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Defiant Requiem DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Doug Shultz PRODUCER: Peter Schnall EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Whitney Johnson, Peter Schnall Fri 8/3 12:00pm 5:15pm Partisan Pictures | 86 min. | USA/Czech Republic Sat 8/4 3:30pm 9:40pm A memorial concert reawakens the story of an artistic uprising in the Nazi concentration camp, Terezin, where a chorus of 150 inmates confronts the Nazis face-to-face...and sings Sun 8/5 1:45pm 7:30pm to them what they dare not say. Mon 8/6 12:00pm 5:15pm Tue 8/7 3:30pm 9:40pm Wed 8/8 1:45pm 7:30pm Thu 8/9 12:00pm 5:15pm

La Source DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Patrick Shen PRODUCER/WRITER: Brandon Vedder PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jordan Wagner Fri 8/3 2:35pm 7:20pm EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Christian Tureaud, David Salzberg, Regina Manian, Nancy Luyen Transcendental Media/All Cut Up Films | 71 min. | USA/Haiti Sat 8/4 2:25pm 9:25pm Narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Crash), in what The Sun 8/5 12:05pm 4:35pm Washington Post calls an “artfully shot documentary,” La Source tells the uplifting story Mon 8/6 2:35pm 7:15pm of Josue Lajuenesse, a Haitian Princeton janitor who returns to his country after the Tue 8/7 2:25pm 9:30pm devastating 2010 earthquake to revive his lifelong dream to bring what is most funda- mental to his village’s survival; clean water. Wed 8/8 2:30pm 7:05pm Thu 8/9 2:25pm 9:30pm

Love Free or Die DIRECTOR: Macky Alston | PRODUCER: Sandra Itkoff Reveal Productions, Inc. | 83 min. | USA/UK Love Free or Die is about a man whose two defining passions are in direct conflict: his love Fri 8/3 3:30pm 9:40pm for God and his partner Mark. Gene Robinson is the first openly gay person to become Sat 8/4 1:45pm 7:30pm a bishop in the historical traditions of Christendom. His consecration in 2003, to which he Sun 8/5 12:00pm 5:15pm wore a bulletproof vest, caused an international stir, and he has lived with death threats every day since. Love Free or Die follows Robinson from small-town churches in the Mon 8/6 3:30pm 9:40pm New Hampshire North County to Washington’s Lincoln Memorial to London’s Lambeth Tue 8/7 1:45pm 7:30pm Palace, as he calls for all to stand for equality— inspiring bishops, priests, and ordinary Wed 8/8 12:00pm 5:15pm folk to come out from the shadows and change history. Thu 8/9 3:30pm 9:40pm

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Once in a Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jonathan Kalafer PRODUCERS: Steve Kalafer, Bao Nguyen New Jersey Pictures | 85 min. | USA Fri 8/3 1:45pm 7:30pm The PS22 Chorus from Staten Island became a YouTube sensation when their teacher Sat 8/4 12:00pm 5:15pm started posting videos of them singing on his blog. At their annual Holiday Concert they received a surprise visitor. Anne Hathaway was there to invite them to be the Sun 8/5 3:30pm 9:40pm featured performance at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards! Once in a Lullaby follows Mon 8/6 1:45pm 7:30pm these lovable fifth-graders from the streets and hallways in Staten Island to the Kodak Tue 8/7 12:00pm 5:15pm Theatre in Hollywood, where creative differences, lost voices, and homesickness threaten their performance. Wed 8/8 3:30pm 9:40pm Thu 8/9 1:45pm 7:30pm

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POV’s StoryCorps Shorts The Perfect Fit Jimmy

