to support Cinetopia and the important partnerships that will bring the world’s best films to southeast Michigan. We were particularly drawn to the collaboration among entities throughout the region to create satellite venues in Detroit and in Ann Arbor that will engage the entire community in what is sure to be cinematic nirvana. MASCO Foundation is pleased to partner with other foundations, corporations, cultural organizations and media outlets to draw visitors, students and film aficionados to southeast Michigan, and to expose our region to exciting, cutting-edge, award-winning films and our next generation of filmmakers.

Melonie Colaianne, President MASCO Foundation

FROM OUR CINETOPIA PRESENTING PARTNER AT&T

ENGAGING COMMUNITIES, MAKING CONNECTIONS It is a privilege for me to welcome you to the 2014 Cinetopia International Film Festival. This is such a great event… a growing event… and it is wonderful that you can be a part of it. At AT&T, we are in the business of making connections. Connecting people with their friends, families, jobs and schools through innovation and investment in the ways we communicate. Our partnership with the Cinetopia International Film Festival is about connections, too. For a number of years now as a presenting sponsor of the festival, we are excited to help connect people to art and some of the brightest and most creative filmmakers anywhere in the world. It has been amazing to watch how this festival has grown and reached out across southeast Michigan. Starting, of course, in Ann Arbor, but now expanding through partnerships with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History to name only a few. With ten great venues this year, the festival is fueling tourism for the region and engaging communities in a truly unique festival experience. Thank you to all who work to make this festival what it is each year. This event is a tribute to your dedication and creativity, and it is a privilege to be a part of it again this year. Enjoy the show and the 2014 Cinetopia International Film Festival! Jim Murray, President AT&T Michigan

TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE AT CINETOPIAFESTIVAL.ORG. * Program subject to change. 11 For additional information about Ann Arbor, check out VisitAnnArbor.com to find restaurants, hotels, and other events taking place in and around town. FROM OUR CINETOPIA PRESENTING PARTNER TOYOTA

CINETOPIA: A VEHICLE FOR CHANGE TOYOTA is honored to serve as a presenting sponsor for the 2014 Cinetopia International Film Festival and be a part in bringing this film festival to Detroit, Ann Arbor and surrounding communities. As the President of Toyota’s North American Research & Development Center, I understand the significance of the collaborative-behind-the- scenes effort it takes to bring a film festival of this magnitude to life. We applaud your commitment to honor the rich heritage of cinematic culture and Michigan’s proud legacy of outstanding cinema artists through special pre- and post-film events, including presentations, discussion panels, and Q&A sessions with directors, writers, and stars. At Toyota, we believe an automobile company can be a vehicle for change. We recognize the importance of belonging and making sure our communities stay strong and vibrant. On behalf of the over 1,200 Toyota team members in Detroit and Ann Arbor, we applaud the Michigan Theater, art communities, sponsors and volunteers that pulled together to bring the best feature-length dramas, comedies and documentaries from the world’s best film festivals right here to Michigan. Seiya Nakao, President Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

FROM OUR CINETOPIA PRESENTING PARTNER MGM GRAND DETROIT

FUELED BY PARTNERSHIPS: A FILM CAPITAL REVIVAL Welcome to the 2014 Cinetopia International Film Festival! MGM GRAND DETROIT is thrilled to be a presenting sponsor of the festival, which supports the arts and our local community in a significant way. Get ready for five amazing days showcasing the best films from leading film festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, Cannes, SXSW and Tribeca. MGM Grand Detroit is also excited to bring you CINEMA CIRCUS, a new program that introduced audiences to the magic of Cinetopia, through free outdoor screenings at public spaces across Detroit. Adding another layer to this year’s fun and excitement is the Detroit expansion, which brings us new festival sites at the College for Creative Studies, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and Cinema Detroit. Cinetopia is fueled by the power of partnerships and teamwork. MGM Grand Detroit salutes our many civic-minded partners that stepped to the plate to make the 2014 festival possible. We applaud the dynamic filmmakers and our local film and arts communities for their enormous contributions to help Cinetopia come alive in Detroit and Ann Arbor. We also are thankful for the primary reason this special event was launched—the people of our region. Special people deserve world-class entertainment, and thanks to your enthusiastic support our region is reclaiming its rightful place as a film capital. Enjoy the festival! Steven J. Zanella, President & Chief Operating Officer MGM Grand Detroit

TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE AT CINETOPIAFESTIVAL.ORG. * Program subject to change. 13 The Center for Be involved. Be engaged. Be inspired. Chinese Studies Gateway to Chinese Arts & Culture The Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan (CIUM) promotes China’s arts and The Chinese Film Series of the U-M Center for Chinese culture in the U-M community and beyond. Studies continues to present cutting edge contemporary documentary as well as dramatic films from China, Hong We invite you to come to our events and Kong and Taiwan. All films are free and open to the public. enrich your cultural experience and knowledge on China’s finest Visit our website for upcoming presentations and events. expressions in architecture,

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CELEBRATE OPENING NIGHT! This year’s Cinetopia DETROIT OPENING ANN ARBOR OPENING International Film NIGHT PARTY AND FILM NIGHT FILMS Festival is the biggest Mix and mingle with your fellow film At 7:00 PM, GO FOR SISTERS (p. 18) buffs at the DIA’s elegant Prentis Court will screen at the Modern Languages yet—so big that it during a STROLLING SUPPER. Building, with special guest, director deserves two opening WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 5:30 PM JOHN SAYLES. night parties. Celebrate DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS’ At 7:30 PM, the Michigan Theater will in style with drinks, PRENTIS COURT screen 1982 (p. 19), with special guests, At 7:30 PM, the Detroit Film Theatre star HILL HARPER and director hors d’oeuvres, and the will screen 1982 (p. 19), with special TOMMY OLIVER. best in independent film. guests, star HILL HARPER and At 7:30 PM, THE SKELETON TWINS director TOMMY OLIVER. (p. 42) will screen at the State Theater. ANN ARBOR OPENING ANN ARBOR OPENING Buy opening night tickets at NIGHT PARTY NIGHT AFTERPARTY cinetopiafestival.org/tickets. The festival kicks off in Ann Arbor in the After the Thursday opening night films, Purchase includes opening Michigan Theater’s grand foyer with drinks come to the Michigan Theater for a FREE night film admission. Select and small plates from MANI OSTERIA. DRINK AND DESSERT. Just show your pass holders receive admission Sponsored by Enspire Dental. Cinetopia ticket stub or pass at the door! to one or both of the opening THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 5:30 PM night parties and films, MICHIGAN THEATER’S GRAND FOYER depending on level. See page 5 for details.

TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE AT CINETOPIAFESTIVAL.ORG. * Program subject to change. 15 SP CIAL EVENTS Cinetopia International Film Festival is proud to present additional programs that highlight the work of local organizations, artists, and venues throughout Detroit and Ann Arbor. All events are free and open to the public unless noted otherwise.

FREE! MAJESTIC CAFE AFTERPARTY FREE! After the opening night reception and film at the Detroit Film IF DETROIT Theatre, head over to the afterparty at MAJESTIC CAFE. WERE HEAVEN Featuring R&B/soul music from the lead singers of Detroit- AFTERPARTY based THAT BAND, plus a live video dance piece. See a video come together before your eyes as part of this MOVIEMENT 5E GALLERY, an alternative, interactive experiment. Suggested donation: $5. multidisciplinary arts KHARY “WAE” FRAZIER organization that presents WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 10:00 PM-2:00 AM and supports contemporary artists and their work in the MAJESTIC CAFE, 4140 WOODWARD AVE., DETROIT, 48201 Detroit community, will host live performances by local artists, including a 15-minute performance by KHARY “WAE” FRAZIER at 10 PM. Frazier will perform a song entitled If Detroit Were Heaven followed by a TEDX-like talk, which deconstructs the lyrics of his song and features his family’s unique history in Detroit. Followed by an after-afterparty at SUDDLE CREATIONS GALLERY (1301 W. Lafayette, Suite 100, Detroit, 48226) at 10:00 PM—2:00 AM. Sponsored by THE URBAN HANGER. Suggested donation: $5. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 6:00-8:00 PM 5E GALLERY, 4605 CASS AVE., DETROIT, 48201 THAT BAND

SCANDAL FREE! THE NEXT GEN PANEL Meet the cast and crew of our opening night film, 1982 (including HILL HARPER and TOMMY OLIVER), and other artists as they converge for a panel discussion on how to maintain a career in the arts. Students will get to FRUITVALE STATION ask questions and interact with the visiting filmmakers and actors. Suggested donation: $5. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, NOON—2:00 PM FREE! AFRICAN AMERICANS IN DETROIT SCHOOL OF ARTS CINEMA PANEL 123 SELDON AVE., DETROIT, 48201 This community discussion will look at the legacy of African Americans in cinema and discuss the current state of race in DETROIT SCHOOL film. How are Black directors telling stories differently? How OF ARTS has the success of films like Fruitvale Station or Think Like a Man changed the industry’s approach to Black storytelling? How is television and the green-lighting of shows like Scandal or even The Real Housewives of Atlanta impacting PA TIES viewership? The cast and crew of 1982 and others will discuss. Suggested donation: $5. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1:00—2:30 PM HILL CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM HARPER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY 315 E. WARREN AVE., DETROIT, 48202

