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Friday,
April
7,
8:00
p.m.
House
of
Docs
Saturday,
April
8,
3:00
p.m.
House
of
Docs
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Friday,
April
7,
11:00
a.m.
House
of
Docs
Sunday,
April
9,
4:00
p.m.
House
of
Docs |
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Friday,
April
7,
5:30
p.m.
Barrel
Room
Theater
Private
Film
Society
Members'
Screening
Saturday,
April
8,
9:00
a.m.
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The
Bituminous
Coal
Queens
of
Pennsylvania
"A
heartfelt
homage
to
small
town
America."
Bay
Area
Premiere
U.S.
2005
89
min"
directed by David Hunt and Jody Eldred
produced
by
David
Hunt
&
Patricia
Heaton
written
by
David
Hunt
starring
Sara
Rush
The
Bituminous
Coal
Queens
of
Pennsylvania
documents
the
odyssey
of
Hollywood
actress
Sarah
Rush
back
to
her
roots
as
a
16-year-old
pageant
winner,
in
the
town
of
Carmichaels
(population
556)
in
Southwestern,
PA,
a
far
cry
from
Hollywood.
Filled
with
colorful
local
characters,
this
sometimes
humorous
look
at
small
town
America,
where
coal
mining
is
a
way
of
life
that
instills
a
strength
and
pride
in
its
citizens,
captures
the
spirit
of
the
community
during
the
50th
Anniversary
celebrations
of
the
Coal
Queen
Pageant
and
the
King
Coal
Festival
in
August
of
2003.
http://www.coalqueens.com
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 David
Hunt
was
born
in
a
small
farming
village
in
England.
He
has
worked
extensively
in
film,
theater
and
television
working
with
some
terrific
directors:
Stanley
Kubrick,
Clint
Eastwood
and
William
Friedkin
amongst
others.
Watching
them
and
learning
from
them
inspired
him
to
pursue
his
own
directing
aspirations.
This
is David Hunt’s debut feature film.
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Director/cameraman
Jody Eldred is a 30-year
veteran of documentaries and TV news.
A DGA Best Director Nominee for Documentary,
he received an Emmy in 2004 for his
work on the ABC News "Nightline"
series, "The Iraq War: Fox 2/5".
He has shot and directed hundreds of
documentaries and news stories around
the world for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, the
BBC, and National Geographic, including
programs such as 20/20, PrimeTime Live,
Good Morning America, Dateline NBC,
48 Hours, Frontline, Oprah, and The
Tonight Show.
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DeNADIE
"Explores
the
perilous
journey
across
the
border."
West
Coast
Premiere
Mexico
2005
82
min.
directed
by
Tin
Dirdamal
produced
by
Tin
Dirdamal
DeNADIE
("no
one")
is
an
in-your-face
look
into
the
perils
of
Central
American
immigrants
trying
to
cross
the
full
length
of
Mexico
in
an
effort
to
make
it
to
the
United
States.
The
film
follows
the
experience
of
a
woman
immigrating
from
Honduras
who
recounts
the
horrible
challenges
she
must
endure--from
corrupt
Mexican
police,
to
abusive
railroad
workers,
to
bandits
and
gangs
who
rob,
rape
and
murder
itinerant
pilgrims
who
seek
a
better
life
in
the
land
of
opportunity.
In
Spanish
with
English
Subtitles.
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 Tin
Dirdamal
was
born
in
Monterrey,Mexico,
and
has
been
involved
in
several
human
rights
activities,
including
an
immigrant
project
in
Veracruz
and
an
educational
project
with
the
Tarahumaras,
an
endangered
Indigenous
group
in
northern
Mexico.
Without
any
prior
experience,
he
took
a
camera
and
made
DeNADIE,
his
first
feature.
This
is
Tin
Dirdamal’s
debut
feature
film.
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Pursuit
of
Equality
"The
gay
marriage
documentary"
Bay
Area
Film
U.S.
2005
80
min.
directed
by
Geoff
Callan
&
Mike
Shaw
produced
by
Geoff
Callan
starring
Gavin
Newson,
George
W.
Bush,
Rosie
O’Donnell
This
intense
film
takes
viewers
to
the
heart
of
civil
rights
issues
revealing
the
social
fabric
of
the
country.
It
shows
the
profound
implications
of
civil
and
human
rights
decisions
and
presents
questions,
which
are
critical
to
the
future
of
how
Americans
view
values
and
government.
With
an
exclusive
look
into
San
Francisco’s
new
generation
of
politics,
Pursuit
of
Equality
takes
its
viewers
on
an
exclusive
behind-the-scenes
journey
into
private
closed-door
discussions
with
San
Francisco
Mayor
Gavin
Newsom
and
his
inner
circle,
as
they
uproot
the
status
quo
and
attempt
to
change
the
way
the
nation
looks
at
love,
life,
and
marriage.
http://www.pursuitofequality.com
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 Geoff
Callan,
a
fifth
generation
San
Franciscan,
has
over
12
years
of
experience
in
the
film
and
television
industry.
In
addition
to
co-starring
in
feature
films,
he’s
appeared
on
the
hit
sitcom
Frasier
and
the
NBC
movie
of
the
week,
Behind
the
Camera:
The
Unauthorized
Story
of
Charlies
Angels.
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 Mike
Shaw
won
ABC
7’s
Profile
of
Excellence
Award
in
2002,
and
produced
Seth
Enslow:
The
Hard
Way,
a captivating
extreme
sports
film
that
won
the
Best
Film
Award
at
NBC’s
2000
Gravity
Games
and
ESPN’s
2000
Summer
X
Games
Film
Festivals.
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