DIRECTORS: The Rauch Brothers | PRODUCERS: Lizzie Jacobs, Mike Rauch DIRECTOR: Tali Yankelevich DIRECTOR: Martin Smith | WRITER: Jimmy EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Donna Galeno, Dave Isay | StoryCorps | 9 min. | USA PRODUCER: Finlay Pretsell PRODUCER: Finlay Pretsell EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Noeme Mendelle EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Noe Mendelle, Sonja Henrici Facundo the Great: Ramòn “Chunky” Sanchez recounts how the new SDI Productions | 9 min. | Scotland SDI Productions | 12 min. | Scotland kid at school became a hero when his name stumped their teachers. Ballet shoes may be worn by delicate girls, A day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh, MBE, who has Sundays at Rocco’s: Nicholas Petron remembers family dinners at his but they’re crafted by big burly men whose tirelessly campaigned for disabled rights since 1972. grandfather’s place and how everything changed when the city made new hands tell another story. An incredibly intimate portrait told from Jimmy’s point plans for their neighborhood. of view, a wheelchair bound cerebral palsy sufferer. Eyes on the Stars: Carl McNair tells the story of his brother Ronald, an Nothing stands in Jimmy’s way. African-American kid in the 1950s who set his sights on the stars.

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TRIAL BY FIRE: Lives Re-Forged Director/Producer/Writer: Megan Smith-Harris | Writer/Executive Producer: Bill Harris Pyewackitt Productions | 88 min. | USA Scars are like tattoos— but with better stories. TRIAL BY FIRE: Lives Re-Forged follows Fri 8/3 4:55pm 9:25pm the journeys of extraordinary people who survive critical burns and rise above their Sat 8/4 12:05pm 7:05pm injuries to discover a transformed worldview. A firefighter endures a 1500 degree inferno; a teenage athlete engulfed in flames triumphs against all odds; an oil worker survives an Sun 8/5 2:15pm 9:15pm incredible refinery blast; a race-car driver’s miraculous comeback from a fiery wreck; Mon 8/6 4:50pm 9:30pm an honors student caught in a chemistry class explosion; and a mother burned at home Tue 8/7 12:05pm 7:05pm dedicates her recovery to her children. All are given context and perspective by burn Wed 8/8 4:35pm 9:25pm survivor and Dancing with the Stars Champion, J.R. Martinez. When you forge metal with fire, it becomes stronger. The same is true of the human spirit. Thu 8/9 12:05pm 7:05pm

Kings Point Cutting Loose DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Sari Gilman DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Finlay Pretsell, Adrian McDowal PRODUCERS: Jedd Wider, Todd Wider | CO-PRODUCER: Susannah Ludwig SDI Productions | 29 min. | Scotland Kings Point Documentary/Wider Film Projects | 31 min. | USA Hairdressers poised, scissors at the ready, clients in place. Cutting begins. The salon Director Sari Gilman tells the stories of five seniors living in a typical American retirement looks familiar enough, chatter rising above the chopping and blow drying, but the resort — men and women who came to Florida decades ago with their spouses by their hairdressers have something in common— they’re all serving time in Scotland’s jails. sides and their health intact, and now find themselves grappling with love, loss, and the Cutting Loose provides a fascinating snapshot of prison life during the build up to prospect of dying alone. A bittersweet look at our national obsession with self-reliance, the annual Scottish Prison Service hairdressing competition. As the competition Kings Point explores the dynamic tension between living and aging — between our desire approaches, we hear the dreams and aspirations of some of Scotland’s most dan- for independence and our need for community— and underscores our powerful ambiva- gerous prisoners as they style the hair of fellow inmates on a daily basis. lence toward growing old.

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Drought/Cuates de Australia DIRECTOR/WRITER: Everardo González PRODUCER: Martha Orozco Ciénega Docs/Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE) Fri 8/10 12:05pm 5:10pm with the support of the Tribeca Film Institute and Jan Vrijman Fund. | 84 min. | Mexico Sat 8/11 3:30pm 9:40pm Residents from the ejido (communal land) Los Cuates de Australia in Northeast Mexico perform every year a massive exodus to look for water during drought. In this exile, men, Sun 8/12 1:45pm 7:25pm women, elders, and children wait for the first drops of water to return to their lands, Mon 8/13 12:05pm 5:10pm metaphor of a small town that hides from death. Tue 8/14 1:45pm 7:25pm Wed 8/15 3:30pm 9:45pm Thu 8/16 1:45pm 7:25pm