16 2014 CINETOPIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FREE! INSIDE THE YOUTH STUDIO Watch a live taping in the style of Inside The Actors Studio that’s run by Detroit youth. This event, hosted by the IN HARMONY: MOVIEMENT YOUTH PROGRAM in conjunction with A TIME TRAVEL KEY WAY TO KIDS, will feature an intimate conversation AFTERPARTY with filmmakers and actors about the artists’ journey and the ways that new media is impacting their career Do you ever drive through trajectories. Mingle with other industry professionals or just the streets of Detroit and check out the gallery at RED BULL HOUSE OF ART in wonder what it would be EASTERN MARKET. Suggested donation: $5. like to be there through the years? Here’s your SATURDAY, JUNE 7, chance! Join us at the CARR 11:00 AM—2:00 PM CENTER for live music from RED BULL HOUSE OF ART THAT BAND from 8-10 PM, 1551 WINDER ST., followed by a three-floor DETROIT, 48207 time travel extravaganza! Choose a costume in our pop-up costume shop, enter the 1920s German speakeasy from a back alley, and sing to Motown hits in the HARMONIE PARK STUDIOS pop-up. Co-hosted by the CARR CENTER, COLORS—DETROIT, and DST MANAGEMENT. Admission: $10. KHARY “WAE” FRAZIER SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 8:00 PM—3:00 AM VISIT CINETOPIAFESTIVAL.ORG THE CARR CENTER FOR UP-TO-THE-MINUTE ADDITIONS TO THE 311 E. GRAND RIVER AVE., DETROIT, 48226 LINEUP OF FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENTS.

DINNER WITH DETROIT SOUP PANEL DISCUSSIONS DETROIT SOUP is a Thought-provoking films lead to thought-provoking dialogue. monthly dinner funding Join us after the following screenings for panel discussions micro-grants for creative with local experts, who will provide additional insight about projects in Detroit. Come these two outstanding documentaries. (You must purchase a experience this new trend ticket to the film screening or be a passholder to attend the in social justice organizing panel discussions.) and wrap up the festival weekend with dinner, RICH HILL THE CASE conversation, and an investment in the future of Detroit. Learn more at Featuring speakers AGAINST 8 detroitsoup.com. Plus, watch a selection of JAM HANDY from the University of Featuring speakers short films, produced for GM in the 1930s-40s and rivaled Michigan School of Social from ACLU of Michigan. only by Los Angeles in volume, in their native habitat— Work and Gerald R. Ford SATURDAY, JUNE 7, the JAM HANDY BUILDING! Admission: $5 for soup, School of Public Policy. 4:45 PM salad and a vote. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1:30 PM MICHIGAN THEATER, SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 6:00 PM MICHIGAN THEATER, ANN ARBOR JAM HANDY BUILDING ANN ARBOR 2900 E. GRAND BLVD., DETROIT, 48202

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TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE AT CINETOPIAFESTIVAL.ORG. * Program subject to change. 17 SPECIAL PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN JOHN SAYLES SYMPOSIUM Cinetopia is thrilled to collaborate with the University of Michigan Department of Screen Arts & Cultures and the University of Michigan Library to present a retrospective of the work of maverick filmmaker JOHN SAYLES. Sayles has written and/or directed 18 films, including Passion Fish and Lone Star, both of which earned him an ACADEMY AWARD nomination for best screenplay. During the symposium, Sayles will be joined by long- time collaborators MARY CYBULSKI (Script Supervisor), MASON DARING (Composer), MAGGIE RENZI (Producer), and DAVID STRATHAIRN (Actor, Good Night and Good Luck, Lincoln). The symposium is FREE, although attendees must purchase tickets to view the three Cinetopia films.

JOHN SAYLES SYMPOSIUM

Declarations of Independence: 10:30 AM—11:45 AM 3:00 PM—4:30 PM John Sayles as Author, Auteur, The Word is the Thing: Lone Star: John Sayles and Founding Father John Sayles as the Changing Landscape for Conversations Celebrating the Opening Screenwriter, Author Independent Cinema of the John Sayles Archive at the and Exploitation Master University of Michigan 4:30 PM—5:00 PM 1:00 PM—2:45 PM Official Public Unveiling and Wednesday, June 4 Sayles-ing the Seas of Diversity: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Hatcher Graduate Library, Gallery, John Sayles on Race, Ethnicity Room 100, 913 S. University Ave., and Gender For details on each symposium event, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 visit cinetopiafestival.org/sayles.

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GO FOR SISTERS LONE STAR SILVER CITY U.S. Drama. 123 min. U.S. Drama. 1996. 135 min. U.S. Drama/Comedy. 2004. 128 min. JOHN SAYLES returns to the Mexican This classic JOHN SAYLES film depicts Part political satire, part murder mystery, border with this new thriller. Two former the dark, shared past of the residents of JOHN SAYLES’ Silver City follows best friends are reunited when ex-convict a Texas border town. A skeleton found in gubernatorial candidate Dickie Pilager Fontayne (YOLONDA ROSS) finds that the desert is that of a hated sheriff (KRIS (CHRIS COOPER), the dim-witted scion Bernice (LISAGAY HAMILTON) is her KRISTOFFERSON) who was murdered of a powerful political family. When he parole officer. When Bernice’s son goes in 1958. Fearing his own father may have reels in a dead body on a fishing trip, his missing, they enlist an ex-detective committed the crime, the current sheriff advisors scramble to use the mishap to (EDWARD JAMES OLMOS) to help find (CHRIS COOPER) starts questioning the their political advantage. With DANNY him, plunging them into a world of human locals. When he turns a young Hispanic HUSTON, RICHARD DREYFUSS, KRIS traffickers. —Brenda Benthien thief in to his mom, the sheriff reconnects KRISTOFFERSON, and, memorably, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 7:00 PM with a woman (ELIZABETH PEÑA) he DARRYL HANNAH as Dickie’s black- MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING loved as a teenager. —BB sheep stoner sister. —BB SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 6:45 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2:00 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 8:00 PM DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING John Sayles will be on hand to answer audience questions after all screenings of his films.

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1982 ATTILA MARCEL BAD HAIR U.S. Drama. 90 min. France. Comedy. 106 min. Venezuela. Drama. 93 min. A well-crafted portrait of Black life in The first live-action feature film by two- Poignant and wide-eyed like its nine- 1980s Philadelphia, 1982 illustrates the time ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE year old protagonist Junior, Bad Hair loving and complex father-daughter SYLVAIN CHOMET (nominated for is a delightful foray into a Venezuelan relationship between working-class the animated films The Triplets of boy’s obsession with straightening his Timothy and his young daughter, Maya. Belleville and The Illusionist), Attila stubbornly curly hair. He dreams of Struggling to bring her up in the midst Marcel maintains Chomet’s career-long being a singing performer and yearns of his wife Shenae’s growing drug habit, fascination with the style of Jacques Tati to look the part, something his tough Timothy is hopeful that things will get while diving head-first into the highly as nails, single mother Marta will never better. Things take a turn for the worse, formalized production designs and story- understand. Her disdain is compounded though, with the appearance of a drug telling of Wes Anderson. Relaying the by her mother-in-law’s indulgence of dealer from Shenae’s past. The rift fantastical tale of Paul, a 33-year old who’s Junior’s preening. When he tries out between Shenae and Timothy widens and been mute since his parents’ mysterious myriad solutions on umpteen occasions Shenae eventually disappears, leaving deaths when he was a child, Attila Marcel to smooth his hair down for a school Maya and Timothy on their own. The film’s features a piano competition, crazy aunts photo, it arouses a wave of homophobia trump card is its incredibly talented cast, in matching clothes, strange herbal teas in Marta. While she is on the lookout for including HILL HARPER (Dr. Sheldon that create hallucinatory flashbacks, ways to ‘turn’ him straight, he is jealous Hawkes in CSI: NY) and SHARON LEAL lots of wrestling, the tango, amateur of the loving intimacy she shares with his (Private Practice, Boston Public). WAYNE taxidermy, and anthropomorphic frogs straight-haired baby brother. The more he BRADY (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) gets playing jazz. Variety called this delightful tries to look good for her, the more she a chance to display his versatility as a film “Easily the most innocent, family- pushes him away. Eventually, Junior is put hardened drug dealer, and newcomer friendly ode to hallucinogenic drug use on the spot and driven to make a painful TROI ZEE stuns in her role as the since ‘Puff the Magic Dragon,”’ and it’s choice. –PM precocious Maya. 1982 is a moving story strongly recommended for fans of the Special thanks to our sponsor, the that highlights the heavy human toll of whimsical styling of Amelie. UM International Institute/Center for addiction. –Daniel Joyaux World Performance Studies, and our —Pratiksha Menon Special thanks to our sponsor, the community partner, the Douglas J WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 7:30 PM Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. Aveda Institute. DETROIT FILM THEATRE FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2:00 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 4:30 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 7:30 PM STATE THEATRE STATE THEATER MICHIGAN THEATER SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 9:45 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2:00 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 7:15 PM MICHIGAN THEATER COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1:15 PM COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES

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THE BETTER ANGELS BORGMAN BUZZARD U.S. Drama. 95 min. Netherlands. Drama/Thriller. 113 min. U.S. Drama. 97 min. It may look, sound, and feel like a Terrence His name is Camiel Borgman and he Marty, a temp employee at a bank Malick film, but it isn’t. Editor-turned- knows your wife intimately. Long ago she in Grand Rapids, spends most of his director A.J. EDWARDS has worked nursed him back to health, though she working hours plotting petty scams. He with the famously iconoclastic filmmaker was never a nurse. He’s lurking in the responds poorly when assigned some and taken those collaborations to heart shadows of your home, and you can hear actual work by his boss, but soon takes in his first feature, The Better Angels. him talking to your kids late at night. Dogs interest in the chore when he realizes this Chronicling the formative years in young appear and disappear in your hallways new assignment could earn him some Abraham Lincoln’s life, this stunning black at random. Your gardener vanishes. Your money on the side. Naive about how this and white debut boasts the kind of poetic wife may not be who you think she is. You process works, he’s frightened to learn imagery, contemplative atmosphere, wake up with an “X” tattooed on your that his boss will soon see the evidence and hushed narration of Malick’s work, shoulder. You’ve been marked. ALEX of his crime. Paranoid, Marty flees his but with a hard, emotional core that’s VAN WARMERDAM’s Borgman drops you apartment and hides in his co-worker’s particular to Edwards’ developing directly into the nerve-wracking psyche basement. Here he abuses his reluctant voice. Set in a log cabin in the Indiana of an aristocratic Dutch family as the title host’s hospitality for a while, before backwoods, the film follows young character begins to infiltrate their upscale fleeing to Detroit with nothing but forged introverted Abe as he endures the death home. As Borgman’s actions escalate, he checks, a grotesquely modified Nintendo of his mother, learns to accept a new step- brings his “colleagues” into the family’s Power Glove, and a vile temper. Buzzard mother and siblings, and teaches himself lives and things begin to deteriorate. A is a guerilla-style, bitingly funny look at to read and write. The film stars JASON ticking time bomb of inescapable pasts, one man’s personal rebellion against the CLARKE as Lincoln’s father, DIANE unstable relationships and bourgeois established American order. Fittingly KRUGER as his supportive step-mother, privilege, Borgman is a thrilling calisthenic described by SXSW as “Albert Camus indie darling BRIT MARLING, and WES head game that made waves in CANNES meets Freddy Krueger.” —PM BENTLEY. and TORONTO. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 6:45 PM —Jeff Meyers —Cleveland International Film Festival STATE THEATER FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 8:00 PM Special thanks to our sponsors, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 9:30 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING the Weiser Center for Europe and DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 3:30 PM Eurasia and the UM International COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES Institute/Center for World Performance Studies. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2:15 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1:00 PM MICHIGAN THEATER

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THE CASE AGAINST 8 COHERENCE THE CONGRESS U.S. Documentary. 112 min. U.S. Drama/Sci-Fi. 89 min. France. Drama/Sci-Fi. 122 min. It was simple. Kristin and Sandra wanted Miller’s comet is the closest celestial body The Congress is set in an alternate to get married for the same reason to pass over earth in almost a century. reality that reinvents itself at every turn. their parents did: they loved each other. This could be the reason why Em’s cell Actress ROBIN WRIGHT is about to sell The same went for Paul and Jeff. But phone suddenly shatters on her way to a her body to the Hollywood mega-studio with California’s Proposition 8 banning dinner party. At the party, people loudly Miramount, who will scan every inch same-sex marriages, the two couples express divergent opinions on the comet’s of her and digitally control her image. were forbidden to pursue their happiness. significance. But things change as the The studio can now cast her in any role These couples are selected as the public internet and phone service go down, they’d like: Oscar-bait, sci-fi movies, even faces of opposition to Prop 8 by an the power goes out, and glass begins pornography. While the digitized Robin unlikely duo of attorneys. Progressive to inexplicably shatter. Frightened, the is out earning the studio massive profits, DAVID BOIES and ultraconservative TED partygoers head outside to look around. a new technology emerges whereby OLSON were vigorous opponents during Two blocks down, a lone house in the people can become other people through the legendary Bush v Gore decision. Now, otherwise pitch-black neighborhood an advanced chemical form of virtual however, the two attorneys’ political appears to have power. When the dinner reality. Suddenly, Robin finds herself in motives take a backseat to their common party elects a few representatives to a surreal animated world full of magical cause: championing human rights. In The check things out, the night starts to wonder and not-so-earthly delights. But Case Against 8, we get the inside scoop on get really weird. As the comet streaks as she falls further down the virtual rabbit the overturning of the case, which finally across the night sky, the party becomes a hole, she also fades from the ones who allowed same-sex couples in California seething bed of tension, lies, and betrayal. love her most. Part live-action and part the right to marry. This revealing A Twilight Zone episode for a 21st-century spectacular animation, The Congress is an documentary deftly balances two stories: audience, Coherence is a cryptic sci-fi ambitious sci-fi allegory from the mind of one about the strategy surrounding a mystery, packed full of cul-de-sacs, hair- ARI FOLMAN (Waltz With Bashir). With landmark case, and one about families raising twists, and fiery confrontations. HARVEY KEITEL, JON HAMM, PAUL who unite to make things happen. —Cleveland International Film Festival GIAMATTI, and DANNY HUSTON. —Cleveland International Film Festival SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:15 PM —Cleveland International Film Festival Special thanks to our community STATE THEATER Special thanks to our sponsor, the partner, the ACLU of Michigan. SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 5:00 PM Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 4:45 PM DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 9:30 PM MICHIGAN THEATER MICHIGAN THEATER SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 6:00 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 8:00 PM COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING

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PAUL KELLY. While they may not be household names, all three had hit songs. Deep City was the first black-owned label in the state of Florida; unfortunately, artistic disagreements eventually led to its demise. Deep City is a fascinating look at a forgotten portion of American music history. Now, several decades later, the label’s inspiring story is finally getting the attention it deserves. CONSIDERATION —Cleveland International Film Festival THE DOG U.S. Drama. 71 min. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 4:30 PM U.S. Documentary. 100 min. Jessica works two jobs. What little MICHIGAN THEATER The movie Dog Day Afternoon was spare time she has is spent dropping off SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2:00 PM Hollywood’s abridged version of a real-life resumes at law firms. But it’s not enough DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS media circus surrounding a polarizing to keep up with payments on $100,000 bank robbery. Thirty years after the of student loan debt. When she goes fact, JOHN “THE DOG” WOJTOWICZ into default, she’s forced to find another provides filmmakers ALLISON BERG source of income and finds her solution and FRANK KERAUDREN with a in a “sugar daddy” dating site where she provocative look into the life of the man meets Henry, wealthy and retired. But behind the legendary robber. Quick to what’s supposed to be a stop-gap until invoke his raging libido, The Dog details she gets a law job becomes complicated his salacious life before the robbery and when she falls for the more age- his involvement in the early days of New appropriate Andrew and the line between York’s gay liberation movement. Post- arrangement and relationship starts to robbery, John becomes a media celebrity, blur for Henry. DETROIT VOICES and not always for the right reasons. U.S. Short films. 100 min. SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 8:00 PM He even applies for a job at the Chase STATE THEATER Burned-out buildings, wild animals, bank he robbed. John’s unapologetic, corrupt officials, failing schools, brash personality commands everyone’s bankruptcy…from The New York Times attention. Through a revealing series of articles to French documentaries, interviews with his mother, his ex-wife, everyone has their own version of what’s and a number of other friends, lovers, and happening in Detroit. It seems like the activists, we’re given a complex portrait of only voice not being included is that a deeply flawed man who fought for what of actual metro Detroiters! We laugh, tore him apart: love. we love, we fight, we fear, we defy, we —Cleveland International Film Festival cherish, we create; but above all, we have FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 9:00 PM something to say. This screening of the DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS DEEP CITY: THE BIRTH OF entries in our DETROIT VOICES SHORT SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 9:30 PM FILM COMPETITION features a range of STATE THEATER THE MIAMI SOUND unique stories from high school students U.S. Documentary. 56 min. to seasoned local filmmakers. The top South Florida has been home to several student film will win a $1000 prize and the music movements throughout the years, top adult film (age 18+) will win a $5000 from 2 Live Crew and Miami bass to the prize. Latin sounds of freestyle. But there may Special thanks to our sponsor, the be one you don’t know about. In the Pure Michigan Film Office, and our mid-60s, Miami had a burgeoning soul community partner, Allied Media scene to rival Motown in Detroit or Stax in Projects. Memphis. Started by producers JOHNNY SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 4:30 PM PEARSALL and WILLIE CLARKE, Deep DETROIT FILM THEATRE City Records was home to artists including CLARENCE REID, BETTY WRIGHT, and SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 3:30 PM MICHIGAN THEATER

