AFS YEAR 7 FILM SLATE "1 AFS 2018-2019 FILM THEMES *Please note that this thematic breakdown includes documentary features, documentary shorts, animated shorts and episodic documentaries American Arts & Culture Entrepreneurism Chasing Trane! Blood, Sweat & Beer! Gentlemen of Vision! Chef Flynn! Honky Tonk Heaven: Legend of the Dealt! Broken Spoke! Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table! Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings Good Fortune! More Art Upstairs! Knife Skills! Moving Stories! New Chefs on the Block! Obit! One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts! Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan! Human Rights Score: A Film Music Documentary! STEP! A Shot in the Dark! All-American Family! Disability Rights Bending the Arc! A Shot in the Dark! Cradle! All-American Family! Edith + Eddie! Cradle! I Am Jane Doe! Dealt! The Prosecutors! I’ll Push You! Unrest! Pick of the Litter! LGBTQI Reengineering Sam! Served Like a Girl! In A Heartbeat! Unrest! The S Word: Opening the Conversation Stumped# About Suicide! Stumped! "2 Mental Health Awareness Sports Cradle! A Shot in the Dark! Served Like a Girl! All-American Family! The S Word: Opening the Conversation Baltimore Boys! About Suicide! Born to Lead: The Sal Aunese Story! The Work! Boston: The Documentary! Unrest! Down The Fence! We Breathe Again! Run Mama Run! Skid Row Marathon! The Natural World and Space Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird A Plastic Ocean! Hamilton Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to STEM Tomorrow! Frans Lanting: The Evolution of Life! Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story! Mosquito! Dream Big: Engineering Our World! National Parks Adventure! GADgET Girls! One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts! Inventing Tomorrow! Iron Maidens! Rule of Law Mosquito! Balancing The Scales! Reengineering Sam! Heroin(e)! Soar! I Am Jane Doe! Stumped Knife Skills! Long Shot! Skid Row Marathon! The Prosecutors# "3 Strengthening Civil Society Women’s & Girls’ Empowerment A New High! Balancing the Scales! Bending the Arc! Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story! Bias! Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table! Bogalusa Charm! Firsts! Boston: The Documentary! GADgET Girls! Gentlemen of Vision! Half the Picture! Heroes from the Storm! Heroin(e)! Heroin(e)! I Am Jane Doe! Knife Skills! Iron Maidens! Man in Red Bandana! Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan! Mosquito! Run Mama Run! Moving Stories! Served Like a Girl! Silo: Edge of the Real World! Soar! Skid Row Marathon! STEP! The Loving Generation! Straight/Curve: Redefining Body Image! The Prosecutors! Unrest! The S Word: Opening the Conversation Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie! About Suicide! Youth Empowerment The Work! The World Before Your Feet! Baltimore Boys! We Breathe Again Chef Flynn! Gentlemen of Vision! In A Heartbeat! Inventing Tomorrow! Man in Red Bandana! Mosquito: The Bite of Passage! Moving Stories! Soar! STEP "4 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES “Two major themes in our film that I have spoken often about are the power of imagery to create change, and the power that we all have as individuals. So many times throughout the trip, people shared their thoughts or asked questions that reinforced these themes. This was like watching our mission come to life in real time. I’m grateful for the opportunity to let our film be a bridge between cultures and continue our mission of inspiring people to improve our environment.”! Gina Papabeis, Filmmaker, Russia 2016 "5 AFS 2018-2019 FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA’S JOURNEY TO ELLA BRENNAN: COMMANDING THE TABLE TOMORROW Leslie Iwerks! Rory Kennedy! GENTLEMEN OF VISION ALIVE AND KICKING Jim Kirchherr, Frank Popper! Susan Glatzer! GOOD FORTUNE BALANCING THE SCALES Josh Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell! Sharon Rowen! HALF THE PICTURE BALTIMORE BOYS! Amy Adrion! Sheldon Candis, Marquis Daisy! AFS Representative: Sheldon Candis (Co-Director)! HONKY TONK HEAVEN: LEGEND OF BROKEN SPOKE BENDING THE ARC Sam Wainwright Douglas, Brenda Mitchell! Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos! AFS Representative: Sam Wainwright Douglas (Co- AFS Representative: Cori Shepherd Stern (Writer, Filmmaker)! Producer)! I AM JANE DOE BIAS Mary Mazzio! Robin Hauser! I’LL PUSH YOU BLOOD, SWEAT & BEER Chris Karcher, Terry Parish! Alexis Irvin, Chip Hiden! INVENTING TOMORROW BOGALUSA CHARM Laura Nix! Stephen Richardson! AFS Representative: Bernard Friedman (Producer)! JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS Tadashi Nakamura! BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY Alexandra Dean! MAN IN RED BANDANA Matthew Weiss! BORN TO LEAD: THE SAL AUNESE STORY Lara Slife! MORE ART UPSTAIRS AFS Representatives: Lara Slife (Filmmaker), George Jody Hassett Sanchez! Antonopoulos (Producer)! MOSQUITO BOSTON Su Rynard! Jon Dunham! AFS Representative: Elizabeth Trojian (Producer)! CHASING TRANE MOVING STORIES John Scheinfeld! Robert Fruchtman, Cornelia Ravenal, Mikael Sodersten, Wendy Sax! CHEF FLYNN AFS Representatives: Robert Fruchtman (Director), Cameron Yates! Cornelia Ravenal (Co-Filmmaker, Producer)! DEALT NATIONAL PARKS ADVENTURE Luke Korem! Greg MacGillivray! AFS Representative: Shaun MacGillivray (Producer)! DOWN THE FENCE MJ Isakson! NEW CHEFS ON THE BLOCK AFS Representatives: MJ Isakson (Producer, Director, Dustin Harrison-Atlas! Co-writer), Lori Adamski-Peek (Director of Photography, Executive Producer)! A NEW HIGH Samuel Miron, Stephen Scott Scarpulla! DREAM BIG: ENGINEERING OUR WORLD Greg MacGillivray! AFS Representative: Shaun MacGillivray (Producer)! "6 OBIT SKID ROW MARATHON Vanessa Gould! Mark Hayes, Gabriele Hayes! PICK OF THE LITTER STEP! Dana Nachman, Don Hardy Jr.! Amanda Lipitz! A PLASTIC OCEAN STRAIGHT/CURVE: REDEFINING BODY IMAGE Craig Leeson! Jenny McQuaile! AFS Representatives: Adam Leipzig (Producer), Julie AFS Representative: Yael Melamede (Producer)! Andersen (Social Impact Distribution Producer)! STUMPED THE PROSECUTORS Robin Berghaus! Leslie Thomas! TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON REENGINEERING SAM Rory Kennedy! Brian Malone! TINY SHOULDERS: RETHINKING BARBIE RESTLESS CREATURE: WENDY WHELAN Andrea Nevins! Linda Sa$re, Adam Schlesinger! UNREST THE S WORD: OPENING THE CONVERSATION Jennifer Brea! ABOUT SUICIDE Lisa Klein! WE BREATHE AGAIN Marsh Chamberlain! SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY AFS Representatives: Marsh Chamberlain (Director), Matt Schrader! Evon Peter (Producer, Cultural Advisor)! SERVED LIKE A GIRL THE WORK Lysa Heslov! Jairus McLeary, Gethin Aldous! AFS Representative: Jairus McLeary (Co-Director)! A SHOT IN THE DARK Chris Suchorsky, Oliver Ferraro! THE WORLD BEFORE YOUR FEET AFS Representative: Chris Suchorsky (Co-Filmmaker)! Jeremy Workman! "7 Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey To Tomorrow Filmmaker: Rory Kennedy! Trailer: N/A! Runtime: 90 min ! Logline: ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA’S Journey To Tomorrow examines the remarkable role NASA plays both in our country and for our planet. Covering sixty years and beyond, the film celebrates past accomplishments, investigates current initiatives, and surveys future plans, from the first lunar landing to the latest Mars rover to the vast network of satellites keeping watch over Earth. As the embodiment of pure exploration, what is at its core an act of faith and vision, NASA harnesses humankind’s drive to discover, and embraces our unique need for answers—a need that may one day save us. ! Synopsis: As NASA celebrates its 60th anniversary, Discovery shines a spotlight on the historic institution taking us to the moon, to the surface of Mars, to the outer edge of our solar system and beyond. Directed, produced, and narrated by Academy Award®- nominated and Emmy®-winning Rory Kennedy, ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA’S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW, examines the extraordinary ways NASA has changed not only our vision of the universe, but also our planet, and ourselves. But more than a moving portrait of NASA’s many accomplishments in space, the film also sheds light on the agency’s lesser-known area of focus— the vital role NASA has played in measuring the health of our home planet. However far NASA may travel, its gaze has always returned to Earth—monitoring our seas and skies, our ice and sands—in an ongoing struggle to meet today’s great challenge—protecting our planet. ABOVE AND BEYOND premieres on Discovery in October 2018.! Alive and Kicking Filmmaker: Susan Glatzer& Trailer: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_a7Uh2hbNyH4u6MYluhikAKb2_mWEaVO/ "8 view& Runtime: 78 min! Logline: Alive and Kicking gives the audience an intimate, insider's view into the culture of the current swing dance world while shedding light on issues facing modern society.! Synopsis: Alive and Kicking gives the audience an intimate, insider’s view into the culture of the current swing dance world while shedding light on issues facing modern society. No matter what troubles they are facing in their lives, swing dancers are filled with joy, exhilaration, and even giddiness while they dance. Boiled down to its core, swing dancing is about the pursuit of happiness. Most people think of happiness as a passive emotion: if something good happens, I will be happy. But we all have the ability to feel joy despite the worst of circumstances once we realize that happiness exists inside of us. ! Balancing The Scales Filmmaker: Sharon Rowen& Trailer: www.vimeo.com/balancingthescales/trailer2016& Runtime: 58 min ! Logline: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred and others share their experiences in this documentary about gender equity by lawyer & filmmaker Sharon Rowen.! Based on interviews conducted over two decades, Balancing the Scales is an insightful look into the story of women lawyers in America. The interviewees include a broad array