HOLY MAN: THE USA vs. DOUGLAS WHITE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jennifer Jessum PRODUCER/WRITER: Simon Joseph Flying Limbs Inc., Productions | 84 min. | USA Fri 8/10 1:45pm 7:25pm HOLY MAN: THE USA vs. DOUGLAS WHITE, narrated by Martin Sheen, is the story of Sat 8/11 12:05pm 5:15pm Douglas White, an 89-year-old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian Reser- Sun 8/12 3:30pm 9:40pm vation in South Dakota, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a crime he did not commit. During the making of this film, filmmakers uncovered new evidence of White’s Mon 8/13 1:45pm 7:25pm “actual innocence” and brought the case back to federal court. HOLY MAN offers a rare Tue 8/14 3:30pm 9:40pm glimpse into the mysterious world of Lakota religion, their intimate connection to the land, Wed 8/15 12:05pm 5:15pm and a provocative expose of the systemic injustice Native Americans face in the criminal justice system. Thu 8/16 3:30pm 9:40pm

The Magic Life DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Nelson Cheng Park Row Productions | 73 min. | USA Three aspiring individuals try to turn their passion into a career. Can they pull off the biggest Fri 8/10 3:55pm 9:55pm trick of their lives and become working magicians? Sat 8/11 2:05pm 7:50pm Sun 8/12 12:00pm 5:25pm Mon 8/13 3:55pm 9:55pm Tue 8/14 2:05pm 7:50pm Wed 8/15 12:00pm 5:25pm Thu 8/16 3:55pm 9:55pm

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Out of the Clear Blue Sky DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Danielle Gardner PRODUCERS: Genevieve Baker, Lydia Snape Asphalt Films, Inc. | 108 min. | USA/UK Fri 8/10 1:50pm 7:35pm On September 11, 2001, Cantor Fitzgerald became famous for the worst of all possible Sat 8/11 12:00pm 5:25pm reasons. 658 of their employees were missing, presumed dead, in the terrorist attacks on Sun 8/12 3:20pm 9:55pm the World Trade Center. Though Cantor suffered almost twice the casualties of the FDNY, their story was soon pushed aside as the media ambushed Cantor CEO Howard Lutnick, Mon 8/13 1:50pm 7:35pm who went from face-of-the-tragedy to pariah within weeks. A true stranger-than-fiction Tue 8/14 12:00pm 5:25pm account, unfolding over months and years, the film captures being caught in the Wed 8/15 3:20pm 9:55pm crosshairs of history. Thu 8/16 1:50pm 7:35pm

RICKY on LEACOCK DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Jane Weiner CO-PRODUCERS: Frédéric Gaffigne, Heidi Draper EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Diane Markrow Fri 8/10 12:00pm 5:25pm JDB Films, Inc./AS’Image | 90 min. | USA/France/Spain/Canada Sat 8/11 3:35pm 9:55pm The work (on and off screen) of legendary filmmaker, Richard Leacock, protégé to Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North, Louisiana Story) not only influenced generations of film- Sun 8/12 1:30pm 7:30pm makers during his long career but also changed, technically and aesthetically, “how” Mon 8/13 12:00pm 5:25pm movies are made. RICKY on LEACOCK is a cinematic journey that Jane Weiner began as Tue 8/14 3:35pm 9:55pm a young filmmaker during which, over 38 years, she filmed various encounters with his Wed 8/15 1:30pm 7:30pm friends and contemporaries including D.A. Pennebaker, Robert Drew, Ed Pincus, Jonas Mekas, Dušan Makavejev, and others. Thu 8/16 12:00pm 5:25pm