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FINDING MR. RIGHT GOD HELP THE GIRL THE GREAT FLOOD China. Comedy. 121 min. U.K. Musical. 111 min. U.S. Documentary. 80 min. A rom-com with twists aplenty, Finding There are those who love the music of The documentary that The New York Mr. Right follows impudent Chinese girl Belle and Sebastian and there are those Times called “lovely” and “visual Wen Jiajia’s whirlwind encounters in who just don’t get it. Frontman STUART poetry” and the LA Times proclaimed “a Seattle. In the United States to deliver MURDOCH weaves meandering, fragile, terrific achievement” has now come to her wealthy lover’s child in an illegal poetical odes to break-ups and hook- Cinetopia. In 1927, the Mississippi River ‘maternity mansion’, Jiajia is not afraid to ups that are hopelessly romantic and broke its banks in 145 places and flooded throw her money or her weight around. sincerely indulgent. So too is his directing 27,000 square miles of the American From causing chaos in the lives of the debut, God Help the Girl, the Glasgow-set South, which contributed to the Great expectant mothers around her to adapting musical tale of Eve (EMILY BROWNING), Migration of displaced workers fleeing to life in a foreign land, Jiajia’s life sees a a depressive pixie girl who escapes from north to cities like Memphis, Chicago, and steady turnaround. Friends are found in the hospital to pursue her dream of Detroit—and bringing the Delta Blues with unlikely places and unforgettable bonds becoming a singer. With James (OLLY them. Multimedia artist and filmmaker are forged. Eventually, torn between an ALEXANDER), a clumsily geeky guitarist, BILL MORRISON brings this chapter of upscale life filled with loneliness and and Cassie (HANNAH MURRAY) a fellow American history to stunning life solely a modest existence defined by love, singer, at her side, Eve’s warm and dreamy through the use of beautiful and haunting Jiajia is driven to ask herself what she musical trio tries to turn non- believers archival footage, set to a score created by really wants. Peppered with references into devotees. If you’re familiar with the guitarist/composer BILL FRISELL that to Sleepless in Seattle, there’s an equal twee-before-twee-was-a-word films of lushly honors the influence this event had opportunity for laughter and sighs in this Scottish film director Bill Forsyth (Being on the last 85 years of American roots new age love story that exultingly doffs its Human, Gregory’s Girl, Comfort And Joy), music. With no dialogue and minimal hat to classic Hollywood romance. —PM you’ll find yourself enchanted by this lo-fi screen text, this is raw history turned into Special thanks to our sponsor, the UM spritz of mix-tape magic. —JM gorgeous and lyrical art. —DJ Confucius Institute/Center for Chinese FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 9:15 PM Special thanks to our community Studies. CINEMA DETROIT partner, The Ark. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 4:00 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 8:30 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 5:00 PM DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS MICHIGAN THEATER MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING SATURDAY, JUNE 7, NOON SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 4:00 PM MICHIGAN THEATER DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 7:45 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING

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COMEDY Life Feels Good 37 LGBTQIA Hanna’s Journey 35 OPENING NIGHT SUNDANCE Attila Marcel 19 Lilting 37 The Case Against 8 23 Hellion 35 1982 19 FILM FESTIVAL Dazed and Confused 26 Memphis 37 The Dog 24 Jingle Bell Rocks! 35 Go for Sisters 18 The Better Angels 21 Finding Mr. Right 25 Moonrise Kingdom 26 To Be Takei 42 Lilting 37 The Skeleton Twins 42 The Case Against 8 23 Moonrise Kingdom 26 R100 41 MUSIC Lone Star 18 OUTDOOR God Help the Girl 25 The Muslims Are Coming! Rock the Casbah 41 Deep City: The Birth of Moonrise Kingdom 26 Dazed and Confused 26 Hellion 35 38 Silver City 18 the Miami Sound 24 The Muslims Are Coming! Moonrise Kingdom 26 Lilting 37 No Clue 38 The Skeleton Twins 42 God Help the Girl 25 38 Memphis 37 Obvious Child 39 The Sublime and My Neighbourhood 38 SHORT FILMS Obvious Child 39 The Great Flood 25 Detroit Voices 24 OJ: The Musical 39 Beautiful 42 Jingle Bell Rocks! 35 No Clue 38 R100 41 Paris Or Perish 39 To Kill a Man 43 Memphis 37 Northern Light 38 SILENT Rich Hill 41 R100 41 Tom at the Farm 43 OJ: The Musical 39 Obvious Child 39 The Yellow Ticket 47 The Skeleton Twins 42 A Touch of Sin 43 OJ: The Musical 39 To Be Takei 42 DOCUMENTARY SCI-FI CANNES The Case Against 8 23 UMMAH Among Rich Hill 41 To Kill a Man 43 Friends 45 Coherence 23 Silver City 18 FILM FESTIVAL War Story 45 Deep City: The Birth of The Congress 23 Borgman 21 the Miami Sound 24 War Story 45 The Skeleton Twins 42 Watchers of the Sky 45 Wetlands 47 A Story of Children The Congress 23 Wetlands 47 The Dog 24 ARABIC A Story of Children The Great Flood 25 White Shadow 47 The Muslims Are Coming! and Film 42 White Shadow 47 The Yellow Ticket 47 To Be Takei 42 and Film 42 Jingle Bell Rocks! 35 38 A Touch of Sin 43 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL The Muslims Are Coming! FAMILY-FRIENDLY My Neighbourhood 38 War Story 45 Buzzard 21 38 Moonrise Kingdom 26 UMMAH Among The Yellow Ticket 47 CLEVELAND The Case Against 8 23 My Neighbourhood 38 A Story of Children Friends 45 FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL Deep City: The Birth of Borgman 21 Northern Light 38 and Film 42 CANADIAN Attila Marcel 19 the Miami Sound 24 Rich Hill 41 Paris or Perish 39 The Case Against 8 23 The Dog 24 FOREIGN LANGUAGE Jingle Bell Rocks! 35 Coherence 23 A Story of Children Attila Marcel 19 No Clue 38 Tom at the Farm 43 Finding Mr. Right 25 and Film 42 Deep City: The Birth of Hellion 35 Borgman 21 Tom at the Farm 43 GERMAN the Miami Sound 24 To Be Takei 42 Finding Mr. Right 25 Hanna’s Journey 35 Memphis 37 Watchers of the Sky 45 CHINESE The Dog 24 Hanna’s Journey 35 Finding Mr. Right 25 UMMAH Among Finding Mr. Right 25 TORONTO DRAMA Life Feels Good 37 Lilting 37 Friends 45 Jingle Bell Rocks! 35 FILM FESTIVAL 1982 19 Lilting 37 A Touch of Sin 43 Wetlands 47 OJ: The Musical 39 1982 19 Bad Hair 19 Paris Or Perish 39 Attila Marcel 19 ENGLISH HEBREW Paris or Perish 39 The Better Angels 21 R100 41 Hanna’s Journey 35 R100 41 Bad Hair 19 Borgman 21 To Kill a Man 43 The Better Angels 21 Borgman 21 Buzzard 21 My Neighbourhood 38 Rich Hill 41 Buzzard 21 A Touch of Sin 43 Rock the Casbah 41 R100 41 Coherence 23 UMMAH Among Coherence 23 SPANISH Tom at the Farm 43 The Congress 23 The Sublime and The Congress 23 Friends 45 Bad Hair 19 Beautiful 42 Consideration 24 To Kill a Man 43 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL Consideration 24 UMMAH Among Memphis 37 Go for Sisters 18 Dazed and Confused 26 Detroit Voices 24 JOHN SAYLES Friends 45 Tom at the Farm 43 God Help the Girl 25 Go for Sisters 18 Wetlands 47 White Shadow 47 Hanna’s Journey 35 Go for Sisters 18 God Help the Girl 25 Lone Star 18 Hellion 35 Silver City 18

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DAZED AND CONFUSED MOONRISE KINGDOM There’s no better way to enjoy a lovely summer evening Finish off your Cinetopia experience with a relaxing, than movies and drinks under the stars. Join us at Bill’s Beer FREE, family-friendly screening of WES ANDERSON’s Garden for a FREE screening of the ‘90s stoner comedy Moonrise Kingdom, about a pair of kids who flee their New Dazed and Confused. Writer/director RICHARD LINKLATER England town, causing a local search party to fan out follows the adventures of incoming high school and junior high and find them. With BRUCE WILLIS, EDWARD NORTON, students on the last day of school in May of 1976. With JASON BILL MURRAY, TILDA SWINTON, FRANCES MCDORMAND, LONDON, JOEY LAUREN ADAMS, MILLA JOVOVICH, and more. (2012. Rated PG-13. 94 min.) BEN AFFLECK, PARKER POSEY, and MATTHEW SUNDAY, JUNE 8, DUSK (APPROX. 9 PM) MCCONAUGHEY (“alright, alright, alright!”). BILL’S BEER GARDEN (1993. Rated R. 102 min.) 218 S. ASHLEY ST. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, DUSK (APPROX. 9 PM) ANN ARBOR, 48104 BILL’S BEER GARDEN Free outdoor screenings sponsored by Ann Arbor 218 S. ASHLEY ST. Downtown Development Authority, Comerica, ANN ARBOR, 48104 and Bill’s Beer Garden.

