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SUMMER DESIGN INSTITUTE | June 18-25 SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEENS | July 4-29 Table of Contents Tickets and General Festival Info . 5 Special Programs . .15 The Documentary Media Society . 7 Festival Schedule . .42 Acknowledgements . 8 Don’t just stand there — get on the bus! Greetings from our Funders . .10 Essay by John Vaillant . 68. Welcome from DOXA . 11 NO! A Film of Sexual Politics — and Art Essay by Robin Morgan . 78 Awards . 13 Youth Programs . 14 SCREENINGS OPEning NigHT: Louder Than a Bomb . .17 Maria and I . 63. Closing NigHT: Cave of Forgotten Dreams . .21 The Market . .59 A Good Man . 33. My Perestroika . 73 Ahead of Time . 65. The National Parks Project . 31 Amnesty! When They Are All Free . 70 Neurotypical . 45 At Night, They Dance . 55. NFB Interactive Documentary Screening Room . 57 Autumn Gold . .51 NO! The Rape Documentary . 79 Darwin . 51 Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow . .39 . Detroit Wild City . .31 Pablo’s Hippos . 47 Explorations and Re-creations (Shorts Program) . .36 . Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune . .73 Familia . 53. Pit No . 8 . .27 Feathered Cocaine . 49 Prosecutor . 58. Forgotten Transports to Belarus . 59 The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History . 35. Forgotten Transports to Estonia . 53. Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits . .23 . Forgotten Transports to Latvia . .45 Reed: The Life and Works of Roy Kiyooka . 65. Forgotten Transports to Poland . .32 Silver Girls . 67 Freedom Riders . .69 . Sound it Out . 61 God No Say So . 29. Spotlight on Vancouver: A City’s Image . .19 Gunnar Goes God . 77. Spotlight on Vancouver: Allan King’s Early Works . .37 Highway Gospel . .72 Spotlight on Vancouver: Canadian Artists The Hollow Tree . .71 KOOP / Picture Start . 71 Holy Wars . 75 Spotlight on Vancouver: First Nations Films & Filmmakers . 23. I Am Jesus . .35 . Surviving Hitler: A Love Story . 47 If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front . 75 Tears of Gaza . 33. It Ain’t Over Yet (Shorts Program) . .27 There Are No Outdoor Ice Rinks in Madrid . .79 It’s a Start (Shorts Program) . .25 Vlast (Power) . 25 La bocca del lupo . 67 Vodka Factory . .61 Leaps and Laps: No Finish Line / My Playground . .55 . War is Not a Game . .37 Lesson Plan . 62. Welcome to Pine Point . .57 Light in the Darkness (Shorts Program) . 77. Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour . 39. Lovers / The Florestine Collection . 29. The Wolf in Shorts . 36. Magic Lantern Images of Vancouver (1890–1940) . 63. !Women Art Revolution . 49 Cover image from My Playground by Kaspar Astrup Schröder Tickets and general festival info TICKETS RUSH TICKETS Single Tickets: $10 (all films except Opening and Closing Night) Rush tickets may be available at the door when all advance tickets Opening Night film and party: $20 have been sold . A generous allotment of seats are reserved for pass- holders . Any unclaimed seats will be released just prior to the screen- Closing Night film and party:$20 ing on a first come, first served basis . Cash only . Membership: $3 Festival Pass: $125 WILL CALL Excludes Opening/Closing Night films & parties; includes $3 membership. Tickets and festival passes purchased online can be picked up from Festival 5-Ticket Pack: $45* (online only) Will Call at the festival theatre of your first screening . You must pres- ent your confirmation number in order to pick up your tickets . Festival 10-Ticket Pack: $85* (online only) NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES ON ANY TICKETS . Will Call opens one hour prior to screening for Opening and Closing Nights and 30 minutes prior for all other screenings . Please arrive in * Festival 5 and 10 Ticket Packs are valid for 5 or 10 tickets to any gen- advance to allow time to pick up your order . eral admission priced shows valued at $10 each . Purchasers must book tickets online in advance . Ticket Packs do NOT include the Opening and MEMBERSHIP Closing Night films and parties or the $3 membership . DOXA presents films that have not been seen by Consumer Protection The following forums and events are free of charge: BC . Under BC law, anyone wishing to see these unclassified films must be a member of the Documentary Media Society and 18 years Magic Lantern Images of Vancouver (1890–1940) of age or older . When you purchase a membership for $3, you are Amnesty! When They Are All Free: film screening and panel entitled to attend any screening in 2011, provided you show your discussion (by donation) membership card . NFB Interactive Documentary Screening Room: interactive installation and presentation The following films have been classified for younger audiences and will therefore not require a membership: Louder Than a Bomb, Narrating Change: Filmmakers, Lawmakers and Troublemakers: Freedom Riders, Neurotypical, Lesson Plan, Maria and I, It’s a Start a Justice Forum open discussion (Shorts Program) . ADVANCE TICKETS THEATRE PROCEDURES FOR FESTIVAL PASSHOLDERS Advance tickets are available for purchase until 6pm the day before Bring your festival pass to Will Call to receive your ticket for the film(s) the screening . you wish to see at that venue for that day . Once you have your ticket Online at www.doxafestival.ca you may join the ticket holders queue . Passholders must arrive at the Please note: All festival passes and tickets purchased online are venue at least 20 minutes prior to the screening . A festival pass does subject to processing fees. not guarantee you seating to sold-out shows . Your festival pass gives you access to all screenings except Opening and Closing Nights . All Videomatica CASH ONLY passes are strictly non-transferable and passholders are required to 1855 West 4th Avenue show ID and valid membership . Please note: no one will be admitted Sunday to Thursday: 11am – 10pm; Friday & Saturday: 11am – 11pm once the film has begun . People’s Co-op Books CASH ONLY 1391 Commercial Drive VENUES Monday to Saturday: 10am – 6pm; Friday: 10am – 8pm; Pacific Cinémathèque [PC]: 1131 Howe Street (at Helmcken) Sundays & Holidays: 1pm – 5pm Vancity Theatre [VT]: 1181 Seymour Street (at Davie) Rio Theatre: 1660 East Broadway (at Commercial) TICKETS AT THE VENUES Park Theatre: 3440 Cambie Street (at 18th Avenue) Box office opens 30 minutes prior to the first screening of the day at all Vogue Theatre: 918 Granville Street (at Smithe) [OPENING NIGHT] venues (one hour prior for Opening and Closing Nights) . CBC Vancouver: 700 Hamilton Street (at Robson) [CLOSING NIGHT PARTY] Vancity Theatre: tickets for films screening that day can be purchased ACCESSIBILITY at the Vancity Theatre box office during festival hours . All theatres are wheelchair accessible with limited spots available . Festival Box Office at Pacific Cinémathèque: Between May 7 and 15, Attendants accompanying people with disabilities will be admitted at tickets for all remaining festival films can be purchased at Pacific no cost . Cinémathèque during festival hours . FESTIVAL INFORMATION CasH only at VEnuES . DOXA Office #5 – 1726 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5N 4A3 604 646 3200 | www.doxafestival.ca facebook com/DOXAfestival. twitter com/doxafestival. 5 DOXA RafflE Buy TIckEts foR youR chaNCE to WIN GREat PRIZES! $500 gift certificate from Travelmasters One-night stay at the Naramata Heritage Inn Eye of the Wind Tour from Grouse Mountain Prize pack from Nate Organics and Me + You CBC Radio 3 prize pack …and more! TIckEts $5 Each OR 3 foR $10 ON salE at FEstival VEnuES THrougHout DOXA The Documentary Media Society DOXA is presented by the Documentary Media Society, a Vancouver based non-profit, charitable society (incorporated in 1998) devoted to presenting independent and innovative documentaries to Vancouver audiences . The society exists to educate the public about documentary film as an art form through DOXA Documentary Film Festival, a curated and juried festival comprised of public screenings, panel discussions, public forums and educational programs . Executive Director Board of Directors Lauren Weisler Patrick Carroll, Lucy Hyslop, Michael Klassen (vice-chair), Kenji Maeda (chair), Melinda Michalak, Debra Pentecost (secretary), Festival Programmer Steve Robertson (treasurer) Dorothy Woodend Programming Committee Development Director Melinda Michalak, Tami Wilson, Dorothy Woodend, Meredith Woods Joe Clark Screening Committee Marketing, Outreach and Box Office Coordinator Mike Archibald, Barbara Bedont, Jody Kramer, Justin Mah, Gina Garenkooper Sonia Marino, Debra Pentecost, Nancy Shaw, Harris Taylor Finance Coordinator Fundraising Committee Nancy Loh Joe Clark, Michael Klassen, Steve Robertson Programming Assistant and Volunteer Coordinator Community Engagement Committee Justin Mah Gina Garenkooper, Synnöve Godeseth, Lucy Hyslop, Special Programs