We Women Warriors (Tejiendo Sabiduría) DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Nicole Karsin Todos Los Pueblos Productions | 79 min. | USA/Colombia We Women Warriors follows three native women caught in the crossfire of Colombia’s Fri 8/10 3:30pm 9:45pm warfare who use nonviolent resistance to defend their peoples’ survival. Colombia has Sat 8/11 1:50pm 7:30pm 102 aboriginal groups, one-third of which face extinction because of the conflict. Trapped Sun 8/12 12:05pm 5:15pm in a protracted predicament financed by the drug trade, indigenous women are re- sourcefully leading and creating transformation imbued with hope. We Women Warriors Mon 8/13 3:30pm 9:45pm bears witness to neglected human rights catastrophes and interweaves character-driven Tue 8/14 12:05pm 5:15pm stories about female empowerment, unshakable courage, and faith in the endurance of Wed 8/15 1:50pm 7:35pm indigenous culture. Thu 8/16 12:05pm 5:15pm

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The Anderson Monarchs DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Eugene Martin PRODUCERS: Daniel M. Kalai, Daniel O’Meara, Ed Givnish Philly Soccer Doc, LLC | 76 min. | USA Fri 8/17 4:25pm 9:50pm The Anderson Monarchs is about a nationally competitive African-American girls soccer Sat 8/18 1:15pm 7:55pm club competing, living, and thriving in an at-risk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia. Sun 8/19 12:00pm 6:20pm Nominated in 2008 by Sports Illustrated as “Sports Team” of the year, they were also hailed as “the future of American Soccer” in the London newspaper, The Guardian. Mon 8/20 2:40pm 9:50pm The Anderson Monarchs, like their namesake Marian Anderson, are making history. Their Tue 8/21 4:25pm 9:55pm remarkable story brings them to a place they only ever imagined in their dreams. Wed 8/22 1:15pm 7:55pm Thu 8/23 12:00pm 6:20pm

Digital Dharma: One Man’s Mission to Save a Culture DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Dafna Yachin WRITERS: Timothy Gates, Arthur Fischman EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Dafna Yachin, Bill Harris (Consulting EP) Fri 8/17 3:40pm 9:55pm Lunchbox Communications | 82 min. | India/USA/Nepal/China Sat 8/18 12:05pm 5:25pm When ancient writings of Sanskrit and Tibetan texts vanish during the political turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s, the history of a whole society is in danger of disappearing. Digital Sun 8/19 1:50pm 7:40pm Dharma chronicles the 50-year journey of E. Gene Smith, a Mormon from Utah, the un- Mon 8/20 3:40pm 9:55pm likely leader of an effort to rescue, preserve, and share 20,000 volumes of ancient Tibetan Tue 8/21 12:05pm 5:25pm text; an epic of one man’s mission that became the catalyst for an international movement Wed 8/22 1:50pm 7:40pm to provide free access to the story of a people. Thu 8/23 3:40pm 9:55pm

Garden in the Sea (Jardín en el Mar) DIRECTOR/WRITER: Thomas Riedelsheimer PRODUCER: Manuel Arango EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Rodolfo Ogarrio Fri 8/17 1:45pm 6:15pm Mexican Foundation for Environmental Education | 69 min. | Mexico Sat 8/18 2:50pm 9:50pm Garden in the Sea is a documentary about art, landscape, and environment. Over a period of four years, the director followed Spanish artist Cristina Iglesias to the Mexican Sun 8/19 1:35pm 8:15pm Sea of Cortez where she was commissioned to create an underwater sculpture that Mon 8/20 12:00pm 4:15pm gradually would help enhance marine life. Expanding the form of a classic portrait, the Tue 8/21 1:45pm 6:15pm film talks not only about the role of art but also about human passion, experiences, and Wed 8/22 2:50pm 9:55pm longings and makes the stunning beauty of our world tangible, inviting us to care for it. Thu 8/23 1:35pm 8:15pm

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Of Two Minds DIRECTORS/WRITERS: Doug Blush, Lisa Klein PRODUCERS: Kristin Chambers, Lisa Klein EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Christine O’Malley, John Loll, Jane Bierke-Loll Fri 8/17 12:05pm 5:25pm MadPix, Inc. | 89 min. | USA Sat 8/18 1:50pm 7:35pm Take your best day...and your darkest moment...and multiply by a million. Of Two Minds, from the creative team behind Wordplay, I.O.U.S.A., Superheroes, and These Amazing Sun 8/19 3:35pm 9:50pm Shadows, explores the extraordinary lives, struggles, and successes of a few of the over Mon 8/20 12:05pm 5:25pm five million Americans living with bipolar disorder. Of Two Minds puts a human face on Tue 8/21 1:50pm 7:35pm bipolar, providing an intimate, painful, and painfully funny look at those who live in its Wed 8/22 3:35pm 9:50pm shadows...our parents and children, our friends and lovers...and ourselves. Thu 8/23 12:05pm 5:25pm