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6 PM 6:15 PM WHITE SHADOW (Italy/Germany/ Tanzania, Drama) 7 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 114 min. OPENING TO KILL A MAN HANNA’S p. 47 NIGHT FILM (France/Chile, 7:30 PM 7:30 PM JOURNEY GO FOR SISTERS Drama) OPENING OPENING (Germany/Israel, (U.S., Drama, 82 min. NIGHT FILM NIGHT FILM Drama) 8 PM John Sayles) 1982 THE SKELETON 100 min. p. 43 123 min. (U.S., Drama) 90 min. TWINS p. 35 p. 18 p. 19 (U.S., Comedy) 88 min. 8:45 PM p. 42 OJ: THE MUSICAL 9 PM (U.S., Comedy) 9:15 PM 9:15 PM 90 min. ROCK THE PARIS OR PERISH CASBAH (France, Comedy) p. 39 (Israel/France, 89 min. 10 PM Drama) p. 39 100 min. p. 41

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6:45 PM THE SUBLIME 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7 PM AND BEAUTIFUL UMMAH AMONG OBVIOUS CHILD 7:15 PM (U.S., Drama) FRIENDS (U.S., Comedy) 1982 93 min. 7:30 PM (Germany, Drama) 96 min. (U.S., Drama) MY p. 42 107 min. p. 39 90 min. NEIGHBOURHOOD 8 PM p. 45 p. 19 (U.S./Israel/ Palestine, Drama) 25 min. p. 38 9 PM

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4:30 PM 4:30 PM 4:30 PM 4:45 PM DEEP CITY: THE PARIS OR PERISH DETROIT VOICES 5 PM BIRTH OF THE (France, Comedy) CONTEST WINNER THE CASE 5:00 PM MIAMI SOUND 89 min. 5:00 PM (U.S., Shorts) AGAINST 8 THE SUBLIME (U.S., Documentary) A TOUCH OF SIN (U.S., Documentary) p. 39 AND BEAUTIFUL p. 24 56 min. (China, Drama) 112 min. (U.S., Drama) 133 min. p. 23 p. 24 93 min. 6 PM p. 43 p. 42

7 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM HELLION 7:15 PM JINGLE BELL 7:30 PM (U.S., Drama) COHERENCE ROCKS! TO BE TAKEI 94 min. (U.S., Drama/Sci-Fi) (Canada, 7:45 PM Documentary) 8 PM (U.S., Documentary) p. 35 89 min. NO CLUE 8:00 PM 94 min. 90 min. p. 23 (Canada, Comedy) THE CONGRESS p. 35 p. 42 96 min. (France, Drama/ p. 38 Sci-Fi) 122 min. 9 PM p. 23

9:30 PM 9:30 PM 9:30 PM 9:45 PM OBVIOUS CHILD THE DOG TO KILL A MAN 10 PM ATTILA MARCEL (U.S., Comedy) (U.S., Documentary) (France/Chile, (France, Comedy) 96 min. 100 min. Drama) 106 min. p. 39 p. 24 82 min. p. 19 p. 43 11 PM

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HANNA’S JOURNEY HELLION JINGLE BELL ROCKS! Germany/Israel. Drama. 100 min. U.S. Drama. 94 min. Canada. Documentary. 93 min. Hanna is a beautiful young German AARON PAUL and JULIETTE LEWIS Most of us only get in the mood for woman traveling to Israel to work with star in this heartbreaking drama that Christmas music once a year. Some cognitively disabled adults and visit a acutely captures the misdirected angst of people think even that’s too often. Music Holocaust survivor. However, this journey teenage years. Thirteen-year-old Jacob enthusiast MITCHELL KEZIN’s obsession isn’t what it seems; it has been carefully is spiraling out of control. Motocross- with holiday tunes extends well beyond planned to impress a board considering obsessed, he and his delinquent friends the season. It all began with Nat King her for a position at a huge consulting trash things out of boredom and Cole’s The Little Boy That Santa Claus firm. In other words, it looks good on her frustration that they hold inside because Forgot. As a child, Mitchell related to the résumé. What she didn’t plan for was Itay, of the dire circumstances of their lives. song’s emotional message about a lonely the handsome young Israeli counselor All hell breaks loose when Jacob enlists boy with an absent father. Realizing that who becomes her mentor. She also didn’t his younger brother, Wes, as a partner Christmas music was broader and more reckon with the elderly female survivor in crime. Still reeling from his wife’s complex than generic mainstream fare, who sees through Hanna’s motives and death, Jacob’s dad, Hollis, spends more he began digging through dusty crates reveals some startling facts about Hanna’s time drowning his sorrows in alcohol at record stores, looking for obscure LPs. own past. A brief trip to establish some than taking care of his sons. When Child It’s a passion that’s remained strong for credentials for her prospective employers Protective Services sends Wes to live with 25 years. Mitchell’s sincere excitement becomes a journey across cultures and his Aunt Pam, Hollis and Jacob are forced is contagious, leading even the biggest into the very center of her heart and to face their culpability as they strive to haters to gain a new appreciation for mind. Hanna’s Journey does not avoid the bring Wes home. Set in rural Texas, this seasonal ditties. With appearances by sensitive issues of history. It uses honesty, 2014 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL WINNER is WAYNE COYNE (The Flaming Lips), humor, and compassion to make this a heartbreaking portrayal of grief stricken JOHN WATERS, JOSEPH “RUN” journey one you won’t forget. families who struggle to cope with the SIMMONS (Run DMC), DR. DEMENTO, —Cleveland International Film Festival consequences of their loss. —PM and more, Jingle Bell Rocks! is a delightful Special thanks to our sponsor, the SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:00 PM documentary about a very unlikely hobby. Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, MICHIGAN THEATER —Cleveland International Film Festival and our community partners, the Jewish SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 7:00 PM Special thanks to our community Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor CINEMA DETROIT partner, Conor O’Neill’s Irish Pub. and the Jewish Federation of Greater FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 4:00 PM Ann Arbor. MICHIGAN THEATER THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 7:00 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:00 PM DETROIT FILM THEATRE DETROIT FILM THEATRE SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 6:30 PM MICHIGAN THEATER

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LIFE FEELS GOOD LILTING MEMPHIS Poland. Drama. 107 min. China. Drama. 91 min. U.S. Drama. 79 min. As long as he’s been alive, Matuesz What would you do if the only person that Willis, a strange singer with innate talent, has heard people call him a vegetable. could help comfort you from the sudden is creatively and emotionally stuck. He Crippled by cerebral palsy and unable death of a loved one spoke an entirely drifts through his adopted city of Memphis to speak, he’s been labeled mentally different language than you? That’s the in an attempt to ignite a creative spark disabled. His parents hold out hope that dilemma facing the main characters of that will get him back on track. Unable he can understand them, but doctors Lilting, as Junn, an old Chinese woman, to come up with enough material to refuse to believe he’s an intelligent being. and Richard, the English boyfriend of make it to the recording studio, he seeks Most of them suggest he be put in a home. her late son, must try to overcome their motivation in legends, hustlers, preachers, One even compares him to her dog. The inability to communicate—and their dislike and a bunch of kids, but nothing seems experts are wrong, though—Matuesz of one another—in order to deal with to help. His girlfriend loves him but grows thinks and feels like anyone else. For him, their grief and honor their memories. increasingly weary of his unpredictable every day is a mission to be understood; This 2014 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL mood swings. He is gradually losing his another opportunity to prove ‘em all CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD-WINNER, God-given flair and his ability to relate to wrong. Based on a true story, Life Feels and the first feature film by Cambodian the people around him. Circumstances Good is an unbelievable testament to director HONG KHAOU, teams British lead him to pursue a solitary existence the endurance of the human spirit. As actor and BAFTA WINNER BEN and here the lines between fiction and the years go by, and the support of his WHISHAW (Skyfall, Cloud Atlas, I’m Not reality begin to blur. This 2013 VENICE family begins to dwindle, Matuesz keeps There) with acclaimed Chinese actress FILM FESTIVAL premiere is an alluring pushing, never giving up hope that one PEI-PEI CHENG (Crouching Tiger, Hidden folktale elevated by a haunting score and day he’ll finally be heard. Life Feels Good Dragon) in a delicate yet memorable tale dreamlike cinematography. —PM is a profound tale of perseverance that of how love has the power to overcome FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 4:45 PM underscores the true importance of that which gets lost in translation. —DJ CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM human communication. Special thanks to our sponsor, the UM —Cleveland International Film Festival SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 9:30 PM Confucius Institute/Center for Chinese CINEMA DETROIT Special thanks to our sponsor, the Studies. SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 5:00 PM Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 3:30 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING and our community partner, the Ann MICHIGAN THEATER Arbor Center for Independent Living. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 4:30 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 7:00 PM CINEMA DETROIT MICHIGAN THEATER SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2:30 PM MICHIGAN THEATER SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2:30 PM DETROIT FILM THEATRE