Without A Net DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Kelly J. Richardson PRODUCER: John Antonelli Live Wired Productions | 60 min. | USA/Brazil Fri 8/17 3:10pm 8:10pm Djeferson, Bárbara, Rayana, and Platini live in a drug controlled slum of Rio de Janeiro. Sat 8/18 12:00pm 6:20pm Their families are struggling, their homes are physically unstable, and everyone they know Sun 8/19 3:00pm 9:55pm has dropped out of school. When a big-top circus tent suddenly appears in a nearby parking lot, they decide to take a chance. They learn trapeze, acrobatics, juggling, and Mon 8/20 1:25pm 6:00pm contortion, and then audition for the end-of-year show, rehearse, and prepare for the Tue 8/21 3:10pm 8:10pm curtains to part on opening night. Along the way, Without A Net explores the connections Wed 8/22 12:00pm 6:20pm between risk, desire, poverty, and circus and celebrates the perseverance and resilience of youth in the face of tremendous odds. Thu 8/23 3:00pm 9:50pm

Words of Witness DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Mai Iskander EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Tiffany Schauer, Steve Cohen Iskander Films | 69 min. | USA/Egypt Fri 8/17 1:55pm 7:45pm Every time 22-year-old Heba Afify heads out to cover the historical events shaping her Sat 8/18 3:40pm 9:55pm country’s future, her mother is compelled to remind her, “I know you are a journalist, but Sun 8/19 12:05pm 5:25pm you’re still a girl!” Defying cultural norms and family expectations, Heba takes to the streets to report on an Egypt in turmoil, using tweets, texts, and Facebook posts. Her coming of Mon 8/20 1:55pm 7:45pm age, political awakening, and the disillusionment that follows mirrors that of a nation seek- Tue 8/21 3:40pm 9:50pm ing the freedom to shape its own destiny, dignity, and democracy. Wed 8/22 12:05pm 5:25pm Thu 8/23 1:55pm 7:45pm

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TOTAL RUNNING TIME: shorts program 2 91 MINUTES

The Record Breaker The A-Word Open Heart DIRECTOR/WRITER: Brian McGinn DIRECTOR/WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Lindsay Ellis DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER: Kief Davidson PRODUCER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Mette Heide PRODUCERS: Kaveh Taherian, Clarinda Morales PRODUCER: Cori Stern Plus Pictures | 25 min. | Denmark/USA University of Southern California | 27 min. | USA EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Geralyn Dreyfous, Rick Rosenthal, Damon Lindelof, Heidi Lindelof, Sean Mewshaw, Desi Ashrita Furman holds the official record for the most In the fall of 2009, Lindsay Ellis, a 25-year-old graduate Van Til, Eric Dobkin, Barbara Dobkin, Nancy Stephens Guinness World Records by one individual, including student, made the decision to terminate her first and Urban Landscapes Productions/Whitewater Films/ marks for “Largest Hula Hoop,” “Most Apples Sliced in only pregnancy, finding the decision much more diffi- Believe Media | 39 min. Mid-Air with a Samurai Sword,” and “Longest Distance cult than she anticipated. In this film, she attempts to USA/Republic of Rwanda/Republic of the Sudan Bicycling Underwater.” A health food store owner and humanize the experience by exploring both her own Eight Rwandan children leave their families behind to devotee of meditation, Furman travels the world creat- and others’ by asking, is there even such a thing as the embark on a life or death journey seeking high-risk ing new categories for record achievement. We meet “right” choice? heart surgery in Sudan. Their hearts ravaged by a treat- Furman, a singularly driven character, and his merry able disease from childhood strep throat, the kids have band of compatriots (including Champ the dog) as he’s only months to live. Open Heart reveals the intertwined about to attempt to climb Machu Picchu on stilts. endeavors of Dr. Emmanuel, Rwanda’s lone govern- ment cardiologist as he fights to save the lives of his young patients, and Dr. Gino, the Salam Center’s fiercely opinionated head surgeon, who must also fight to save his hospital, Africa’s only link to life-saving free cardiac surgery for the millions who need it.

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AWARDS12 7.12 DEC

2011 IDA AWARD RECIPIENTS The IDA Documentary Awards is the foremost event dedicated to the art of Career Achievement Award: documentary film. Please join us as we celebrate outstanding achievements Les Blank in documentary filmmaking. Find out more at documentary.org Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: Danfung Dennis 28th Annual IDA Documentary Awards Best Feature: Nostalgia for the Light, Friday, December 7, 2012 · Los Angeles, CA Patricio Guzmán Best Short: For sponsorship information, contact Cindy Chyr, Development Director Poster Girl, Sara Nesson at (213)534-3600 x 7400, [email protected] Best Limited Series: Boomtown, Rachel Libert SPONSORS Best Continuing Series: POV, American Documentary POV, Simon Kilmurry, Cynthia López

David L. Wolper Sara Nesson, Werner Herzog Patricio Guzman, Student Documentary Award: Director, presents the Director, Poster Girl Career Nostalgia for Guanape Sur, János Richter Achievement the Light Award to Humanitas Award: Les Blank Position Among The Stars (Stand Van de Sterren), Leonard Retel Helmrich ABCNews VideoSource Award: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, Chad Freidrichs Pare Lorentz Award: The Last Mountain, Bill Haney Best Cinematography: Il Castello

Best Editing: Senna DURING THE INCREDIBLE IDA AWARD PRESENTATION, I FELT AS IF ALL THE STARS IN THE Best Music: Better This World CHILEAN SKY WALKED INTO THE GRAND THEATER BRINGING THE DESERT WOMEN WITH THEM... — PATRICIO GUZMAN, DIRECTOR, NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT docuweeks 2012 schedule

week FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 MONDAY, AUGUST 6 12:00 pm Defiant Requiem 12:00 pm Once in a Lullaby 12:00 pm Love Free or Die 12:00 pm Defiant Requiem 1 12:05 pm Shorts Program 1 12:05 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 12:05 pm La Source 12:05 pm Shorts Program 1 1:45 pm Once in a Lullaby 1:45 pm Love Free or Die 1:45 pm Defiant Requiem 1:45 pm Once in a Lullaby 2:35 pm La Source 2:25 pm La Source 2:15 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 2:35 pm La Source 3:30 pm Love Free or Die 3:30 pm Defiant Requiem 3:30 pm Once in a Lullaby 3:30 pm Love Free or Die 4:55 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 4:35 pm Shorts Program 1 4:35 pm La Source 4:50 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 5:15 pm Defiant Requiem 5:15 pm Once in a Lullaby 5:15 pm Love Free or Die 5:15 pm Defiant Requiem 7:20 pm La Source 7:05 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 6:45 pm Shorts Program 1 7:15 pm La Source 7:30 pm Once in a Lullaby 7:30 pm Love Free or Die 7:30 pm Defiant Requiem 7:30 pm Once in a Lullaby 9:25 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 9:25 pm La Source 9:15 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 9:30 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 9:40 pm Love Free or Die 9:40 pm Defiant Requiem 9:40 pm Once in a Lullaby 9:40 pm Love Free or Die

week FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 MONDAY, AUGUST 13 12:00 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 12:00 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 12:00 pm The Magic Life 12:00 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 2 12:05 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 12:05 pm HOLY MAN 12:05 pm We Women Warriors 12:05 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 1:45 pm HOLY MAN 1:50 pm We Women Warriors 1:30 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 1:45 pm HOLY MAN 1:50 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 2:05 pm The Magic Life 1:45 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 1:50 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 3:30 pm We Women Warriors 3:30 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 3:20 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 3:30 pm We Women Warriors 3:55 pm The Magic Life 3:35 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 3:30 pm HOLY MAN 3:55 pm The Magic Life 5:10 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 5:15 pm HOLY MAN 5:15 pm We Women Warriors 5:10 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 5:25 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 5:25 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 5:25 pm The Magic Life 5:25 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 7:25 pm HOLY MAN 7:30 pm We Women Warriors 7:25 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 7:25 pm HOLY MAN 7:35 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 7:50 pm The Magic Life 7:30 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 7:35 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 9:45 pm We Women Warriors 9:40 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 9:40 pm HOLY MAN 9:45 pm We Women Warriors 9:55 pm The Magic Life 9:55 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 9:55 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 9:55 pm The Magic Life

week FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 MONDAY, AUGUST 20 12:00 pm Shorts Program 2 12:00 pm Without A Net 12:00 pm The Anderson Monarchs 12:00 pm Garden in the Sea 3 12:05 pm Of Two Minds 12:05 pm Digital Dharma 12:05 pm Words of Witness 12:05 pm Of Two Minds 1:45 pm Garden in the Sea 1:15 pm The Anderson Monarchs 1:35 pm Garden in the Sea 1:25 pm Without A Net 1:55 pm Words of Witness 1:50 pm Of Two Minds 1:50 pm Digital Dharma 1:55 pm Words of Witness 3:10 pm Without A Net 2:50 pm Garden in the Sea 3:00 pm Without A Net 2:40 pm The Anderson Monarchs 3:40 pm Digital Dharma 3:40 pm Words of Witness 3:35 pm Of Two Minds 3:40 pm Digital Dharma 4:25 pm The Anderson Monarchs 4:15 pm Shorts Program 2 4:15 pm Shorts Program 2 4:15 pm Garden in the Sea 5:25 pm Of Two Minds 5:25 pm Digital Dharma 5:25 pm Words of Witness 5:25 pm Of Two Minds 6:15 pm Garden in the Sea 6:20 pm Without A Net 6:20 pm The Anderson Monarchs 6:00 pm Without A Net 7:45 pm Words of Witness 7:35 pm Of Two Minds 7:40 pm Digital Dharma 7:35 pm Shorts Program 2 8:10 pm Without A Net 7:55 pm The Anderson Monarchs 8:15 pm Garden in the Sea 7:45 pm Words of Witness 9:50 pm The Anderson Monarchs 9:50 pm Garden in the Sea 9:50 pm Of Two Minds 9:50 pm The Anderson Monarchs 9:55 pm Digital Dharma 9:55 pm Words of Witness 9:55 pm Without A Net 9:55 pm Digital Dharma