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settlers. When Israeli activists arrive SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 8:45 PM in his neighborhood to join residents COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES in protests against the settlements, Mohammed comes of age in the midst of unrelenting tension with his neighbors and unexpected cooperation with Israeli allies in his backyard. After the film, we’ll be joined by SUHAD BABAA, Director of Programming at Just Vision, an organization dedicated to increasing THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! media coverage and support for U.S. Documentary. 81 min. Palestinian and Israeli civilians working to end the occupation and the conflict The Muslims Are Coming! follows a band of through unarmed means. NORTHERN LIGHT Muslim-American comedians as they visit U.S. Documentary. 105 min. big cities, rural villages, and everything in Special thanks to our sponsor, between to combat Islamophobia. These the UM International Institute/Center Every winter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Muzzies not only perform standup at each for World Performance Studies. thousands of people go to Sault Ste. Marie tour stop but create ridiculous interventions FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 7:30 PM for the International 500, the largest and in unsuspecting town squares, like the ol’ ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM longest single-day snowmobile race in the classic “Ask a Muslim” booth. Throughout world. But for the people who live there and the film, comedy icons like JON STEWART, compete in the race, it’s just a natural part DAVID CROSS, JANEANE GAROFALO, of life. In the cinéma vérité documentary COLIN QUINN, LEWIS BLACK, and Northern Light, director NICK BENTGEN AASIF MANDVI and broadcast follows three such families over the course heavyweights like RACHEL MADDOW, of their lives as they prepare for the race, RUSSELL SIMMONS, SOLEDAD O’BRIEN, but also struggle to make ends meet ALI VELSHI, and The Young Turks’ CENK and live a normal life in contemporary UYGUR comment on the power of recession-era America, where jobs and comedy and the political scope of bigotry. fulfillment are increasingly difficult to come Rest assured, you’ve never laughed this by. Like a real-life Friday Night Lights set hard at a Muslim! Includes a special NO CLUE in the Upper Peninsula, daily existence in post-film Skype Q&A with ARON Canada. Comedy. 96 min. a small town and the sport that fuels it KADER, one of the actors from the film. blend together into a sobering portrait of a “Her breath was warm, like a fat guy’s seldom-explored corner of Michigan. —DJ SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:00 PM armpit.” Canadian funnyman BRENT BUTT ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM concocts a comedic update of Raymond Special thanks to our community Chandler’s dames and detective noir with partner, Nicholson’s. a dry and sly fish-out-of-water yarn about FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1:00 PM Leo, a novelty salesman (foam fingers, MICHIGAN THEATER engraved pencils, etc.), who gets mistaken SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 4:30 PM for a Sam Spade type by sexy femme COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES fatale Kyra (AMY SMART). Smitten by her “hottitude,” our hapless hero sets out to find her missing brother, a brilliant video- game designer who’s attracted a long list of potential enemies. Unfortunately, our clumsy gumshoe is more Bob Hope than MY NEIGHBOURHOOD Bob Mitchum, stumbling from one life-or- U.S./Israel/Palestine. Drama. 25 min. death situation to another with only his obnoxious pal Ernie (Anchorman’s DAVID My Neighbourhood, directed by JULIA KOECHNER) to confide in. —JM BACHA and REBEKAH WINGERT-JABI, chronicles the story of MOHAMMED EL FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 4:30 PM KURD, a Palestinian teenager whose CINEMA DETROIT family is forced to share a section of SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:45 PM their East Jerusalem home with Israeli MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING

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OBVIOUS CHILD OJ: THE MUSICAL PARIS OR PERISH U.S. Comedy. 83 min. U.S. Comedy. 90 min. France. Comedy. 89 min. 27-year old Donna Stern has little to Every small town has that one son who What would indie cinema be without its complain about. A Brooklyn comedian, made it big, and for Orrville, Ohio, that fish-out-of-water comedies? Or in this she is the sweetheart of the crowd son is Eugene Olivier. From grade school case, a fashionista-out-of-Paris farce? thanks to her brand of lewd comedy and pageants to high school plays and on to Actress REEM KHERICI (OSS 117) makes stunning wit. Her almost perfect world the bright lights of New York City, Eugene her directorial debut in this French- goes topsy-turvy when her two-timing has made a name for himself in the world Moroccan import about a bling-brandishing boyfriend dumps her. She hits rock of theater. Literally, just for himself. OJ: fashion designer named Maya who runs bottom and tries to find solace in the The Musical follows Eugene as he recruits into trouble when the authorities catch company of her divorced parents and hometown friends and sets up funding for her with an expired visa. Deported back indulgent best friend. A drunken rebound his musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s to North Africa, she moves in with her with business-school grad Max, who is “Othello.” Whether he’s courting his less-than-glam family, which includes her not really her type, helps her get out of high school sweetheart, showing up meddling grandmother (FATIMA NAJI), her depression. But once again, Donna’s nude to rehearsals, or showering in his her unforgiving papa (MOHAMMED life is thrown into a whirl by her newly driveway, Eugene displays the one quality BASTAOUI), and a younger brother discovered pregnancy. Not quite ready that everyone notices first: he’s insane. (TAREK BOUDALI) who torments her with for motherhood, Donna is tossed into Now this one man’s madness is about pranks and insults. Can the insufferable, a variety of awkward situations, which to be another man’s musical—about O.J. self-centered Maya make it back to France the film showcases in a humorous vein. Simpson’s murder trial. With a hilarious in time to nab a much-needed fashion gig? A heartwarming lead performance by ensemble and pitch-perfect directing, OJ: Will she learn to appreciate her family and JENNY SLATE (Saturday Night Live, The Musical is one comedy that’ll fit you heritage? Do we really have to ask? —JM Parks and Recreation) and honest writing like a glove. A bloody, bloody glove. Special thanks to our sponsor, the from director GILLIAN ROBESPIERRE —Cleveland International Film Festival Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. make this romantic comedy a satisfying THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 8:45 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 9:15 PM watch. With GABY HOFFMAN, DAVID CINEMA DETROIT CROSS, and RICHARD KIND. —PM COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 9:30 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 4:30 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 7:00 PM COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES CINEMA DETROIT STATE THEATER SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2:00 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1:00 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 9:30 PM STATE THEATER MICHIGAN THEATER CHARLES H. WRIGHT MUSEUM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 6:00 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 9:00 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 3:15 PM MICHIGAN THEATER STATE THEATER MICHIGAN THEATER

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R100 RICH HILL ROCK THE CASBAH Japan. Drama/Comedy. 100 min. U.S. Documentary. 91 min. Israel/France. Drama. 100 min. Any way you look at it, Takafumi’s life Winner of the 2014 SUNDANCE FILM Set in the Gaza Strip in 1989, Rock the is boring. He gets up, makes his son FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY GRAND Casbah follows a group of Israeli soldiers breakfast, sells upholstery downtown, JURY PRIZE, this intimate and shattering watching over Arabs in the Occupied stops by the hospital to see his comatose documentary is set in the impoverished Territories. One of them is killed by a wife, and picks up dinner on the way town of Rich Hill, Missouri. Life here is local, who escapes. The soldiers’ mission home. He needs…adrenaline. When he challenging for three teenagers with becomes focused on avenging the death stumbles upon a mysterious club with hopes and dreams. Andrew is 13, athletic of their fallen comrade, Iliya. The situation the word “Bondage” inscribed on the and devoted to his family, yet his mother is especially troublesome for Tomer, a front door, it seems his routine may is ill and his father cannot provide for young soldier who struggles with mixed change. Before Takafumi signs away, them. Harley, 15, suffers from severe feelings about the occupation. The others the administrator gives him a glimpse of anger: his grandmother takes care of him tease him for his playful interactions with what’s to come: dozens of breathtaking since he was abused by his stepfather the Arab children, whom they call “little “Queens” clad in black latex, all waiting to and his mother is in prison. Appachey, terrorists.” But the residents are weary of expand his horizons. But once the Queens age 12, needs medication for multiple the soldiers, and Tomer and his buddies start infusing themselves into Takafumi’s behavioral disorders. He has just assaulted become the target of their frustrations. daily life, their sadistic reign endangers his a classmate and faces institutionalization. While initially apprehensive about revenge, job, his wife, and even his son. Japanese Evoking the bleakness and beauty of Rich Tomer comes face-to-face with Iliya’s comedian HITOSHI MATSUMOTO’s Hill, this film enters these boys’ homes gloating killer. Has war changed him? wonderfully perverse R100 is the and hearts. It warns us against letting Will he pull the trigger? Rock the Casbah most twisted rom-com fun that’s been what is precious slip away, and celebrates profiles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict whipped up in years. By the time it hits families who fight against all odds to give from the ground, capturing the chaos and its outrageous ending, you’ll be on your their children a chance. frustrations on both sides of the line. knees begging for more. —Cleveland International Film Festival —Cleveland International Film Festival —Cleveland International Film Festival Special thanks to our community Special thanks to our sponsors, Special thanks to our sponsor, the UM partner, the UM School of Social Work the Weiser Center for Europe and Center for Japanese Studies. Learning Community on Poverty and Eurasia and the UM International SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 11:30 PM Inequality. Institute/Center for World Performance STATE THEATER FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1:30 PM Studies. MICHIGAN THEATER THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 9:15 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 4:30 PM DETROIT FILM THEATRE CINEMA DETROIT SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 4:00 PM MICHIGAN THEATER

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For example, he uses his niece’s facial expression as a starting point to study THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 4:30 PM that same look as it appears in films as DETROIT FILM THEATRE diverse as Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra- FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 6:45 PM Terrestrial and Ozu’s An Inn in Tokyo. And DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS while Cousins’ reflections are endlessly SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 5:00 PM fascinating as he dances from class and MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING the changing social politics of the Soviet Union to the volcanic temperaments of SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2:15 PM children in Iranian film, what is perhaps MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING THE SKELETON TWINS most impressive is that he manages to U.S. Comedy. 88 min. remain eye-to-eye with the children he features, bringing us into their world. Two of Saturday Night Live’s outstanding —Jameson Dublin International Film Festival comedians, KRISTEN WIIG and BILL HADER, star as estranged twins Maggie Special thanks to our community and Milo in this dramedy that picked up partner, Allen Creek Preschool. the 2014 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1:30 PM BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD. The twins, DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS unexpectedly reunited after a failed SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2:00 PM suicide attempt by Milo, bond over their MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING disparate agonies. Milo, who is gay, is TO BE TAKEI reeling under the burden of multiple ill- U.S. Documentary. 90 min. fated relationships and Maggie is lying to GEORGE TAKEI doesn’t shy away from her humdrum husband about wanting to digging into his remarkable career and have a baby. The twins try to pick up the personal life in JENNIFER KROOT’s pieces through various exploits (including delightful and incisive film To Be Takei. As one-night stands and scuba diving a child forced into Japanese-American lessions), but soon realize that the key internment camps, the actor-turned- to fixing their lives lies in mending their activist reveals the ways that racism fractured relationship. Also starring TY affected him well into his early acting BURRELL and LUKE WILSON. —PM THE SUBLIME AND career, where he played stereotypical THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 7:30 PM Asian stock characters in film and STATE THEATER BEAUTIFUL television shows. Even after landing the U.S. Drama. 93 min. iconic role of Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, When a terrible tragedy strikes a family in Takei’s sharp eye, coupled with his wicked a Kansas suburb days before Christmas, sense of humor, continued to challenge patriarch David (writer/director BLAKE the status quo well into the 21st century. ROBBINS) must come to terms with his Now at 76, nine years after formally devastating grief, while trying to maintain coming out of the closet, Takei and his a grasp on his home life. Like any person husband, Brad, have become the poster in his situation, David does whatever he couple for marriage equality, highlighting can to hold on. But he is also forced to homophobia through television interviews make decisions that will test the limits of and hilarious skits, many of which have A STORY OF CHILDREN his mortality. With powerful performances gone viral and garnered widespread AND FILM by Robbins and LAURA KIRK (as David’s attention. —Sundance Film Festival U.K. Documentary. 106 min. wife Kelly), The Sublime and Beautiful Special thanks to our community is a searing look inside the life of a man partner, /aut/ bar. MARK COUSINS’ latest odyssey gathers who had it all, but must now reprioritize FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 9:30 PM a mosaic of clips from 53 films to create a when everything is taken away. How far DETROIT FILM THEATRE unique portrait of childhood in cinema. will David go in his search for closure, and Using simple footage of his nephew and where is his breaking point? SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:30 PM niece, Cousins explores elements of —Cleveland International Film Festival MICHIGAN THEATER childhood personality and experience in films from almost eighty years of cinema.

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TO KILL A MAN TOM AT THE FARM A TOUCH OF SIN France/Chile. Drama. 82 min. Canada/France. Drama. 102 min. China. Drama. 133 min. “It’s a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take Controversial, award-winning French More than any other contemporary away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna director XAVIER DOLAN presents this Chinese filmmaker, JIA ZHANG-KE (Still have.” —Unforgiven Hitchcockian suspense drama. Dolan stars Life, The World) has captured the cultural If that line from the 1992 Academy Award as the eponymous protagonist, a hipster shifts that predatory market forces have Best Picture winner resonates with you, who leaves the city to attend the funeral brought to his country, charting the then here’s a film you should see. The of his partner, who hadn’t yet come out sudden and dramatic friction between a 2014 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL as gay to his family. Beleaguered by nation shifting from Maoist Communism GRAND JURY PRIZE (WORLD CINEMA) his partner’s despondent mother and to robber-baron capitalism. Inspired by AWARD-WINNER, To Kill a Man tells the bestial brother Francis, Tom is soon four tales of true-life violence in various story of Jorge, an unassuming father and trapped in a twisted game. Francis is parts of mainland China, Jia chronicles husband whose neighborhood in Chile such a threatening figure that Tom’s the unfortunate trajectories of those has become victimized by a local gang. intended drive back to the city quickly who sin and those who have been sinned As the stakes rise, Jorge must face up assumes the urgency of a daring escape. against in an anthology that examines to his ideas of morality, masculinity, and But a logistical hiccup compels Tom to tradition, personal integrity, corruption, patriarchal duty in order to ensure the turn around and head back to the farm. and modernity. A former soldier incensed safety of his family. Made with the pace Increasingly turned on by the vicious by political graft, a woman betrayed by and tension of a thriller, but embodied Francis, Tom ends up carrying out rustic the married man she is having an affair with the soul of a powerful social justice chores and withstanding physical abuse. with, a bandit who fetishizes the power fable, ALEJANDRO FERNÁNDEZ The scenario is further complicated by the of his gun, and a young man desperate ALMENDRAS’ third feature film will farm’s obscure past that ominously bodes for work all become victims of a society resonate long after it has ended. —DJ greater darkness ahead. Simultaneously that regards them as little more than a creepy and compelling, this 2013 VENICE cog in the capitalist wheel. It’s a poetically Special thanks to our sponsors, FILM FESTIVAL AWARD-WINNER bracing examination of China that will the Weiser Center for Europe and boasts gorgeous cinematography and a resonate with anyone who’s watched with Eurasia and the UM International striking musical score. —PM concern the growing economic disparities Institute/Center for World Performance that are engulfing our own nation. —JM Studies. Special thanks to our sponsor, the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. Special thanks to our sponsor, the UM THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 7:00 PM Confucius Institute/Center for Chinese COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 11:30 PM STATE THEATER Studies. SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 9:30 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 3:30 PM DETROIT FILM THEATRE SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 8:00 PM DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS CINEMA DETROIT SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2:00 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 4:30 PM CINEMA DETROIT DETROIT FILM THEATRE SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 5:00 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 5:30 PM STATE THEATER

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UMMAH AMONG FRIENDS WAR STORY WATCHERS OF THE SKY Germany. Drama. 107 min. U.S. Drama. 90 min. U.S. Documentary. 115 min. Daniel is a world-weary cop at age 24; CATHERINE KEENER and BEN Before lawyer RAPHAEL LEMKIN his hangdog look reflects his stressful KINGSLEY star in this taut drama became a human-rights advocate, there job with the German Intelligence Service. that paints a vivid picture of post- wasn’t such a word as “genocide.” And One night he nearly dies after a shootout traumatic stress disorder. After terrifying while his term is nothing to celebrate, with skinheads. Daniel’s handlers send experiences in Libya, war photographer it has given a name to one of the him underground to the Neukölln area of Lee (Keener) retreats to a hotel in Sicily. most vexing crimes against humanity. Berlin with its large immigrant population. Far from the chaos of her hometown New Partially inspired by SAMANTHA Miserable and alone, he mostly holes York, she prefers to deal with her demons POWER’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, A up in his decrepit apartment and gets in solitude. Her constant confrontations Problem From Hell, EDET BELZBERG’s drunk. Upon stumbling into a phone with the hotel staff, relentless smoking, documentary chronicles Lemkin’s quest shop run by a Turkish-Arab German and her apathy towards the endless for global justice and the end of ethnic named Abbas, Daniel is adopted into the telephone calls reveal the storm brewing cleansing while bringing attention to a welcoming Muslim community. Though beneath the surface. Haunted by quartet of courageous fellow activists, he nearly screws up his new friendships, nightmares, Lee wanders the streets of including EMMANUEL UWURUKUNDO, he relaxes under the easy camaraderie of Sicily, camera in hand, capturing images who survived the ethnic killings in Rwanda his neighbors. Daniel witnesses the racial of the refugees. Here, she runs into a and now oversees refugee camps for profiling of his buddies, while the Service young woman Hafsia, who’s experiencing those fleeing the violence in Darfur, and is pressuring him to come back. Now he a dilemma of her own. In attempting to 90-year-old BEN FERENCZ, who was a faces a Snowdenesque decision. Should resolve Hafsia’s crisis, Lee’s personal prosecutor at Nuremberg. Ten years in he protect the innocent and pose a threat agony begins to fade. War Story is an the making and assembled from over 800 from the inside? UMMAH Among Friends edge-of-your-seat tale that urges you to hours of footage, this moving film won is a complex portrayal of corruption and piece together Lee’s elusive story and get the 2014 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL the human kindness that can combat it. comfortable with the disquieting condition U. S. DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY —Cleveland International Film Festival of not knowing. —PM AWARD FOR USE OF ANIMATION AND Special thanks to our sponsor, the FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 4:30 PM EDITING AWARD. —JM Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 5:15 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 4:30 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:15 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES CINEMA DETROIT SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 7:30 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 7:00 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1:15 PM DETROIT FILM THEATRE COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES MICHIGAN THEATER SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2:00 PM MICHIGAN THEATER SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 5:15 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING

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WETLANDS WHITE SHADOW THE YELLOW TICKET Germany. Drama. 105 min. Italy/Germany/Tanzania. Drama. 114 min. Germany/Poland. Silent. 1918. 65 min. Helen is an unruly young woman who’s WINNER OF THE BEST DEBUT AWARD A pivotal German/Polish silent film from fascinated with everything disturbing AT THE 2013 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL, 1918, The Yellow Ticket tells the story of a and perverted. She’s anal-obsessed and White Shadow is a disturbing, thought- young Jewish woman forced to hide her loves to do things her mother warned provoking look at the “albino hunting” identity in order to attend medical school her against—including unsanitary things trade, set in Tanzania. Told through the in St. Petersburg. Lea, as played by POLA with public toilet seats. Vegetables are eyes of Alias, an albino boy on the run NEGRI, is at a disadvantage as a woman, seldom used as food, and her pizza from local witch doctors who will pay an orphan, and a Jew—and yet has fantasy will make you rethink delivery. any price for the use of albino parts in immense persistence and an insatiable Helen’s openness makes those around her their cures, the story traces his constant ambition of becoming a doctor. The film uncomfortable, though there’s something struggle for survival. After witnessing includes more than one plot twist, but it’s refreshing about her that makes it hard the brutal murder of his albino father, first and foremost a testimony to a spirit not to like her. When shaving, she cuts Alias moves to the city with his uncle and impossible to suppress. As a document herself, causing a complication that soon develops a soft spot for his cousin of its time—its criticism of tsarist Russia’s sends her to the hospital. Her parents Antoinette. The only other person he anti-Semitism couldn’t be clearer, and it are unfazed by her behavior and seem cares about is his albino friend, Salum, would cause the Nazis to hate Negri in bothered by having to visit. This brings who follows him to the city. City life soon the years to come—­ The Yellow Ticket is out a more emotional side of Helen. turns out to be as predatory as life in a fascinating and heartbreaking film to Underneath the gross sexual antics and the village and Alias realizes that there watch. With live musical accompaniment drugs is a fragile girl dealing with a very is no getting away from the perils of his by ALICIA SVEGALS (violin) and dark secret. Wetlands is an extremely wild condition. Executive produced by RYAN MARILYN LERNER (piano). ride that constantly pushes the limits with GOSLING. —PM Special thanks to our sponsor, the its antics, but has the intelligence and Special thanks to our sponsors, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, heart to back it all up. the Weiser Center for Europe and and our community partners, the —Cleveland International Film Festival Eurasia and the UM International Jewish Community Center of Greater Special thanks to our sponsor, the Institute/Center for World Performance Ann Arbor and the Jewish Federation of Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. Studies. Greater Ann Arbor. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 9:00 PM THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 6:15 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 5:00 PM STATE THEATER CINEMA DETROIT DETROIT FILM THEATRE SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 9:45 PM FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 9:45 PM COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES MICHIGAN THEATER SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 7:00 PM COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 8:00 PM MODERN LANGUAGES BUILDING

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FESTIVAL FOUNDER HOSPITALITY COORDINATOR CINEMA DETROIT STAFF Frank Uhle Russell B. Collins Leslie Bash Paula Guthat Patrick Wodzinski Tim Guthat FESTIVAL DIRECTORS TECHNICAL DIRECTOR AUDIENCE AWARD Sally Jane Kerschen-Sheppard Lee Berry J Scott Clarke COORDINATOR Andrew Smith Amanda Bynum Chris Tabaczka BRAND MANAGER Hillary Murt AND PRINT DESIGNER WRIGHT MUSEUM STAFF ARTIST SERVICES Juanita Moore, SENIOR FESTIVAL Susan Cybulski COORDINATORS PROGRAMMERS President & CEO Deb Polich DIGITAL DESIGNER Brian Hunter Annivory Calvert Maryam Squillace Kirsten Lund Elliot Wilhelm Ted Canaday Reba Johnson DETROIT VOICES COVER ARTIST AND SCREENING COMMITTEE DETROIT VOICES VIDEO DESIGNER Cedric McDougle PROGRAMMER Qasim Basir Hafsah Mijinyawa Drake Phifer Geoff George Sultan Sharrief Nikia Washington SOCIAL MEDIA Marshalle Montgomery MARKETING DIRECTOR COORDINATOR ARAB AMERICAN NATIONAL BOX OFFICE ASSOCIATES Emily Mathews Pratiksha Menon MUSEUM STAFF Luna Alexander DIRECTOR OF SPONSORSHIP Devon Akmon, Director FESTIVAL PROGRAM Andrew Cirocco AND TALENT ACQUISITION Dave Serio CONSULTANTS Amber Duncan Drew Waller Kim Silarski Jan Klingelhofer Sarah Madsen SPONSORSHIP AND Gary Meyer MICHIGAN THEATER STAFF Ryan Tamaroff FESTIVAL CONSULTANT DFT STAFF Max Berry Tavi Fulkerson, HOSPITALITY MANAGERS Larry Baranski Walter Bishop The Fulkerson Group Dan Bruell Kathy Cavanagh Paul Bancel Carmen Ludy SAYLES SYMPOSIUM Kate Boswell Lee Coller COORDINATOR Emily Bowyer Brett King COMMUNITY PARTNER LIAISON Phil Hallman Matthew Breneau Kaylan Mitchell Arthur Brickman Eric Kacir Dan Moray FACILITIES AND LOGISTICS Emily Zacek COORDINATORS—DETROIT Mark Kennedy FESTIVAL INTERN Caitlin Drzewiecki Margaret Thomas STATE THEATER STAFF Adrienne Frank Peggy Burroughs Barbara Twist COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STAFF WRITERS Christine Tremblay FACILITIES AND LOGISTICS STUDIES STAFF Brenda Benthien Kristin Van Vliet COORDINATOR—ANN ARBOR Nina Holden, Daniel Joyaux Steve Crowley VP for Institutional MLB STAFF Jeff Meyers Advancement Nicholas Hytinen VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR BUMPER DESIGNERS Scott Bogoniewski Jesse Miller Patty Morgan Max Majoros Shaye Campbell Anne Moray-Windsor Joshua Mulligan BOX OFFICE MANAGER Dayna Davis Jim Pyke Melissa Oakley Natalie Hensel Dani Hayward Chris Taylor Scott Northrup

SPECIAL THANKS

Dennis Scholl, Tatiana Hernandez & Marika Lynch (Knight Foundation), Melonie Colaianne (MASCO Foundation), Cynthia Mahalak, Kathy Sultana, Curtis McCallister & Rick Bourgoise (Toyota), Jim Murray, Greg Clark & Brian Norman (AT&T Michigan), Tiffany Love & Dee Dee Odom (MGM Grand Detroit), Rich Homberg & Dave Devereaux (Detroit Public Television), Lisa Dancsok & John Marcicky (Opportunity Detroit), Ari Weinzweig, Paul Saginaw & Pete Garner (Zingerman’s Community of Businesses), Margaret O’Riley & Michelle Grinnell (Pure Michigan Film Office), Michael Hammer (Dickinson Wright), Mary Kerr & Danielle Fergus (Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau), Susan Bellinson & Heather Schember (Whole Foods Market), Jim LoFiego & Pam Zeko (Comerica Bank), Lynn Quigley (Ford Motor Company Fund), Jiyoung Lee (Confucius Institute), Ena Schlorff (UM Center for Chinese Studies), Marysia Ostafin , Rachel Brichta & Birgitta Killough (Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia), Natasa Gruden-Alajbegovic, Margo Lakin & Dani Koel (UM International Institute/UM Center for World Performance Studies), Jonathan Zwicker & Yuri Fukazawa (UM Center for Japanese Studies), Susan Pollay (Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority), Jim Wanty & Scott Upton (O&W/Magic Hat), Dr. Santine Anderson & Dr. John and Jackie Farah (Enspire Dental), Marc Harlow & Joe Rohatynski , Jr., Ed Fernandez & Mike Murri (WXYZ - Channel 7), Steve Byrne (Detroit Free Press), Jamie Rocz (Detroit Media Partnership), Steve Chrypinski (Michigan Radio), Christy Keizer & Colleen Huff (Ann Arbor News), Katherine Mills (Adams Outdoor), 2015 Kathy Johnson (Hour Detroit), Brent McKay (WDET), Danielle Smith-Elliott (Metro Times), Patricia Garcia (Ann Arbor Observer), Paul Schutt and Ashley Aidenbaum (Issue Media Group), Keith Farber (Detroit Jewish News), Julia Davis (ICON Interactive), Eric Hall & Morgan Willis (Allied Media Projects), Terry Campbell (Eastern Market), Bonnie Fahoome (Alger Theater/Balduck Park), Mark Loeb (Integrity Shows), Carmen P. Mattia (Ford Resource and Engagement Center), Sue Mosey (Midtown Detroit), Kathleen Baxter (Baxter House), Shari Faulhaber (Dahlmann Campus Inn), Aaron Taylor (Ann Arbor Regent Hotel & Suites), Graham Davis, Howard Hertz, Peter Roumanis, Rick Sperling, Kay Wendler, Dave Zainea, Marylou Chlipala and Markus Nornes (UM Department of Screen Arts and Cultures), Adam Baru (Mani Osteria), Andrew Ruotolo, Martin Bandyke, David Fair, Underground Printing, special thanks to our festival inspiration, Sallie Abelson, and countless other volunteers and friends– thank you, thank you, thank you!

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