14 DOCUWEEKS 2012 TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8 THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 12:00 pm Once in a Lullaby 12:00 pm Love Free or Die 12:00 pm Defiant Requiem IDA MAJOR DONORS 12:05 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 12:05 pm Shorts Program 1 12:05 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 1:45 pm Love Free or Die 1:45 pm Defiant Requiem 1:45 pm Once in a Lullaby ADVOCATE LEVEL Nancy Dickenson, PRODUCER 2:25 pm La Source 2:30 pm La Source 2:25 pm La Source 3:30 pm Defiant Requiem 3:30 pm Once in a Lullaby 3:30 pm Love Free or Die TRUSTEE LEVEL · Suzanne Costas · Katharina Otto-Bernstein 4:35 pm Shorts Program 1 4:35 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 4:35 pm Shorts Program 1 · IMAX · Clara Fon Sing 5:15 pm Once in a Lullaby 5:15 pm Love Free or Die 5:15 pm Defiant Requiem · John Langley NBCUNIVERSAL ARCHIVES 7:05 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 7:05 pm La Source 7:05 pm TRIAL BY FIRE LANGLEY PRODUCTIONS · Lekha Singh 7:30 pm Love Free or Die 7:30 pm Defiant Requiem 7:30 pm Once in a Lullaby · Lauren Lexton · T3Media 9:30 pm La Source 9:25 pm TRIAL BY FIRE 9:30 pm La Source · Lynne Littman · Writers Guild of DIRECTOR America, West 9:40 pm Defiant Requiem 9:40 pm Once in a Lullaby 9:40 pm Love Free or Die IDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBERS TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 PRESIDENT Fonda Berosini Marjan Safinia Beth Bird 12:00 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 12:00 pm The Magic Life 12:00 pm RICKY on LEACOCK Gilda Brasch VICE PRESIDENT 12:05 pm We Women Warriors 12:05 pm HOLY MAN 12:05 pm We Women Warriors Adam Chapnick David Erikson 1:45 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 1:30 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 1:45 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia Brian Gerber CFO/TREASURER Karen Hori 2:05 pm The Magic Life 1:50 pm We Women Warriors 1:50 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky Laurie Ann Schag Kevin Iwashina 3:30 pm HOLY MAN 3:20 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 3:30 pm HOLY MAN SECRETARY Laurie A. Kaman Moises Velez 3:35 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 3:30 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 3:55 pm The Magic Life Senain Kheshgi Jack Lerner 5:15 pm We Women Warriors 5:15 pm HOLY MAN 5:15 pm We Women Warriors Lauren Lexton 5:25 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 5:25 pm The Magic Life 5:25 pm RICKY on LEACOCK Billy Luther 7:25 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 7:30 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 7:25 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia Thomas G. Miller Ted Mundorff 7:50 pm The Magic Life 7:35 pm We Women Warriors 7:35 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky Stephen Nemeth 9:40 pm HOLY MAN 9:45 pm Drought/Cuates de Australia 9:40 pm HOLY MAN Bob Niemack 9:55 pm RICKY on LEACOCK 9:55 pm Out of the Clear Blue Sky 9:55 pm The Magic Life Pi Ware

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 THURSDAY, AUGUST 23 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFFICE MANAGER Michael Lumpkin Jon Curry 12:00 pm Shorts Program 2 12:00 pm Without A Net 12:00 pm The Anderson Monarchs DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR CONTROLLER 12:05 pm Digital Dharma 12:05 pm Words of Witness 12:05 pm Of Two Minds Cindy Chyr Rodney Fayton 1:45 pm Garden in the Sea 1:15 pm The Anderson Monarchs 1:35 pm Garden in the Sea PROGRAMS & EVENTS LEGAL COUNSEL MANAGER Michael Morales Amy Jelenko 1:50 pm Of Two Minds 1:50 pm Digital Dharma 1:55 pm Words of Witness INTERNS 3:10 pm Without A Net 2:50 pm Garden in the Sea 3:00 pm Without A Net PROGRAMS & EVENTS Clarinda Cheon COORDINATOR Pardis Mehdizadegan 3:40 pm Words of Witness 3:35 pm Of Two Minds 3:40 pm Digital Dharma Mary Garbesi DOCUMENTARY 4:25 pm The Anderson Monarchs 4:15 pm Shorts Program 2 4:15 pm Shorts Program 2 PROGRAM MANAGER, FISCAL MAGAZINE EDITOR SPONSORSHIP & GRANTS Tom White 5:25 pm Digital Dharma 5:25 pm Words of Witness 5:25 pm Of Two Minds Amy Halpin PROGRAM DESIGN 6:15 pm Garden in the Sea 6:20 pm Without A Net 6:20 pm The Anderson Monarchs FISCAL SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR Julie Ann Yuen 7:35 pm Of Two Minds 7:40 pm Digital Dharma 7:45 pm Words of Witness Lisa Hasko PUBLICITY 8:10 pm Without A Net 7:55 pm The Anderson Monarchs 8:15 pm Garden in the Sea DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY Dish Communications: Mark Dischler · Amy Grey 9:50 pm Words of Witness 9:50 pm Of Two Minds 9:50 pm Without A Net · Ashley Mariner WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA 9:55 pm The Anderson Monarchs 9:55 pm Garden in the Sea 9:55 pm Digital Dharma PRODUCER AD SALES MANAGER Katharine Relth Jodi Pais Montgomery

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